“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, November 21, at 6:00 pm (Pacific) for our monthly Embraced:Fully Angel Team Workshop Zoom meeting.  Guests are always welcome!

In this monthly meeting we explore how we can support returning citizens as they return home from incarceration. We’ll cover questions like: What is an Angel Team? Who can be part of one? How do we start them up, and what role can our churches play in this meaningful work?

We’ll also take some time to share gratitude for our returning community members, volunteers, churches and supporters of this work!

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:

1. Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
2. Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
3. Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
4. Topic for Discussion: Sharing gratitude, and navigating expectations when starting an Angel Team
5. 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 Chris Hoke, founder and executive director of Underground Ministries

Watch the replay of our interview with Chris Slaughter discussing inter-faith cooperation opportunities

Watch the replay of our interview with Reynaldo Aguilar, inmate counselor and addiction specialist

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:

• Embraced:Fully Application Form: for Returning Community Members once they have a sponsoring chaplain
• “I was supposed to die in prison” – Troy’s story [Video]
• Just released from San Quentin: Michael’s transformation in Christian Science + Chaplain Dan [Video]

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.

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

Photo by Folco Masi on Unsplash

Our guest for this interview is Chris Hoke, founder and executive director of Underground Ministries

About our guest

Building on two decades as a jail chaplain and pastor to gangs and violent offenders in Washington’s Skagit Valley, Chris Hoke is the founder and executive director of Underground Ministries, seeking to “open new relationships of embrace and trust between the incarcerated and our communities to which they return—for our mutual transformation.”

In 2018 Underground Ministries launched its One Parish One Prisoner initiative—mobilizing congregations in NW Washington to be in direct relationship with men and women releasing from prison, to practice resurrection as reentry teams and let contact with those we fear further open and heal church and community members. There are currently 67 active parish teams in Washington, 7 in Chicago, and One Parish One Prisoner is launching in Texas this October, 2024.

Underground’s ongoing local reentry work with gang-affected families is now fully staffed and led by former gang members who have graduated from Underground’s reentry community and now have human services degrees. Chris also cofounded a coffee-roasting business, Underground Coffee, which led to a wider Underground Employment network, employing men and women coming out of prison and addiction, promoting a culture of resurrection employment that celebrates “transferrable skills” from underground pasts.

Hoke received his BA from UC Berkeley and his MFA in creative nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of WANTED: A Spiritual Pursuit Through Jail, Among Outlaws, and Across Borders (HarperOne, 2015). Hoke’s work has been featured on NPR and in The Sun, Image, Portland, Sojourners, Modern Farmer, Christian Century, Plough, and Presbyterian Outlook.

More information: undergroundministries.org  |  Underground Coffee |  chris-hoke.com

All are welcome to attend!

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

“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, October 17, at 6:00 pm (Pacific) for our monthly Embraced:Fully Angel Team Workshop Zoom meeting.  Guests are always welcome!

In this monthly meeting we explore how we can support returning citizens as they return home from incarceration. We’ll cover questions like: What is an Angel Team? Who can be part of one? How do we start them up, and what role can our churches play in this meaningful work?

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:

1. Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
2. Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
3. Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
4. Topic for Discussion: Effectively preparing to welcome a returning citizen home
5. 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 Chris Slaughter discussing inter-faith cooperation opportunities

Watch the replay of our interview with Reynaldo Aguilar, inmate counselor and addiction specialist

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:

• Embraced:Fully Application Form: for Returning Community Members once they have a sponsoring chaplain
• “I was supposed to die in prison” – Troy’s story [Video]
• Just released from San Quentin: Michael’s transformation in Christian Science + Chaplain Dan [Video]

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.

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

Photo by Rowan Heuvel on Unsplash

Our guest for this interview is Chris Slaughter, business owner, entrepreneur, and supporter of community and church organizations:

About our guest

Chris Slaughter, now retired, has a long history as business owner, entrepreneur, and supporter of community and church organizations.  

