Kairos Ministry: Women Overwhelmed by Love

In April, a group of women from All Saints’ Church (Woodbridge, VA) are headed to the Central Virginia Correctional Unit for Women (CVCU) outside of Richmond, VA as part of Kairos Ministry. Kairos is similar to Cursillo or Walk to Emmaus. It includes a three-and-a-half-day weekend program where a trained team of Christians go into the prison to carry God’s message of love and forgiveness to those incarcerated.

The team that ministered with Kairos at CVCU this past October shared:

Though there were many challenges, God was in charge! Because of your generous gifts of cookies, prayers,, and financial support, the participants experienced the unconditional love of Jesus Christ. They were overwhelmed by the love from people they did not know.

Here are some of thoughts expressed at the closing ceremony.

• I came: broken, hurt, rejected, lonely. Did God love us? Is He mad at us?

• I found: Family of new sisters, peace and contentment, forgiveness, compassion, spiritual shift, abundant love and acceptance, new “Son” glasses.

• Taking with us: Forgiveness of self and others, healing, real love from real people with real problems.

Individual speakers:

• Unforgiveness towards family, seeing God’s unconditional love, how could I not forgive others?

• Didn’t have to be what I grew up around. I have choices.

• We want to be loved, accepted, and fit in! And we do in the Kingdom.

• Learned a lot, one of the best experiences in my life. Thanking God!

Also during the closing ceremony one of the senior correctional officers came to the podium, unannounced and unexpected! He expressed his gratitude for the Kairos ministry and the changes it brought about in the participants. He told us to let him know if we needed anything. This has never happened at CVCU.

To learn more about Kairos and how you can support a ministry team, visit the Kairos Prison Ministry website or contact Debbie Morrison, team lead at All Saints’ Church.