Kairos Prison Ministry International is a lay-led, interdenominational Christian ministry in which men and women volunteers bring Christ's love and forgiveness to over 27,000 prisoners and their families every year. The Kairos programs take the participants on a journey that demonstrates the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Kairos Prison Ministry operates in prisons in 37 U.S. states as well as nine countries: Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Peru, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Sadly, there are also over 100 prisons worldwide which want the Kairos program, but there aren't enough volunteers or resources to accommodate them at this time.
Sandia Fellowship is heavily involved with Kairos Prison Ministry in New Mexico, participating in "Kairos Inside Weekend" events. This is a 72-hour Christian discipleship event that involves developing long-term relationships, teaching, discussion about the teaching, worship and a lot of laughter over cookies and great meals. Best of all, it is an opportunity for these residents to experience a life-changing encounter with Jesus that is often very powerful and lasting. in 2024, the Women's "Kairos Inside Weekend" was held August 15-18 at the Women's Correctional Facility in Grants, NM, and the Men's Kairos "Inside Weekend" was held October 17-20, 2024 at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility in Santa Rosa, NM. Each year we are in need of volunteers to serve on the Inside and Outside Teams: from participating in the 72 hour prayer vigil, making placemats, baking cookies, and more.
Our upcoming Men’s
Kairos Weekend #25 on May 1-4 is fast approaching, and while many of you will
not be going into the Guadeloupe County Correctional Facility personally, our
Sandia Fellowship members who will be going inside are asking for your help.
Here are four opportunities where anyone could potentially serve in a way that
is vital for the success of this event. Some are easy and some require more
effort. I’ll mention the more challenging first:
The first
opportunity is to write short letters. Each team member must write a letter to each
resident participating in the weekend event. However, anyone can write a letter
to a resident and the only stipulation is you must write 18 letters. They are
short letters but powerfully used by the Holy Spirit to touch lives. Each
resident must receive the same number of letters. If you would like to write a
letter, click here for details on how to
participate in this opportunity.
The second
opportunity involves baking homemade cookies. We will be taking in over
400 dozen cookies and there are specific instructions related to the making of
cookies that I am not going to detail here. Sandia Fellowship needs to provide
at about 60 dozen homemade cookies for this event. If you want to help bake
cookies, please stop at the Welcome
Desk on Sunday to sign up and receive baking instructions.
The third
opportunity involves making placemats for our meals in the prison. This is a great way for
any child, your children or your grandchildren to participate. You can purchase
paper placemats at a party store or online and have a child decorate it using
crayons and markers. We encourage children to write only their first name and
their age on the placemat.
The fourth
opportunity to serve is through participating in the 72-hour prayer vigil. We enlist 144 people to
pray 30-minute segments that cover the entire event in prayer. Sign-up sheets
to pray will be available at our Welcome Desk on Sunday mornings prior to
worship.
If you are interested and want more information, please click here and we will have one of our team members contact you.
