Orange County Prison Ministry & Yokefellows

Our church joins with other Orange & Alamance County congregations in making a contribution to support a chaplain at the prison unit located in Hillsborough. The Hillsborough facility is a minimum security unit housing persons serving short sentences and preparing to re-enter society. Chaplain Ken Barker has been serving the unit for almost 10 years.

If you're interested in providing support and companionship to the inmates at this prison, become involved with Yokefellows. This group of volunteers comes to the prison, with cookies and drinks in hand, on Tuesday evenings (7:30-8:30), to share refreshments and fellowship with those prisoners who desire some companionship and conversation. You can help by baking cookies (cookie tins and recipes for sugar-free treats are provided) and leaving them in the chest freezer in the UCCH kitchen (labeled "Yokefellows") or by coming along on the weekly visits.

People interested in criminal justice meet at the church, 7-8:30 pm the last Tuesday of each month when Yokefellows isn't held. There is a selected topic, often a speaker, and we share our experiences and questions.

People of Faith Against the Death Penalty

This is a special project of the NC Council of Churches that organizes and educates within churches about issues related to the death penalty. It sponsors two outreach programs, one to families of murder victims and one that links death row inmates to pen pals (Project Link).