 One Day With God Camp
As a church, we have identified prison ministry, and especially the focus of mentoring inmates for re-entering society as a missional initiative that we want to embrace. We have teamed with Reverend Michael Page at Antioch Baptist Church to take action and we are excited about a relationship-building ministry camp called  “One Day with God.” We will join with other churches on August 18 for this event that helps inmates and children reunite.
Since debuting in March 2004 at North Carolina’s Mountain View Correctional Institute, the ground breaking One Day with God Child/inmate camps have been received with great enthusiasm by parents, children, and prison officials alike. The child and inmate parent are guided through a series of spiritually based events involving a mixture of relationship building and fun, designed to open a dialog and begin the process of healing and reconciliation.
Both child and parent are prepared in advance for an event that is both structured and balanced. Tears often flow, especially as the time together ends, but participants leave with a renewed sense of hope for the future and anticipation of more relationship building to come.
In 2005, Forgiven Ministry joined a collaboration of over 30 national ministries comprising Operation Starting Line, a 12-year evangelistic effort under the leadership of Prison Fellowship Ministries to take the gospel to every prison in the United States. Forgiven Ministry has pledged to conduct two One Day with God camps per year as part of this collaboration in addition to past and present camps in North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico.
 To become a volunteer click here: http://www.forgivenministry.org/pdf/volunteerApp.pdf
For more information about FORGIVEN MINISTRY click here: http://www.forgivenministry.org/story.htm
If you are interested in taking part in this event or in upcoming Prison Ministry opportunities, please contact Samantha Vermillion at SamanthaVermillion@mac.com.
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