Kairos will surely missDick Day, one of the‘Nine Old Men’ who was

instrumental, along with ourother founding fathers, for grow-ing Kairos Prison Ministry to thelarge, international ministry thatit is today. From starting with aWeekend in Florida, Dick lived to see this ministrygrow to 32 states and 9 foreign countries.

Richard J. Day, (Dick), age 93, passed away onWednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Dick graduated as a Me-chanical Engineer and worked for the Glenn L. Mar-tin aircraft company in Baltimore. After 6 years hejoined his uncle in the cookware business in Framing-ham, MA. There he met and married Janet Wilcoxwith whom they developed a family of 18 countingfour children, their spouses; seven grandchildren; andone great-granddaughter. After three years in Fram-ingham, Dick started with a friend and partner, acookware business in Canada, and became Canada'sCookware King. This success spread to the U.S. andPuerto Rico markets. He eventually sold the business

to U.S. Industries and became President of theirHome Products Division.

Next he moved to the cosmetics business withBeauty Counselor of Gross Pointe Michigan. Theywere acquired by Dart Industries who owned Tupper-ware, and then were moved to Orlando where he be-came President of the International Division of VandaBeauty Counselors. In 1978 he retired, but later tooka job in Denver, to help a friend in the PrefabricatedSteel Building business.

In 1980 he retired and returned to Orlando. Therehe became a founding member of Kairos Prison Min-istry and devoted the next 26 years to their work, dur-ing which Kairos, based in Winter Park, spreadthroughout the U.S. and abroad. In his spare time heenjoyed golf, tennis, badminton, lacrosse, water ski-ing and scuba diving. He most recently enjoyedworking out at the Winter Park YMCA three times aweek. He enjoyed over 61 years of marriage with hiswife Janet, who proceeded him in death. The familyrequested that contributions be donated to KairosPrison Ministry International.

Joe Gurtis, another founder of the ministry re-

members Dick for all he did for Kairos, particularlyhis work on the first Kairos manual. As Joe recalls,“Dick was the driving force that pulled all of the ninemen together to work out their differences and get thejob done.” He invited all of them to his house andwhen they were undecided as to what to keep andwhat to take out of the draft copy, Dick locked theminside of his house and persuaded them to work to-gether, finding common ground to complete the man-ual. He humbly cooked all of their meals, picked upafter them and basically took care of them as they all,including Dick, were able to finally complete thework that they had set out to do. Once the draft copywas compiled, Dick unlocked his house and thegroup left, feeling a renewed sense of the brotherlycamaraderie that they had always shared in the past.Along with Nils Schweizer and John Caldwell (an-other two of the ‘Nine Old Men’) he worked tire-lessly on editing the draft and putting the finaltouches on the manual. Joe also said, “Dick’s dy-namic leadership and executive business sense werean integral part for the laying of the foundation ofKairos Prison Ministry as we know it today,”

News from Kairos Prison Ministry InternationalWinter 2011

Kairos Mourns the Loss of One of Our Founders

Dick Day

When I do an

AKT training, Ifrequently make a

comparison betweenKairos and a Christmas tree. In my home we

prefer a blue spruce for Christmas. We get ex-cited about shopping for our tree, purchasing it,taking it home and putting it into our stand. Wedo the same with Christmas presents.

Probably in Kairos we feel the same way. Weanticipate team meetings, seeing old friends,sharing food, grouping with them and hearingthe latest news.

We enjoy putting ornaments on our Christ-

mas the tree. We string popcorn or cranberriesand use bright colorful lights and icicles. Some-times we use so many presents and decorationswe can hardly see the tree. Even now at my ageit's a wonderful event, especially when my wifeand children participate – I love to hear them beexcited and laugh as they open presents. It bringssuch joy and pleasure.

In Kairos we often get similar pleasure deco-rating the room and offering our presents offood, cakes and candy. We see the participantsand guests enjoying them, too, and these experi-ences bring joyful feelings. It is appropriate thatwe do some of this, but we must be thoughtful

about how we do things.In Kairos we frequently see the unchurched

or those who have negative emotional issueswith the church, clergy or with God. Many ofthese participants and guests feel detached frompeople - they function in a kind of emotional iso-lation.

It is not surprising that participants andguests react positively to the love and presentsoffered during a Kairos Weekend. Sometimeswhat we offer is completely overwhelming forthem; and using the comparison of the Christ-mas tree, it can become difficult for them to

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Vol. 35, No. 4

God’s Special TimeVol. 35. No. 4

God’s Special Time is published quarterly for Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc.

The Mission of Kairos Prison Ministry is to share the transforming loveand forgiveness of Jesus Christ to impactthe hearts and lives of incarcerated men,

women and youth, as well as their families,to become loving and productive citizens

of their communities.

John A. Thompson, Jr.

Executive DirectorBrett Beemer

Chief Financial OfficerDaniel Garcia

International CoordinatorBill Rushing

Men’s Ministry CoordinatorJo Chapman

Women’s Ministry CoordinatorKevin Resnover

Youth Ministry CoordinatorJudy Bartlett

Office ManagerAnn Kreller

Executive Administrative AssistantBrenda Campbell

Torch AssistantJanet Santiago

Administrative AssistantChristina Bermudez

Printing/Shipping/Stock ClerkEd Keefer

Board ChairpersonDavid Garmus Priscilla Durkin

VC for Planning VC for OperationsJoe McNemar Peter Wilson

Secretary TreasurerLauren Wiebe

International Council President

To submit stories and photos or to contact

Kairos leadership and staff, write to:

Kairos Prison Ministry International Inc.

6903 University Boulevard

Winter Park, FL 32792

407-629-4948

Fax: 407-629-2668

E-mail: ann@kpmi.org

www.kairosprisonministry.org

www.mykairos.org

My Vision for KairosT

he Fall is a truly a special time of the year.As a teenager in New England, I rememberthe change of seasons, skating, toboggans,

hot chocolate, Robert Frost poems, college foot-ball, etc.

One of my favorite Robert Frost poems is“The Road Not Taken”. In the last verse hewrites,

“I shall be telling this with a sigh,Somewhere ages and ages hence;Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.This poem in the Kairos context makes me

think of the Choices talk. It makes me reflectabout how different my life would have been hadI not accepted friendship with Jesus Christ orchosen Nancy-Lee Olsen as my wife – twochoices which have profoundly affected my life.

This is also the time of year when we the vol-unteers, staff, and financial partners of Kairosmake a choice concerning our contribution to theFall appeal. Kairos is a community of believerstrying to live out God’s calling in Matthew25:36. For those of you who are called to sup-port our mission, this is the time of year whenwe most need your love, encouragement and fi-nancial support.

Since we are asking for your prayers and fi-nancial support, it’s only fitting we share what’son our hearts to accomplish with your help.Since this column is personal to me, let me sharewhat’s on my heart as my vision for Kairos.

My Vision Principles: 10 Visions for Success!

