March 11, 2011

JAIL-MAIL from Chaplain Tom, NEW LIFE CORRECTIONS MINISTRY at WAYSIDE CROSS MINISTRIES, AURORA IL, March 10, 2011

JAIL-MAIL from Chaplain Tom, NEW LIFE CORRECTIONS MINISTRY at WAYSIDE CROSS MINISTRIES, AURORA IL, March 10, 2011

KENDALL COUNTY JAIL volunteers needed!
VOLUNTEER CHAPLAINS
(to fit your schedule)

WORSHIP SERVICE LEADERS
(Saturdays & Sundays)

PARENTING CLASSES
CO-LEADERS
Dads on Wed., 2-4 PM
Moms on Fri., 9 - 11 AM

Email Chaplain Tom
more information!
tbeatty@waysidecross.org

Spanish books needed
In the Kane County Jail we have a "Book Cart" ministry, supplying Christian books, literature, Bibles, Bible Lessons, and one-on-one counseling. Many of the inmates speak & read only Spanish, yet we have very few Spanish books.
Please email Chaplain Tom to donate books.tbeatty@waysidecross.org

Illinois Youth Center
(Saint Charles)
MOVIE NIGHT
1st Thursdays, begins
April 7th, 5 PM with FACING THE GIANTS.
This is an answer to prayer! Please pray God open the hearts of the kids to the Gospel!

http://chaplainhelp.org/

One-Day Jail & Prison Ministry Training Seminar

April 2, 2011
9 AM - 3:30 PM
215 East New York Street, Aurora IL 60505

CORRECTIONAL CHAPLAINCY FROM A BIBLICAL POINT OF VIEW

NEW LIFE CORRECTIONS MINISTRY,
please use this link
http://www.waysidecross.org
- then, click on the Red Heart.
THANK YOU &
GOD BLESS YOU!

CHRISTIANS HAVE THE ANSWER!

The WHOLE answer! We MUST tell 'em!
We observe that over 90% of local jail inmates are involved with drugs and alcohol, with sex-related crimes and crimes of violence. A study of the Scriptures reveals that these are spiritual problems. Unfortunately, too many dealing with these problems rarely use the Scriptures. They don’t know that the Scriptures are living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. The power of the Creator is present in the words of Scripture. This power is desperately needed to break the bondage of sin.

Our experience is that changing behaviors is not the answer. We believe that the “heart” of a person has to be changed, and when the heart is changed, the result is changed behavior. Education and behavior modification do not solve the problem. (If they did, I don’t think we would have a any problems today with teen sexual activity, drug- or alcohol-abuse, racial prejudice, domestic violence, or any of the other problems on which our government has spent billions of dollars.) We must combat these moral and spiritual problems by assaulting “the gates of hell” with the glorious,life-changing gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ If we Christians don't take them the answer, who will?

The Feb. 19th team into Stateville NRC visited about 1000 inmates, holding out their candles as the light of the world.

There is a candle in every soul;
Some brightly burning, some dark and cold.
There is a Spirit who brings fire
Ignites a candle and makes His home.

Carry your candle, run to the darkness,
Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn.
Hold out your candle for all to see it.
Take your candle, and go light your world!
Take your candle, and go light your world!
- Kathy Trocoli

J & P Ministry Training Seminar on April 2nd,
on delivering the WHOLE answer.
The Seminar is FREE! Reservations are required!

Email your Seminar Registration
before the March 26 deadline -
tbeatty@waysidecross.org

"DADS CLASSES"
in a 2-Day Seminar!
Sometimes, it's tough to fit another weekly class into the Jail's or Prison's schedule. With this in mind, on April 4th & 5th, we are presenting our first 2-Day Seminar. We'll present the Dads' Classes at Robinson Correctional Center in Robinson, IL. Please pray for us in this new format. We'll provide you with a report after the seminar.

PRAYER REQUESTS
For volunteers at the Kendall County Jail.
For a minivan for Chaplain Tom (many miles between jails has his old one requiring frequent & expensive repair).
For the One-Day Seminar to be well-attended & for us attendees to be equipped.
For Spanish books - clean, moral novels, mysteries, biographies, Bibles, etc.
For the 2-Day Seminar to be well-received & the Gospel well-communicated.
For the "Movie Night" to be well-received by the teenagers & the Gospel to be communicated & lives to be changed!

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