From 2010-2017 he served as President and CEO of The Thanks-Giving Foundation and Thanks-Giving Square in downtown Dallas, whose purpose is “Coming together on Common Ground, moving together to Higher Ground.” He currently serves on the Board and the Executive Committee of The Thanks-Giving Foundation.

This work included the development of Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks-Giving Square, a diverse coalition of Dallas’ faith leaders, dedicated to service, hope, and a shared vision of peace and justice for the North Texas community. It also included supporting the Interfaith Council of Thanks-Giving Square promoting interaction among people of widely different faith traditions. 

Prior to that, his career included representing the legislative and media interests of the Churches of Christ, Scientist in The State of Texas and leading an early-stage entrepreneurial start-up for profit business.

His primary career for almost thirty years was as an officer and eventually owner, president, and CEO of a distribution company in the lumber, building materials, and flooring industries.

He was a U.S. Naval Officer after graduating from Principia College and later expanded his education through studies at Harvard Business School.

He is a lifelong resident of Dallas and is married with two children and six grandchildren.

All are welcome to attend!

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

“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, September 19, 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:

1. Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
2. Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
3. Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
4. Topic for Discussion: Biggest obstacles to returning community member success
5. 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 Reynaldo Aguilar, inmate counselor and addiction specialist

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:

• Embraced:Fully Application Form: for Returning Community Members once they have a sponsoring chaplain
• “I was supposed to die in prison” – Troy’s story [Video]
• Just released from San Quentin: Michael’s transformation in Christian Science + Chaplain Dan [Video]

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.

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

Photo by Jordan Wozniak on Unsplash

Our guest for this interview is Reynaldo Aguilar, Certified Substance Use Disorder Counselor (SUDCC) and former Program Director for The Wellness & Recovery Program at Partnership Re-Entry Program (PREP).

Reynaldo’s Questions for Inmates

Purchase Reynaldo’s books (all proceeds benefit charity):

About our guest

Reynaldo Aguilar is a Certified Substance Use Disorder Counselor (SUDCC) who believes his personal struggle with substance abuse and education puts him in a unique position to assist others on their journey to wholeness. He understands how trauma (pain) that is not dealt with and transformed is transmitted in destructive ways. He understands what it takes to overcome certain obstacles, to achieve tools in order to maintain sobriety and work toward inner healing. One of the best qualities he believes he possesses that will serve him well as he works with others who are struggling is empathy, the ability to be present and understanding toward others and their struggle with addiction. As “Hurt people, hurt people…Healed people heal people!” He has worked as the Program Director for The Wellness & Recovery Program for the non-profit Partnership Re-Entry Program (PREP) where he continues to facilitate recovery and rehabilitation workshops at California state prisons. He also works as a Victim Offender Dialogue facilitator with Mend Collaborative through Victim Services.

Narrative of Rehabilitation:

My name is Reynaldo Aguilar. As a misguided youth, at the age of 12 I was involved in a gang. Through that gang affiliation I got involved in a life of drugs and criminal activity. By the age of 19 I was arrested and convicted for aiding and abetting in a first-degree felony. I was sentenced to 28 years to life.

After being convicted and being sentenced, at the very beginning of my incarceration I came to very clearly realize how I was the architect of my destiny and how I was living out the consequences of my choices. It was then I started taking responsibility for my actions and life choices. I made that decision and took that difficult stand on a maximum-security prison facility.

My faith in God helped me to forgive myself for the life I had lived and taught me not to allow those poor choices to define me as a person. I then renounced all association with the gang, got sober, and began to make the best investment I could ever make which is in myself! I’ve worked hard to educate myself. I’ve earned two Associates Degrees in Business and in Social & Behavioral Science, a Drug and Alcohol Specialist Certification I & II. The last 10 years of my incarceration (2010 – 2020) I spent mentoring other inmates who were struggling with addictions and who were trying to change their lives. During my incarceration I achieved numerous certificates in Anger Management, Non-Violent Communication, Victim Impact, Stress Management, Alternative to Violence, Communication (public speaking through Toastmasters), and I have become very acquainted with the 12 steps of NA. I have also facilitated numerous groups and have created two program curriculums (Money Matters – Financial Literacy & Prisoners Organizing Workshops for Effective Rehabilitation P.O.W.E.R. to assist other inmates in their rehabilitation efforts) and became head Chairman (elected by my peers) of Timeless, Youth Offender Program Mentors, Narcotics Anonymous, and Criminal Gang members Anonymous (CGA). I have laudatory chronos from facility Captains commending me for the rehabilitative work I did on their yards.

