Emily Harris Greene

Emily Harris Greene is an editor and writer, with her work appearing in Relevant Magazine and Culture Honey. She is based in Virginia.

STORIES & ARTICLES WRITTEN BY EMILY HARRIS GREENE

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Family of 32 Honors Father’s Legacy Through Angel Tree

As Christmas approached this year, the Welsh family began praying for a way to better serve others in their community. It will be the first Christmas without their patriarch, Ed Welsh, who passed away last February. Knowing the holidays would be difficult without Ed, the family decided that helping others might make the grief-filled time easier.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 28, 2016
California | Ed Welsh | Jesus Is The Key Ministries | Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail | One Day with God
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The Unexpected Letter: Planting Seeds of Hope

Earlier this week we shared the story of Michelle Payette, volunteer Angel Tree® Area Director for New York. Today we bring you a story from Veronica Huang, an Angel Tree volunteer from Michelle's church, Grace Chapel of Clifton Park.

The letter that arrived at Grace Chapel was unexpected. 

By Emily Harris Greene
November 17, 2016
Angel Tree | Grace Chapel of Clifton Park | New York | volunteer
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Former NY Prisoner Makes Sure Others’ Kids Get Gifts

Michelle Payette knows what it’s like to miss your children while you're in prison. Six years ago, she was an incarcerated mother. She was only able to see her son when her family brought him to her correctional facility for visits.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 16, 2016
Angel Tree | Grace Chapel of Clifton Park | Michelle Payette | New York
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Prison Fellowship’s Craig DeRoche Interviewed by Michigan’s FOX 17

“Prisoners are human beings,” Prison Fellowship®’s Craig DeRoche says in his interview with FOX 17 in Michigan. “And they have the same-size hopes and dreams of people on the outside”

On Monday, DeRoche visited the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia County, Michigan.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 15, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Ionia Michigan | Prison Visiting Week | Reimagining Prison | Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility | Vera Institute
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Throwback Thursday: Reuniting Families Through ‘One Day with God’

For Throwback Thursday, we revisit the ABC News' "Nightline" 2015 story on Forgiven Ministry's "One Day with God" program. Forgiven Ministry is a ministry partner with Prison Fellowship®, who organized the program at E.C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Michigan in 2015.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 10, 2016
Angel Tree | Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility | Forgiven Ministry | Juju Chang | Nightline | One Day with God | Prison Fellowship | Scottie Barnes | Throwback Thursday
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Pope Francis Delivers Message of Hope and Mercy to Prisoners

On Sunday, Pope Francis held a special mass for 1,000 prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 9, 2016
Holy Year of Mercy | Jubilee for Prisoners | Pope Francis | Prison Reform
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  • Prison & Prisoners
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Finding Hope and a Future Through the InnerChange Freedom Initiative

The InnerChange Freedom Initiative® (IFI) was a privately funded program that provided educational, values-based services to prisoners on a voluntary and noncompulsory basis to help prepare them to re-enter the workplace, religious and community life, and family and social relationships. In 2016, the program was renamed the Prison Fellowship Academy®.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 3, 2016
InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Volunteers
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