Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. (“Kairos”), a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, announces the start of a Kairos Inside program at the Trenton Correctional Institution located in Trenton South Carolina, beginning Tuesday, February 7th. The 3 ½ day Weekend event will be the first Kairos Inside Weekend at this facility and is another step forward in… Continue reading »
Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. (“Kairos”), a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, announces the start of a Kairos Inside program at the Willacy County State Jail located in Raymondville Texas, beginning Thursday, November 17th. The 3 ½ day Weekend event will be the first Kairos Inside Weekend at this facility and is another step forward in… Continue reading »
Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. (“Kairos”), a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, announces the start of a Kairos Inside program at the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility located in Walnut Grove Mississippi, beginning Wednesday, November 9th. The 3 ½ day Weekend event will be the first Kairos Inside Weekend at this facility and is another step forward… Continue reading »
The Kairos team at the Polunsky Unit in Texas had the issue many places are having, trying to minister to inmates without being able to hold a Kairos Weekend due to volunteer access limitations. The Kairos team thought of what could be done and approached the chaplain (who is a former Kairos volunteer) and the… Continue reading »
It had rained all week, it was raining the morning of, then just hours before, the rain stopped, the sky opened up, and the sun came out to allow the Kairos team at Craggy Prison in North Carolina to hold an outside the fence retreat. With North Carolina correctional facilities still not allowing volunteers to… Continue reading »
Imagine a normal day such as this one. You receive a phone call telling you that your child has been arrested for murder! Your life would be irrevocably changed in ways you could never imagine. This is what happened with Renaldi when her 18 year old son Wes, was arrested for capital murder. Renaldi was… Continue reading »
As with every prison, Martin Correctional Institute in Florida was shutdown to visitors and volunteers for over a year, reopening in April. While the Kairos team was kept out, something very special was happening on the inside of Martin CI. A group of inmates, consisting mostly of Kairos Graduates, was grouping as a daily prayer… Continue reading »
The Kairos Advisory Council for Lee Arrendale State Prison in Georgia, was seeking a way to show a simple act of kindness to the prison staff. The prison approved the request to bake and bring in cookies for 380 people. A goal of 190 dozen cookies was set, 6 per employee, but God provided an… Continue reading »
The Mission After her release, Rhonda Bear wanted to find a way to help women coming out of prison. According to Bear, women are often released from jail at midnight on the day their sentence ends, at which many of them don’t have a place to go, much less someone to pick them up. “If you… Continue reading »
By Ali Brooks, Anne Raun and Madison ReichertFlycatcher Media(reprinted with permission) Rhonda Bear comes out from behind the counter of She Brews, a coffee shop in downtown Claremore, Oklahoma, to gently tell one of her two grandsons to be nice to the other. The owner of She Brews, which has been open since November 2012, Bear… Continue reading »