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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Easter

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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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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
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God is Opening Doors to the Gospel in American Prisons
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God is Opening Doors to the Gospel in American Prisons

COVID-19 may have closed America’s prisons, but it can’t shut out the hope of the Jesus. We are seeing new and innovative ways developing to share the Gospel with the incarcerated.

By James J. Ackerman
April 17, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | Easter | Floodlight | The Storehouse
Easter Virtual Prison Fellowship Hope Event
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Easter Virtual Prison Fellowship Hope Event™

For more than 40 years, Prison Fellowship has celebrated Easter behind bars with the incarcerated. This year, we are offering a virtual Easter event.

By Prison Fellowship
April 9, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | Easter
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A Life-Changing Experience: When the Hope of Easter Comes to Three California Prisons

'Your past doesn't disqualify you from the Kingdom. As a matter of fact, it qualifies you for it.'

By Grayson Pope
May 8, 2019
California | Easter
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Voices of Redemption: Letters from Behind Bars

This Easter, the name of Jesus will be proclaimed in some of the darkest corners of America.

By Prison Fellowship
April 16, 2019
Bibles for Prisoners | Easter
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How Chuck Colson’s Legacy of Hope Lives On

In this tribute to Chuck Colson, former prisoner Marty Angelo shares how Chuck Colson had a direct impact on his own life and transformation from disgraced producer to follower of Jesus Christ.

By Marty Angelo
April 16, 2018
Charles Colson | Chuck Colson | Easter | President Richard Nixon | Watergate
The Miracle of Easter: Answered in Scars
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The Miracle of Easter: Answered in Scars

Writer Zoe Erler reflects on the miracle of Easter: how her questions are answered in the scars of Jesus Christ and in the faith of incarcerated Christians.

By Zoe Erler
April 13, 2017
Carol S. Vance Unit | Easter | Texas
Art in Prison: Prison Artist Creates Moving Images of Christ Passion
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Art in Prison: Prison Artist Creates Moving Images of Christ's Passion

Noel is a talented artist in the Oregon Department of Corrections. He gave Prison Fellowship® permission to use these images of his artwork and told us what it's like to create art in prison.

By Alyson R. Quinn
April 12, 2017
Art In Prison | Easter | Easter 2017 | Native American | Oregon | The Passion of the Christ
Easter devotional - One in Christ
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Easter Devotional: One in Christ

Obedience can be a tough lesson to learn. Especially since our society upholds willfulness as a sign of strength. Willfulness can lead people to ruin, but there is Someone who is willing to forgive and forget. And He extends the offer of a better way to those who submit their will to His.

By Prison Fellowship
April 10, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender | Willfulness
Easter Devotional: I Am With You Always
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Easter Devotional: I Am With You Always

"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Mat. 28:20, NIV)

By Prison Fellowship
April 3, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender | loneliness
Easter Devotional: Surrender Bitterness
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Easter Devotional: Surrender Bitterness

In Paul's letter to the Hebrews, he tells them to "See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many" (12:15). 

By Prison Fellowship
March 27, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender
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Easter Devotional: Surrender to Freedom

In 2 Corinthians 5:17, the Apostle Paul writes, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

By Prison Fellowship
March 23, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender
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Easter in Chowchilla

Over 3,000 prisoners at the Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California, joined with Prison Fellowship staff and volunteers in celebrating Jesus’ victory over death on Easter weekend.  Musicians, a comedian, and other performers entertained those assembled in the prison yard, while Pastor Tim Rolen shared the Good News of forgiveness through Jesus Christ.

By Steve Rempe
March 30, 2016
California | Chowchilla | Easter | Valley State Prison
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Craig DeRoche Offers Closing Prayer at White House Easter Celebration

Prison Fellowship Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche (back row, third from left) and other religious leaders at the 2015 White House Prayer Breakfast.

On March 30, Prison Fellowship Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche offered the closing prayer as part of the annual White House Easter celebration.

By Steve Rempe
March 30, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Easter | Obama Administration | Prayer | White House
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