Prison Crusade in Richmond TexasWe need volunteers for this event and would love for you to join us!
Please read this info below and then make sure to REGISTER online so that we can have you cleared through security!
The unit is located at 3 Jester …

Prison Crusade in Richmond Texas

We need volunteers for this event and would love for you to join us!

Please read this info below and then make sure to REGISTER online so that we can have you cleared through security!

The unit is located at 3 Jester Rd, Richmond, TX 77469.

There will be a Friday night service and two Saturday services. Bikes will ride in at 9:00 am Saturday and out at 3:00 pm.

We are staying at the Holiday Inn Express at 1444 Southwest Freeway, in Sugarland, TX. Everyone makes their own hotel reservations. Be sure to mention “Worldwide Voice in the Wilderness Prison Crusade” in order to get the rate of $73.14/room, including taxes.


Everyone will need WVIW t-shirts. We will wear green, tan, or blue on Friday, and black on Saturday. They are $20.00 each if you do not have one. There also is a $10.00 registration fee.

Donny ZigZag OwensHere is my friend Donny at Strokers Dallas. Today for Easter he is sharing his story. It’s very encouraging and inspiring to hear how this son of a preacher Turned federal felon, turned pastor, turned chaplain of one of the p…

Donny ZigZag Owens

Here is my friend Donny at Strokers Dallas. Today for Easter he is sharing his story. It’s very encouraging and inspiring to hear how this son of a preacher Turned federal felon, turned pastor, turned chaplain of one of the prolific Biker Clubs in America Changed his strife into success and blessing in his life. He is a great companion and a true ambassador of grace.

Johnny Moffitt Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness

Church on the Bike 2nd Annual Celebration at Strokers DallasPlease join us for a fun way to celebrate Easter Sunday. We will be out celebrating at Strokers Dallas and want you to come and bring your family. We have lots of music and lots of fun. The…

Church on the Bike 2nd Annual Celebration at Strokers Dallas

Please join us for a fun way to celebrate Easter Sunday. We will be out celebrating at Strokers Dallas and want you to come and bring your family. We have lots of music and lots of fun. There is a restaurant available and we always have a great time wi friends. Please let me know if you will be there so I will make sure to look for you

Special Required Training to become an APPROVED VOLUNTEER FOR TEXASWorldwide Voice in the Wilderness is offering a special training to become a state approved volunteer.
These training sessions are usually held inside a prison.  We are hosting one i…

Special Required Training to become an APPROVED VOLUNTEER FOR TEXAS

Worldwide Voice in the Wilderness is offering a special training to become a state approved volunteer.

These training sessions are usually held inside a prison.  We are hosting one in the Dallas area at a local church.  This eliminates the need to clear security in a prison just to attend the class.  But time is of the essence.

 

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is requiring all volunteers to complete the TDCJ Volunteer Training every two years.  There is no cost associated with the training.  A new volunteer can enter a prison 4 times in their lifetime then they must become approved.  They will not be allowed to enter the prison if they are not an approved volunteer.

 

You must fill out the state application very early so they can process the application and get it back to you before the class.

 

I am attaching a link to the state application and I have attached the application with this form for your convenience.

http://tdcj.state.tx.us/pgm&svcs/online%20vol%20app%20Revision%202010.pdf

 

Please complete this current application – every line -  and mail it to the address indicated.  They must receive it by April 15 in order to get your approval letter back to you

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In the bottom section of the first page, please check Chaplaincy and you must put your faith denomination on the blank. (ex. Christian Baptist)

 

If you are an ex-inmate enclose a support letter from your pastor.  Otherwise your application won’t be processed in time by our meeting in June.

 

If you are on parole, a letter from your parole officer must be included with your application.

 

If you are an approved volunteer and your last training was at least 18 months ago, you do not need to fill out the application again.  Just come to the class.  If you are approved already, you can take the class online every other year.

 

You will receive a notice from Huntsville informing you of the training courses in your area and the dates available.  Our class will not be listed on this notice.  If you do attend a different class at a prison, you will take that form to the training.  Once you have attended the training, the TDCJ Volunteer computer will automatically be updated with your information and you will be an APPROVED VOLUNTEER.  You will not receive any further correspondence from the state.

