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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Christmas

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God with Us: An Angel Tree Christmas Story from Prison Fellowship

Christmas can be a lonely season, especially when families are separated. But we can take joy in knowing that God is with us every step of the way.

By Prison Fellowship
December 25, 2018
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Annie and her daughter at a Prison Fellowship Hope Event.
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Christmas in Beulah

"Times were hard. I was now free from prison, but I was dirt poor and raising my three daughters alone."

By Annie Goebel
December 18, 2017
Angel Tree | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Christmas | Wyoming
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Making the Most of Holiday Visits with an Incarcerated Loved One

Christmas can be complicated—but never more so than when you have a loved one behind bars.

By Alyson R. Quinn
November 21, 2017
children of prisoners | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Christmas | Family | Family Ministry | Holidays | In Prison | In-Prison Ministry | Visitation
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Shop and Give with Amazon Smile

Purchasing gifts for your friends and family this season? Did you know you can also give to Prison Fellowship through Amazon Smile at no extra cost to you?

By Rebekah L. Stratton
November 20, 2017
Christmas | crime | Cyber Monday | Donate | give | holiday | incarceration | Prison Fellowship | purchase | season | shop | shopping | Thanksgiving
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Love Now: A Lesson Learned in Prison

As we gather with our families to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, let’s remember those who will not be home for the holidays this year.

By Prison Fellowship
October 30, 2017
Angel Tree | Christmas | Family
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Restoring Bikes, Transforming Lives

Nearly every fourth Tuesday of the month, a shabby batch of bicycles arrives at the gates of Folsom State Prison.

Members of the Cameron Park Rotary Club collect the misfit bicycles from a warehouse in Diamond Springs, California, and send them off to Folsom to be repaired, repainted, and restored.

By Emily Andrews
August 17, 2016
California | Christmas | Folsom Prison | Reentry
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Christmas (and More) in July

For most people familiar with it, talk of Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program brings to mind images of Christmas presents and seasonal parties with cookies and carols playing in the background. So you might be surprised to know that summer is a very busy time for Angel Tree and its mission to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the families of prisoners.

By Steve Rempe
July 18, 2016
Angel Tree | Christmas | In Prison | July | Registration | Summer | volunteer
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Behind the Angel Tag

A version of the following interview originally appeared in Inside Journal, Prison Fellowship’s quarterly publication for men and women behind bars. 

Nationwide, one out of every 28 kids has a parent behind bars, resulting in many separated families. Since 1982 Angel Tree, a Prison Fellowship program started by a former bank robber, has given parents an opportunity to restore and strengthen relationships with their children.

By Prison Fellowship
May 19, 2016
Angel Tree | Christmas
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A Big Man with a Big Heart: Zach Randolph

Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph has a reputation as one of the hardest working basketball players in the NBA.  A tenacious rebounder and clutch shooter, “Z-Bo” has become a fan favorite in Memphis, reflecting the city’s blue-collar work ethic.

Zach Randolph (r) guards Los Angeles Clipper Blake Griffin.

By Steve Rempe
January 11, 2016
Angel Tree | Christmas | Grizzlies | Indiana | Marion | Memphis | NBA | Sports Illustrated | Tennessee | Zach Randolph
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Thank You from Angel Tree Christmas 2015

This past Christmas, over 300,000 children of incarcerated parents were served by Angel Tree.  As they received gifts on behalf of their parents, they were reminded that they are loved—both by their moms and dads, as well as by their Heavenly Father, who provided the greatest Gift of all in His Son, Jesus Christ.

By Prison Fellowship
January 6, 2016
Angel Tree | Christmas | Video
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Oh Come, Let Us Adore Him!

By Prison Fellowship
December 25, 2015
Christmas | Jesus | Nativity
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Merry Christmas from Prison Fellowship

With Christmas fast approaching, it is sometimes a challenge to find the time to reflect on all the reasons we have to be thankful.

At Prison Fellowship, we are grateful for all of our ministry partners who offer their time, their prayers, and their support in ministering to prisoners and their families.  

By Prison Fellowship
December 23, 2015
Christmas | Thank You | Video
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Being a Gift to Others

In the summer of 1974, Charles W. "Chuck" Colson, the former special prosecutor for President Richard Nixon, entered the gates of Maxwell Correctional Facility in Alabama.  There he would serve seven months, having plead guilty to an obstruction of justice charge connected to the Watergate break-in and cover-up.

By Steve Rempe
December 17, 2015
Angel Tree | Chris Colson | Christmas | Chuck Colson | Mary Kay Beard
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Anybody Home?

My wife Cathy and I couldn’t tell if anyone was home.

We walked up the cluttered approach to the old mobile home and knocked on the door. There was no car in the driveway and no tracks in the snow that had fallen overnight.

By Jim Liske
December 10, 2015
Angel Tree | Christmas | Delivery | Presents
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The Freedom of Advent

“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes―and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In case anyone might have missed it, we have entered headlong into the holiday season. 

By Steve Rempe
December 8, 2015
Christmas | Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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