2012 Training events schedule
EASTERN REGION
WHEN: Saturday February 11, 2012 9:00AM – 12:00 Noon WHERE: Beaufort County Terra Ceia Christian Reformed Church<-Click for MAP Contact Bill Van Staalduinent 252-943-2075 for enrollment/details
CENTRAL REGION
WHEN: Saturday February 18, 2012 9:30AM – 12:00 Noon WHERE: Kirk of Kildare Presbyterian Church, Cary, NC <- Click for MAP Contact Bill Boyle 919-244-5581
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
WHEN: Thursday evening March 8, 2012 WHERE: Scottland County Area Contact Chris Mitchell 910-229-7871For all other training requirements contact Nancy Burkette Telephone: 336-724-9801 email: nancyburkette@bellsouth.net
Read How State DOC deals with loss of chaplains !
Yokefellow Annual Meeting Draws Volunteers from across the State
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Yokefellow Prison Ministry of North Carolina, Inc convened its’ 42nd annual meeting at the First Baptist Church in Burlington, NC Saturday October 29, 2011. The meetings theme “THAT THEY MAY BE ONE” from John 17:20-26 and Acts 1:14 served as the basis for an inspiring keynote message from Reverend Sidney Dunston. ==========================================================================
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July 2011
NC Budget reduces number of DOC Chaplains by 50%
Click here to read Senior Board member’s letter of appeal to leaders of NC House and Senate
Letter from Rev BrucePate ==========================================================================
April 2011
Wake Correctional Center Volunteer of the Year
Raleigh, NC
At the April Volunteer Banquet held at Wake CC, Raleigh, NC for volunteers who served during 2010, Yokefellow, Josephine Drayton was awarded VOLUNTEER of the YEAR for her service at Wake Correctional Center. Josephine has been serving as a faithful Yokefellow volunteer and Yokefellow Volunteer Coordinator for over thirty years at the minimum security institution on Rock Quarry Road where over 400 male inmates reside.
We rejoice in her continious dedication and the many many hours Josephine has given to the men at Wake CC over these past decades. Josephine has also been active in aftercare support for inmates who have been released from Wake. She has worked to support several community reentry progarms in the Raleigh area including ”pardoned by Christ“ and ” Project Nehemiah – Raleigh ” . Josephine’s dedication serves as reminder to us all that IN-PRISON and AFTER-CARE ministries work best when they work together.
CONGRATULATIONS once again to JOSEPHINE DRAYTON ! ! ! !
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Ministry
Yokefellow Prison Ministry of North Carolina is an inter-denominational, interracial Christian ministry of reconciliation begun in 1969, which includes both lay and clergy, male and female. It is founded on the idea that people’s lives are changed through committed relationships.
The ministry is conducted by trained volunteers who lead weekly meetings of small groups inside our correctional institutions. Yokefellow is not focused on worship, preaching, teaching, counseling, or Bible study, but is a ministry of listening, sharing, caring, encouragement and support provided by community volunteers from the “outside” yoked in fellowship with those on the “inside” through the weekly small group meetings.
The Biblical foundation of our commitment is the invitation by Christ our Lord in the Gospel of Matthew 11:29-30:
