There are several ways that you can get involved in Kairos of Georgia. One of the most important ways is to volunteer to be on a team that will go into the prison to share Christ's love with inmates. You don't have to have been on a street weekend (Walk to Emmaus, Tres Dias, Cursillo) in order to participate in Kairos, but you will need to attend your first Kairos weekend as a participant as well as a team member so that you will have participated in a weekend yourself.
Inmates refer to our volunteers as "the ones that come back." Below is a typical "Year in the Life" of a Kairos Volunteer includes the following areas of service:
- Training and Team building of the Volunteer Team - approx 43 hrs
- Other preparation (writing letters, fundraising, making cookies, etc.) - approx 20 hrs
- Program inside the prison - approx 42 hrs
- Instructional Reuninon inside the prison - approx 8.5 hrs
- Continuing ministry - approx 24 hrs (2 hrs per month)
- 2-day retreat - approx 22 hrs
- Travel - approx 34.5 hrs (1.5 hours for each meeting)
Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc is a 501c(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization. Contributions may be deductible on your tax return. Please check with your accountant. A large part of what allows us to reach new prisons and maintain the ones we are currently ministering in is through the giving of businesses and individuals. It takes between 3,000-5,000 dollars to put on a Kairos weekend in a prison. It takes around 10,000-12,000 dollars to start Kairos at a new prison.
Your gift will go to minister to men and women who need to know the love of Christ. Please contact Beth Maycumber, Treasurer if you would like more information or to make a donation.
Beth Maycumber/ Georgia StateTreasurer
If your gift is in memory of or honor of someone, please include the name of the person you are honoring and the name and address of the person to be notified of your generosity.
"Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed."
Please make checks payable to: Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc.
Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc.
346 Berry Ct.
Villa Rica, GA 30180
- 1 Timothy 6:18-19
Agape is a greek word that roughly translates to an unconditional gift. You may have heard the term "Agape Love" which refers to unconditional love or the kind of love that God has for us. For Kairos, Agape means cookies, brownies, children's artwork, and whatever else the Kairos teams need to make the men and women participating in a Kairos weekend feel the love of God. There are plenty of different types of Agape that you can make or purchase to help.
Please, letters only, no envelopes, folded once with the resident's name on the outside; or else you can send general agape for all the participants on the weekend. No tracts or pamphlets, etc. are permitted. Children's drawings on 8.5 x 11" construction paper are always welcome and make a huge impact on the hearts of the incarcerated. Do not send children's agape with their last name or address or anything other than a first name on it for security purposes.
Ron Walling
Kairos of Georgia Agape Chairman
3204 Sterling Ridge Dr.
Augusta, GA 30909
(706) 855-1075
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