Prison Chaplain Update: Joyful Worship, 30 Baptisms, and Staff Encouragement
As you walk into a worship service at SBCC, it’s easy to forget you are in prison. You are immediately surprised by the warm, friendly congregation and how much the worship service feels like your own church service. We have a worship team/band and uplifting sermons. We celebrate the Lord’s table, pray, and train inmates to be church leaders. Over 30 men were recently baptized! Sometimes I’m asked, “why do prison ministry, and Pastor a church?” Hebrews 13:3 is my answer: “Continue to
GraceInside chaplains gather for training and fellowship at annual retreat
Our team of chaplains gathered at the Richmond Hill Retreat Center from October 29–31 for our annual retreat. I think it’s safe to say that we all experienced the retreat as a vital time of renewal, professional development, and rich fellowship. My hope was that the chaplains would come away with either a greater sense of cohesion, encouragement, or hopefully, both! Renewal and remembance We mostly followed a familiar pattern, grounding our time in daily worship, small-group discussions, a workshop,
GraceInside Honors JT Clark as 2025 Volunteer of the Year
On October 31st, during our first annual Homecoming event, GraceInside had the joy of honoring JT Clark as our Volunteer of the Year!
Over the past four years, JT (and some years alongside his wife, Terri Lee) has joined us at our annual chaplain retreats to encourage, pray for, and serve our chaplains.
GraceInside Expanding Chaplaincy Hours in 2025
One of the gentlemen immediately teared up, and said in Spanish… “The church here has been praying for a pastor!” … Chaplain Medrano’s chaplaincy has been made possible by a matching grant of up to $40,000.
Prison Baptism & Easter Greetings!
There is so often a palpable joy among our incarcerated brothers and sisters who have found new life and a new identity in the Risen Lord. On Easter, we are especially mindful that the power of sin and death has been overcome: “Who the son sets free, is free indeed.”
Nottoway Correctional Center Baptizes 36 + 9 in October 2024
Our seasoned Chaplain William Moore is one of GraceInside’s Regional Supervisors (Eastern and Central Regions), and also serves as Institutional Chaplain at Nottaway Correctional Center. Chaplain William always speaks kindly whenever you encounter him, and represents GraceInside with dignity, warmth and professionalism. On the amazing day of Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Nottaway Correctional Center, the angels up above shouted for JOY because 36 prayer warriors joined the marching band of Jesus Christ. Chaplain William joyfully remarked: “It started with
GraceInside Hosts Fall Chaplains Training Retreat, October 9-11
What an amazing three-day Fall Chaplains Training Retreat! This year our theme was to relax, refresh, and renew your body, mind, and spirit. Our first devotional day and morning prayer was led by our WESTERN REGION God-fearing dynamic duo, Chaplain Cliff Cauthorne and Chaplain Daniel Theiben. Chaplain Cliff opened up with a powerful song by Homer and Gabriel: “ Pentecostal Power”: Lord as of old at Pentecost Thou didst Thy power display, with cleaning purifying flame descend on us today.
The Gift of a Food Tray Leads an Inmate to the Light of Christ
by Chaplain Darrell Hunley, Pocahontas State Correctional Center Today I was working in my office in the prison when my inmate clerk jumped up and excitedly ran into the hallway. He had just seen an old friend. The two men had huge smiles on their faces, and they hugged each other like they were long lost brothers. After they said a few quick words and waved goodbye, my inmate clerk came back into my office and sat back down in