Detailed description is ATUM-ATC is a 501(C)(3) religious organization providing ministries primarily to incarcerated and paroled Wiccans/ Pagans in Colorado. We also provide information on these paths to corrections staff, programs managers and chaplains nationwide. The Alexandria Temple (and Academy) of Universal Metaphysics is a Colorado Non-Profit Religious Corporation affiliated with the Aquarian Tabernacle Church (ATC, headquartered in Index, WA) and a Federally recognized 501(c)(3). We do Wiccan/Pagan prison and jail ministry.. . There is a real need for the Temple’s services. . . Corrections staff are not usually well informed about any minority faith and, therefore, not well equipped to respond to the spiritual needs of these inmates. We believe that positive spiritual focus is critical for offenders’ ability to overcome their criminal thinking and behaviors, thus ending the virtually inevitable revolving door of recidivism. Wicca/Witchcraft, with its focus on personal responsibility and the ethical admonition found in the Rede (“Harm None…”) offers a unique and potentially transformational path for personal spiritual growth to these individuals.. . The current operation of the Prison Ministry and Parolee After-care programs consists of several functions:. . ATUM provides staff members and associate volunteers visiting several prisons on a regular basis to meet with inmates, providing religious services, instruction and spiritual guidance; staff members also visit county jails and other state and Federal prisons, on request, to provide these services;. ATUM sponsors volunteers (mentors) who write to inmates, answering questions on Wicca and providing spiritual guidance.. ATUM also donates new and used religious and self-help books to prison and chapel libraries for the spiritual welfare of inmates.. We provide re-integration services through community outreach and a volunteer spiritual mentor program.. . Staff members are available to answer any questions chaplains and administrators may have, and currently advise several chaplains (at state and Federal levels) on an on-going basis.. . The Prison Visit Program is important because it allows opportunities for inmates to ask questions and get feedback on their spiritual process; to witness and participate in worship and meditation practices with experienced practitioners, thereby gaining a deeper understanding of their faith.. . It allows staff the opportunity to ask questions; putting a human face on the Wiccan faith and demystifying it.. The program shows Wiccans in the “world” to be concerned, involved and responsible citizens.. . The Correspondence Mentor Program allows ATUM staff and volunteers to provide services to more inmates over a broader area; it fosters personal connection from within the community to the inmates; it assists them to feel a meaningful spiritual and personal contact with the greater community; it allows inmates to develop positive connections prior to their release from prison.. . The Corrections Staff Advisory Program has presented an informational in-service to 90+ Federal (BOP) senior chaplains, made a presentation to all CDOC wardens and participated in religious diversity training for all CDOC facility chaplains.. . To help out with ATUM’s ministry or in your own area, please e-mail us. Our snailmail is ATUM, PO Box 140177, Edgewater, CO 80214
Established in the recent years Alexandria Temple of Universal Metaphysics- ATC in jefferson, texas in united-states.
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