Diocese of Winchester

This month’s prayer letter from Jade the Community Chaplain talks about the things that men who have just been released want and need, and the welcome that churches can provide to those who have come to faith. Jade talks honestly about the idea of a drop-in centre in Southampton for released prisoners not having been [...]

SORI stands for’ Supporting Offenders through Restoration Inside’ and is run in HMP Winchester  where it seeks to help offenders understand the impact of their crimes. Jade, the Church Army Community Chaplain at HMP Winchester runs the scheme and recently wrote the following report as part of her prayer letter: We have just completed our [...]

It has been a while since we updated the prayer requests for HMP Winchester, its chaplaincy staff and been able to share the news of Jade, their Community Chaplain. This is purely down to the error and overloaded life of the webmistress – HMP Winchester still need our prayers! In her prayer letter this month [...]

Sunday 6th December, four Mothers’ Union members (including one new gentleman) attended service in the West Hill Chapel of HMP Winchester, as they normally do on the first Sunday of each month. It was a lovely service for a few men who really are committed to the faith they have found with God – time [...]

Mothers’ Union members go to one wing of HMP Winchester each month to worship with, and preach for the inmates. One of our contacts there is Jade, a member of the chaplaincy and it’s Church Army Community Chaplain, a role which enables her to have contact with the inmates families, and to follow up their [...]

Here is the latest news and prayer requests from Jade, the Community Chaplain at HMP Winchester. Jade is a Church Army evangelist, who is undertaking this five year post as a “fresh expression” of church. She was able to talk about her work at the recent Greenbelt festival. She was really encouraged by the number [...]

Jade, the Church Army Community Prison Chaplain for HMP Winchester has been in touch with news of what she’s been doing over the last month, and requests some important items to be kept in our prayers over the next couple of months. Jade writes that due to a promotion, HMP Winchester has once again lost [...]

Jade, the Fresh Expressions Community Prison Chaplain supported by the Church Army at HMP Winchester, has sent this month’s letter for praise and prayer. Please share it with those who will join us in supporting this vital ministry. The biggest news is that the Philo Trust have agreed to provide her with copies of the [...]

Jade, is a Church Army, Fresh Expressions Evangelist who is working in HMP Winchester as their Community Chaplain. She has sent us her prayer letter for the month of May which includes the following example of how God is touching and transforming lives. Jade writes: “I have been spending time recently with a young man [...]

By the end of our Holy Week thoughts this Maundy Thursday, Jesus will have been arrested, and as Peter denies any association or friendship with him (Mark 14:66-72) he is held as a criminal. Jesus is in prison and alone. It therefore seems appropriate, that today, I post details from our second speaker at last [...]