Embraced:Fully

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

Watch the replay of our interview with Byron Alexander, chaplain Kaye Cover, and Angel Team leader Marshall Reddick

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.

Interview replays

Watch the replay of our interview with Whitney Louchheim, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates

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.

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.

Header photo by Javardh on Unsplash

Interview with Byron Alexander, chaplain Kaye Cover, and Angel Team leader Marshall Reddick

Gabriel Serafini — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 01:45:27 +0000

Watch the replay of our interview with Byron Alexander, corresponding chaplain Kaye Cover, and Angel Team leader Marshall Reddick.

About our guest

My name is Byron Alexander I’m 48 yrs old I’m originally from South Los Angeles.
I grew up in the trenches. My first run in with the law I was 12 years old.
And for the last 32 years I’ve been in and out.
I’ve done everything from gang banging selling drugs, fraud. I’ve always knew how God is I use to attend that local hood church.
After multiple bids in juvenile hall, and camp.Then it was onto State prison then it was onto federal prison.
Then back to State prison again but it was on this last bid in which I served 11 and a half years..
That my life changed forever I was introduced to life changing book called Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.But it was a Christian Science chaplain that was instrumental in my life changing spiritual awakening.
I truly believe every incarcerated person should give Christian Science a chance if they truly want to become the new Christ like person we are meant to be.I’ve been a devoted Christian Science member for 9 years now.Letting go and letting Gods predestined divine plan for us all will truly set you free.Get out of God’s way and watch your life changed forever just as mine has.I’m totally free today rooted in the word of God and serving his purpose and will for us.

I’ve received nothing but love and blessings since getting out. I belong to a loving church.
I’ve had the absolute pleasure of having a angel team surround me with nothing but love.

– Byron Alexander

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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.

Join us for our Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, January 16 at 6:00 pm (Pacific)

Gabriel Serafini — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:32:43 +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, January 16, 2025 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: Partnering in the path to freedom
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

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

Watch the replay of our interview with Whitney Louchheim, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates

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.

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:

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.

Interview with Kenneth Wells, Paul Gutelius, and Tina Huston

Gabriel Serafini — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 02:59:25 +0000

Replay of this interview is currently not available.

We’re kicking off the new year with an interview with Kenneth Wells, Paul Gutelius, and Tina Huston, CS.

Picture of Kenneth Wells, taken on the day of his release from prison

Our guest for this interview is Kenneth Wells, who will also be joined by Paul Gutelius, representing the Joint Institutional Committee of the Christian Science Churches of Greater Milwaukee WI and Tina Huston, a Christian Science practitioner who has worked with Kenneth.

About our guest

“I was raised in Louisiana and moved to Wisconsin in 2001. I was in prison and felt like I was at a dead end. Then The Christian Science Monitor found me.”

– Kenneth

Read Kenneth’s poem titled “The path of freedom” published in the Christian Science Sentinel on October 23, 2023 here:

https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/20p4zsr4gc2?s=copylink

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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.

Join us for our Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, December 19 at 6:00 pm (Pacific)

Gabriel Serafini — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:03:26 +0000

Join us on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 6:00 pm (Pacific) for our monthly Embraced:Fully Angel Team Workshop Zoom meeting. Guests are always welcome!

“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: Welcoming returning citizens back home – first steps
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

Interview replays

Watch the replay of our interview with Whitney Louchheim, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Open City Advocates

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:

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

Click here to make a tax-deductible end of the year donation through our fiscal sponsor, The Principle Foundation.

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

Finding their path to spiritual freedom after prison – your support makes all the difference

Gabriel Serafini — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:51:35 +0000

Dear friends,

We are deeply thankful for your prayerful and financial support over the past year. It’s truly made a difference in the lives of those who found Christian Science while incarcerated. This work has also blessed Angel Team participants, church members, and the broader community. We feature three stories below from Angel Team members and program participants.

Your generosity enables us to continue supporting true healing that results when returning citizens experience moral and ethical transformation that leads to spiritual freedom.

