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PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Scottie Barnes

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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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Spending ‘One Day with God’

Shirley Beatty is Prison Fellowship’s field director for North Carolina and Southern Virginia. In the following article, she recounts a recent visit to the Mountain View Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, as part of the “One Day with God” program.

By Shirley Beatty
May 23, 2016
Mountain View Correctional Institution | North Carolina | One Day with God | Scottie Barnes
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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
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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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