Re-Entry

Training for new volunteers at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) will be Tuesday, April 22, from 5-9 pm, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, downtown San Diego. MCC is a federal jail housing both men and women inmates. Currently, we have two teams ministering there on Monday nights.

Volunteer training for this facility is only held once a year, so anyone interested should respond quickly. There are limited openings.

You must be:
21 years of age.
Free from any criminal felony convictions.
Have a letter of endorsement from an organization like Shadow Mountain.
Able to commit to regular volunteering.
Have a valid Identification, i.e., driver's license, passport.

Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry "Re-Entry Mentoring" meeting Saturday morning at 9:30 AM on March 29th, 2008

RPJM Re-Entry Mentoring Overview

General Correspondence – Outside Ministry
Mentoring Through Bible Study Educational Courses – Outside Ministry
Visiting Inmate at General Visitation Times – Outside Ministry
Evaluating Pre-release Data – Outside Ministry
Accessing Needs – Outside Ministry
Contacting San Diego County Agencies & Ministries – Outside Ministry
Planning Transitional Agendas – Outside Ministry
Helping Inmates After Release to Succeed in Transitional Program – Outside Ministry

Mentoring Through RPJM Transitional Educational Courses – Inside Ministry
Distributing & Discussing Re-entry Resources with the Inmate – Inside Ministry

You can be involved with either Outside or Inside Ministry but NOT both.

If you want to be a part of this program inside or outside the prison, please set aside these dates for orientation meetings. The March 29th meeting will take place at Canyon Community Church at 610 Paseo del Rey in Chula Vista, CA, 91910.

Outside Ministry – Saturday, March 29th 9:30 AM – 11 AM
Outside Ministry will be flexible to meet your availability.

Inside Ministry – Saturday, March 29th 9:30 AM – 11 AM And April 7th 5 PM to 9 PM. for security training at Donovan State Prison if you have not already been cleared you must attend this training.

Inside Ministry will take place on Tuesdays somewhere between 9 AM and 5 PM. and Saturdays. Specific hours are not determined yet.

If you cannot be involved directly, please consider being involved, prayerfully and financially.

Cookies will be collected on Sunday, April 6, and Sunday April 13, at Shadow Mountain, at the Prison Ministry table in the Pavilion.

If you want to donate, but d not attend Shadow Mountain, you can drop off the cookies at the Shadow Mountain Family Ministry Building Monday - Friday, April 7-11, 9-4 pm. Please leave them in the name of Thomas Heyer.

Tom Thomas
tomheyer@mac.com

What is Kairos Ministry?
Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. is the parent organization of a body of ministries addressing the spiritual needs of incarcerated men, women and children, to their families and to those who work in the prison environment. Kairos sprang from the Cursillo movement and is supported by volunteers from Cursillo and those other movements that consider Cursillo as their root. Although a separate ministry, Kairos has received the blessing and encouragement of 4th Day movements such as Cursillo, National Episcopal Cursillo, Presbyterian Cursillo, Lutheran Via de Cristo, The Upper Room's Walk To Emmaus, and independently ecumenical Tres Dias. Kairos Prison Ministry is a ministry rather than a movement.

Kairos is a ministry of the church ... a ministry of the apostles whom Jesus, the Christ, has called into community and sent forth into the environment of the correctional institution. Kairos has been called the best example of the early church in existence today.

Kairos Inside Ministry is well organized and has well-trained volunteer teams of men and women from the communities surrounding an institution that present an introductory 3-day weekend, described as a short course in Christianity. This inter denominational team of volunteers both clergy and laypersons works in cooperation with the Chaplain who carefully selects up to 42 inmate leaders to attend. A well-organized follow up program is part of this ministry.

The mission of the Kairos Prison Ministry is to bring Christ's love and forgiveness to all incarcerated individuals, their families and those who work with them, and to assist in the transition of becoming a productive

In our continuing effort to create a collaborative community think tank we invite you to an informative breakfast meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Second Chance. This is the second meeting of our Advisory Board, a group formed to advocate collectively for policy reforms intended to reduce poverty, homelessness, incarceration and substance abuse. Attached is an overview of the Second Chance Advisory Board.

