Central Florida Prison Ministry
Our Messianic Prison Ministry has been in action in the Central Florida prisons for over 10 years because of Yeshua’s words: ‘When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You? “The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ Yeshua , Mth 25:39-40.
"Shining His light in a dark place!", we minister to the inmates seeking to follow the God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob with all of thier hearts. They seek His will studying His Word and putting into practice as much as they are able to in prisons, including observing His Shabbats and other Feasts. We facilitate thier ability to observe His Feasts, and teach them the Hebraic roots of the Bible. As thier light shines to those around them, the congregations grow!
Electronic devices are not usually allowed in prisons, so we do not have pictures to share of inmates. But here are some of the things we have provided for the inmates we minister to !
Weekly Shabbat
Monthly New Moon
Annually
Spring & Summer Feasts
Annually
Fall Feasts
What we Have Been Doing
What we have been doing in the prisons:• Annual Passover Plate Project • Providing Erev Shabbat services, including candles, challah or matzah (depending on each prison accommodations), juice, worship music, worship dance, some shabbat liturgy and teaching.• Teachings on all of His calendar cycles: weekly, monthly, annual, with mention of Shimitah and Jubilee years when applicable.• Feast celebrations including Erev Shabbat services, Passover Seder, Shavuot celebration (with cheese cake) , Rosh Hashana celebration (with apples honey & round challah) , Sukkot tent and lulav , Hannukah service (with candles n candy), and sometimes Purim service.
We have seen the congregations in the prisons that we minister to grow in number and maturity. One prison had a congregation with great disunity and disrespect happening in their Erev Shabbat meetings. It took several months of prayer and teaching specifics from His Word, with love and compassion, to finally bring a peace and sense of unity to that group of believers. Now that congregation, and others, are sharing with others and more are coming into understanding, the congregations are growing! The inmates are always so grateful for the presence of volunteers, both for how it blesses them and allows them better observance of His Word , but also because they are aware of the sacrifice of time the volunteers make.
AT HIS DIRECTION, WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES EXPANDING IN INFLUENCE AND MINISTRY BEYOND CENTRAL FLORIDA PRISONS, TO MANY PRISONS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA! PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR US WITH THE LIST ON "OUR GOALS" PAGE AS A GUIDE!
Pre- Pandemic
Before Covid we were doing these things listed above in 5 prisons and were on the verge of expanding to even more prisons. After Covid we were limited to 3 prisons for awhile, but we have now we have expanded to ministering in 6 prisons, and aiding in providing volunteers to several more prisons! We will continue to expand our reach as He guides, to aide our incarcerated brethren!