Prison Ministry and Restorative Justice
Chairperson: Marilyn Schneider

Report submitted by: Marilyn Schneider
Email: mschneider2222@gmail.com
Phone: (610) 578-0446
Date submitted: 02/12/2021

Recent Events & Activities

• Successfully provided Healing Communities Training via 3, 2hr ZOOM sessions  (Oct 21, 24, 28) to 22 attendees representing 10 churches.
• Worked with Hopewell UMC to promote SCI Coal Township Inmate Art Show, held on Nov 14
• Delivered nearly 4700 Christmas cards with encouraging messages to a total of 15 facilities for distribution to imnates this year.

Upcoming Events & Activities

• Tools for ministry workshop for March 13:  “Prison Ministry and Restorative Justice: Hearing the Stories”.  Workshop to feature 3 speakers sharing their stories of their experiences with the criminal justice system, including a formerly incarcerated, now returned citizen, an individual who ministers to the incarcerated from the outside, and an individual who can share her experience with restorative justice programs.