Beauty For Ashes Ministry

Yesterday Beauty for Ashes Ministry had the privilege of hosting IFI’s 1st Annual Spring Picnic at the Lansing Penitentiary Minimum Unit, and if testimonies and numerous, heart felt thank you’s are any indication,  it was a huge success.
Kathy and Robert Reyes, accompanied by 6 other Beauty for Ashes team participants, fed over 100 inmates and [...]

At our last retreat in 2009 at Hope Faith we opened the day with several guest speakers, and then during the afternoon we opened the microphone up to the Hope Faith Clients.  They shared some very heartfelt testimonies, and was so popular among volunteers and clients alike, by the end of the day we were [...]

Please join us to learn more about the amazing ways that God is working in prison ministries and how you can get involved in bringing God’s love to the self-imprisoned.

When: Thursday, March 11, 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m.
Where: Vineyard Church North Campus Auditorium
Refreshments, testimonies, worship, and inmate art display.
RSVP by March 8 to Derk Hanna at (816) 550-6847 or [...]

We just finished up an incredible visit from Ed Tandy McGlasson.  Over the past two days, we saw hundreds of lives impacted by Ed’s powerful message. 
On the first night of Ed’s visit, he took his message to the IFI cell house in the Maximum Security Unit at Lansing Prison.  This is the first time that [...]

Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2010? We are excited to go into another year and see what God has in store for Beauty for Ashes Ministry. We are starting a new calendar year, but we are only beginning to wrap up our first official year as a ministry. It is amazing to [...]

Our December 2nd Christmas banquet has been canceled due to a situation within the prison.  I am not going to go into details about the situation as this is the internet and I don’t feel it is the place to discuss it.  I will say that we hope the banquet will be rescheduled on another [...]

Funny how time flies isn’t it?  We are less than 2 weeks away from our Christmas Banquet in the minimum security unit at Lansing. Coupled with the fact that we have the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in between now and then, the banquet will be upon us before you even know it.
With 15, 20-pound birds being [...]

We just got back from the Hope Faith “Can I Get A Witness” retreat and it was our BIGGEST retreat there ever!  We served 385 individuals 3 awesome meals, ministered and prayed with dozens of folks, many of which wanted to rededicate their lives to Jesus, and received reports of praying the prayer of salvation [...]

Getting ready to head to the Hope Faith “Can I Get A Witness” retreat.  Got lots of food…B&G and French Toast for breakfast, Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Green Beans and a dinner roll for lunch, and a choice of Spaghetti & Meatballs or Chicken Alfredo with a salad for dinner.  The folks will [...]

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