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PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Hope Events

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He Is Risen! Why Easter Hope Events Are ‘Worth It’

Prison Fellowship has a long history of going behind bars at Easter.

By Joanna Breault
April 6, 2022
Easter
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Applause, Please: A Retiree’s Favorite Moments Working with Prison Fellowship and Next Steps

Fred Mendrin paroled out of a California prison and keeps going back—to inspire men and women who remain behind bars. Fred is retiring from Prison Fellowship, so now what?

By Cherise Bopape
June 22, 2021
California
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Joe Avila on Laboring for Eternal Rewards in God’s Vineyard

Joe Avila has met celebrities and helped start programs that reach thousands. But as he nears retirement, he says his greatest achievement is simple.

By Joanna Breault
June 15, 2021
Angel Tree Sports Camp
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Championing Prison Chaplains on the Front Lines

During the most challenging time of their careers, chaplains looked to Prison Fellowship as they embraced new ways to serve the prisoners in their care.

By Emily Andrews
June 8, 2021
Chaplains | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Floodlight | The Storehouse
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‘What God Can Do’: A Prison Yard Q&A with Lecrae and Jeff Walker

At a recent Hope Event, hip-hop artists Lecrae and Jeff Walker answered questions from prisoners.

By Emily Harris Greene
May 26, 2021
Lecrae | South Carolina
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Virtual ‘Live’ Event to Bring Hope to Hundreds of Men at Roswell Correctional

Church on the Move to host Hope Event on Sunday evening, featuring Richard Acuna, Serena Steenjoldt, and live streamed into Roswell Correction Center.

By Prison Fellowship
April 28, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | New Mexico
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Easter 2021: Celebrating the Hope We Have in Our Resurrected Savior

Prison Fellowship shares the Good News behind bars through hope events.

By Prison Fellowship
April 14, 2021
Easter
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‘I Know He’s Working’: Celebrating the Hope of the Resurrection with Hip-Hop

Jeff Walker finished a 13-year prison sentence in South Carolina. He got a job, his own place, and custody of his daughter. On Good Friday he’s going back to prison—as a musical artist with a message of hope for the men he left behind.

By Alyson R. Quinn
March 31, 2021
Lecrae
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Church on the Yard: How One Man Gained Both a Calling and a Brother

When Raúl stopped hiding in Costa Rica and returned to the United States, he knew prison awaited him. He anticipated the trial, the sentencing, and the loneliness. But God had more in store.

By Joanna Breault
March 30, 2021
Florida
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Building a New Life: A Fugitive Who Couldn’t Outrun God’s Mercy

Raúl fled Communism, and then arrest. To build a new life, he would have to face his consequences.

By Joanna Breault
March 16, 2021
Angel Tree Christmas | Florida
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Sharing Hope in a Pandemic: In-Prison Events Find a Way to Continue

From the ministry’s first-ever virtual Easter celebration to socially distanced Hope Events safely conducted outside the prison fence, Prison Fellowship is finding new ways to continue to bring the hope of the Gospel to incarcerated men and women.

By Maria Mallory White
December 2, 2020
Alabama | COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | South Carolina
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‘Hold Your Head Up High’: Lecrae Takes the Gospel to Alabama Prisoners

“I was trapped in my own mindset. I was trapped into thinking that I had to be something that society said I had to be, instead of being what God said I was.”

By Emily Harris Greene
November 4, 2020
Alabama | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Lecrae
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Multi Grammy-winning Artist Lecrae to Perform at St. Clair Prison in Alabama

New Prison Fellowship partnership with platinum selling artist Lecrae opens door to first prison event since COVID-19 pandemic began at St. Clair prison in Springville, AL.

By Prison Fellowship
September 4, 2020
Alabama | Lecrae
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Discovering the Presence of God on the Prison Yard

When the Spirit of God moves, even the toughest of prisoners cannot stand in His way.

By Emily Andrews
August 5, 2020
California
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Not an Ex-Con: Special Zoom Graduation Celebrates Prison Fellowship Academy Grads

COVID-19 forced Blackburn Correctional Center to close its doors to visitors, but that didn’t stop dedicated volunteers and DOC staff from serving incarcerated men.

By Grayson Pope
June 10, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Kentucky
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