PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Forgiven Ministry

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Throwback Thursday: Reuniting Families Through ‘One Day with God’

For Throwback Thursday, we revisit the ABC News' "Nightline" 2015 story on Forgiven Ministry's "One Day with God" program. Forgiven Ministry is a ministry partner with Prison Fellowship®, who organized the program at E.C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Michigan in 2015.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 10, 2016
Angel Tree | Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility | Forgiven Ministry | Juju Chang | Nightline | One Day with God | Prison Fellowship | Scottie Barnes | Throwback Thursday
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Incarcerated Dad Meets Daughter for First Time

Last week, ABC News’ “Nightline” program aired a story about the “One Day with God” program at E. C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Michigan.  Forgiven Ministry, a ministry partner with Prison Fellowship, organized the program.  To watch the video, click here.

By Zoe Erler
December 12, 2015
Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility | Forgiven Ministry | Juju Chang | Nightline | One Day with God | Prison Fellowship | Scottie Barnes
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A Day of Hope for Prisoners and Their Children

On Aug. 16, nearly 30 boys and girls gathered around the entrance of the medium-security Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility in the beautiful mountains of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, to spend a day with someone they'd been missing lately: their incarcerated fathers.

By Rebekah L. Stratton
August 29, 2014
Angel Tree | Forgiven Ministry | forgiveness | love | One Day with God | Prison | Prison Fellowship | prison ministry | prisoners' children | Scottie Barnes | star of victory
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A Shining Star

Scottie Barnes (r) receives the 2014 Angel Tree Star of Victory Award from Mary Engle, Prison Fellowship’s director for the Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic region. (Photo by Edward Weston)

Scottie Barnes knows what it is like to grow up without a father present in her life. 

By Steve Rempe
August 20, 2014
Forgiven Ministry | North Carolina | One Day with God | Scottie Barnes

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