At our inaugural meeting in November, Dr. Robert Ross, President of the California Endowment, discussed how community based organizations can help ameliorate escalating incarceration problems and their related public health effects. At our meeting on March 18, San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis will address what she thinks is necessary to reduce recidivism and its related incarceration problems.

Ms. Dumanis’ discussion is a great opportunity for the Second Chance Advisory Board to discuss prisoner reentry reform. We welcome your participation, and urge you to attend.

Please RSVP to MalissaWinicki at 619-234-8888 or at mwinicki@secondchanceprogram.org. Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to seeing you March 18th.

Malissa Winicki
Assistant to the Executive Director/Founder - Scott H. Silverman
Second Chance

Ms. Dumanis’ discussion is a great opportunity for the Second Chance Advisory Board to discuss prisoner reentry reform. We welcome your participation, and urge you to attend.

Please RSVP to MalissaWinicki at 619-234-8888 or at mwinicki@secondchanceprogram.org.

Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to seeing you March 18th.

Malissa Winicki
Assistant to the Executive Director/Founder - Scott H. Silverman
Second Chance

Another Kairos will be taking place in April, April 17-20, at Donovan
State Prison

(1) Begin praying for this ministry, pray for the team that will be
going in, pray for the preparations that must take place,
pray for the training of team members, pray for the men who will be
participating, and pray that the Prison yards will
remain open during this time.

(2) Be a team member. Team training meetings will start Saturday,
March 1, 8 am, and proceed every Saturday until the Kairos event.
Some are held at First Methodist Church in Mission Valley, others
will be held at Donovan itself. Team members must be able to attend
all training.

(3) Come and observe the Closing Meeting on Sunday, March 20, 1 pm, to see the power and effectiveness of this ministry. You must fill
out an application and be cleared to enter Donovan that day. Your application must be in by March 16. We have applications we can send you.

(4) Be a letter writer for Kairos. Some of you have done this and know what it involves. We have guidelines to help.

(5) Donate "Homemade Cookies" for Kairos. The cookies must be Homemade, placed in clear zip lock bags, two dozen to a bag. We will
collect donated cookies at Shadow Mountain on only two Sundays, April 6, and April 13, at the Prison Ministry Table in the Pavilion from 8:30 am
to 12 pm.

If you do not attend Shadow Mountain, but would like to donate cookies, you can drop them off during the weeks of March 31-April 4
and April 7-11, 9 am to 4 pm. Make sure you put Tom Heyer, Prison Ministry on your donation.

I believe all those who were able to attend our 2008 Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry had a great time. There were about 70 folks in attendance. Donny Lovette and Marty Angelo blessed us with their ministry and the food was great!

I have included a link if you would like to view some of the pictures taken at the banquet. You might see somebody you know!

Our 2008 San Diego Re-Entry Resource Directories are now available. If you would like one, you can find out more information on how to order your copy by reading the attached pdf file. http://www.reentry.org/Directories/2008SD_OF.pdf

Chaplain Art Lyons
Director Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry
PO Box 620
Chula Vista, CA 91912
Office: (619) 482-7258
E-mail: reentry@reentry.org
Website: http://www.reentry.org/

Have you been helped by our ministry? If so, please consider giving a one-time donation so we can continue to help others. Better yet! Please consider supporting us monthly. All donations are tax-deductible. Thank You!

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As we begin the New Year, we are looking to finally fill the vacant Ministry Leadership Team positions. You have heard me speak about this often, and if you have ever even thought about participating in leadership, now is the time to join us at an informational meeting.

If you would like to explore the possibility of serving Prison Fellowship in a leadership role, there will be an informational meeting on Tuesday, January 29th at my office in El Cajon (190 E. Douglas Ave., El Cajon, 92020), at 6:30 pm.

I can’t stress enough how important it is that we begin the New Year with a full team. Please prayerfully consider how God might be calling you to serve. If you know of anyone else who might not be on these emails, please let them know as well.

