Prison Ministry

Christ Church started a prison ministry for male and female inmates at the local Albemarle/Charlottesville Regional Jail and at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women.  There are many ways to get involved.

  • Lead a bible study to a group of men (male volunteers) or a group of women (female volunteers).
  • Serve as a mentor and meet one-on-one with an inmate.
  • Donate gently used/new books (bibles, Christian literature, fiction, non-fiction, educational, etc.) to the “Books Behind Bars” boxes located in the church office and in the narthex.
  • Sign up for the Angel Tree program and purchase Christmas gifts for children of incarcerated parents.

For more information, email Lindsey Holcomb (lindsey@christchurchcville.org) or call the church office (434.293.2347).

Prison Ministry Update

Books Behind Bars: 140 total books delivered in September

  • 75 books taken to Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW)
  • 65 books taken to Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ)

Bible Studies

  • Lindsey Holcomb begins October 2nd teaching/leading a 5-week bible study on healing from sexual abuse (location: FCCW) to 40 inmates.
  • Two male UVA students (from the 5 o’clock service) are currently going through the orientation/background check process to each lead a bible study for men at the ACRJ.  Additionally, they will co-teach an ESL class at the ACRJ.
  • A female UVA grad student (from 5 o’clock service) is currently going through the orientation/background check process to teach in the GED program for female inmates at the ACRJ.

Angel Tree

  • There are 23 individuals/families signed up to sponsor a child this Christmas.
  • There will be a Christmas party for the children being sponsored and their caregivers on December 6th at Christ Church (1-3:30pm).  The Children will receive their presents and have a time to make cards for their incarcerated parent(s), have their picture taken to be put with the card, decorate cookies, etc. 

  • "Of the Father's Love Begotten"

    He is found in human fashion, Death and sorrow here to know, That the race of Adam's children Doomed by law to endless woe, May not henceforth die and perish In the dreadful gulf below, Evermore and evermore! O that birth forever blessed, When the Virgin, full of grace, By the Holy Ghost conceiving, Bare the Savior of our race; And the Babe, the world's Redeemer, First revealed His sacred face, Evermore and evermore!

The Word

When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4-7)

The Prayer

O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer, p. 212)

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