Imagine what it would be like to be behind bars this Christmas, with limited contact with family and friends. Receiving a card with an encouraging note that shares the message of God’s love from someone “outside” would be such a …
Time to share Christmas greetings with inmates again
BY MARILYN SCHNEIDER Imagine what it would be like to be behind bars this Christmas, with limited contact with family and friends. Receiving a card with an encouraging note from someone “outside” would be such a meaningful gift! Last year …
Christmas Cards to Inmates ministry expands reach
The Eastern PA Conference’s Christmas Cards to Inmates Project keeps growing in its annual greetings to prison inmates who might welcome some Christmas cheer. The Prison Ministries & Restorative Justice (PMRJ) Committee distributed 8,400 signed and collected cards to a record 15 county and …
Christmas card outreach to inmates grows
The Eastern PA Conference’s Christmas Cards to Inmates Project scored another record-breaking year in December 2017. Nearly 9,500 Christmas cards were, in the words of a popular song, “signed, sealed, delivered,” mostly to recipients in 11 of our region’s county and state correctional facilities.