#1 — Honoring God in Everything We Do

We, as Kairos volunteers and staff, love Godand see Kairos as God’s calling to help us liveout the gospel message. It’s we who need God’sblessing. It is truly amazing to finally understandthat the God of the universe actually loves us andwants to be in friendship with us. Our Christian

faith journey beginswhen we say yes to Godand accept His invita-tion — for without ourfaith and our relation-ship with God, who arewe? As our faith grows,we understand our de-pendence on God, andour true relationshipwith others. Kairoslooks best to those persons who love God andwant to serve Him by helping others.

In Kairos we honor God by visiting prisonersand their families — we do so with a specificpurpose and a method which comes to us fromCursillo and the other 4th Day movements. Wewant our participants and guests to know howmuch God loves them because God’s love is thechange agent for them as it was for us. Once aperson truly understands how much God lovesthem, then all matter of things become possible— hearts change, lives are transformed. It isabout these possibilities for change where theKairos Prison Ministry makes its IMPACT.

# 2 — Giving Praise to GodI believe God is the creator of the universe

and everything in it. Our prayers should ac-knowledge our dependence on Him and that Heis the only source for our total security. When wedemonstrate problems with ministry unity, it isbecause we have not understood that God is thesource — we merely have temporary use of Hisblessings. His financial blessings to us in Kairosare to be used to glorify Him not stored out offear.

# 3 — Improving our Programs

Kairos InsideAfter the weekend and before inmates are re-

leased (if they are released), we need to supple-

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ment and add value to our program. We cando this by integrating “evidence based” cur-riculum. Recently, Chris Money, Jo Chap-man, Bill Rushing, George Brown and I,working with the Change Company, havedeveloped topics which we believe wouldprovide a new direction for our continuingministry program.

We would maintain our monthly re-unions, continue our prayer and share ac-countability groups as before, but begin tointroduce “modules of Christian learning”which would include such topics as For-giveness, Conflict Resolution, ProblemSolving, Family, Parenting, Spiritual Tools,etc. The participants would receive a jour-nal/workbook monthly which could be usedfor discussion purposes within their shareand prayer groups or at the reunion. Every-thing would be prepared from a Christianperspective and would include Biblical ref-erences — our study group believes thiswould re-energize our volunteers, our re-unions and our participants. Our current fi-nancial estimate for 12 pilots isapproximately $44,000. This would includethe cost of designing and printing the pro-gram materials.

We are also observing a pilot in Ohio, re-garding a potential Kairos Discipling pro-gram.

We need to establish a KPMI KI policyfor re-entry. My vision is that when inmatesget closer to a release date we would intro-duce workbooks and subjects which wouldhelp them on the outside. These subjectswould include life skills needed for re-entrysuch as: preparing a budget, how to accesscommunity resources, how to use a checkbook, build a resume, interview techniques,job skills, etc. Upon release we would col-laborate with civic and church groups whichhave expertise in meeting the needs of for-mer inmates. Once released their needs forchurch placement, medical care, a job,housing, transportation, identification, etc.requires community involvement beyondwhat Kairos alone can provide.

Kairos Outside and Kairos TorchKO and KT will have new manuals in

2012. We must continue to seek the best forour youthful offenders and KO guests —our Mentor’s guide may be the nationalstandard in best practices for mentoringyouth in or out of prison. Jo Chapman, ourwomen’s coordinator, and the KO commu-nity and Kevin Resnover, our KT coordina-tor, and the Torch community continue tolead the way with their programs while em-phasizing security and confidentiality.

My vision for KO and KT is that theycontinue to grow by providing excellentprograms. It would be easy to set arbitrarygoals for growth, and setting numericalgoals certainly has its place. Growth can becalculated in different ways, but significantexpansion in numbers of programs will re-quire additional financial and human re-sources — this includes staff and volunteerresources. We must remember that a personwith a changed heart, because of his/herpersonal relationship with Jesus Christ, willimpact hundreds of people.

My vision is that KO and KT in the fu-ture will work together to develop a pro-gram for at-risk youth who have not yetbecome part of the criminal justice system.In the future we might also consider an out-reach to victims of crime.

Vision # 4 — Recruitment and Marketing

Another opportunity for growth could beprovided by the proposed Kairos Peace Ini-tiative: The First 40 Days. This is based onKit Cummings’ program which he piloted atthe Hayes C.I. in GA. We would like topilot this program in several of “our” pris-ons which have a history of violence. Webelieve, whether used as an adjunct in ourcurrent prisons or in new prisons, this initia-tive would benefit the inmates, the institu-tions and Kairos. It would be voluntary anddesigned to complement our existing pro-gram. Kit Cummings is a KPMI volunteer,assistant pastor, and a motivational speakerwho travels throughout the USA.

In additional to his help in guiding theKairos Peace Initiative, Kit would be anideal candidate as a Kairos ambassador tocivic and church groups.

Our recruiting efforts were updated afew years ago by Mike Springer; these ex-cellent materials are available through ourvolunteer website (www.mykairos.org).But, there is much more to be done. My vi-sion for recruitment includes: (a) a full timeoffice position for a volunteer coordinator,(b) regional/state field representatives towork directly with our communities; (c) re-cruiting a more diverse group of volunteers(d) improving our use of social media; (e)submitting articles and video to Christianand secular media; (f) seeking out opportu-nities to be interviewed on radio and TV; (g)advertising in the appropriate correctional &church magazines; (h) creating local and na-tional events such as “walk for cash”, din-ners/banquets , bowling or golf events; (i)media advertising on radio, TV, and bill-boards.

To achieve these recruitment goals wewill need a professional marketing personwith the special skills required to implementthis vision.

Another aspect of recruiting is retentionand encouragement. We need to acknowl-edge and nurture our volunteers and sup-porters in new ways. KairosDonor isunder-utilized in this regard.

My vision is that our conferences be-come a time of celebration and renewal.

Vision # 5 – Fewer Rules and More Encouragement

My vision would be fewer rules andmore support and encouragement through-out the ministry. There is a formality neces-sary within the ministry as we interactexternally with the IRS and State and Fed-eral institutions. Manuals and financial poli-cies are necessary. But, fundamentally whatattracts people to us is how we live Christ’svision in our personal and ministry lives.

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When new volunteers join us what do we dofirst: love them or teach them “the rules”?We need a system wide “out of the box”evaluation of our by-laws, ACOP, SCOP,governance structure to simplify what wedo and how we do it. In the last two yearsmuch work has been done, but the job ofstreamlining process is a continuing one.We need to modify and update our financialpolicies and procedures and our accountingsystem using the latest in e-technology.

Vision # 6 – Develop and Train ourFuture Ministry Leaders

In my vision we would identify and trainour volunteers in leadership development.Most successful companies have ways ofidentifying and training their future leaders.In Kairos it is common for a volunteer tomove from a position of leadership on aministry team to positions on the advisorycouncil, state committee, internationalcouncil (IC) or even the board of directors(BOD) without any meaningful training.This lack of training and empowerment cre-ates frustration, and it doesn’t build team-work, unity or a larger sense of purpose. Weneed to place a higher value on building re-lationships among our volunteers and withinour ministry leadership. The development ofservant leaders requires intentionality of

purpose. We are currently moving to incor-porate some of these principles into our Ad-vanced Kairos Training (AKT), but this isonly a “baby” step.