 

If you took the volunteer training PRIOR to June 2005 and you have not been into a prison since that time, your name has been dropped from the volunteer computer and you will need to re-apply with the state to attend the training again to be reinstated.

 

The class will be Saturday, June 18 (the day before Father’s Day) at Freedom Church, 2435 East Hebron Parkway, Carrollton, TX 75010 from 9:00 am until 1:00.  No food will be served.  But feel free to bring in your own.  Please be on time.

 

***If you are going to attend this training opportunity, please let us know so we can plan ahead for which room to use.  I will send you another email telling you which room we will be in at the church. Register for TDCJ Volunteer Training in Carrollton, TX  on Eventbrite

 

Worldwide Voice in the Wilderness thanks you for volunteering your time and talents to further the Kingdom on God in the prison system.  We look forward to many more years of reaping the harvest of your sowing.   You are very needed in the Kingdom of God.

 

Please call if you have any questions.

 

Thank you so very much for your labor of love!

 

All for HIS glory,

Johnny & Betty Moffitt

Marriage Seminar Attendees

Please begin to pray now for the WVIW Marriage Seminar weekend at the Darrington Unit, the prisoners, the prison staff, and for all to go as smoothly as possible.

I would like to ask you to especially pray for the other volunteers and the inmate couples who will attend this seminar.

The volunteers are:
Omar & Jessica
Randy & Eileen
Martin & Karen
Patricia
Bobby & Bunny
Richard & Kristi
Glenn
Mike & Margaret
Randy & Linda
Javier
Travis & Gina
Calvin & Nikki
Fred & Nesta
Nathanael & Laura
Myself and Betty.

Thanks very much

Johnny Moffitt.

Upcoming Events for Johnny Moffitt

I hope that you will be able to join me as I travel the next few weeks. I really have been blessed to be a part of these gatherings at churches around Texas and I know you will be to!

Please take a few minutes to look at the next few weeks and let me know if I will be seeing you at any of the upcoming churches or events. You can email me or just leave a comment below. I also encourage you to find us on Facebook by heading over to the official ministry facebook page.

Thank You

Johnny Moffitt

Upcoming Events for Johnny Moffitt

I hope that you will be able to join me as I travel the next few weeks. I really have been blessed to be a part of these gatherings at churches around Texas and I know you will be to!

Please take a few minutes to look at the next few weeks and let me know if I will be seeing you at any of the upcoming churches or events. You can email me or just leave a comment below. I also encourage you to find us on Facebook by heading over to the official ministry facebook page.

Thank You

Johnny Moffitt

WVIW Staff need.

Dear Friends,

March 11-13, we are hosting our fifth “Marriage Retreat” for correctional officers and staff in Region II of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We have received funds to pay for the officer couples from Gateway Church in Dallas, but we need help with sponsoring our staff.

Our volunteer team members pay their own way but the staff must be sponsored. We need sponsorships for four staff couples at $380 per couple. This covers three nights lodging and eight meals for husband and wife.

Would you please consider sponsoring one or more WVIW staff couples for this much needed Marriage Retreat? These officers have a divorce rate of 95%. These retreats have proven to be very effective in the past. In fact we have received the Govenor’s Award for them twice. In 2000 WVIW was named “The Best Family Ministry in Texas” for these retreats.

We need your help. Please help us reach, strengthen, or even save these troubled marriages.

You may donate on line at www.wviw.com, or send a check to the address below.

God bless you and your church for all you can do.
Johnny Moffitt
Founder and President
Worldwide Voice in the Wilderness
PO Box 740273
Dallas, TX 75374
972-234-6009
FAX 972-234-6050
www.wviw.com
johnnymoffitt@wviw.com

TDCJ Funding for Chaplains targeted for cuts

Those responsible for cutting the state budget have targeted chaplaincy, and have “zero funded” this entire department from the Texas Department of Corrections.

Chaplains in the State of Texas are trained professionals who manage the religious programs in each Texas Prison.

They help to manage 18,000 volunteers, most of which are helping to bring real life change to inmates.

The short sightedness of this decision cannot be underestimated. The dedicated service of these volunteers is in the hundreds of thousands of hours and results in an estimated $12.6 million of free service in Texas Prisons each year. And the lives of thousands of inmates whose lives are positively impacted or dramatically changed each year is a real saving to the State.

