Snapshots From 2025: A Year of Ministry at Prison Fellowship

December 17, 2025 by Lou Haviland

 

Snapshots From 2025

A Year of Ministry at Prison Fellowship

Two Prison Fellowship® Academy participants pray together in a Florida prison.

An attendee worships at Restore 2025, our conference for church leaders and volunteers with a heart for restoration, at Rock City Church in Ohio.

Restore conference
Prison Fellowship Angel Tree

Christmas joy arrives for an Angel Tree® child after receiving a Christmas gift on behalf of their incarcerated parent, delivered by an Angel Tree volunteer and member of a local church in Dallas, Texas.

A Prison Fellowship Grow peer facilitator poses for a portrait at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

Angel Tree camping

An Angel Tree camper enjoys a s’more at Agape Youth Camp in Oregon.

An Academy participant thoughtfully poses for a portrait in a Florida prison.

Prison Fellowship Academy
Angel Tree Sports Camp

A family gathers for a photo after a day of fun at an Angel Tree sports camp in Oklahoma.

A prisoner receives prayer at a Hope Event® in Iowa.

Hope Event
Angel Tree camping

An Angel Tree camper is ready for a day of canoeing fun at Hickory Bible Camp in North Carolina.

An Academy participant looks out a window from inside Nebraska State Penitentiary.

Prison Fellowship Academy

Angel Tree campers enjoy a beautiful summer day on the lake at Agape Youth Camp in Oregon.

An Angel Tree camper and camp staff members enjoy a special moment at Agape Youth Camp in Oregon.

Angel Tree camping
Prison Fellowship Academy

A warm exchange of laughter and fellowship is shared between Academy participants and their Academy manager at a prison in Florida.

A Prison Fellowship staff member encourages a prisoner at a Texas Hope Event.

Hope Event Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship Academy

Academy participants come together in prayer in the Okaloosa Correctional Institution chapel in Florida.

A lighthearted moment shines through during an Academy class session at a prison in Nebraska.

Prison Fellowship Academy

A dad and daughter are reunited during an Angel Tree “Day with Dads” event.

A Tennessee Titans player challenges a participant to a friendly foot race at an Angel Tree sports camp in Tennessee.

A prisoner reflects on the truth of God’s Word in a Texas prison.

Prison Fellowship staff members, Justice Ambassadors, and faith leaders lobby members of Congress to pass the Second Chance Resolution on April 1, 2025.

Prison Fellowship Day of Action Justice Ambassadors
Hope Event Prison Fellowship

A prisoner worships at a Hope Event in the prison chapel at the O’Daniel Unit in Texas.

A family relishes the opportunity to be together at an Angel Tree “Day with Dads" event.

Prison Fellowship Day of Action Justice Ambassadors

In April 2025, Prison Fellowship staff members, Justice Ambassadors, and faith leaders prayed with Alabama U.S. representative Barry Moore on Capitol Hill during the Day of Action.

A family dances together during the Angel Tree “Day with Dads” event at the Carol Vance Unit in Texas.

Day with Dad Prison Fellowship

Graduation day brings Academy participants together for a graduation ceremony held in their honor in an Oklahoma prison.

Filed Under: Advocacy & Reentry, Angel Tree, Families of Prisoners, Feature Stories, Hope Events, Prison & Prisoners, Prison Fellowship Academy, Second Chance Month