Vision # 7 – Spirituality My vision is for us to pray more; build

relations more, and do business less. I thinkit’s fair to say most of the members of theinternational council and board of directorsreally don’t know each other very well, nordo they know the staff well. My vision is toprioritize building us together as a spiritualforce. My vision is to have us pray for aministry revival initiated by our volunteersand advisory councils. Genuine love andsupport of our leadership and staff, begin-ning with our advisory councils, wouldtransform Kairos. Kairos should have a fulltime position for a spiritual director.

Vision # 8 - StewardshipMy vision is that Kairos would have the

staff and physical space the international of-fice needs to meet the ministry needs. Atvarious times throughout the year, advisorycouncils and states have extra resourceswhich could be invested or used to supple-ment the international office’s budgetaryneeds. My vision would implement a fairsystem to make a portion of these extrafunds available. My vision would stream-line costs throughout the ministry to bettersupport KO and KT or KI communities

which are struggling. With KPMI regionalrepresentatives we could provide trainingand assistance for communities that needhelp in developing resources.

Vision # 9 – GrowthMy vision is that Kairos would continue

to grow in the number of hearts and livesthat are impacted by the love of JesusChrist. How we measure that is an ongoingdiscussion and to some degree an effect ofthe number and quality of our programs andresources. My vision is that full time KPMIregional coordinators, working with statesand advisory councils, would provide “themissing link” between our international of-fice and our volunteers. These “boots in thefield” would provide the support our com-munities need, and assist in building newrelationships with churches, the DOC, andwithin our communities.

I believe by using a combination of mar-keting, improved “evidence based” pro-grams, field support, prayer,encouragement, recruitment, adequate re-sources, leadership training, striving for ex-cellence, and good stewardship we canbecome the “gold standard” of Christianfaith based ministry in a growing number ofprisons all over the world.

New states such as Delaware, Wisconsinand Oregon plus opportunities for growth inAfrica and South America are currentlybeing developed.

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separate the ornaments from the tree (God).Here is the tricky part: because we are

faith- based, we want each participant toleave with a new sense of relationship withGod. As in AA or NA, that sense of thegreater power (GOD), and understandingwho Christ is in relation to me is frequently aprocess requiring time, patience, piety, studyand action.

Our job is always to encourage their spiri-tual journey. We should never obscure or vac-cinate them against the difficulties they will

experience on that journey. In Kairos, we donot give presents to bring pleasure – we sacri-fice to serve God. When we get confusedabout what agape really means, we put theirjourney at risk.

We must understand that true

palanca/agape is sacrificial. It refers to the

prayer and sacrifice which is offered to

God to obtain favor for the candidates. TheSpanish word palanca means lever. Used inthis context palanca/agape allows a person tomove things beyond one’s strength just asprayer and sacrifice allow one to accomplishmore than they could by themselves. Palanca

is used because there is no word in English todescribe prayer and sacrifice undertakenspecifically to gain God’s favor. We must un-derstand in Kairos that “hanging up” comput-erized pieces of paper is “nice”, but that is notwhat’s intended by palanca in the Cursillomethod.

Prayer chains and prayer wheels that actu-ally involve prayer and sacrifice, sacrificialChristian actions, extra attendance at churchservices (Mass), repentance, meditation -these are examples of genuine palanca/agape.

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Welcome to Bill’s BarnBy Bill Rushing

Men’s Ministry Coordinator

Well, the winter chill is coming and someof you have already experienced it. These

poor Floridians woke up this morning“freezing to death” because it was 63 de-grees. Wow! So we’ve got the coffee on,

and it’s hot. And, if you’re in the neighbor-hood, come on by and we’ll share a cup ortwo and have a good visit. Lest you think

this is just a literary ploy, some of our vol-unteers have shown up in the last fewmonths and we’ve all had a good time.I just returned from attending a wonder-

ful Weekend at Marion Correctional inOhio where they celebrated their 15th yearof Kairos by conducting #30. This was anextra special Weekend because the MarionAd Council had agreed to do a pilot at Mar-ion along with the London Correctional AdCouncil (Ohio) in conjunction with their #1Weekend held in a couple of weeks.

These pilots are the introduction of aterrific program which fits very well withour Continuing Ministry. It was created bya convicted minister and his staff 11 yearsago based on a 1-on-1 discipling of a newChristian to gain a deeper understandingand love for Jesus Christ. It is a 10-week(once per week) program that includesBible study, personal journaling by bothparticipants, an intense prayer life and deepself-examination. It is offered to the Week-end Participants as they are introduced tothe Prayer-and-Share component of Kairoswith their knowledge that it is not manda-tory, but voluntary. However, since it hasbeen part of the on-going Horizon programat Marion for 7 years now, nearly all of theresidents at Marion know about it andknow its success. And, the minister/authorwho fully understands the Kairos program,has given us full permission to name thisKairos Discipling. I hope you can tell thatI’m excited about this becoming part of theContinuing Ministry arm of Kairos Inside.But that’s not what I’m really excitedabout.

While I was there, my dear friend, JeffHunsaker, a longtime Kairos veteran, gaveme a book to read called When HelpingHurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.The premise of the book is this: whileAmericans are the most generous nation inthe world when it comes to aiding thosewho are victims of tragedies, we really arehurting the ones we want to help if wedon’t complete the mission with a develop-ment phase. Helping victims should havethree parts: Rescue, Rehab, and then Devel-opment.

Let’s use the terrible tornado at Joplin,Missouri as an example. In the first daysafter the tornado, we go in and rescue thevictims, help dig them out, give them foodand temporary shelter. After that, we enterthe rehab phase in which we begin to re-build their homes, their necessary publicservices, their places of business, etc. alongwith personal and grief counseling. Butwhere we tend to mess up is that we usuallystop there and don’t offer a developmentphase so they can become self-sufficientonce again. That’s when Jeff and I exploredwhat Kairos is all about.

A Kairos Weekend is the rescue arm ofKairos Inside. A Weekend “rescues” themfrom the terrible life of loneliness, intimi-dation, anger, isolation and fear they face inprison. The Prayer-and-Share, the MonthlyReunions along with programs like TheChange Company, are the rehab arm whichshould be easy to see and understand. AndKairos Discipling can become the develop-ment arm so that the Residents can developand expand to become self-sufficient intheir walk with Christ. This self-sufficiencyreally means that this will be a programthat is driven by inmate-to-inmate interac-tion. Isn’t that what we want for them?

Rescue-Rehab-Develop: sort of soundslike the three legs of a famous stool werefer to in Kairos.

