Chapel takes shape at women's prison in McLoud
By CARLA HINTON NewsOK.com on Sep 18, 2013, at 8:51 AM
Religion
Yom Kippur service. 11 a.m. Saturday, at Iglesia Oste Asamblea De Dios, 3615 W. 51st St., the new meeting place of Holiness to the Lord Congregation (Kodesh L' Adonai Kahal).
Mikey Weinstein, a controversial figure who has been called a champion for religious freedom by some and a notorious anti-Christian zealot by others, will speak Sept. 21 at a Tulsa Interfaith Alliance awards reception.
MCLOUD — Inmates and volunteers worked side-by-side Tuesday to build a new prison chapel at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center.
The chapel construction project at the state's maximum-security prison for women is funded through private donations from churches and individuals across Oklahoma and other states. The project, coordinated through a faith-based group called World Mission Builders, took several years to bring to fruition.
The Rev. Charles Freyder, a chaplain at the prison, said many inmates wanted to help build the chapel and they could hardly contain their excitement.
“To watch the walls and the rafters go up within a two- or three-day period has been awesome,” Freyder said.
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Religion
Yom Kippur service. 11 a.m. Saturday, at Iglesia Oste Asamblea De Dios, 3615 W. 51st St., the new meeting place of Holiness to the Lord Congregation (Kodesh L' Adonai Kahal).
Mikey Weinstein, a controversial figure who has been called a champion for religious freedom by some and a notorious anti-Christian zealot by others, will speak Sept. 21 at a Tulsa Interfaith Alliance awards reception.
