Why would a 40-something, single mom of two spend her days volunteering behind bars at a men’s prison?
By Emily Andrews
March 10, 2020
Oklahoma | Prison Fellowship Academy | Volunteers
'I fell in love with [volunteering] right away, because there were people in there who needed me. A chance to make a difference—that's what I've been praying for my whole life.'
By Emily Andrews
May 16, 2019
New York | Oklahoma | Texas | Virginia | Volunteers
He first went to prison to visit his incarcerated wife. Today, they both serve behind bars.
By Grayson Pope
January 29, 2019
the urban ministry institute | TUMI | Volunteers
It's tempting to close our eyes to the needs of those in our communities, but when we do, we miss out on the love God pours out on those who give.
By Prison Fellowship
December 24, 2018
Angel Tree | christmas eve | Volunteers
Director of cultivation and engagement at Focus on the Family John McKeever shares what he has learned about God’s transforming power while volunteering with Prison Fellowship behind bars.
By Emily Andrews
December 3, 2018
Angel Tree | Chuck Colson | Focus on the Family | In-Prison Ministry | Volunteers
Pat knew God had called her to prison ministry, but the work was hard and long. And then God sent her Stan.
By Emily Andrews
October 23, 2018
Connection Class | Marriage | Oklahoma | Volunteers
For the past two summers, Ben Wade has worked as a counselor at Frontier Camp, a Christian camp in Grapeland, Texas. Most of the time, being a camp counselor is pretty straightforward. But the week that the Angel Tree® kids arrive is different.
By Zoe Erler
May 9, 2017
Angel Tree | Angel Tree Camping | Volunteers
She walked with a limp as she packed the car. She has walked with a limp for a long time and says she doesn't notice it much anymore. Although I did as she placed heavy boxes loaded with strawberries, cheese, and a graduation cake into her car.
By Mary Ellen Armbruster
April 6, 2017
Celebrate Recovery | In-Prison Ministry | Mentoring Prisoners | Prison Graduation | VolunteersA version of this post originally appeared on the West Belmont Place website, and is used here with permission.
Jim Heigl and Tanie Guy prepare to help bake 600 chocolate chip cookies that will be shared inside prison.
Executive Chef Chris Ferrier of the West Belmont Place Event Center in Leesburg, Virginia, opened his kitchen to volunteers from Prison Fellowship for the baking of 50 dozen chocolate chip cookies.
By Lori Stertz
May 4, 2016
Cookies | Leesburg | Virginia | Volunteers | West Belmont Place Event CenterI visit prisons frequently, and rarely do I feel uncomfortable. When the prison staff will permit it, I shake hands with and even embrace incarcerated men without fear. But one recent experience left me feeling shaken.
After a worship service in a prison auditorium, I was taken to F Block, a multi-tier roundhouse where the prison’s most violent and hardened residents are kept.
By Jim Liske
September 6, 2015
Darkness | F Block | From the CEO | Prayer | Volunteers