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By Jo Chapman

This is the time of the yearwhen many Christians reflect onthe gifts that Christ brings to allof our lives, even if we are notalways aware of those gifts. It isevident to me that we, at Kairos,have been incredibly blessed in2011. Let us begin with aprayer of thanksgiving. “Lord,You who provide abundancethrough your Love and yourGrace, thank you for all theblessings that You have givenand continue to give to theKairos Ministry. Lord, never letus forget that You are Sourceof our strength, and thatstrength allows us to partici-pate in this very importantMinistry.” Amen.

Let us take a few minutes toreflect on our blessings.

We are so blessed to get afront row seat when the peoplewe serve, the KI Residents,Torch Participants and KOGuests encounter God’s love forperhaps the first time in theirlives. Through the continuingMinistry of Kairos, we get towitness transformation of heartsthat have been closed off bylife’s harsh circumstance. Whata privilege... What a blessing!

I want to thank the Lord forthe countless US and Interna-tional Volunteers who havegiven selflessly of their time,their talent and their treasure toall phases of the Kairos Min-istries. From those Volunteers,the Leaders take a bold step in

faith and answer the call “Here Iam Lord, It is I Lord”. Thesewonderful people give hundredsof hours of service, sometimeswith little recognition and ap-preciation. “Lord, let each of usremember that we need tothank them for all that theyhave done and for theircourage to do your will.”

Let us be grateful for theblessing of all those InstitutionalChaplains and Staff, who goabove and beyond their call ofduty, to take on the huge com-mitment of Kairos. We may say,“But, look what Kairos brings tothe institution!”, remember whois responsible for the memos,clearances, out counts, oversightof prayer and share, mentoringand sometimes helping the KOcommunity get special letters.All of this and more, earn theChaplains and Staff a prayer ofthanksgiving from the KairosCommunities.

Presenting a KI, KT or KOWeekend and Continuing Min-istry for those we serve is theicing, but the cake is made by

the local Advisory Councils andState Chapter Committees. Herededication is really seen, whenwe realize the countless meetingand hours of fulfilling the unex-citing but necessary tasks ofkeeping track of volunteers, fi-nancial accounting, communica-tion, recruitment, etc., etc., etc.The blessings that are brought toKairos by these folks, maysometimes be unseen, but is cer-tainly important and is the back-bone of Kairos Ministries.“Lord, bring more willing andtalented people to take on thesepositions.”

“Lord, thank you for theAKT and ACT trainers, whohave freely given their time tokeep our Ministries within the“Riverbanks.” Through theirpresentations, KPMI can con-tinue to be a well-run Ministrywith well-trained Leaders and aworkable structure that shep-herds both existing and newministries and their volunteers.

Let us not forget our Interna-tional Council and Board of Di-rectors who give us critical,

necessary, structure and direc-tion for Kairos. Nothing hap-pens in the world withoutstructure. By being blessed with319 KI Institutions, 77 KOCommunities and 28 KT Insti-tutions, over 20,000 Volunteersin a Ministry that is not only inthe U.S. but also is flourishingabroad, we are fortunate to havepeople on the I.C. and B.O.D.who impart their collective wis-dom to guide Kairos, some-times through rough waters.“Lord, thank them for theblessings of their dedicationand giving spirit.”

“Lord, thank you for thefaithful 12 Kairos InternationalStaff who do their best to over-see the needs of the far flungKairos Communities and alltheir Volunteers.” Each of thestaff share part of the load andeach share in the blessing, thatis Kairos. “We are many parts,we are one body” is appropriatefor the Kairos Staff. Their en-ergy seems boundless, theirdedication is legend and theirhearts are filled with the love ofthis ministry.

“Most Gracious and Lov-ing God, continue to pour outyour wonderful Holy Spiritupon the Kairos Ministriesand help us to grow so that wecan meet the needs of incar-cerated men, women andyouth and their families. Keepus close to You and alwayshelp us to be thankful for thecontinued blessing that Yougive to each of us on a dailybasis. Amen.”

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By Jimmy DeanTorch in Arkansas

This was my second Kairos Torch Weekend,but my first working with boys. Having playedguitar in our church’s praise band for years,leading the music with a group of teens is not ahuge challenge for me and I really enjoy it. Butspeaking in front of a group, even if it’s justteenage boys in a juvenile facility, I strugglewith that. When I was asked to present the talkentitled ‘Father Forgiveness’ I accepted, think-ing I could just read it afew times, throw to-gether a few main ideasand get through it. Well,I got through it alrightbut it went a lot differ-ent than I planned.

The ‘Father Forgive-ness’ talk speaks di-rectly to the young menwho’s father had aban-doned them. Either literally left them, or wasthere, but had no relationship with them. I’vealways heard that the most important relation-ship in a child’s life is the one they have withtheir father. So many of these kids we ministerto had no father to be there for them, teachthem right from wrong, or to demonstrateChrist’s love for them. It becomes very evident,working with people in prison, just how truethis is as we encounter one person after anotherthat lacked the guidance of a dad to help themstay on the right path.

During the ‘Father Forgiveness’ talk, all thefemale volunteers are asked to leave, and justthe men and boys are left alone in the room.The speaker speaks directly to all of the youngmen who have been affected by the absence ofa father and apologizes for not being the kindof father he should have been. He apologizesfor letting down his family, for getting caughtup in sin and neglecting his family and forleaving his family.

It was at this point in the talk, as I began tosee the looks on the faces, the tears being shedand the emotions being poured out, that I real-ized how much God was using this presenta-tion and how many in the room had experienceabandonment by their earthly father. But thepart that caught me off guard the most was notthe boy’s reaction, but my own. I had experi-enced in my own life a father that left andnever came back. I don’t think I ever realizedhow much it haunted me until now, giving thattalk, and seeing the looks in the eyes of those

young men. I saw on theirfaces, what I had felt my-self for years.

I have to tell you at thatpoint, it was difficult to fin-ish the talk. So I did theonly thing that came tomind, I shared briefly myown experience, then tran-sitioned to the most impor-tant part of the ‘Father

Forgiveness’ talk. I asked each of them, on be-half of their absent fathers, to forgive me forwhat I had done to them. You could tell it wasthe first time many of them had ever dealt withthis issue in their life. How many lives and re-lationships could be restored, if only someonewould ask for forgiveness?

Since the fathers had never done this, weasked the boys to forgive them anyway. Inclosing, we ask if any of the boys need to talkor pray with one of the adult volunteers, to feelfree to seek us out and share their feelings withus. Many of them did, some immediately andsome later that evening or the next day.

If you’re a Kairos volunteer, you know theblessing you receive when God deals with aperson and they share it with you and you praywith them. The ‘Father Forgiveness’ talk is avery powerful part of the Weekend and wehave seen lives changed because they recog-nized and dealt with this part of their life.

