Ongoing Active Programs
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- Kairos Retreat at Rayburn Correctional Institute
- Two of our parishioners, Ted Stacey and Michael Siekman, have joined Kairos and are active leaders in 3-day retreats and monthly prayer-and-share to build church inside prisons.
- Usually those retreats occur twice a year. See the DCI # 9 Retreat Testimonial to get a better feel for the powerful healing impact these retreats and support items can have. The structure is very similar to an ACTS Retreat.
- Parish Support Services lead, Jackie Appleton, coordinates a very large effort to gather Kairos Agape: bake cookies, write anonymous support letters and build a personalized prayer chain for the approximately 40 inmates on a 3 day retreat at Rayburn.
- 24th JDC Re-entry Court Mentor program– 10 of our members are involved as mentors to reduce recidivism and help selected probationers rebuild their lives.
- See the Community at the Gate Testimonial
- We were blessed with a great recent Clarion Herald article:
- There is an online Life Coach training of several hours required to become a mentor. Once you are assigned a mentee, you will receive a phone call about once a week from your mentee, typically 5-10 minutes. Mentors are asked for a 2 year commitment to this program.
- Kairos Retreat at Rayburn Correctional Institute