In high school, Mary Kay Beard placed at the top of her graduating class. A few years down the road, she was on the FBI's top ten most-wanted list.
By Emily Andrews
May 11, 2017
Angel Tree | incarcerated mothers | Mary Kay Beard | Mother's Day
By Prison Fellowship
December 23, 2016
Angel Tree | Charles Colson Hope Awards | Mary Kay Beard | Restorer of Hope | Year in Review
On August 9, 1976—two years to the day that President Richard Nixon resigned from as President of the United States—Charles Colson founded Prison Fellowship. The former Nixon adviser, who spent seven months in a federal correctional facility after pleading guilty to Watergate-related charges, left prison a changed man, committed to “remembering the prisoner” and honoring the God-given value and potential of every person affected by crime and incarceration.
By Steve Rempe
August 9, 2016
Burl Cain | Charles Colson | Charles Colson Hope Awards | Chuck Colson | Danny Croce | David and Charlotte Cauwels | Hope Awards | John Cornyn | Mary Kay Beard
By the time she turned 27, Mary Kay Beard had established herself as one of the most notorious criminals in the country. Along with her husband, Mary Kay was wanted in four states for a string of bank robberies and was the target of a mafia “hit” for double-crossing the mob on a diamond heist.
By Steve Rempe
April 18, 2016
Angel Tree | Chris Colson | Mary Kay Beard | Prison FellowshipIn 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 BeardFor over 30 years, Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program has been providing children Christmas gifts on behalf of their mothers and fathers in prison, as well as a simple message about God’s love and forgiveness. Through Angel Tree, families have been restored, kids have been encouraged, and the Gospel has been proclaimed.
By Steve Rempe
December 2, 2014
Angel Tree | Christmas | Mary Kay BeardA 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.
By Shane Morris
October 28, 2013
Angel Tree | Breakpoint | John Stonestreet | Mary Kay BeardIt was Christmas. My husband was in prison. Haranguing thoughts constantly harassed me.
How can I possibly forgive him? How can I ever live this down? How can I go on?
That was twenty-three years ago. Last Sunday, I fingered an Angel Tree ornament.
By Nancy Dobbins
February 1, 2013
Angel Tree | Christmas | Mary Kay Beard | volunteer