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Wisconsin State Chapter Committee. FrontRow: Mary Anne Biggs; Spiritual Director, VickiNatzke; Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator,Julie Reinke; Agape Chairperson, Merrilee Sac-col; Secretary. Back row: Tim Gurlea; Treasurer,Al Kolff; IC Representative, Bob Cleworth; MusicCoordinator, Todd Dzwonkowski; Assist. Chair-person, Syd Rauworth; Chairperson and JohnThompson, KPMI Executive Director. Not pic-tured: Ron Saccol; Financial Secretary and AnitaGenrich; Fund Raising Coordinator .

Oregon State Chapter Committee. First row: Ruth Bajema; Asst. Agape Coordinator, Debbie Fullmer; State Chair,Carol Pfeifle; Outreach/recruiting, Curt Fullmer; First Team Leader. Second row: Janice Bradley; Secretary, ConnieKarabatsos; Asst. Financial Secretary, Cindi Caruso; Financial Secretary, Deacon Tom Stanwood; Spiritual Advisor,Kevin Mallon;#2 Team Leader and CCLI Music Coordinator, Paul Rettinger; IC rep, Terry Starkey; Vice chair,Juanita Wald; Treasurer.

Kairos opens new doors in Wisconsin and Oregon

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Written by an ex-inmate who wentthrough Kairos at the Ohio Reformatory forWomen

I was incarcerated for a crime I hadn’tdone. People with similar cases were gettinga three-year sentence with a dead body,while I, who had saved the child’s life, hadan eight-year sentence. They didn’t includemy house arrest time either, so it becametotal of nine years with some extra monthsat the immigration jail, where the countymade money, renting the property to thegovernment to house the inmates. Watchthis... please do the research and let meknow if what I know is the truth. My bondwas $10 million.

The judge chose to sentence me right offthe bat. With the $10 million bond, Icouldn’t post anything. I was taken from thecourtroom to jail. The trial was like a showto me. Not a shred of truth presented by theprosecution. My attorney had said, “Theyhave no case. I don’t know what the baseswill be.” Nothing had happened. I savedPatrick from dying... I’m expecting thepicture to turn around and people make mea hero. So I smiled sincerely as I listened tothe fabricated accusations of theprosecution, knowing it won’t stick.

I truly didn’t have a problem with mycase. With the ignorance of being the firsttimer in the legal system, I believed it willwork at some stage. Truth will come out.People will understand the mistake they’vemade and I’ll still be thanked for saving thelife of Patrick. I went behind the bars, not inanger, but thinking that I’m going there vol-untarily to do research. Highly educateddoctors and professionals sign five yearcontracts to go to Antarctica. I had watcheda documentary about a woman doctor whohad cancer and had to be taken out of re-search area in Antarctica. There was in ablown-up tent and 40 people lived divided

with partitioners. They couldn’t go out dueto extreme temperatures. They ate spacefood — all nutrients condensed in nutritionbars... Here, in Marysville Ohio, I was inheaven. I walked outside. I watched the bluesky and green grass. I ate fresh vegetablesand fruit. I had a private room at one point.Just imagine, these 40 people were volun-tarily choosing that life. Hey, I was muchbetter off at my research area.

I only became angry when Patrick’sfamily, using their power and money, wentafter my family too. It wasn’t good enoughfor them just to get me. Their eyes wereblinded, like the Bible says, with the angerthey felt over a LIE. Someone told the fam-ily that “I ADMITTED HARMINGPATRICK.” At the time I didn’t know aboutsuch a lie being told to the family. Anyway,my husband was hired from his bankingjob. He was doing real good and advancingin stages in the bank. My older daughter’sfirst husband was found to get his child’scustody back. He was never in the picturefor two years. Zeliş, who was at the age of12 at the time, went into some deep end.She struggled with life and death just likePatrick. Being incarcerated and not beingable to save my youngest daughter was sopainful that when I felt that pain, I under-stood what drew the family to do what theydid to me and to my family. Because duringthat time, when I was feeling this helpless-ness in saving my daughter, I thought that ifI were out, I would have put a bomb in themiddle of the earth. I wouldn’t be writingthis testimony and you wouldn’t be readingit.

In all these emotional turmoils, I took aroad less travelled. I started to look for“GOD.” I talked with Him for hours asking“WHERE ARE YOU?” I asked Him howHe allowed such an injustice to take place.HE IS JUST, LOVING and ALWAYSWITH ME. “YOU ARE NOT HERE NOW.

WHERE ARE YOU?” I didn’t care for thedifferent religions. As far as I was con-cerned it was the God of Christians who al-lowed all these lies to take place. It was thevery ALL MIGHTY CHRISTIANS that hadlied between their teeth and being vindic-tive. So I wanted to find out what kind ofGod Christians had. I went to a lot of Biblegroups. The BIBLE was like our Koran.Priests and İmams were preaching, yet turn-ing around and talking about your God andmy God and I’m saying there is somethingwrong with this picture. What happened toone God? Then one day I was called to theChaplains office. My name was put on thelist to go through a program calledKAIROS. When I went to the Chaplain’soffice, where there was a male chaplain. Heasked me if I wanted to go through Kairos. Iasked “What is it?” He told me that it wasstrictly for Christians. I said, “I’m Muslim.”He told me it won’t apply to me. I left theoffice asking my name to be taken off. I waskind of upset because the record showedthat I’m Muslim. Why would they call me ifit is a Christian thing? There was this con-version going on too. In Islam, converting aChristian to Muslim is like guaranteeing aplace in Heaven. (As it is known, these is-sues and rewards change from Imam toImam, Chaplain to Chaplain). I witnessedthe Muslim part of it so I don’t have any-thing to say about Christian conversions.Because I was at questioning a mode, I pre-sented the Imam at the time with this sce-nario. I said, “If I were God, I’d hate to seeMy children, My creations having a tug ofwar over me. My oneness is the same forALL. A whole year went by. I was called tothe Chaplain’s office again. This time, therewas a woman Chaplain. She told me myname had come up in Kairos. I shared withher what the other Chaplain had told me the

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EscapeBy: Keith B. age 18

Kansas Juvenile Center

I want to escape, I want to get outI can't take it, I say. “Help me”, I shoutI'm afraid to live, I'm afraid to die.Afraid to believe and I just don't knowwhy

The truth, I've found is so real.Even more genuine than the pain that IfeelFor so long I lived free, answering to noone but me.I can't live this life now that I know whatis real.I'm trying my best, but Man, what's thedeal?Am I destined to lose my life for what'strue?Or am I burdened to live not knowingwhat to do?

I can no longer deny the God that I'vemet.I'm just a gambler who's lost the last bet.My heart is aching to be closer to Him.My body is longing for the world I live in.The prayers that I pray haven't fallen ondeaf ears.But l have ignored the answers for manyyears.

I'm crying out now, though it's taken awhile.I've strayed so far, my life seems so vile.The things I praised were not of the Lord.The things I did He would not haveadored.But now God, I only want to follow youAnd do only the things you ask me to do.

year before and that if they intend toconvert me they better know that I wasnot to be converted and I wasn’t goingto play a game with them. She said, “It’sthe same God you and I have.” I thoughtto myself. “Good. I’m safe here.” Thefirst day I walked through a man-madealley, singing the song God loves youand so do we. It can’t be. I’m in prisonwhere unwanted people are sent. I’m adiscard, not wanted. My whole bodytensed up.

