Save the Date!

Join us on September 18-19, 2026 in Boulder, Colorado for our 4th Annual Embraced & Empowered Prison and Reentry Ministries Conference.

More info coming soon!

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Last year’s conference information:

Watch the 2025 sessions

• My Path to Freedom: Moral Transformation Inside Prison (Carlos Ponce, Byron Alexander, Tony Kim, and Rey Aguilar; moderated by David Fowler)
• How to Be an Effective Prison Ministry Volunteer (Byron Alexander, Steep Weiss, and Kenyard White; moderated by Marilyn McDonald)
• Preparing for Release: Journeying Together on the Path to Freedom (Courtney Stewart, Tina Huston, Daniel Alexander, and Rey Aguilar; moderated by Jeanine Lambert)
• Reentry Ministry: The Role of Faith Communities in Healing Society (Sister Mary Sean Hodges, Marshall Reddick, Lisa Moore, and Chris Hoke; moderated by James Early)
• Prison Tablets, Securus eMessaging, and Collaborative Games (Brian Abbott, John Moore, Ted Wohlfarth, and Chaplain Ka’Neisha Howard)
• Becoming a Pillar of Society After Prison (Troy Spann Jr., Courtney Stewart, Sister Mary Sean Hodges, and Whitney Louchheim; moderated by David Fowler)
• Small Group Sharing: Turning Conference Ideas into Action (moderated by Susan Anderson)

For a guide to each session with links to the key moments, see 2025 conference replay videos. Music, welcomes, and more are in the full playlist.

Embraced & Empowered
3rd Annual Prison and Reentry Ministries Conference

Partnering in the Path to Freedom – A Call to Action

“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind” – NIV

May 2-3, 2025
Live-Streamed via Zoom and hosted in-person at
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Washington, D.C.

Agenda & Schedule

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Speakers

Brian Abbott, Rey Aguilar, Byron Alexander, Daniel Alexander, David Fowler, Sister Mary Sean Hodges, Chris Hoke, Tina Huston, Tony Kim, Jeanine Lambert, Whitney Louchheim, Marilyn McDonald, John Moore, Lisa Moore, Carlos Ponce, Gabriel Serafini, Courtney Stewart, Carlos Vasquez, Marlon Walker, Steep Weiss, Maegan West, Ted Wolfarth

Musicians

Matthew Hammond and Davya Flaharty (LoveOnlyGrows.org)
Karen Wilson-Ama’Echefu (www.drkspeaks.com)
Russ Rodgers, Djembe Gilliam

Sponsors

Thank you to all our generous sponsors. Because of you we are able to offer this conference at no charge to attendees. Add your name to this list – Sponsor opportunities available here.

Partners

Venue / Parking

Airport / Accommodations

Contact Information

• Gabriel Serafini – Embraced:Fully Co-Founder – gabriel@embracedfully.org – (415) 640-5984
• David Fowler – Embraced:Fully Co-Founder – david@embracedfully.org – ‭(760) 822-2133

Register for Free – All are welcome.

Sponsor Opportunities

Thank you for supporting this conference! We can’t do it without the generous support of donors.

Poster & Desk Announcement

Please download, print and post the invitation poster linked below. You are also welcome to use the desk announcement to help share this conference with your local congregation.