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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Volunteers

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‘Don’t Let Me Forget’—Prison Fellowship Volunteer Finds Herself Behind Bars

As a Prison Fellowship volunteer at Mabel Basset Correctional Center, Sharee’s walk in Christ has deepened more than she ever imagined.

By Sharee Land
October 19, 2021
Oklahoma | Volunteers
Burke family with Christian (far right)
  • Advocacy & Reentry
One Father’s Refuge: Finding Hope in Unthinkable Loss

When Mike stood up in the courtroom, he faced the boy who killed his son. Then Mike spoke the words only God could have given him.

By Emily Andrews
April 14, 2021
Texas | Victims | Volunteers
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How a Cancer Diagnosis Brought Susan and 300 Prisoners Together

For Susan Nutt, the very worst time to volunteer turned out to be exactly right. Her cancer was progressing—could she really find time for prison ministry?

By Joanna Breault
March 2, 2021
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas | Volunteers
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In the ‘Right Spot’: A Volunteer’s Chance to Make a Difference Behind Bars

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
Prison Fellowship Volunteers Recognized for National Volunteer Month
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Prison Fellowship Volunteers Recognized for National Volunteer Month

'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
jeff fay volunteer
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‘It’s About the One’: Why Jeff and Audrey Fay Keep Going Behind Bars

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
angel tree all year
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The Cost of Christmas: Meet the Needs of Angel Tree Families in 2019

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
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‘I Saw Hope in There’: Focus on the Family’s John McKeever

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 and stan mills volunteer
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A Match Made in Prison: Volunteers Share About Life and Ministry

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
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Lessons Learned at Angel Tree Camp: ‘God Loves Him Always’

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 Camping | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Volunteers
The Unseen Heroes of Prison Ministry
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The Unseen Heroes of Prison Ministry

Ankie Nielsen has driven the 25 miles to and from the women's correctional facility every week for the past 14 years—rain or shine.

By Mary Ellen Armbruster
April 6, 2017
Celebrate Recovery | Volunteers
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Finding Hope and a Future Through the InnerChange Freedom Initiative

The InnerChange Freedom Initiative® (IFI) was a privately funded program that provided educational, values-based services to prisoners on a voluntary and noncompulsory basis to help prepare them to re-enter the workplace, religious and community life, and family and social relationships. In 2016, the program was renamed the Prison Fellowship Academy®.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 3, 2016
InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Volunteers
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‘Let’s Go to Prison!’

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to go into prison?

Prison Fellowship is introducing a new video series where viewers can see what it is like to take a message of transformation to men and women behind bars.

“Prison Fellowship Insider” will provide a chance to look behind the scenes of the ministry.

By Steve Rempe
September 29, 2016
Volunteers
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Chef Donates 50 Dozen Cookies to Prison Fellowship

A 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 Center
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Facing Fear at F Block

I 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
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