Operation Starting Line, a collaborative effort of several national ministries, will focus on 28 Wisconsin prisons and juvenile facilities July 13 through 22. This outreach is designed to reach prisoners who do not normally attend chapel. It includes a program by a Christian musician, sports figure, motivational speaker or other person who presents the Gospel in a creative format.
Volunteers informally share their faith with the prisoners.
The outreach, spearheaded by Prison Fellowship Ministries, is a joint effort of several ministries, including the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Campus Crusade for Christ and The Navigators. Space below the fellowship hall will provide the education ministry with new classrooms and an open space for playing and singing. Hope's existing education wing will be renovated to house offices for church staff, a library and Covenant Counseling Center. The plan includes no special foods, pills, exercise routines or fat-gram counting. The concert is free.