Volunteers & Events

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Upcoming Events

2022 Annual Fundraiser

When:

Friday, September 23, 2022

Doors Open @ 6:15 PM for Silent Auction

Event 7:00 PM -- 9:00 PM

Where:

Anchorage Baptist Temple

Student Union Room

6401 East Northern Lights Blvd.

Anchorage, AK 99504

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Use Second Building Entrance on back (North) side of the building.

Volunteer or Mentor

If you are interested in volunteering and/or mentoring, please select, view and complete the applicable form(s).

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All volunteers must complete the Volunteer Application (see download below); register for and attend the DOC sponsored Volunteer Orientation.  Upon successful completion of the Orientation and DOC background check, volunteers will be mailed their Religious Volunteer Identification Card.

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Mentor Training Packet

Read about the Role of a Mentor 

Read about PREA 

Volunteer Application

 

 

Some volunteer roles to consider

  • Church services (preaching, teaching or leading worship)

  • Pastoral care services

  • Bible Studies—teaching/discipleship

  • Spiritual/Biblical-based counseling

  • Christ-centered recovery groups (Celebrate Recovery)

  • Music and drama presentations

  • MentorNet

  • God Behind Bars

  • Kairos Prison Ministry

DOC Guidelines for Volunteers entering the Prison Institutions

  • Masks must be worn by all outside volunteers at all times within each institution. 

  • Masks must be medical or cloth and must fit closely over the nose, mouth and chin. 

  • Bandanas, scarves, and the like are not acceptable.

  • All entering institutions will submit to individual screening (including temperature checks), and must be asymptomatic.

  • Group size is limited by the size of the room.

  • Practice social distancing at all times at every event.

  • There is no vaccination status requirement.

Inmate Testimony

Volunteer Efforts Result in Big Life Changes

The following inmate testimony shares the impact and difference a relationship with God and ACM's Transformational Living Community (TLC) has had on his life.

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“When I came to prison, it was like falling into a deep pit.  The lowest point of my life, I had no one to turn to, no friends or family to go to for help, and the only thing I could do was look up.  All my life I felt like I had to earn God’s grace in order for Him to listen to my prayers.  My self-worth was based on what I have done.  So I began to read the Bible to earn God’s grace and to find out how others got God to listen to them. 

After reading the Bible about six month[s], I soon realized that we can know for sure that we are going to heaven.  Salvation is a gift from God.

I’ve been in prison for 5 and a half years, I spent about 1/3 of that time studying the Bible.  So now I am here in TLC, and I feel blessed.  It really brings a whole new meaning to the word “family” and “brothers”.  God’s love has really shined here.  Thank God.

Being here and looking into my past with a different outlook has opened my eyes to a lot.  I now know what I did and what lead me into my poor choices.  With this new information and the new tools I have learned, I can now avoid certain situations that can be a threat of bringing me back into the poor paths that I once took before.

I pray that people who really [have] a desire to change, have the same opportunity as we did.  I thank God for being here.”

Joe