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GOD'S
SPECIAL
TIME
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If you would like to help this God-led effort in ways
other than going into the prisons, here are six ways that are
provided for your consideration.
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PRAYER - There are four meetings and an
overnight retreat necessary to adequately strengthen the Team before going into the prison. Please, pray daily for the Kairos team
members, both during our preparations and during the Kairos Weekend. The Christian inmate community will be in great need of
focused prayer during the weekend. The Candidates of course need all the
prayer we can provide. Check the current Weekend for a list of all of
the names on the Team, the Stewards, and the Candidates so that you can pray
for all by name. These names will change right up to the last minute,
so please check back often. You can also join our prayer chain.
We will collect the names of everyone who will sign up for a 1/2 hour of
prayer during the weekend, write them on slips of paper, and form them into a
"chain" that will surround the room where the weekend takes
place. These 400 ft. "prayer chains" are a visual method of
showing God's love to the residents. You can check the current weekend
for the names of the candidates and team members if you want to pray by
name. The final list will be posted just before the weekend starts.
 Link
to Prayer Chain -
AGAPE / LETTERS FROM CHILDREN - Have Sunday School children
write letters or make place mats for the meals that are prepared and brought into the unit.
This special agape wins hearts for the Lord. Simple finger-painted
scenes or handprints are very effective, and one-line notes from small
children can sometimes break the toughest shell.
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LETTERS - Many of the 42 who are chosen to attend the Kairos
"Short Course in Christianity" have never received a letter. A
brief note is all that is necessary, but we need them in groups of 42. Have
a letter writing party, have your church Sunday school classes write, and
then put them in groups of 42. Address the letter to "Dear Brother in White". The children's letters especially touch their
hearts. If you can't get 42, bring what you can get and we will
combine them with others to make a group.
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CLOSING - Plan to attend
an upcoming Kairos Weekend closing service at a nearby unit. It means a lot
to the men at Ferguson (Huntsville) and Bartlett (Gatesville) and the women
at Hilltop (Gatesville), Mountain View (Gatesville) and Hobby (Marlin) to
see free-world Christian communities. Request a "closing service
application"
at least three weeks prior to the service you plan to attend. All attendees
must have been cleared for security purposes by the warden's office, and
should receive a letter telling you that you are cleared.
Closing
Application -
COOKIES - 4,000 dozen cookies prayed over while making and by the team in preparing for distribution
spreads God's love to many persons who really need it. On Saturday after lunch, every
Bartlett prisoner and officer is given a bag of one dozen cookies as part of the weekend.
For almost all of the men these are the only "homemade" food they
will receive while in prison.
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MONEY - We have listed
money last, because most of the expenses are paid for by team members.
Money is always useful, but no amount of money can buy a single one of these
items listed above produced in honest prayer. Some $11,000 is needed
for each Kairos Weekend to pay for food, supplies, motel and kitchen
expenses. There is a formal sponsorship program that allows you to pick up
the expenses of one of the 42 Candidates (inmates) on the weekend. Sponsors
receive a letter telling about the weekend and a photo of the entire group.
The official Texas site has more details and forms that you can print out.
We are a 501C so donations are tax deductible.
Official
Sponsorship Page
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