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Posted October 30, 2013
Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program connects families of prisoners with local churches. At Christmastime, church members deliver gifts and a presentation of the Gospel to prisoner’s children, and Prison Fellowship’s hope is that these children and their families will be enveloped into the church’s community through a year-round relationship.
The Angel Tree program works because God provides volunteers with hearts for helping children with an incarcerated parent. Sometimes finding these kids who need to be served
Posted October 30, 2013
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Provide a Refuge for Hurting Children
“…whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” – Matthew 18:5
For prisoners’ children, playtime is often absent from their daily lives. They are forced into maturity beyond their years, struggling with the loneliness and shame that accompanies their family situations. They feel that no one understands and no one cares.
Certain times are even more difficult for children
Posted October 28, 2013
A version of the following article originally appeared on the BreakPoint website.
When a parent is sentenced to prison, he or she is not the only one being punished. The children suffer too. How especially tough it is for them at Christmas time.
The Angel Tree® program, which has been part of Prison fellowship’s work for almost three decades, has served six million children and brought the love of Christ as well as reconciliation to countless homes
Posted October 17, 2013
One Sunday morning just a few weeks ago, a 15-year-old boy stood in front of the congregation at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Florida (which happens to have been the home church of Chuck Colson) and asked for someone to adopt him.
”My name is Davion,” he told the crowd of 300, “and I’ve been in foster care since I was born … I know God hasn’t given up on me. So I’m not giving
Posted October 16, 2013
PF Racing provides runners with an opportunity to support the work of Prison Fellowship by doing what they love—running and competing. Here are two examples of how runners (and walkers) are making a difference in the lives of prisoners and their families. Read more to see how you can help, whether you’re a runner or not.
Lauren Ayers is a PF Racer in Madison, Mississippi. She will be racing the St. Jude Half-Marathon in December
Posted October 1, 2013
Thirteen-year-old Wyatt walked into an Arkansas church one December evening. His aunt had insisted that he go, but she wouldn’t tell him why.
He looked around the room and saw kids decorating cookies, making bracelets, creating Christmas ornaments, and taking goofy pictures in the photo booth. Wyatt thought all these kids attended the church. He sat back and watched, too shy to introduce himself to anyone.
Wyatt with the Stroman family.
This was the first time that Greenbrier
Posted September 17, 2013
Kylie was devastated when her mom passed away from a serious illness just weeks before Christmas. The only family the little girl had left was her dad – but he would be in prison for many more years. Kylie never felt more alone, but the hopelessness in her heart fell away when Angel Tree gave her a Christmas she could cherish forever.
Kylie enjoys the Angel Tree Christmas party.
Debi, the Angel Tree Coordinator at the Central Church
Posted September 16, 2013
At an Angel Tree summer camp, I was walking down the beach with a boy named Jackson.*
Jackson, about 12 years old, was eager to engage me. He told me all about school and his likes and dislikes. When I asked him about camp, he responded, “Camp is awesome … but my foster home is not. They don’t pay any attention to me.”
It suddenly dawned on me why Jackson was so ready to share his life
Posted September 11, 2013
"The last memory I have of my dad was when he took me outside, and he made me a chair out of ice and snow. That was a long time ago," says Rita Viselli.
When Rita was 5 years old, her father left. His involvement in the Italian mafia had him cycling in and out of prison. And when he finally faced a very stiff sentence, he opted to become an FBI informant and join the
Posted September 11, 2013
A version of the following article originally appeared on the website of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. To learn more about the work and the mission of the Colson Center, visit their website at www.colsoncenter.org.
It's a story Chuck Colson told many times, but it's worth re-telling-especially as many of us see our culture, our society, darkening day by day.
Back in the 1990s, Chuck was witnessing the growth and the effectiveness of the ministry
Posted September 10, 2013
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Thank you for participating in K Love’s pledge drive! In honor of our special partnership with K Love, we would like to send you this beautiful, limited edition 2013 Angel Tree Christmas ornament to proudly display on your tree. Because of the prayers and support of friends like you, we will be even closer to bringing the love of Jesus Christ to the 2.7 million innocent
Posted September 6, 2013
YOUR GIFT WILL CHANGE PRISONERS’ LIVES!
You know that through the power of the Gospel even the most broken people and situations can be made whole again. Your support of Prison Fellowship brings amazing awakening to new hope and purpose to men and women behind bars. Those who once broke the law are transformed and mobilized to serve their neighbors, and the cycle of crime is replaced by a cycle of renewal!
Help share the Gospel with
Posted August 29, 2013
There are a few things in life that nearly everyone likes – food, music, a good laugh. And most people enjoy some form of sports, too, whether it be playing or spectating. Athletic events have proven to be a successful channel for encouraging all different kinds of people to get involved in prison ministry.
Since 1987, The Saints Prison Ministry has been bringing the Good News of God’s saving grace to prisoners who might not be
Posted August 17, 2013
“[The] vast prison-industrial complex has succeeded in reducing crime but is a blunt instrument,” National Review columnist Rich Lowry writes in a recent online article. “Prison stays often constitute a graduate seminar in crime, and at the very least, the system does a poor job preparing prisoners to return to the real world.”
The numbers back up Mr. Lowry’s assertion. Despite costs of about $60 billion to house 2 million inmates, the system has proven largely
Posted August 8, 2013
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Thank you for your interest in Prison Fellowship's Angel Tree program! Because of the prayers and support of friends like you, we will be even closer to bringing the love of Jesus Christ to the 2.7 million innocent boys and girls who carry the stigma of their parents' incarceration.
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