Kairos Prison Ministry conducts weekend Christian retreats at Tomoka Correctional Institute.
KAIROS Prison Ministry holds spiritual retreats within correctional institutions. On September 6-9, a team of 35-40 men will enter Tomoka Correctional Institute to hold a retreat for 42 incarcerated men. The inmates have been selected by the prison chaplain and his committee from up to 600 applications for this weekend.
There are a number of ways in which you can be a part of this weekend:(1) Pray for God’s guidance for the weekend; (2) Serve on the team ; (3) Attend the closing ceremony; (4) Donate purchased cookies; (5) Purchase Chef Dave’s bourbon molasses grilling rub; (6) Give a monetary donation.
For more information contact David Luther, Kairos Weekend #60 Leader, for details: disciple13@cfl.rr.com. Serving on the team or attending closing require background checks.
Rev. Marilyn Beecher, Church and Community Worker, East Central District, Florida Conference
The Rev. Marilyn Beecher, a United Methodist missionary serving as a Church and Community Worker, will be the guest preacher on Sunday, August 22.She will preachat both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. Her sermon topic is Words and Deeds, based on Matthew 21:28-32.
Ms. Beecher’s responsibilities as a Church and Community Worker involve helping congregations inEast Central Florida develop new outreach ministries, with special emphasis on work with children and youth, disaster response, immigrants, and hunger programs.
She says about her work: “If churches are to live up to the call of the Gospel, then they cannot just care for their own members, but they must be engaged with the people around them and be beacons of hope for the community.”
Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Beecher was a Church and Community Worker in Miami, working with three Haitian congregations to develop new outreach and evangelism ministries. She also served as a United Methodist missionary in Bulgaria from 1993 to 1997.
WEEKLY WORSHIP SERVICES
SUNDAY @ 9:30 AM Traditional Blended Style of Worship
SUNDAY @ 11 AM A More Informal and Flexible Style of Worship Children who attend this service are invited to leave at the Offering to attend Children's Church
SUNDAY @ 5:00 PM Special Worship for Special People
for the Mentally Challenged, their families, and friends
followed by a light supper and time of fellowship
