Embraced:Fully Conference &#8211; Embraced:Fully

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If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861

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Please remember to specify Embraced:Fully as the program you’d like to support.

Embraced:Fully is a fiscally sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID number 43-0816306.

“Opportunities to serve in the Christian Science prison ministry – There is a role that is just right for you!” – Workshop replay video

Gabriel Serafini — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:47:17 +0000

New and experienced workers are welcome (and needed!) Why do we do this work? How does it benefit our churches and society? How can we grow our impact in the world?

Watch the replay of this excellent workshop focused on Christian Science prison ministry work and how you can participate. Links mentioned in the video & chat can be found below.

Links mentioned during the workshop:

Free registration to attend the 2025 Embraced & Empowered Prison and Reentry Ministries Conference being held in Washington, D.C. here: https://embracedfully.org/

To join the TMC prison ministry Google group email Brian Abbott at: instliaison@csps.com

Embraced:Fully Interview with Byron & Marshall: https://embracedfully.org/interview-with-byron-alexander/

Scout Bartlett interviews Byron and Marshall: https://ifidknownthen.com/radio/archives/52-spiritual-perspectives/958-spiritual-perspectives-scout-byron-alexander-discuss-getting-out-of-god-s-way-03-31-2025

Alternatives To Violence Project-USA – https://avpusa.org/

Life Changes, Inc – Sober living home in Nevada – https://www.lifechangesinc.solutions/

Partnership for Re-Entry Program (PREP) – https://partnershipforreentryprogram.org/

Jubilee Prison Ministry – https://jubileeprisonministry.org/

Directory of Christian Science State Institutional Committees – https://embracedfully.org/directory-of-christian-science-state-institutional-committes/

California State Institutional State Committee – Light In Prison – https://www.lightinprison.org/

More than 100 videos of healings and experiences on Light in Prison – https://www.lightinprison.org/videos/

Principle Foundation – Inspired benevolence in accordance with the teachings of Christian Science – https://principlefoundation.org/

Donate to Embraced:Fully to support this work – https://embracedfully.org/donate/

Subscribe to the Embraced:Fully mailing list: https://embracedfully.org/subscribe

This replay includes the following topics:

Metaphysical basis for Christian Science prison ministry work

Christian Science Publishing Society content on tablets in prisons and jails

Real world healing results – Building enthusiasm in our churches for prison and reentry ministry work

State Institutional Committees – many ways to participate

Interfaith cooperation and collaboration

Setting up local support groups for returning citizens

Principle Foundation support for inmates and returning citizens

Participation in the 2025 Embraced & Empowered Prison and Reentry Ministries Conference

Invited presenters:

Heather Blacker (State Institutional Committee, NJ), Brian Abbott, (Institutional Liaison, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston), Michelle Gervais, Byron Alexander, Elizabeth Arnett (State Institutional Committee, TX), Heather Tice (State Institutional Committee, CA), Chris Slaughter (Member 3rd Church Dallas, Thanksgiving Square Board Member), Marilyn McDonald (Christian Science Volunteer Chaplain, CA / NV), Woody Woodard (Christian Science Volunteer Chaplain, Angel Team Lead), Tina Huston CS (Christian Science Volunteer Chaplain), David Fowler (Co-Founder, Embraced:Fully), Gabriel Serafini (Co-Founder, Embraced:Fully)

Interview with Whitney Louchheim, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates [video]

Gabriel Serafini — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:24:56 +0000

Watch the replay of our interview with Whitney Louchheim, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates:

Our special guest for this interview is Whitney Louchheim, Esq., Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates, based in Washington, D.C.

Whitney is a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Washington, D.C.

“Open City Advocates provides mentoring and legal representation to children and youth in the juvenile justice system after sentencing. We support our clients as they reintegrate into their families and communities after incarceration as we fight for a fair and compassionate justice system.”

