A message from our Director…

Greetings, Coalition of Churches in Prison Ministry (CoCiPM),

I pray you are all well in Him! We are in the eleventh calendar month of 2026. November is our last month for our Bi-monthly meeting!

The meeting is scheduled to be held at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church (PRMBC) on Saturday November 14, 2026. The address is 1819 N. Washington Avenue, Dallas ,Texas 75204. I hope to see you there, because we need all hands-on deck in preparation for the Gift of Light (GOL) outreach in December. Please bring all complete sacks and any financial gifts so an accurate tabulation on what is needed to achieve our goal.

Prayerfully we can pack each sack with the following items:

• Apple

• Orange

• Toothpaste (family size)

• Soap (family size)

• Deodorant (family size)

• Five pieces of candies

• A Gospel Track

Unfortunately, in 2025 we were unable to pack the sacks with the fruit. Hopefully in 2026 the funds will come in so we may purchase the fruit for our three adopted units. It will take all of us to do our part to make this happen and if we fall short our God will make up the difference, praise God!

This year our theme has been “From Brokenness To Blessings”. A topic we all can relate to if we self-examine yourselves is how we have been torn up from the floor up. Going in the wrong direction, away from God verse towards Him. Saul the Pharisee, was a true example of going from being broken to being used mightily for our Lord Christ Jesus. Reference Acts 9:1-43.

Saul was breathing out threats and murdering the disciples of the Lord. He obtained written permission from the high priest to go to the synagogues of Damascus to capture men and women to bring them to Jerusalem in chains. While enroute Saul’s entire world changed as our Lord met him on the road to Damascus. You know the story of how the light from heaven shined around about him. He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? This was the beginning of Saul going from brokenness to blessings.

The Lord had a specific mission for Saul whose name was changed to Paul. He went on to win numerous Gentiles to Christ and thirteen of the New Testament Books are credited to the Apostle Paul

If our Lord can save and change Saul the Pharisee to the Apostle Paul then He surely can change you and me. Not only that He can change all the residents in TDCJ. Like Saul he yielded to the Lord (Acts 9:5). The TDCJ residents must yield to Him as well to go from brokenness to blessings. Just know that the blessings are not all for you, we become conduits of blessings for others to come to know Him or to be edified in Him.

Our Lord has an assignment for them too. May we clearly get the message out in November and December that our Lord wants to use every resident that is willing to yield to His calling

Blessing upon you all.

Peace and Love,

Lee Brodie

Director CoCiPM