Former GraceInside Board Member Elwanda Cornelius Gives Talk about Corrections, Race, Forgiveness, Freedom, Hope & Redemption
Huguenot Road Baptist Church (Richmond, VA) recently conducted a 7-week series of lectures/talks on structural racism in the metropolitan Richmond area. The sessions covered a number of important social justice issues that Christians need to be concerned about and to take action on. Former GraceInside Board Member Elwanda Cornelius gave a talk on January 4, […]
GraceInside Staff Changes & Updates as of Spring 2023
Chaplain Lynn Robinson served for many years as the beloved Chaplain at Deerfield Correctional Center (including ministering to men housed in the geriatric unit). He left GraceInside for a time to complete his pastoral ministry at his church in the community. However, we were truly blessed when (after his retirement), he returned to us as […]
Chaplain Spotlight: Nick Meyer
Coffeewood Correctional Center “I’ve been a Chaplain at Coffeewood Correctional Center (near Culpeper, VA) through GraceInside, Virginia’s Prison Chaplain Service, for five years. For me, the most sacred part of being a Chaplain is serving Communion. ‘Every time we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He returns.’ That […]
Chaplain Spotlight: Donna Smith
Greensville Correctional Center, S-2 “My first full-time appointment as a Methodist pastor was in a small rural town. I served the church there for four years. Unfortunately, when my time for re-appointment came, only a part-time pastor position was available. That meant I was back to being a bi-vocational pastor (serving a church part-time and possibly […]
Report of GraceInside’s 2022 Christmas Campaign: “What Can I Give Him?”
GraceInside’s annual Christmas Campaign was quite successful. The theme was “What Can I Give Him?” (taken from the old Christmas carol “In the Bleak Midwinter”). As usual, the campaign went out as a mailed paper appeal packet (with a special Christmas bookmark enclosed), as weekly e-blasts (email messages/stories/pictures) to our donors, as weekly Facebook posts, […]
GraceInside at the Annual Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
GraceInside was privileged to attend and display at the Annual Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, held November 17-19, 2022 in Arlington, VA. Rev. Lois Carter (Outreach & Community Relations Manager) headed up our staff delegation at this event, accompanied by Mr. Lee Hargrave (Office Manager & Executive Assistant). President Rev. J. Randy Myers […]
GraceInside at the Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) in November 2022
Due to the pandemic, it had been two years since the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) held its Annual Meeting “live and in person.” The live Annual Meeting returned in the fall of 2022. It was held at the Hampton Convention Center from November 14-16, 2022. Rev. J. Randy Myers (President) and Rev. Lois […]
Rev. Dr. Valerie Carter Smith (WMUV) and Rev. Lois Carter (GraceInside) Give Joint Presentation about Two Important Mission Fields
Rev. Dr. Valerie Carter Smith, Director of the Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia (WMUV) invited Rev. Lois Carter (GraceInside’s Outreach & Community Relations Manager) to speak with her at Shalom Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, VA on November 28, 2022. Rev. Valerie spoke about human trafficking and how important it is to her to serve the […]
Annual Chaplains Training Retreat Held at Roslyn Conference Center in November 2022
What a homecoming for GraceInside’s Chaplains and Staff!!! Due to the pandemic, it had been almost three years since the last Annual Chaplains Training Retreat. This 3-day retreat was at the Roslyn Retreat Center off of River Road in Richmond, VA on Wednesday-Friday, November 2-4, 2023. As usual, we had a wonderful mix of practical […]
Chaplain Nick Meyer Serves as Guest Speaker/ Ambassador for GraceInside at Several Churches & Events across the Commonwealth
It is always exciting and more “real” when an actual Chaplain – a person that serves “in the trenches” can speak at a church or event about GraceInside and about what our Chaplains do. One such individual that stays very busy speaking at churches and events around the Commonwealth is Chaplain Nick Meyer (Coffeewood Correctional […]