Stephanie Woodend
Outside Field Director, Prison Fellowship
San Diego County, Temecula Valley, SW Riverside
P. O. Box 1360
El Cajon, CA 92022-1360
(800) 245-9998, ext. 3
(619) 441-9900 Office & Fax
(858) 518-1867 Cell

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D.O.P.E

"Death Or Prison Eventually"

A true story of the thrilling rise and tragic fall
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D.O.P.E looks at four legendary world champion skateboarders Jay Adams from Dogtown's Z Boys, Christian Hosoi, Dennis Martinez world champion, Bruce Logan world skateboarding champion owner of Logan Earth Skis and examines their rise to the top and their eventual descent into the drug and crime culture. By concentrating on their redemption and current lives as well as their fame and fall from grace.

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life changing message

"One Night Only"
This Saturday January 26TH 9pm

D.O.P.E is an offical selection of the
Santa Barbra Film Festival

Theatre location
Victoria Hall Theater
33 W. Victoria St.
Santa Barbrara CA 93101

Narrated: By DANNY TREJO
Music By: SWITCHFOOT, P.O.D. ,ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Support This Independent Film

1. see D.O.P.E the movie this weekend at SBIFF

2. Forward email to friends & family in Santa Barbra.

3. Promote on MySpace, Facebook, Blogs, and Mass Emails.

4. Volunteer for "street team" @ birdpresents@yahoo.com

5. Buy someones a ticket - come as a group -

INVITE A FRIEND!

We will be holding a special Reentry Roundtable Meeting to discuss AB 900: Secure Reentry Facilities. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 29th at 10:30 a.m. in the Conference Room on the 13th floor of the HOJ. We look forward to seeing everyone there.

Kristin Zimmer
San Diego District Attorney's Office
Americorps VISTA
(619) 531-3630
Kristin.Zimmer@sdcda.org

We will be having our next Angel Tree Camp on Feb. 15-17, 2008. this camp is for children of inmates, 12-15 years old. We also need counselors/mentors to go to the camp (Counselors/mentors go free).

If you know of a young person who has at least one parent incarcerated, and is 12-15 years old, please contact me on details on how they can go to this camp free of charge.

If you would like to be a counselor/mentor to the camp, please contact me and I will give you further details on how to sign up.

Please begin to join us in prayer for this great opportunity to impact lives for Jesus Christ.

Thomas Heyer
tomheyer@mac.com

We have been able to begin a new area of ministry by supplying "Dress Outs" for inmates who request them. "Dress Outs" are a set of clothes given to the inmate just prior to release. We have a team in place and we have been providing "dress outs" on a limited basis for the past 3 months. Please join us in prayer for this new area of ministry.

We need good, clean shirts, men's sizes Medium & Large ( We need 7 at
this time).

We need good, clean jackets, Medium, Large, Extra Large & 2Extra large.

We are also looking for metal shelving that stands about 7' high.

We have a small space 10' by 7', at SMCC to store our clothing.

We want to be very clear on this. I cannot use large donations of clothing. We have no way to store it, nor sort it out. We only need specific items mentioned above.

PLACE: San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Hall of Justice, 330 West Broadway, 13th floor, Downtown San Diego

The mission of the San Diego Reentry Roundtable is to promote the safe and successful return of offenders to our community.

We have T-Shirts available for you to help us raise money for stamps. One of our biggest office expenses is postage. I was hoping you would like to buy us a book of stamps and get a Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry T-Shirt in the process. Please see attached PDF for a view of the shirts. http://www.reentry.org/RPJMT-Shirts.pdf

Front & Back Logo are $20.00
Front Logo only are $15.00
Back Logo only are 15.00

The sizes available are: Medium Large Extra Large XXLarge, please indicate in your check's memo the size of T-Shirt.

Shipping will be $5.00 or you can arrange to pick one up at my office.Canyon Community Church located at 610 Paseo del Rey in Chula Vista, CA 91910. We are located on the corner of Paseo del Rey and Telegraph Canyon Road in Chula Vista.

To get to our office take interstate 805 to Chula Vista and exit Telegraph Canyon Road (East). Travel about 1 mile and make a left on Paseo del Rey. It's about the third signal light after exiting 805. Turn left on Paseo del Rey, and make an immediate right unto a private drive (only about six car lengths from the corner) follow the drive back and you will see our church located on the right. Look for the door marked "Office".

Please call for an appointment to be sure that I will be at the office. Thank You!