About our guest

Whitney Louchheim is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates. She is a passionate advocate for the rights and well-being of youth in the deepest end of the juvenile legal system. As a defense attorney, she works every day with youth struggling to navigate the complexities of the justice system or who yearn to return home from incarceration to be with family and friends. After graduating from Wesleyan University, Whitney entered American University Washington College of Law, where she developed a commitment to this work. As a law clerk in D.C. Superior Court during her first summer, Whitney was horrified to see a small child, shackled and scared, standing alone in juvenile court – a scene she saw repeatedly over the course of the summer. She began to comprehend the persistent racial injustice and the violence and poverty that so many D.C. children must overcome. During her second year in law school, Whitney joined her friend and classmate, Penelope Spain, in mentoring incarcerated youth at Oak Hill, D.C.’s juvenile facility, where youth were exposed to rampant violence and appalling living conditions.

She realized that youth who are incarcerated urgently need an attorney to advocate for them — to combat inhumane conditions of confinement, to ensure fair treatment in an environment in which few rules constrain staff discretion, and to advocate for youth to remain with their families. Upon graduation in 2005, Whitney and Penelope founded Open City Advocates to ensure that youth are not abandoned to the system once incarcerated. As Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates, Whitney provides her clients with long-term, holistic representation. In 2020, Whitney’s work was instrumental in securing the right to counsel for all youth committed to DC’s juvenile system. On a personal note, Whitney is grateful to have learned how to care for her own well-being, too. She loves traveling to new places, running, meandering through DC’s parks, and going on adventures with her family.

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support Embraced:Fully Angel Teams and Returning Citizens

Note: Please be sure to select “Embraced Fully” in the “Fund” drop-down list on the donation page.

If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861

Join our mailing list to receive an invite link to our Zoom meetings.

Please remember to specify Embraced:Fully as the program you’d like to support.

Embraced:Fully is a fiscally sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID number 43-0816306.

Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, August 15 at 6:00 pm (Pacific) – You’re invited!

Gabriel Serafini — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:04:53 +0000

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Join us on Thursday, August 15, at 6:00 pm (Pacific) for our monthly Embraced:Fully Angel Team Workshop Zoom meeting. Guests are always welcome!

What is an Angel Team? Who can be part of one? How do we start them up, and what role can our churches play? Join us as we explore how we can support returning citizens as they return home from incarceration.

Embraced:Fully Angel Teams help qualified students of Christian Science coming out of prison find housing, transportation, employment, and most importantly a welcoming church community.

Agenda for the call:

Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
Topic for Discussion: Interfaith cooperation ideas for Angel Teams
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

This is a monthly working meeting for Embraced:Fully Angel Teams across the nation, and also people interested in volunteering to either start or join one, or participate remotely. Angel Teams help returning community members succeed in not going back to prison or jail.

Interview replays

Watch the replay of our interview with James Early, Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster

Watch the replay of our interview With Dr. Porshia Haymon, Chief Program Officer At Cafe Momentum

Watch the replay of our interview with Daniel Alexander, Julie Dunsire, and John Nye

Watch the replay of our interview with Janet Horton

Watch the replay of our interview with Christian Science volunteer chaplain George Nutwell!

Watch the replay of our interview with Richard Miles, founder of Miles of Freedom.

Quick Links for Sharing:

Our mission is to help organize, train, educate and enable Angel Teams across the United States to help prepare qualified returning community members for successful reentry.

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support Embraced:Fully Angel Teams and Returning Citizens

Note: Please be sure to select “Embraced Fully” in the “Fund” drop-down list on the donation page.

If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861

Join our mailing list to receive an invite link to our Zoom meetings.

Please remember to specify Embraced:Fully as the program you’d like to support.

Embraced:Fully is a fiscally sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID number 43-0816306.

Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, July 18 at 6:00 pm (Pacific) – You’re invited!

Gabriel Serafini — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:16:53 +0000

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Join us on Thursday, July 18, at 6:00 pm (Pacific) for our monthly Embraced:Fully Angel Team Workshop Zoom meeting. Guests are always welcome!

