As Christmas approaches, Prison Fellowship will continue to update our list of the counties with the most underserved Angel Tree children. The following 50 counties are those with the largest number of children signed-up for the Angel Tree program that have not yet been assigned to a church (as of 12/03/11).
Blogger David Lundquist has written a great story about Steven Gunning, a participant of the InnerChange Freedom Initiative program at the Lino Lakes Correctional Facility. Steven is currently living in a work release house in Minneapolis. The blog entry includes a video interview with Steven, who talks about how Prison Fellowship and IFI helped to bring about a profound change in his life.
Grammy Award-winning singer Dwele is teaming up with church leaders in the Detroit metro area to support Angel Tree in his community.
Appearing on WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Dwele and Pastor David Bullock of the Greater St. Matthew Missionary Church discuss the Angel Tree program, and encourage viewers to get involved in the ministry.
As Christmas approaches, Prison Fellowship will continue to update our list of the counties with the most underserved Angel Tree children. The following 50 counties are those with the largest number of children signed-up for the Angel Tree program that have not yet been assigned to a church (as of 11/25/11).
As Christmas approaches, Prison Fellowship will continue to update our list of the counties with the most underserved Angel Tree children. The following 50 counties are those with the largest number of children signed-up for the Angel Tree program that have not yet been assigned to a church (as of 11/22/11).
I recently came across a story in the “Good Deeds” section of the Gaston Gazette (Gastonia, NC). In it, James Bodenheimer talks about receiving two mailings soliciting contributions for the holiday season—Prison Fellowship and Special Olympics. Both are programs that the Bodenheimers have supported in the past.
San Francisco Probation Chief Wendy Still and New York City Probation Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi will engage in a facilitated conversation on the role of family members in the community supervision process. These two jurisdictions are at the forefront of major reform efforts in their corrections system.
By now, everyone is no doubt aware of the horrific events surrounding Penn State University and former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Over a period of at least two decades, Sandusky is alleged to have sexually assaulted a number of young boys on the Penn State campus while serving as a mentor for underprivileged children through his Second Mile organization.
As Christmas approaches, Prison Fellowship will continue to update our list of the counties with the most underserved Angel Tree children. The following 50 counties are those with the largest number of children signed-up for the Angel Tree program that have not yet been assigned to a church (as of 11/10/11).
Every year, Prison Fellowship assists churches in ministering to the families of incarcerated parents through its Angel Tree program. Angel Tree is a ministry that reaches out to the children of inmates and their families with the love of Christ, offering churches an opportunity to share Christ’s love by serving the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the families of prisoners.
Join COPE November 1-4, 2011 for our 2011 International Conference in Melbourne/Indialantic, Florida. The conference brochure are now available on our website. Discover new resources for use in your ministry, renew old acquaintances while making new ones, be encouraged in your calling, and renew your strength while enjoying the peaceful sounds of the ocean.
On October 13, the city of Riviera Beach, California, sponsored a jobs fair for non-violent ex-prisoners. Nearly 1,000 men and women attended, greatly exceeding the number of participants expected by organizers and overflowing the recreation center hosting the event.
The event was not an aberration.
On November 15, John and Gina Carey and the Urban Soul Project will be performing a free concert at Faith Community Church in Thousand Palms, California, to benefit the Angel Tree program. The couple will be performing original selections from their new recordings, New Beginnings (John Carey) and Melodic (Gina Carey).
Prison Fellowship is announcing a new partnership with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), the largest Christian Hispanic association in the United States.
“This partnership will not only allow us to focus our efforts to reach and engage more Hispanic churches, but to also increase our ministry to touch the hearts of Hispanic prisoners and their children, an estimated 20 percent of our total outreach,” says Prison Fellowship President Garland Hunt.
Like most values of worth, forgiveness, compassion, and mercy are simple concepts that are easy to demand of others, but harder to implement in our own lives. We all agree that the world would be a better place if there were more of these virtues on display, but are usually content with lamenting their absence than we are with actually making them a part of how we interact with others.