Each inmate who turns from crime and doesn’t re-enter the system, due to the work of chaplains, and the programs they manage, will save the State tens of thousands of dollars in court and prison costs. Those saving will be potentially eliminated if the chaplaincy program is ended. In fact, all a Chaplain has to do to recoup his entire annual salary is to influence one prisoner each year to give up his/her criminal activity.

One senior Prison official said that if the chaplaincy program is cut, the program will have to be managed by a correctional officer or a secretary, who will also be responsible for recruiting volunteers. It is widely believed that volunteer service will then necessarily drop off dramatically. Chaplains also provide “Pastoral Care” for everyone in these correctional facilities. This is a high stress work environment, and the pressures on the families of correctional officers are significant. It is difficult to find a community of 500 people in America which does not have pastoral care. Such care will be very hit and miss without the Chaplaincy Department.

Action Plan: Contact by personal visit, telephone call, letter, fax or email your State Rep and State Senator: 1) The address of your State Representative is: The Honorable (Name), Texas House, P O Box 2910, Austin TX 78768-2910 2) The address of your State Senator is: The Honorable (Name), Texas Senate, P O Box 12068, Austin TX 78711
Also please contact your Statewide Officials: 1) The Honorable Rick Perry, Governor’s Office, P O Box 12428, Austin TX 78711 (no email, must contact through his website) 2) The Honorable David Dewhurst, Lt. Governor’s Office, P O Box 12068, Austin TX 78711, phone, (512)463-0001, fax (512)936-6700, Email 3) The Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, P O Box 2910, Austin TX 78768, phone (512)463-1000, fax (512)463-1064

What Do You Say? Tell them that it is critical for Texas to continue to fund the Chaplaincy Department, with at least one chaplain in each prison, and that a failure to do so will cost the State much more over the long term than in any perceived budget savings now. Time is Critical HB 1 has Chaplaincy listed as “zero funded” … which means if it is not “funded” in House Bill 1 (the Appropriation Bill), and not “funded in Senate Bill 1( the Finance Bill), in a couple of months both the house and senate will appoint a Conference Committee to work out the differences between HB1 and SB1; It could be TOO LATE if chaplaincy is not “funded” before the conference committee.

Please take a few minutes to contact the 5 officials identified above. And please pray for this issue as well, and for those in the State government who will be deciding this issue over the next couple of months.

Blessings, –

Johnny Moffitt
Founder and President
Worldwide Voice in the Wilderness

WVIW Marriage Seminar at the Darrington UnitI am very excited about the next few months and what God will be doing through Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness. We will be attending the Darrington Unit and ministering for three days to twenty five or s…

WVIW Marriage Seminar at the Darrington Unit

I am very excited about the next few months and what God will be doing through Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness. We will be attending the Darrington Unit and ministering for three days to twenty five or so men and their wives. This is a powerful time and we are glad you have made it possible for me and Betty to fufill Gods purpose in our lives on a daily basis. It is because of so many faithful supporters and prayer partners that we are able to go connect with these prisons and be God to these lovely couples.

I am asking you to prayerfully consider going with us to Darrington as WVIW Team Members to fully experience what God is doing in the prisons of Texas. If you can not join us on the weekend in person please remember us in Prayer. We will be in the prison Feb 25th-27th and really need your prayer for that weekend. It is a joyful time but there is much work to be done and we rely on your prayers to make it successfull.

Also, I would ask that if you are able to give financially to WVIW, you consider making a donation directly to the ministry of Marriage Seminars. This fund helps us not only make each weekend possible but allows us to be a blessing to several couples by being abl to go above and beyond in making this weekend special.

God Bless you and Thank you for all you do to support me and Betty, as well as Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness.

Johnny

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Thank you for visiting http://johnnymoffitt.com and for showing your continued interest and support.

Here you will find very easy ways to stay in touch as well as become deeper connected to our ministry and to efforts through JohhnyMoffitt.com and through Worldwide Voice in the WIlderness Ministries. You can get a calendar view of all ministry related events and my own speaking engagements and even get booking info for having me at you your next church event or service.

I would be glad to hear from you so please feel free to leave a comment here or email me directly.

Thank You

Johnny Moffitt