Conference Replay Videos coming soon
We are working on preparing replays of the conference sessions and will make them available as soon as we can so that all can benefit from the wisdom, inspiration, and ideas shared.

Embraced:Fully Angel Teams help qualified students of Christian Science coming out of prison find housing, transportation, employment, and most importantly a welcoming church community.

Agenda for the call:

Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
Topic for Discussion: Interfaith cooperation ideas for Angel Teams
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

Interview replays

Watch the replay of our interview with James Early, Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster

Watch the replay of our interview With Dr. Porshia Haymon, Chief Program Officer At Cafe Momentum

Watch the replay of our interview with Daniel Alexander, Julie Dunsire, and John Nye

Watch the replay of our interview with Janet Horton

Watch the replay of our interview with Christian Science volunteer chaplain George Nutwell!

Watch the replay of our interview with Richard Miles, founder of Miles of Freedom.

Quick Links for Sharing:

Our mission is to help organize, train, educate and enable Angel Teams across the United States to help prepare qualified returning community members for successful reentry.

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support Embraced:Fully Angel Teams and Returning Citizens

Note: Please be sure to select “Embraced Fully” in the “Fund” drop-down list on the donation page.

If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861

Subscribe to The Bible Speaks to You podcast here

Please remember to specify Embraced:Fully as the program you’d like to support.

Embraced:Fully is a fiscally sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID number 43-0816306.

Embraced:Fully interview with James Early, Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster [Video]

Gabriel Serafini — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:04:01 +0000

Watch the replay of our interview with James Early, Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster:

Our special guest for this interview is James Early, a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. We’ll be exploring how to make use of the Bible in a prison setting to reach the hearts and minds of inmates in their search for transformation.

About our guest

James Early is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. He has conducted Christian Science Bible workshops at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, CT since October 2008. His focus is on sharing Christian Science in the language of the Bible. James gives Bible talks and conducts workshops, online as well as in person, covering a wide range of topics to churches and groups. He is in the part-time practice of Christian Science, has served as First and Second Reader in his branch church in Ridgefield, CT. He produces a podcast, The Bible Speaks to You, which has had listeners in 176 countries. He lives in Bethel, CT with his wife, Polly Castor and enjoys hiking and organic gardening.

Join our mailing list to receive an invite link to our Zoom meetings.

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support Embraced:Fully Angel Teams and Returning Citizens

Note: Please be sure to select “Embraced Fully” in the “Fund” drop-down list on the donation page.

If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861

Join our mailing list to receive an invite link to our Zoom meetings.

Please remember to specify Embraced:Fully as the program you’d like to support.

Embraced:Fully is a fiscally sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID number 43-0816306.

Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, June 20 at 6:00 pm (Pacific) – You’re invited!

Gabriel Serafini — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:35:14 +0000

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Join us on Thursday, June 20, at 6:00 pm (Pacific) for our monthly Embraced:Fully Angel Team Workshop Zoom meeting. Guests are always welcome!

Embraced:Fully Angel Teams help qualified students of Christian Science coming out of prison find housing, transportation, employment, and most importantly a welcoming church community.

Agenda for the call:

Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
Topic for Discussion: Basics of an Angel Team and how do Remote Angel Teams work?
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

Interview replays

Watch the replay of our interview With Dr. Porshia Haymon, Chief Program Officer At Cafe Momentum

Watch the replay of our interview with Daniel Alexander, Julie Dunsire, and John Nye

Watch the replay of our interview with Janet Horton

Watch the replay of our interview with Christian Science volunteer chaplain George Nutwell!

Watch the replay of our interview with Richard Miles, founder of Miles of Freedom.

Quick Links for Sharing:

Our mission is to help organize, train, educate and enable Angel Teams across the United States to help prepare qualified returning community members for successful reentry.

