Ministry News

Rufus Duncan Unit: Saturday, April 13th Pastor John Hammond and Dan Groves went to this prison and joined 42 men in festive paise and worship. Dan gave an encouragement from Prov. 29:18 and introduced the ministry and John Hammond. John brought the message entitled ‘Locations of God’. He showed, from Genesis to Revelations, the locations of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Afterward, several came for individual prayer for healing and relationships. God…

ESTELLE UNIT, March 3rd Pastor John Hammond and Dan Groves joined this body of believers behind bars for Sunday Worship. John introduced the ministry and gave an encouraging word. Dan spoke on living in the here and now, and not letting small opportunities for service to God pass you by while looking for the great one that only exists in your imagination. In prayer after the message at least three men came up for salvation…

Clemens Unit – February 3 Dan Groves went in for the Ventress’s to minister at this unit. With 31 men in attendance we worshipped the Lord with the worship team. The message was, The fear of the Lord from Psalm 2:11-12 (ESV) Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling, and several other scripture verses. I believe they understood that, the manifestation of His presence will make you fall on your face and jump…

Clemens Unit On January 7th, Dan Groves went to this prison which is normally visited by Leonard and Cynthia Ventress. We had a time of worship, and I brought the word intitled, Love God First, with several supporting scriptures from Mark 12:30 through Psalms and 1 Cor. 13. That, before we can serve Him or love others, we must know and love God first. Blessing in Jesus Name, Dan Groves On January 21st, Bryanne Adams,…

Duncan Unit On Dec. 9th, Minister Dan Groves joined the 7pm service with 34 men in attendance. The Holy Spirit attended our worship and there was good participation among the men. I gave the message that if we express our love for God before everything else, the everything else will be blessed by His presence. We had several come for prayer afterward, and one man at the very end asked to be filled with the…

This year marked our 41st Semi-Formal Christmas Banquet. December 2 was the date for our 2023 event. We had another wonderful dinner and an amazing time of fellowship. We were blessed with music of Christine Scott. Following her musical ministry, we were given a powerful and encouraging word from God, delivered by our friend, Pastor Horace Moultrie. Here are a few photos from this wonderful night. Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated…

J.D. Wainwright Unit– On October 8, 2023, Apostle Ray C. Felder, Chaplain Shelia Johnson and Minister Cassandra Kitchen went to Wainwright in Lovelady, TX. The house was full and filled with the holy presence of God. Apostle Felder opened with songs of praise and worship. Chaplain Johnson sang a very anointed song that moved many to a place of humility which was demonstrated by uplifting of hands and shedding of tears. Apostle Felder gave a…

Texas prisons were all put on lock-down during most of the month of September as authorities performed a sweeping search throughout the entire system for unauthorized items. Therefore we have no visits to report on. The rules have changed since the Lockdown. Some prisons will not allow us to bring anything into the prisons except our Bible and Sermon Notes, **nothing else.** Check with Shelia prior to going in to get individual prison updates.

Carol Vance, CAROL VANCE UNIT; On August 1, 2023, I had the honor of ministering at this unit and kicked off Celebration Month where they have services every day for August. Angel was the leader of the service, gave his testimony of how the Lord changed his life, and opened in prayer. Then their worship team Winds of Change with 10 men lead the service into the presence of the Lord. Several of the inmates…

Terrell Trustee Unit – July 9 2023 Jason Perez and Mike Woerner visited the Terrell Unit. There were 19 men present. The service began with one of the inmates leading a word of prayer and then someone read a Bible scripture before a group of 4 guys leading worship. MIke introduced the ministry and then gave a word of encouragement. Then Jason gave the message: “Being who God says you are.” Mike Woerner Duncan Unit…