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New Life Prison Community New Life is a prison community determined to foster spiritual growth in the inmates at the Newton prison.

What a great event! Mark Blankespoor, Cindy and Dave Gritters- got to experience Prison Fellowship Restore 2026! Meeting...
09/17/2026

What a great event! Mark Blankespoor, Cindy and Dave Gritters- got to experience Prison Fellowship Restore 2026! Meeting up with some friends from Prison Fellowship: Mark and Joy DeJong and Dan and Jill Vander Linden! What a great worshipful 2 days!

This past Tuesday evening for our services it was such a blessing to have Sarah Estes who is the director for Prison Con...
09/12/2026

This past Tuesday evening for our services it was such a blessing to have Sarah Estes who is the director for Prison Congregations of America join us to encourage our congregation and share about her work. Today was wonderful at the Museum of the Bible (in DC) to see the power of Gods word behind bars!!

Just wanted to share a few highlights from the past week. This past Sunday it was a blessing to lead worship and have a ...
08/20/2026

Just wanted to share a few highlights from the past week.
This past Sunday it was a blessing to lead worship and have a meal together with friends at the Red Rock Ministries outdoor service. A special thanks to Keith, Netta, Chris, and Emily Van Gent for the awesome smash burgers!
Then last night at our weekly Tuesday worship services at the Newton Correctional Facility we had a special evening of baptisms and 10 men were baptized last night!! What a blessing and what a honor. Yet we also said goodbye and prayed out a long time member who is so eager for this next season of life- but goodbyes are still hard.

08/14/2026

Wanted to share an answer to prayer! Each week men have been turned away from our service due to space. A couple weeks ago New Life was granted 2 services back to back- and both have been full!! What a blessing that is!
Also- you are invited to come to Fifield Recreational Area by Lake Red Rock on Sunday morning the 16th at 9:30 am for an outdoor New Life worship service as part of Red Rock Ministries!

06/17/2026

Prayer request! One of our brothers, JM, has recently been diagnosed with advanced cancer. When you see this, please pause to pray for him. For comfort, peace, minimal pain, and the emotions he is dealing with as he has moved from a facility where he had friends and brothers in Christ, to an u familiar setting. Thank you!

04/29/2026

What a great evening of worship we had tonight! We had a special baptism service and 3 men were baptized, 2 more who were signed up but circumstances didn’t allow for them to be there. It was a special evening and God was glorified!!

04/06/2026

Easter!! Today, New Life was able to hold an Easter Service in the gym at NCF. What a blessing that was. We had a larger space, more men able to attend, and a wonderful time of worship and prayer celebrating our Risen Savior! It was a good day.

03/25/2026

Sometimes our time of prayer and requests carry a common theme. Family. Family is so precious! Especially to an incarcerated person. One prayer last night was for a girlfriend on their second anniversary and praying for a lifetime together, another was blessing his wife of 54 years for always being by his side, an another for his brother hoping for parole. The gift and love of family has no walls. Take time to thank God for your family tonight, especially if you are near each other!

03/04/2026

Its a strange dynamic. At New Life we want our members to leave our church. That means release from the prison. When men leave New Life we are excited to see them go, but sad to see them go at the same time. Tonight we had the wonderful opportunity to hear about being Light in the World, Celebrating Communion, then praying 2 men out as they prepare to leave. Also knowing that 1 other regular member was released just earlier.
I want to invite you when you read this to pause and pray for our members who have recently been released. It is not easy for them to adjust back into life on the outside.

12/22/2025

This morning was a special morning! New Life celebrated the birth of Jesus in the prison gym with several men for our Christmas Service! It was such a blessing to be able to do that and several men came to rededicate their life to Christ!

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408 Maple Street
Pella, IA
50219

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