On July 18, 2019 at my first Board of Prison Terms Hearing I was found suitable for parole by the parole board of prison hearings and that decision was upheld by Governor Gavin Newson on December 12, 2019. On March 16, 2020 I was released from Prison after completing the statutory requirement of my prison sentence. Being released at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic nation-wide quarantine has made my transition somewhat difficult, but I have managed to get my Driver’s License and continue my education by getting certified with California Association of DUI Treatment Providers (CADTP). I was granted early discharge of parole because of all the mitigating factors in my case (i.e. college, after care, employment, and my continued efforts to give back, etc.)

As “Hurt people, hurt people…Healed people heal people!” Today, I believe my past experience and education puts me in a unique position to assist others on their journey to wholeness. I understand how trauma (pain) that is not dealt with and transforms is transmitted in destructive ways, I understand what it takes to overcome certain obstacles, to achieve tools in order to maintain sobriety and work toward inner healing. One of the best qualities I possess that will serve me well as I work with others is empathy, the ability to be patient and understanding with other people and their struggle. My life experience informs me how I need to show up for others.

Today, I try to be everything I needed as a youth which is a mentor, a voice of reason, peer support, someone who sees the potential of people when they don’t see it for themselves. Having recently received my statewide institutional clearance, I am currently Program Director of The Wellness & Recovery Program for the non-profit Partnership Re-Entry Program (PREP) where I facilitate Substance Abuse Program in a carceral setting. I also Co-facilitate a Critical Insight group with Marc Vahanian from Pathway to Kinship at Chuckwalla, Ironwood State Prison, and California Rehabilitation Center. I was recently promoted to Program Director for Mend Collaborative who works in collaboration with the Office of Victim Service. In all this, I am humbled to be an instrument of good and honored to be a part of our (societies’) collective journey to wholeness.

Reynaldo Jr. Aguilar

All are welcome to attend!

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

“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:

1. Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
2. Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
3. Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
4. Topic for Discussion: Interfaith cooperation ideas for Angel Teams
5. 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:

• Embraced:Fully Application Form: for Returning Community Members once they have a sponsoring chaplain
• “I was supposed to die in prison” – Troy’s story [Video]
• Just released from San Quentin: Michael’s transformation in Christian Science + Chaplain Dan [Video]

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.

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

“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!

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.

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:

1. Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
2. Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
3. Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
4. Topic for Discussion: Interfaith cooperation ideas for Angel Teams
5. 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:

• Embraced:Fully Application Form: for Returning Community Members once they have a sponsoring chaplain
• “I was supposed to die in prison” – Troy’s story [Video]
• Just released from San Quentin: Michael’s transformation in Christian Science + Chaplain Dan [Video]

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.

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

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.

Subscribe to The Bible Speaks to You podcast here

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.

“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!

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.

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:

1. Introductions & Announcements – Introduce yourself, are you currently working with any returning community members (or planning to)?
2. Regional Angel Team Updates & Returning Community Member check-ins – sharing progress, challenges, and accomplishments.
3. Visiting and Corresponding Volunteer Chaplain check-ins – updates from the field.
4. Topic for Discussion: Basics of an Angel Team and how do Remote Angel Teams work?
5. 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 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:

• Embraced:Fully Application Form: for Returning Community Members once they have a sponsoring chaplain
• “I was supposed to die in prison” – Troy’s story [Video]
• Just released from San Quentin: Michael’s transformation in Christian Science + Chaplain Dan [Video]

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.

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support this Work

Monthly Donation (preferred) One Time Donation

Please be sure to select "Embraced Fully" in the "Fund" drop-down list.

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

Click here for additional donation options

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.