Boy, at the circle table, the food wasunbelievable. I just had to fidget andlook around for the table angel to showup and ask if I wanted anything more. Ifelt like a queen, or Aladdin — snap thefinger, rub the lamp and voila, there it is... And the testimonies given by the vol-unteers... It made me realize that wewere all the same. All of us as humanshad our own share of wounds. Theywere people outside at the free worldyet they had as many problems as wehad as prisoners.

Also, I had never been in a sharingsocial group. I came from a societywhere nothing was questioned andeverything was kept secret — to your-self. As I eased into the program yearafter year, I danced through that humanalley. Up until three years before myoutdate, I still couldn’t sing the song“You are loved, You are beautiful.You’re a gift of God ..... I’d start bawl-ing. I cried so much, so many years ...just at Kairos among the loved oneswhere I was safe. No one told me “don’tcry” but held my hand and allowed mecry my heart out. The cool me who wasin prison doing research was gone. I be-came a human who wanted to love andbe loved. I wanted to find out what Godloved in me.

I was a child who was picked upfrom the river. That’s what my motherused to say when I was a child. I still

don’t remember the occasions she haduttered those horrible words. They hadsubconsciously made their place in myheart. Even though I didn’t believe it, Iwas taught that we had a punishingGod. I didn’t belong to that family, Goddidn’t love me. Now, in the Christianworld, all those walls were being torndown with flowers, music and filling theholes with scrumptious, delicious food.

I was ready to blow the world up -right...

Today, I’m deported to Turkey awayfrom all my children. What’s more, I’mhaving a hard time getting a visa totravel to another country to meet themand see them. I haven’t seen my oldestdaughter for 15 years. My granddaugh-ter, who was two at the time, is 17 now.I haven’t seen her for 15 years also. I’mnot going to blow the world up. I’m noteven slightly annoyed. Kairos sucked allthat anger out and helped me to realizewho I am.

Today, I say there is a reason foreverything to happen. I can throw my50 years of life away, but not 10 yearsof my incarceration. I owe who I amtoday to Kairos and the whole prisonemployees and inmates. Every day is anAHHHHHAAAAAAAA day made upof many AHHHHHHAAAAAAAs. I’mhoping to do an international program inTurkey. Right now, I’m enjoying myselfwith a cup of iced tea, writing my testi-mony, once in a while lifting my headand looking at the twinkling light ofMarmaris, the pearl of the Agean sea.Drums echo in the night, a sign thatthere is a wedding.

I want to write more thanks to thewhole Kairos program. I want to writemore about the abundance of love I’veexperienced in the sky so that peoplelooking up will know where to go. Ilove you all and this is a moment for mewhere I feel the inadequacy of words.YOU ARE LOVED.

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News from New Mexico

In April 2011, New Mexico was blessedwith 28 guests who attended our 23rdWeekend. It was outstanding that ourteam was drawn from a variety of meanssuch as brand new “never worked a Teambefore” women. In addition, we had aTeam member who was mentored throughthe Weekend. Last, but certainly not least,five former guests were Team members.GOOD STUFF!!!!! I know God was smil-

ing broadly.We have always put forth the effort for

as much diversity on our teams as possible,but never before was it as abundantly clearas it was this spring. Now that the ball isrolling, we don’t want it to run out of steam.

Our Advisory Council has experiencedsome ordeals over this year. However, wehave chosen to treat these as stepping stonesrather than stumbling blocks. We hosted astatewide retreat and invited members of theNew Mexico State Chapter Committee tojoin us. Current and past Kairos Outside

Advisory Council members were also askedto connect with us. The attendance washuge, and that was a wonderful confidencebuilder. Inspiring talks were given; weheard new ideas for better efficiency in theministry and we became aware of somegood fund raising avenues.

We look forward to 2012 with enthusias-tic and joyful anticipation.

Ellen CadyNew Mexico Kairos Outside

Lonnie Lee Herring

Lonnie Lee Herring, Jr., age 74, of Sum-ner, MS., died September 9, 2011 at BaptistMemorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. Hewas a retired Training Director at Parchmanand a Deacon in the Episcopal Church serv-ing at Grace Church in Rosedale, MS. Lon-nie also was a Volunteer Chaplin atParchman, and was a member of ElksLodge.

Lonnie was a longtime MDOC em-ployee who worked his way up to Chief ofSecurity at Parchman, where he came across

the Kairos program that was having a sig-nificant impact on the lives of incarceratedmen and women. He was the power-pusherbehind the establishment of Kairos at Unit30 back in 1991, and was on the original AdHoc Committee for Kairos, then served onthe state District Committee ("Board") foryears. When he retired from MDOC, hetook the steps to become an Episcopal Dea-con, in which capacity he became a volun-teer chaplain at Parchman. Those of us whohave been in this ministry for two decadesregard Lonnie Herring as Mr. Karo of MS.Please keep his wife, Cindy Payne Herring,

his children and family in your prayers.

Dr. John Bisnette

Dr. John Bisnette, 75, of Laurel, diedWednesday, September 21, 2011 at ForrestGeneral Hospital in Hattiesburg. Dr. Bis-nette was a retired self-employed chiroprac-tor and was a member of ImmaculateConception Catholic Church. He was an ac-tive Kairos volunteer at the South Missis-sippi CI. Survivors include his wife,Dorothy and his children and family –please keep them in your prayers.

Often, people who have lost a loved one ask that a tribute gift bemade to their favorite charity in lieu of flowers.

A memorial contribution to Kairos Prison Ministry pays thoughtfultribute to the memory of your loved one. Donations will supportsharing Christ’s love with the incarcerated.

A memorial letter will be sent to the family of the bereaved, togetherwith the name or names of the donors. The amount of the gift willnot be disclosed. People making a donation will receive a letter fromKairos for their tax-exempt contribution.

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This year, Kairos volunteers can give gifts for Christmas thatwill tell the Kairos Story in words and songs, invaluable recruitingand fund-raising tools for your Kairos, Cursillo, Tres Dias, or Em-maus Walk friends and family.

The spring-release book MS KAROTALES ("Miz Karotales")by award-winning author Robert Hitt Neill ("Uncle Bob" in Kairos)gathers two decades of the Warm & Fuzzy & Funny experiences onKairos teams, as well as telling some of the history and statistics in-volved in this wonderful ministry. This book is a $25 hard-cover212-page volume that is a 100% Kairos Ministry fund-raiser. Nei-ther the author nor the publisher receive any of the proceeds.

Also, the Mississippi Kairos Music Team's Praise & WorshipCD of two dozen favorite Kairos songs is a similar 100% KairosMinistry fund-raiser, for $20.

