Events

We ask the Holy Spirit to fan into flames the hope of each child enrolled for Angel Tree Camping in 202May they anticipate goodness; may they anticipate joy, and may the wonderful things that they don’t even know to anticipate yet be a part of their holy experience this summer.

We ask the Lord to direct the steps of many faithful women of God from all across Canada toward prison ministry to specifically meet the growing need for female volunteers who can serve on both male and female phone lines. We pray that every outstanding gap is filled.

We thank the Lord for the support of the Canada Summer Jobs grant and pray that the Holy Spirit will help us to find the right candidate that God had intended to benefit from this experiential employment opportunity. We pray God’s blessings and protection over them and ask the Lord to walk with them and […]

We continue to pray for open doors to this seeker friendly program in institutions across Canada and ask the Lord to help Chaplains and Program Staff see the value it lends in helping the incarcerated population to form their identities in the Saviour.

We thank the Lord for the impact that this crucial program has on justice-affected populations. We continue to pray for it’s fruitfulness for every participant who has the opportunity to encounter it and think through the different aspects of God’s forgiveness.

We thank the Lord for the many participants who continue to find this preparation course for community integration meaningful. We ask the Holy Spirit to multiply the impact of revelation and preparedness for every participant to experience the stabilizing force of God’s presence in their reintegration.

We pray that the Holy Spirit will create new open doors for us to see this powerful new program that explores the Father’s unconditional love. We pray that as participants explore God’s graceful response to those near and far that it challenges and brings greater restoration.

We lift up our PFC national head office staff as we embark on a new journey ahead to a new location. May the Lord help each of us to navigate this transition reflectively, recognizing the deep and wonderful affirmations that God has prepared for us along the way and helping us to settle into our […]

We ask the Lord to be ever present with the choir members of Joyful Gospel Choir as they perform at Vanier Women’s Centre today. May the gospel resound in the lively music presented and may the residents of Vanier feel valued and loved as they enjoy this PFC event.

We lift up a new PFC initiative in the works that lends support to Angel Tree caregivers and ask the Lord for His wisdom and guidance in developing a strong and meaningful support for this overlooked demographic. We pray for strong volunteer support when the time comes to roll out this new program.

We pray that our entire PFC community will be known to prisoners, ex-prisoners, their families and victims, and to all of our community partners by one unmistakeable attribute: may we be known as people of deep and overflowing compassion.

We thank the Lord for the many callers on the PFC by Phone line who find support through mental health decline by calling the line. We pray that when they speak, our volunteers would be given the right words and wisdom from the Holy Spirit empowering them to navigate any and every situation.

We pray that more federal and provincial institutions across Canada would see the powerful benefit of the Angel Tree Camping and Christmas programs and be amply supplied with the administrative support they need to include their prisoner populations in these programs.

We continue to pray for PFC’s authority within institutions across Canada to increase and for the Lord to raise up mature and wise volunteers who can take up these positions as stable and secure representatives of the organization. Please help us support the work of our Chaplain partners in prison.

We pray for the Holy Spirit to inspire more groundbreaking innovations that helps to make volunteer access for PFC volunteers more fluid within the Canadian prison system. We pray that the work we have invested in equipping volunteers will be met with broken barriers to greater access.

We thank the Lord for the meaningful work of our marketing team in transitioning our English and French website to a platform that allow for greater involvement in the upkeep of the pages. We pray that the Holy Spirit will inspire new ways in which we can benefit from this change in the months ahead.

We pray that the Holy Spirit will raise up and affirm an abundance of mature volunteers that help us to fill every open in-prison program slot across Canada. We pray that there will be no open program slots lacking a properly trained and ready-to-serve volunteer.

As we pray for others, we often recognize our own need for growth. May the Lord continue to cultivate within our entire PFC team the places that bear fruit pleasing to Him. And may He also cut away those areas in our lives that don’t bear fruit, so that the fruitful areas may bear even […]

We pray that during this difficult season of incarceration for prisoners that the Holy Spirit will draw many near in a relational and experiential way. We pray that the prisoners all across Canada would experience the comforts of the Comforter that we too have had to learn to depend upon.

We pray that participants of this round of TST would find their truths and work their way to freedom as they learn about taking responsibility as well as the impact to the victims of crime. We ask the Holy Spirit to stretch our understanding and self-awareness in wonderful ways.

We pray that the Lord would direct us to the right candidate for our translator intern this summer and make clear to us the person He has set apart for this ministry. We pray that the work will be just as meaningful for them as it is valuable for us.

We ask the Lord to raise up many mature and spirit-filled women of God who can walk with our growing Bridgecare women clients through their reintegration journey. We ask the Lord to help us find and equip partnered teams in every major city to serve returning citizens.

We lift up the entire province of British Columbia and ask the Lord to establish PFC in a new way throughout this region. We pray that the Lord would raise up volunteer support, Angel Tree sponsors, church partners, program openings in institutions, and chaplain partnerships.

We ask the Holy Spirit to invigorate our marketing team with creative vision and wisdom for the year ahead. We ask for inspiration in design, in planning, in new ways to communicate the breadth of our work, in theming, in execution and in rest. May the creative wisdom of God flow through us.

We continue to pray for an outpouring of dreams and visions that reach into the hearts and minds of prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families, and that helps them to find healing, restoration, and reconciliation. May the Spirit of God cut through the hard and difficult things as only He can.

We continue to pray for the work that the Lord has begun across Quebec. We pray for a covering over the minds and hearts of QC Chaplains, and for the meaningful work that they do. We pray that the light of the Lord would continue to shine brightly, always increasing in measure.

We thank the Lord for the community of church partners across Canada who so diligently labour to serve prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families. We pray that through this work, they each find refreshment, renewal, and a continued sense of fellowship with God in serving those deeply loved by Him.

We pray over camps hosting Angel Tree children all across Canada this summer. We ask the Lord to bless not only these children, but entire camps with an abundant outpouring of His presence. May new friendships abound; may positive lasting memories be made, and may the love of God surround each child.

We ask the Lord to etch out special times and seasons this summer for each of our volunteers and staff to find rest and restoration from their labours. We ask the Lord to show us the wisdom and power that comes from resting in You. May our souls be invigorated anew.

We continue to pray that prisoners will find their way to PFC’s Bridgecare Directory resource through the 1-800 number as well as online. We pray for the continued resources to keep this directory as up-to-date as possible, and for connections to all the local organizations supporting the breadth of needs for returning citizens.

We continue to pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in facilities nationwide. We pray to see entire institutions coming to know Jesus! May the Holy Spirit ignite a heart-desire in prisoners for worship and prayer, and may we see more inmate led Bible studies organically spreading across Canada.