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WIEA 2024 Video update with Andrew Murphy
As the year comes to a close, our Executive Director wanted to share a brief update regarding how God is using your...


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Celebrating Graduation
June 13, 2024 will be a day eight men and their families will remember forever...graduation day! After four challenging years (the first...
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Upcoming Graduation and a NEW Prayer Initiative
A WORD FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR We have sought for a long time to expand and grow our partnerships with the local church. We serve a...


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Exciting News From WIEA!
Spring is the air, and our newest freshman class is wrapping up its first term in the program. To date, the students have all done well...


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Celebrating Dr. Craig Long!
Some good, but bittersweet news: this month Dr. Craig Long and his wife, Angie, are moving to Indiana to pursue wonderful new...


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November update from WIEA
As of this letter, the first term at Fox Lake Correctional has been successfully completed, and term two is underway! Both the students...


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Fantastic Fall Happenings with WIEA🍂
On August 16th the fall term started at Fox Lake Correctional Instituion. The students showed up at 8:00am excited and ready to go!...


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Exciting happenings within WIEA
"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” -Psalm 143:10 First, we are grateful to...


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Happy Spring from WIEA
Spring is (finally) in the air and there are a number of exciting things happening with WIEA. . . The new term is off to a great start....


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Happy New Years WIEA
Happy New Year! After a two-week break between terms, the students and staff are ready to return to the classroom. We are excited about...


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Fall WIEA Update
The new Freshman class has completed their first term as of October 7. They have done well in their time of transition to Waupun (well...


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Congratulations Class of 2022!
WIEA is proud to announce the graduation of the 2022 graduating class of Trinity University - Waupun Correctional Extension site! This...

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Summer WIEA Update
As we move into summer, our next graduation ceremony is just weeks away. The Senior Class has completed their coursework, turned in their...


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Spring WIEA Update
Things are beginning to feel a bit more “normal” around Waupun (WCI). After beginning the year in yet another lockdown, the DOC has...


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Happy New Year- Welcome 2022
The year got off to an interesting start. Waupun (WCI) went under lockdown on January 5th due to rising case numbers of COVID-19....


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God at Work in WIEA
Fall is in full swing and with it our recent graduates have begun the transition into the next chapter of their lives. Since the...


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Congratulations Class of 2021
Years of prayer, support, and the hard work of the Senior Class culminated in the first graduation ceremony of Trinity’s campus within...

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Countdown to Graduation
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you are receiving...


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Springing Forward with WIEA
""Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. I will...


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Off to a Healthy Start in 2021
Thank you for your continued prayers these past several months as we navigated the difficult season of a closed classroom. We are...


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December 2020 Update with Pastor Robin
As a Board, we regularly hear from Robin Knoll, on what is going on inside the walls at Waupun Correctional and what is going on with the...


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Pressing on During Covid-19
Thank you for your continued prayer as we navigate this difficult season at Waupun Correctional Institute (WCI). There has been a...


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He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted i
The lockdown has continued through the summer at Waupun. Students continue to read lectures and complete writing assignments from their...


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"But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me." 2 Timothy 4:17 (ESV)
While serving time at Waupun Correctional Institution, Robert Alexander is working on a bachelor's degree in biblical studies. Photo...


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OLD SCHOOL
Isaiah 55:11 (ESV) "so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which...


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Transformation Inside the Walls
Real transformation is taking place at Waupun Correctional Institution. Grace exists where it hadn’t before. Respect and unity are...


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Division and Restoration
Trust can be lost in the blink of an eye, but there is work in restoration. It’s a process that is long and often tiresome. One man in our


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Not Alone
In September, 200 of WIEA’s friends and partners gathered together where they were given a glimpse of what life is like inside the classroom


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A Glimpse into the Life of a Student
Inside one of Wisconsin’s maximum-security prisons, one might imagine dark spaces with little light and very little life. This is true of th


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Connections
The excitement is building as we are now onlyfour weeks away from our second annual fundraiser scheduled for September 25th. There is growi


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More Free
Many of us would define freedom as the ability to go where we want to go, when we want to go, and with whom we want to go. But for one inmat


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Living with Purpose
Locked behind bars for the majority of an adult life, one may have lost hope long ago about living a life with purpose. Yet, when we ask the


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A Word From A Church Partner….
Jonathan Misirian, Pastor at Southbrook Church, reflected on his recent visit to Waupun


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Beams of Light…Called Dreams
On my first visit to our classroom, I was taken back a bit about how spacious it felt. Not in terms of physical space, for prison is not a


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Why our Program is Unique and Why it Works
There are six key evidence-based elements to our program that take prison inmates through our four-year in-prison seminary and grants them a


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How WIEA Works
At WIEA we are encouraged when we hear from our students. We thought you would be as well. We often hear stories of success and gratitude


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A Year in Review from our Co-Presidents
As we look ahead with great anticipation at how the Lord will guide our ministry this year, we’d also like to take a moment to celebrate our


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Peace
There are, in only our first cohort, reports of a reduction in violent encounters among inmates and staff and our seminary is getting the


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Students Give Thanks
Students are very poignantly and articulately expressing their thanks for being in the Bachelors Degree Program at our Prison Seminary


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Inaugural Fundraiser
"The only lasting change in a man’s heart is if he has God. Otherwise whatever programs we offer the inmates are only going to make them..."


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Share the Miracle
In this month’s newsletter, I want to encourage you to take advantage of an opportunity to get a more complete picture of what God has been


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Agents of Change
Many of us have known the thrill of being an agent of change


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Father’s Day
For those children whose fathers are absent due to incarceration there has not been much to celebrate, until now.

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Overwhelmed with grace.
The magnitude of the opportunity they have been given has started to set in and many of the inmates are beginning to ask God “Why Me?
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