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support Embraced:Fully Angel Teams and Returning Citizens

Note: Please be sure to select “Embraced Fully” in the “Fund” drop-down list on the donation page.

If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861

Please remember to specify Embraced:Fully as the program you’d like to support.

Embraced:Fully is a fiscally sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID number 43-0816306.

Embraced:Fully interview with Dr. Porshia Haymon, Chief Program Officer at Café Momentum [Video]

Gabriel Serafini — Thu, 30 May 2024 22:01:41 +0000

Watch the replay of our interview with Dr. Porshia Haymon, Chief Program Officer at Café Momentum in Dallas, Texas:

About our guest

Dr. Porshia Haymon, affectionately known as Dr. P by those associated with Cafe Momentum, is the Chief Program Officer at Café Momentum in Dallas. She is a clinical psychologist and has been with the organization for five years. Café Momentum is a nonprofit that provides a paid post-release internship for justice-involved youth. Dr. Haymon’s work focuses on providing mental health services to the youth served, as well as equipping staff with skills to work with this population, while also implementing programing to provide youth with life skills, education, and employment opportunities. Additionally, Dr. Haymon has been employed by The Chicago School of Psychology, Dallas Campus as an adjunct professor. Dr. Haymon enjoyed her role as an adjunct professor because it provided her with an opportunity to assist future psychologists with expanding their minds and goals as it relates to their role in the field of psychology. Prior to beginning her work at Café Momentum, Dr. Haymon was a Mental Health Clinician for Dallas County at Medlock Residential Treatment Facility and a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology for Richardson ISD.

Dr. Haymon is originally from Mississippi and completed her degrees at Xavier University of LA and Jackson State University. She is a parent of a 16-year-old daughter and enjoys reading and time with family. Dr. Haymon enjoys her current role with Café Momentum because of opportunities to help change the trajectory of the lives of youth with whom she works, as well as the opportunity to share with the community about the work Café Momentum is doing.

More information about Cafe Momentum: https://cafemomentum.org/

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support Embraced:Fully Angel Teams and Returning Citizens

Note: Please be sure to select “Embraced Fully” in the “Fund” drop-down list on the donation page.

If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861

Join our mailing list to receive an invite link to our Zoom meetings.

Please remember to specify Embraced:Fully as the program you’d like to support.

Embraced:Fully is a fiscally sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID number 43-0816306.

You’re invited: Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, May 16 at 6:00 pm (Pacific)

Gabriel Serafini — Fri, 10 May 2024 18:20:32 +0000

Join us on Thursday, May 16, at 6:00 pm (Pacific) for our monthly Embraced:Fully Angel Team Workshop Zoom meeting. Guests are always welcome!

We’ll be sharing our take-aways from our 2nd annual conference recently concluded in Dallas, Texas, and will also be touching base with our established Angel Teams.

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Embraced:Fully Angel Teams help qualified students of Christian Science coming out of prison find housing, transportation, employment, and most importantly a welcoming church community.

Agenda for the call:

Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
Topic for Discussion: Key take-aways from the 2024 Embraced & Empowered annual conference
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

Interview replays

Watch the replay of our interview with Daniel Alexander, Julie Dunsire, and John Nye

Watch the replay of our interview with Janet Horton

Watch the replay of our interview with Christian Science volunteer chaplain George Nutwell!

Watch the replay of our interview with Richard Miles, founder of Miles of Freedom.

Quick Links for Sharing:

Our mission is to help organize, train, educate and enable Angel Teams across the United States to help prepare qualified returning community members for successful reentry.

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Marshall, Byron, and David after Byron’s first church service

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support Embraced:Fully Angel Teams and Returning Citizens

Note: Please be sure to select “Embraced Fully” in the “Fund” drop-down list on the donation page.

If you would like to support the work of Embraced:Fully with a check instead of an online donation, please make it out to:

The Principle Foundation
Memo: Restricted – Embraced:Fully Project
Mail to: 10670 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS 66212-1861