Your Church Can Walk With People Rebuilding Their Lives
Every year, thousands of people leave prison hoping for a fresh start. Many carry deep wounds, broken relationships, and barriers to housing, employment, and community.
Churches are uniquely called to walk alongside them.
The Steps of Hope community walk invites your church to step into that mission.
A Calling Your Church Can Answer
Across British Columbia, people impacted by incarceration are searching for hope, belonging, and a path forward.
Yet many face overwhelming challenges:
Isolation and stigma
Difficulty finding work and stable housing
Broken family relationships
A lack of supportive community
Without support, many struggle to rebuild their lives.
Your church can ensure that no one leaving incarceration has to restart alone.
“I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
— Matthew 25:36
A Mission You Already Believe In
At M2W2 Association, we help people impacted by incarceration rebuild their lives through Christian mentorship, practical support, and community relationships. Through programs like prison mentorship and reintegration support, volunteers walk alongside people as they rebuild healthy, stable lives. Over the decades, we have helped over 100 people successfully reintegrate into our community.
But none of this work happens without the support of the wider community.
How Your Church Can Help
Participating in Steps of Hope is simple.
Sign Up
Register your church or small group for the walk.
Invite Your Community
Encourage members to join your team and share your fundraising page.
Walk Together
Gather on walk day to celebrate hope and support people rebuilding their lives.
Your Steps Can Change Lives
“Remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison.”
— Hebrews 13:3
For many people leaving incarceration, the journey back into the community is incredibly difficult.
They may want to rebuild their lives, but barriers like unemployment, stigma, unstable housing, and broken relationships make the road ahead very challenging. In Canada, many people released from prison return there within two years because they were left to rebuild their lives alone.
But their story can unfold very differently when they have a mentor, practical support, and a community that believes in their future.
By joining the Steps of Hope walk, your church helps provide those resources.
Together, we can help ensure that people leaving prison are not defined by their past, but supported as they build a hopeful future for themselves, their families, and our communities.
We would love to see churches across the region walking together for hope.
Start a team with your congregation, youth group, small group, or ministry team.