MARK YOUR CALENDARS
APRIL 16, 2009 7 PM
On
April 16th, there will be a grand celebration of Prison Ministry at
Church of the Nativity at 7PM. At The Dedication and Celebration of an
New Ministry, Bishop Howard will be the celebrant and preacher. This
service is to highlight the new and flagship partnetship between the
Diocese of Fl and Prisoners of Christ. Please plan to join us.
Following the service there will be a reception in the Prisoners of
Christ headquarters on the campus of Church of the Nativity.
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
BORN THY PEOPLE TO DELIVER-BORN TO SET THY PEOPLE FREE
8373 NORMANDY BLVD.
JACKSONVILLE, FL 32221
Worship on Sunday's 10 AM
Daily worship- Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Church of the Nativity has a dedicated ministry to ex-offenders and their families;
families with those whose loved one is behind bars
and to all who wish to worship with us.
for more information call: 904-669-0350
PRISON MINISTRY INSIDE:
The Diocese of Florida
has thirty (31) prisons, with one more being built; twenty eight (28)
jails and eleven (11) youth facilities that house about 30,000 inmates
in the Diocese of FL. There is much work to be done. Those involved
with prison ministry are not only attempting to minister to this
population, but to the inmate's families.
In some cases, we are holding Episcopal services
at the correctional facilities, in others, we have joined our brothers
and sisters in Christ to promote ALPHA, Kairos, or TORCH. In addition,
there are ecumenical Bible studies such as Disciple I, prayer and
praise services and mentoring opportunities.
We have nine established communities behind bars within the Diocese:
All Saints Chapel, Union Correctional
The Community of St. Dismas, Baker Correctioal
The Episcopal Community of St. Teresa, Wakulla Correctional
The Episcopal Community of St. Teresa, Wakulla Work Camp
Franklin Correctional
The Ministry at Florida State Prison
The Ministry on death row, Union Correctional
Chapel of Transformation at St. John's County Detention Center
All Soul's Community at Hastings Youth Academy
The Ministry at Columbial Correctional
The Ministry at Columbia Work Camp
The Ministry at Gadston Correctional (women's)
The Ministry at Cross City Correctional
ALPHA at Jefferson Correctional
INSIDE:
Kairos Weekends- please pray for the teams and those inmates attending
the weekends, that the Holy Spirit touches their lives and hearts. If
you have attended Cursillo or some other street weekend and would like
to work a Kairos team, please call Bill Chatfield
904-
Prison Ministry Outside:
OUTSIDE: There
are also many ongoing activities for the families of those
incarcerated; Kairos Outside, Angel Tree, Camp St. Elizabeth just to
name a few. There are opportunities to mentor to youth, be a support to
the family of those incarcerated, or to become a victim's advocate.
Kairos
Outside (KO)NE Florida is held at Marywood Retreat Center in
Switzerland FL. This is a ministry to women only. The women who attend
have someone whos is incarcerated be it friend or relative.If you would
like to serve as part of the team, and have attended a Cursillo or
other street weekend, pleace contact the Rev. Carrie English at englishc@ahca.myflorida.com. Next weekend is October 2009
For more information on KO NW (Tallahassee area) contact Mary Macko
Prison Ministry Outreach:
OUTREACH:
Our first objective: We are in the infancy stages of developing a
companion prison ministry relationship with the Diocese of Peru. Our
incarcerated brothers and sisters are in need of hearing the Gospel and
knowing others are concerned and praying for and with them.
Our
second objective: Currently, the inmates in a number of correctional
facilities have started a campaign to begin to meet the first of the
eight millinium goals; to irridicate extreme proverty and hunger; the inmates program is called Putting in your two cents worth. Here is how it works:
This
asks each individual to place two cents for each meal into the fund/
hope chest. The inmates are praying that 1000 individuals or families
will join them in this project. More information on how to become
involved please contact The Rev. Sandy Tull at mothersandytull@yahoo.com. There is information for individuals, families and communities to become part of this project.
As of 3/1/2007, $48.00 has been contributed by the inmates.
As of 6/1/2007 $40.00
As of 6/30/2007 $33.00
As of 7/13/2007 $20.00
As of 7/20/2007 the inmates have purchased a flock of chickens through ERD.
As of 8/30/2007 $100 was contributed.
Four (4) shares of fish to stock a lake were purchased through ERD.
As of 10/20/2007 another $69.00 was contributed
Two (2) sets of honeybees were purchased through The Hefifer Project
As of 12/15/2007 another $98.00 was contributed
As of 2/29/2008 another $57.00 was contributed
As of 4/30/2008 another $50.00 was contributed
As of 7/30/2008 another $80 was contributed
As of 9/30/2008 another $78.00
As of 12/31/2008 anothe $50.00 was added
As of 3/1/2009, another $87.00 was added
To date $810= 40,500 meals in which grace was said and prayer for those in hunger was offered.
Over
900 boxes of Christmas cards were collected and delivered to
correctional facilities across north FL. We thank those congregations
and individuals that made this possible.