Becoming Involved With Kairos

 

Getting Involved With Kairos
There a number of ways that you can become involved with prison ministries.

One of the most important ways is to volunteer to be on a Kairos Weekend Team. Team members go into the prisons and share Christ's love with inmates. It is suggested that you have attended a Street Weekend (Walk to Emmaus, Cursillo, Tres Dias), but it is not absolutely necessary. Many of our first time participants are not fourth day movement graduates. It is suggested that you later attend a Street Weekend though.

Become involved by attending the closing ceremony of a Kairos weekend. Experiencing a closing is an experience like no other. The impact of a weekend on inmates lives is made abundantly evident during the closing ceremony. Inmates are given the opportunity to give a witness or testimony in front of their fellow inmates and their new "church on the outside". If you would like to attend a closing ceremony please fill out an application here.

Become Involved by donating "Agape". Agape is an act of unconditional love. We use the term Agape to mean:

  • Letters of affirmation from outside persons.
  • Place mats made by children which are used at meal times. These place mats have an amazing impact on men and women that have had no contact with children for many years. If you wish to donate placements, we ask that only first names of the artists be used - no last names.
  • We also have Agape that is made by inmates in other institutions specially for a Kansas Kairos weekend. These posters express a prayer for God to be present and bless a particular weekend.

If you would like to help with Agape please see our Agape web pages at Here, or Email Eric Stanton.

Become involved by helping this ministry financially. Our team members fund the Kairos weekends themselves by donating their own funds. Each weekend costs in the neighborhood of $4000. This cost includes supplies used by the team inside like notebooks, poster paper, colored markers, pens, Kleenexes etc. Kairos also covers the cost of special meals and snacks prepared for participants. Meals are prepared by the food contractor for the Kansas Department of Corrections, but the cost is borne by Kairos.

Become involved by being a support team member. The inside team needs several breakfasts prepared before they leave in the mornings for the institutions and also need help putting together Agape and letter packets that go to the inmates. Team members that help support the "team inside" give amazing self sacrificial gifts to Kairos. The value of these gifts simply cannot be measured - they are crucial to the success of Kairos.