Ribbon Cutting of the Halbert Unit's New Chapel

The ribbon cutting of the new Halbert Unit Chapel is a significant step toward reaching the agency’s vision of building 10 new chapels by 2030. This 8,250-square-foot facility was made possible through volunteer donation and the nonprofit Joseph's Hammer. Watch as we proudly unveil this newest vessel of change and growth.

This is the place that faith built.

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Joseph’s Hammer Chapel Progress

1 barb fence
2 artist rendering
2halbert sign
4 site photo east
5 plans thermometer
6 parade
7 100 man check
8 silver lin ellen
9 silver lin zack
10 base road
10 layers
11 testament of freedom
12 jake hooker
13 concrete pour 3
14 foundation prayer
15 steel erection
16 framing
17 exterior bdg
18 building
19 interior wall framing
20doors
21 scripture on walls
22 tdcj nichols speaking
23 prayer circle
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Thank you for joining the community-wide effort to build the chapel. 

Praise God for supplying a beautiful, state-of-the-art worship center for the Halbert women!
In the Halbert Unit, women are searching for God at
the lowest point in their lives.

Thank you for helping turn a vision into reality. Together we've glorified God with a dedicated space for discipleship and life-changing programs.

Your Gift Transforms Lives

501c(3) Building a place for transformation in prison.
  • Did you know there’s a women’s prison in the Highland Lakes Area? The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has approximately 1100 different women passing through the Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility (SAFPF) in Burnet for recovery programs every year. 
     
  • Three fourths of these women are serving their first prison sentence, and the others are coming out of longer sentences. They all get the 6-8 month drug/alcohol treatment they so desperately need before they go home to their communities and families across Texas. Many are victims of physical or sexual abuse. They are frightened, hungry for truth, and desperate to turn their lives around.
     
  • There’s no dedicated place for women to worship or attend faith-building classes at Ellen Halbert … yet.  We know (the evidence is irrefutable) that participation in faith-based studies and programs is the critical factor in determining the future success of these women. Now because of limited space, some women are being turned away and cannot participate in the very thing that can help them the most to be good parents, good neighbors and good citizens.

 

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