PRISON MINISTRY INSIDE:
The Diocese of Florida has thirty (32) prisons; 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 sixteen 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
Brotherhood of St Philip at Suwannee Correctional
Brotherhood of St Philip at Suwannee 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 Episcopal Community at Liberty Correctional
The Ministry at Gadston Correctional (women's)
Jefferson Correctional (ALPHA)
New River Corectional (KAIROS)
Florida State West Correctional (KAIROS)
We have many volunteers participating in 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) 683-6906.