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

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

In the past 12 months we have assisted individuals in California, Oregon, Texas, Nevada, Wisconsin, Kansas and Michigan coming out of prison to discover a warm, welcoming, and supportive church community. We’ve also helped them to find safe housing, reliable transportation, useful employment, and lasting friendships.

In their own words:

“While serving as a Christian Science chaplain for the Kansas Correctional Facilities I learned about Embraced:Fully which supports Angel Teams to lovingly guide and spiritually embrace those inmates upon release from prison and to spiritually put together the pieces of their lives – to be functional and active citizens who can make good and wise decisions as they move forward.

With monthly Zoom meetings Embraced:Fully makes available to the Angel Teams interviews of those previously incarcerated as they share their spiritual transformation through Christian Science and learn to turn to God for divine direction and to lovingly forgive those for the trauma in their past life.

The Angel Teams are introducing new members into our churches who accept them with open arms – just as Jesus said, ‘I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’ (Matthew 9:13).

This exceptional organization is best expressed in Romans 12:2 – ‘Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.’”

– Bonnie Bartalos, Christian Science chaplain, Kansas City, Kansas

“I’ve been a member of Christian Science for more than 2 years. It has been a very wonderful experience. I love the outstanding teachings of Mary Baker Eddy and the things I have learned have been great. I recommend this to anyone to at least look at Christian Science and attend some of its meetings, some of the teaching lectures, and find out about it. That’s what I did. I love it. I love the people, I love my mentor. I love everyone that’s in it and they have a great understanding of the word and they have pursued this thing in my heart with me and I love it.”

– Lavelle Searcy, returning community member, Detroit, Michigan

“The team at Embraced:Fully has opened my eyes to the many ways and reasons to help incarcerated and recently released individuals find freedom “on the inside” and a future on the outside. Anyone who wants to live their faith by loving more can play a role in prison ministry. Embraced:Fully and their experienced partners generously mentor volunteers, inmates and recently released individuals with real-world wisdom. They are focused on how to support lasting personal transformation among inmates so they can uplift their community and be successful upon reentry. Also in support of reentry, Embraced:Fully assembles “Angel Teams” of volunteers, fueled by compassion and care, to share practical expertise, time, and funding. As much as this work transforms the volunteers, it is a lifeline for those trying to navigate their new life on the outside.”

– Michelle Gervais, Grant Administrator, The Principle Foundation

We are currently in the process of raising $350,000 to continue to expand and bless more people in this healing ministry.

These funds will help to:

Expand our ongoing church outreach communications and activities
Continue working with State Institutional Committees to help with chaplain recruitment, training, and outcomes
Hire a National Angel Team Network coordinator
Improve our database system
Support our 2025 national “Embraced & Empowered – Prison and Reentry Ministries Conference” to be held on May 2-3, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Please consider making a donation today!

Thanks again for everything you do to help in this work!

David Fowler
Co-Founder, Embraced:Fully
david@embracedfully.org

Gabriel Serafini
Co-Founder, Embraced:Fully
gabriel@embracedfully.org

P.S. If you would like to volunteer as a reentry coach, life skills mentor, or participate further in our future activities, please send us an email to let us know your interest!

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.

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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: Join us for our Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, November 21 at 6:00 pm (Pacific)

Gabriel Serafini — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:20:42 +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, 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:

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: Sharing gratitude, and navigating expectations when starting an Angel Team
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

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:

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.

Photo by Folco Masi on Unsplash

Interview with Chris Hoke, founder and executive director of Underground Ministries [Video]

Gabriel Serafini — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:18:11 +0000

Watch the replay of our interview with Chris Hoke, founder and executive director of Underground Ministries. We learned about how they interact with churches that participate in their One Parish One Prisoner initiative.

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!

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.

You’re invited: Join us for our Embraced:Fully Angel Team workshop meeting on Thursday, October 17 at 6:00 pm (Pacific)

Gabriel Serafini — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:13:29 +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, October 17, 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: Effectively preparing to welcome a returning citizen home
Confirm next meeting dates, wrap up meeting.

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:

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