Chaplain Art Lyons
Director Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry
PO Box 620
Chula Vista, CA 91912
Office: (619) 482-7258
E-mail: reentry@reentry.org

November 16th, Premier of the Dennis Martinez film D.O.P.E. WE NEED YOUR PRAYER SUPPORT!!! We are going into 2 prisons in Huntsville, TX, Riker’s Island (New York), and Calipatria in CA. e have had some opposition in California, but it seems to have been overcome. This is a very powerful presentation. Please pray for the harvest tomorrow evening as we present this life-changing story to a lot of inmates. And, also, pray for the teammates going in as part of the presentation. This is a joint venture in Texas between the movie producers and the Great Adventure Weekend International. Contact Kent Lucas at kentlucas9606@sbcglobal.net for more information

November 15th, Transformational Discipleship Community Care meetings at Highland Avenue Baptist Church at 6:30pm. These are held every third Thursday of the month. For more information contact Stephanie Woodend at stephanie_woodend@pfm.org or at (858) 518-1867

November 16th, Shadow Mountain Prison Ministry "Messengers Of Love" Celebration Dinner will be held on Friday, November 16, 6-9 pm, Mountain High
Kids Building Banquet Hall at Shadow Mountain community Church.

November 17th, 7AM to 3 PM Canyon Community Church Yard Sale to raise funds for fire victims. Contact Steve Balkam for more information. Funds raised will be given to In His Steps recovery homes. 619-425-1695 or email Steve at teamsteverosa@sbcglobal.net

November 17th, Reentry Prison and Jail Ministry Prayer and Equipping Meetings. Saturday mornings, November 17,24, 2007, 9:30 AM -11:00 AM - Canyon Community Church located at 610 Paseo del Rey in Chula Vista, CA 91910.

November 17th starting at 3:00 PM we will be having the 1st Annual United Volunteer and Ministry Partner Praise and Worship Service. It has been our desire for some time now to gather everyone together and simply worship the Lord Jesus Christ and acknowledge all that He is doing through all of us in Prison Ministry! To start this new tradition off right, we have invited Mark Earley to be with us and share from God’s Word. Mark is the President and CEO of Prison Fellowship. The location of this event is Faith Fellowship Bible Church, 4225 Prado Rd Ste.105, Corona, CA 92880

November 17th, 5:30 PM, In His Steps Annual Dinner Auction and Fund-raiser, the fund-raiser will be held at Mountain View Community Church located on the corner of Ash and 78. The cost for the dinner is $8 for adults $5 for children. IHS lost two houses and a mobile home on their property. They also lost a storage room that was housing all their auction items for their annual fundraiser to take place on November 17th, 2007 at 5:30 PM. The Director, Bob Denny and his wife are now housing fourteen women in their own home until they can secure a rental for the women that were burned out of their transitional home. Any cash donations can go to In His Steps, 1619 La Brea St., Ramona, CA 92065 (Marked for Women’s Home) Office 760 788. You can see the devastation of their property by following this link http://inhisstepsrecovery.org/firestorm_2007

December 15th at 6:00 p.m. A Prison Ministry Banquet will be held for volunteers that come to Donovan State Prison. Please contact Elena Hernandez for more information at pastoraelena@cox.net

January 25th, Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry 2008 Celebration Dinner. The dinner will be held at College Avenue Baptist Church located at 4747 College Avenue, San Diego, CA 92115. Registration will be at 6:30 PM, Dinner at 7 PM. Cost will be $12.00 per person if registered (by check) before January 20th, or $15,00 at the door. We will be blessed by the music ministry of Donny Lovett ex-offender, and hearing testimonies from Donny and Marty Angelo also an ex-prisoner and the author of "Once Life Matters". Along with a great dinner you will receive our latest 2008 San Diego Resource Directory and the opportunity to network with other ministries that are doing re-entry work in San Diego.

MCC ( Metropolitan Correctional Center, downtown). This is a federal jail housing about 1,000 men and women. We have teams ministering there on Monday nights. We need additional team members.
They only hold new volunteer training once a year, so this will be your only chance to get this training and get cleared for 12 months.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 5-9 PM, AT MCC. Contact Thomas Heyer [tomheyer@mac.com for all the details if you are interested.

Donovan State Prison. This is a State Prison holding about 5,000 inmates in Otay Mesa. We have teams going in on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Again, we can use additional team members. Training for this facility is offered every month.