Robert Hitt Neill's companion book to MS KAROTALES, enti-tled THE HOLY GHOST HAS A FUNNY BONE, is also available

for $25, although not a Kairos fund-raiser.Both books and the CD may be ordered together for a total of

$60, plus $5 shipping for each set. Books will be signed by the au-thor. $40 of that total will go directly to Kairos. Books and CDsmay also be ordered individually, from the KPMI website, the Mis-sissippi Kairos website (kairos-mississippi.org), Neill's own web-site (roberthittneill.com), or by e-mailing karobob1@yahoo.com, orby snail-mail to Brownspur Books, P.O. Box 6, Stoneville, MS38776. Allow ten days for delivery. Books may be ordered person-alized to the giftee (type or print legibly).

Also available are $15 Accompaniment CDs of the P&W CD, aswell as a Kairos Music Leader's Instructional CD for $10, commis-sioned by KPMI at the Atlanta Winter Conference after a concert bythe MS Kairos Music Team.

Make this Christmas of 2011 a Karo Kristmas!Get your orders in early.

Book & CD Order Form

Name:______________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________

City:________________________State:_____ Zip:_________

Phone:_________________Email:_______________________

Please send me:2011 Christmas Special: # ___ @ $60 = $______(both books + P&W CD)S&H @ $5 per set = $______

Total = $______

or, ordered individually:MS KAROTALES # ____ @ $25 = $______Kairos Praise & Worship CD # ___ @ $20 = $______P&W Accompaniment CD # ____ @$15 = $ ______Music Leader’s Instructional CD # ____ @$10 = $ ______All are 100% Kairos Fund-RaisersTHE HOLY GHOST HAS A FUNNY BONE # ___@$25 = $____

This one’s an Uncle Bob fund-raiser!S&H: (to one address) add $5 for each 2 books, $3 for CD sets:$____Total = $ ______

Make checks to MS Kairos for all except FUNNY BONE

FUNNY BONE (or other Neill books) checks to BrownspurBooksInquire at karobob1@yahoo.com for larger order S&H rates

Brownspur Books, P.O. Box 6, Stoneville, MS 38776order on-line: kairos-mississippi.org, or to roberthittneill.com

Through special arrangements with Brownspur Books, theMS KAROTALES book and P&W CDs may be ordered inbulk (50 minimum) for 2012 Team fund-raisers.

Inquire for details at karobob1@yahoo.com.

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AKT-Inside is for Kairos Inside volun-teers who are in or will be in a WeekendLeadership role, including Advisory Councilor State Chapter positions, anywhere withinthe Kairos Inside program. AKT-Inside givesthe what, who and why of the Kairos Insideministry. Kairos policy requires that allweekend leaders must have attended an AKTprior to leading a Weekend.

Principle Statements Concerning AKT Expenses

1. All AKTs are essentially free to any andall attendees.

2. However, paying the expenses of an at-tendee for AKT should be borne by the sponsor-ing Advisory Council (or State ChapterCommittee in certain hardship cases), just as itis done in meeting other Weekend expenses.

3. This means that all Advisory Councilsshould be budgeting, not only for the expenseof conducting Weekends, but also for any AKTexpenses deemed necessary for future WeekendLeaders or other attendees that the AdvisoryCouncil wants to attend.

4. If an attendee wishes to make a personalgift to help defray the costs of attending anAKT, he/she should make their donation di-rectly to his/her sponsoring Advisory Council,and NOT to the State hosting the AKT.

The Advisory Council will make the pay-ment to the hosting State, as in 2. above. Sincean attendee’s gift to the Advisory Council is adonation, it is subject to an affiliation fee duefrom the Advisory Council or State.

Be sure to bring your manual. If you do nothave one yet, extra copies will be available forpurchase at the training.

Musicians: Please feel free to bring your in-struments with you.

All registrations for an AKT must be re-ceived by the Coordinator on the Friday prior tothe Friday evening start date of the AKT (8days). Any registration received after that datewill be subject to a $25 late fee plus additionalpostage and handling.

January 6-8, 2012 COLUMBUS, OHKairos InsideLocation: Martin de Porres Retreat Center,

2320 Airport Drive, Columbus, OH 43219 Cost: Early Bird Registration $150.00 – Regis-tration must be paid 30 days prior to train-ing. Late Registration Fee $165.00. Lodging: Best Western, Port Columbus 614-337-8400Double and King Size rooms are available for$79.00 (tax not included) per night. The hotelwill provide shuttle service to and from the air-port and to and from the Retreat Center.Contact: Dawn Gallen, email:gallendawn@yahoo.com or 614-561-5539; 659Citation Drive, Pataskala, OH 43062

February 10-12, 2012 FORSYTH, GAKairos InsideLocation: Ramada Inn Convention Center, 480Holiday Cir. I75 exit #186.Cost: $205 for double, $275 For single, $150for commuter. Please have AC or State makechecks payable to Kairos of Georgia. Fee in-cludes 2 nights lodging, 4 meals and trainingmaterials.Contact: Jan Thrower plainjan@yahoo.com or352-473-7896 for additional information in-cluding mailing address and application.Note: Participants need to bring only personalitems. All linens are provided.

February 17-19, 2012 WILLIAMSBURG,VAKairos Inside and OutsideLocation: (Recommended airport – Richmond,VA) Lexington George Washington Inn & Con-ference Center, 500 Merrimac Trail, Williams-burg, VA 23185 Cost: Double occupancy $260; Single room$330; Commuter $190. Fee covers hotel roomand course materials. Double or Single occu-pancy covers breakfast Saturday and Sundaymorning and lunch and dinner on Saturday.Commuter rate covers all meals and materials.Eat before you arrive on Friday. For applicationand additional information, go towww.Kairosva.org Please have your checkcome from your Ad Council or State Chapteraddressed to Kairos of VirginiaContact: Jim Templeton at Kairos531@com-cast.net or 540-349-9623.

February 24 - 26, 2012 INDIANAPOLIS, INKairos Inside Location: 10740 E County Road 700 S,Camby, IN 46113Cost: $170 per person. Registration fee includes2 nights dorm-style lodging with towels andlinens, dinner on Friday, 3 meals on Saturday,breakfast on Sunday, & training materials. Pay-

ment should come from your respective AdCouncil and made out to Kairos of Indiana. Per-sonal checks and credit cards are not accepted. Contact: Please send your application (found atwww.mykairos.org under AKT-Universal Appli-cation) to Susan Dyer, 3714 E Devonshire Ct,Bloomington, IN 47408; or email tosdyer@ecs2way.com; for questions call 812-322-1154. Note: Attendees need bring personal items onlyand Red Manuals. Linens & towels are pro-vided. Musicians, bring your music makers!

