Events

Wesley Seminary will be having a course in its Equipping Lay Ministry program, "Introduction to Prison Ministry", a 2 credit hour course which can be taken for seminary credit or noncredit, CEUS. Lay persons and pastors will find it useful.  It will be held March 18 and 25 and May 13 and 27 at the Va UM Assembly Center in Blackstone, VA. There will be a field trip to the prison where the instructor serves as a part of the course on March 25th. Registration can be found by going to the Wesley  Seminary website, www.wesleysem.edu and clicking on Equipping Lay Ministry or calling 202/858-6482. Please consider taking this course and encouraging those interested in active prison ministry to do so. If you have any further questions about the course, please do not hesitate to contact the instructor at pmdbeigh2@msn.com


Linda Harris held a news conference with the Advisory Board for Prisons Tuesday, 
September 3 at First Baptist Church in Raleigh.  She focused on the proposed state prison chaplain cuts.

Ken Ripley is working to set up prison tours that DCOMs can offer to local congregants so they can see what a prison and prison ministry are like.  He is doing the legwork necessary to set up these tours.  Watch this space for further developments!

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