[ROVERNET - UK] OT Prison

Brooks restore at nbnet.nb.ca
Tue Oct 9 19:21:06 BST 2007


Sure...all ministries are fantastic...$ 10.00 get's you a membership to my 
church...tax deductible !!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fritz Rauschenberg" <wfritz at mindspring.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] OT Prison


> Now, Brooks, how do you know that?? Are you trying to throw ice water on a
> great ministry?
>
> Fritz Rauschenberg
> wfritz at mindspring.com
> EarthLink Revolves Around You.
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Brooks <restore at nbnet.nb.ca>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Date: 10/9/2007 1:56:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] OT Prison
>>
>>
>>
>>   You are to be commended for your warmth and caring....however in many
>> cases these criminals already found God at their bail hearings or trial.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kent Kinard" <kkinard at wcc.net>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:33 PM
>> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] OT Prison
>>
>>
>> > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:31:31 -0400
>> >  S Manwell <s_manwell at alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
>> >> Well, Bill Robertson beat us to the master cylinder punch, but I hate
> to
>> >> let the prison comment go by.  Hmm, let's see:  a Texan figure of
> speech?
>> >> A sacrifice for a good cause?
>> >>
>> > No, literally.  Twice a year I do a prison ministry called Kairos.  We
> go
>> > in on Thursday afternoon and finish Sunday afternoon.  There is some
>> > teaching, group discussion, singing and dancing, and sharing faith
>> > stories.  Some of these men simply have never had the experience of
> being
>> > loved unconditionally.  The team takes turns going back on Thursday of
>> > each week for Prayer and Share.  It is a pretty substantial commitment.
>> > The team is ecumenical, but a little heavy on the Right Wing.  I try to
>> > keep them more in the middle theologically.  I was the head spiritual
>> > director for this one.
>> >
>> > Roverecidivisticly,
>> > (recidivism-technical term for the tendency to return to prison instead
> of
>> > staying out.  Most prison systems have a high recidivism rate. Some
> people
>> > find the high degree of choice involved in living in the free world to
> be
>> > threatening and uncomfortable and find the regimentation of prison life
>> > more comfortable.  They can't wait to get out, but making a successful
>> > transition is hard and violating parole is easy.  The term is usually
>> > applied to those who are incarcerated, but in this case, it is jokingly
>> > applied to those of us who are hooked on prison ministry.)
>> > Kent K.
>> >
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