March 23-25, 2012 POMONA, CAKairos Inside and OutsideLocation: Trinity United Methodist Church,676 N. Gibbs, Pomona, CA 91767. Complimen-tary transportation from and to Ontario Interna-tional AirportCost: $135.00 per person. Fee includes mealsand two nights lodging at the church (foam mat-tresses on the floor), dormitory style. Pleaseprovide your own bedding, towel, and toiletries.Training materials will be provided. If you aretraveling by air and would like the use of asleeping bag, please advise so when registering.You must attend full meeting, from 5:00 p.m.on March 23, till 1:00 p.m. on March 25. Fillout Registration form and send it with yourcheck made out to Golden State Kairos, at POBox 1774, Pacifica CA 94044-6774.Contact: Cathy Langston, forevercat@road-runner.com if you have further questions.

April 13-15, 2012 AUBURN, WAKairos InsideLocation: Lakeview Christian Conference andRetreat Center, 4005 South 360th Street,Auburn, WA 98001.Contact: Kay GlassMORE INFORMATION COMING SOON –check the mykairos.org website.

April 27-29, 2012 WAVERLY, GA (40 miles north of Jacksonville, Fl.)Kairos InsideLocation: Honeycreek Episcopal ConferenceCenter299 Georgia Episcopal Conference Center Rd.Cost: $220 for double, $305 for single, $145 forcommuters. Please have AC or State makechecks payable to Kairos of Georgia. Fee in-cludes 2 nights lodging, 4 meals and trainingmaterials.Contact: Jan Thrower, plainjan@yahoo.com or352-473-7896 for additional information in-cluding mailing address and application.

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Kairos Training

Note: Participants need to bring only per-sonal items. All linens are provided.

April 27 – 29, 2012 AMARILLO, TXKairos InsideLocation: Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center,2100 North Spring, Amarillo, TX 79107,806-383-1811. Arrive by 6:00 pm andstart at 7:00 Pm.Cost: $260.00 - single, (limited number ofavailable) $225.00 - double, (each) and$175.00 - commuter. Fee includes twonights lodging (Friday and Saturday), alltraining materials and the followingmeals: Sandwiches Friday evening; Satur-day breakfast, lunch and supper and Sun-day breakfast. Contact: Mike Stumbaugh, mstum-baugh@sbcglobal.net or 817-247-5403(cell), 526 Westview Terrace, Arlington,TX 76013 for application and additionalinformation. Checks should be madepayable to KPMI – TexasNote: Attendees need to bring personalitems only YOU MUST COMPLETE THEENTIRE COURSE TO BE CERTIFIEDAS A WEEKEND LEADER.

MAY 4 – 6, 2012 BUFFALO, NY Kairos Inside and OutsideLocation: Harvest House Retreat Center,1782 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY 14210,716-823-1210Accommodations: Sleeping conditionsare as you would have on a weekend.There are some sofas, but mostly carpetedfloor with small mattresses; if driving,bring sleeping bag, air mattress or cot. Ifflying, we will be glad to pick up and re-turn to airport; bedding will be provided.Please advise of needs.Note: Attendees need to bring personalitems & Red Manuals. Musicians, bringyour music makers!Cost: $140.00 per person. Fee includestwo nights lodging/conference fee , alltraining materials and meals: Friday -light dinner, Saturday - breakfast, lunchand dinner and Sunday - breakfast. Plan toarrive by 5pm; training starts at 7pm.Contact: Please send your application(found at www.mykairos.org, downloads,under AKT-Universal Application) withpayment make payable to KPMI of New

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York from your Ad Council or State Chapter to:Linda Gonzalez, 716-773-2251 , lrgscq@roadrun-ner.com for mailing address.

May 18 – 20, 2012 DENVER, COKairos InsideLocation: American Motel and Conference Center.Located at 10101 I-70 Service Road North Wheat Ridge, Co 80033.(Please bring your KI Manual) Price includes all

training materials. 5 meals, which are as follows,Friday night dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch anddinner and Sunday breakfast.Cost: Commuters: $155.00, Double OccupancyRooms $209.00 or Private Room $259.00 a latefee of $25.00 will be charged for anyone register-ing after May 1st. Please go to kairosprisonmin-istry.org and click on Advanced Kairos Training,then click on AKT Universal Registration Form,print it out, fill it out and mail in. Please makechecks payable to: Kairos of Colorado then USMail the Completed Registration Form and check

to: Randy Borden C/O Kairos AKT 1805 W. 6thAve. Broomfield CO 80020-1712. Contact: Randy Borden; rjborden@comcast.net or303-469-7540.

June 1-3, 2012 JACKSONVILLE, FLKairos InsideLocation: Marywood Retreat Center, 235 Mary-wood Dr., St. Johns, Fl. (on the beautiful St. John’sRiver).

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Cost: $225 fordouble, $280 For single, $150 for com-muters. Please have AC or state make checks payableto Kairos of Florida. Fee includes 2 nights lodging, 5meals and training materials.Contact: Jan Thrower, plainjan@yahoo.com or 352-473-7896 for additional information including mailing address and application.Note: Participants need to bring only personal items.All linens are provided.

June 1-3, 2012 CANTON , MSKairos Inside, Torch and OutsideLocation: Duncan M. Gray Episcopal Camp & Con-ference Center, 1530 Way Road, Canton, MS 39046,www.graycenter.dioms.org Arrival: 3:00-5:00 PM Fri-day June 1Cost: $250 per person. Includes 2 nights lodging, 5meals (Fri. dinner, Sat. breakfast, lunch, dinner & Sun-day breakfast) all snacks and all training materials (ex-cept for manuals). $100 per person for commuters.

Please send registration forms found atwww.mykairos.org under Downloads and checkspayable to Kairos of Mississippi to: Danny Brunt, 222Moore Road, Vaughan MS 39179Contact: Danny Brunt, 662-289-0233 (office) or 601-942-0652 (cell) danny.brunt@iveymechanical.com.Notes: Transportation to and from airport will be pro-vided. Registration Forms can be found atwww.kairosprisonministry.org/templates/System/de-tails.asp KI should bring Program Manuals. KTshould bring Program Manual and Mentoring Guide(these can be provided at an extra charge). KO shouldbring Program Manuals (these can also be provided atan extra charge).Registration deadline is Monday May 14, 2012.

June 29 – July 1, 2012 HUNTSVILLE, TXKairos InsideLocation: Criminal Justice Center of Sam HoustonState University. Housing in Hotel operated by SamHouston State University, Huntsville, TX. Arrive by6:00 pm and start at 7:00 pm.

Cost: $315.00 for single (limited number available).$245.00 for double (each). $175.00 for commuters.Fee includes two nights lodging (Friday and Satur-day), all training materials and the following meals:Sandwiches Friday evening, Saturday breakfast, lunchand supper and Sunday breakfast.Contact: Mike Stumbaugh, mstumbaugh@sbc-global.net or 817-247-5403 (cell), 526 Westview Ter-race, Arlington, TX 76013 for application andadditional information. Checks should be madepayable to KPMI – TexasNote: Attendees need to bring personal items only. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE ENTIRE COURSE TOBE CERTIFIED AS A WEEKEND LEADER.

For a complete listing of AKTs, please go towww.mykairos.org

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