January 31, 2013

Training Seminars for Jail & Prison Ministry - March, 2013

 

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             from Chaplain Tom               January 31, 2013

 

 

 

Equipping the saints for the work of ministry. - Eph. 6:12  

SHARPENING OUR MINISTRY SKILLS!

ONE-DAY

SEMINAR

Saturday, March 23

9 AM - 3:30 PM

 

Wayside Cross Ministries

215 East New York Street

Aurora IL 60505

"Helping Inmates Break Sinful Habits"

presented by

Rev. Rich Hines

 

Session 1

Teaching Inmates to

Cease from Violence

 

Session 2

Teaching Inmates to

Accept Responsibility

 

Session 3

Addressing the Sin of Theft

 

Session 4

Dealing with Lying -

Learning to Tell the Truth

 

Session 5

Questions & Answers

 

COST?  It's FREE!

Even lunch is included!

A free-will offering will be received.

While the ONE-DAY SEMINAR is FREE,

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

 

To register, please email Chaplain Tom at

tbeatty@waysidecross.org

FIVE-DAY

TRAINING ACADEMY

Tuesday-Friday, March 19-22

6 PM - 10 PM

plus the ONE-DAY SEMINAR

on Saturday, March 23rd

 

New Covenant Bible Church

4N780 Randall Road

St. Charles IL 60175

This will be our third week of Academy classes.  Four weeks are required to receive a Credential.

 

It is not necessary to do the four weeks in a specific order.  Join us now!

 

This week will focus on

Biblical Preaching & Teaching

and

Inmate Culture & the Word

 

Please click here for

MORE INFORMATION

 

Please click here for SCHEDULE

 

Please click here for an

APPLICATION

(It is not necessary for return

students to apply again.)

 

COST?  $90

For Academy information, please email

rich@onlyhopeprisonministries.com

 

Please do not email Chaplain Tom for Academy Information.

Are you keeping your ministry skills "sharpened?"

 

 

To view a short video on some Missions Opportunities, please click here.

January 13, 2013

PRISON ART - HOLIDAY CARD


A card made from the inside, makes its way to the outside.

January 11, 2013

NEW LIFE CORRECTIONS' BIGGEST NEEDS

 

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January 11, 2013

 

NEW LIFE CORRECTIONS MINISTRY'S

TWO BIGGEST NEEDS

PLEASE PRAY WITH US!

Our 1st "ROAD TEAM" - April, 2011

 

"ROAD TEAM" MEMBERS

"ROAD TEAMS" travel to Illinois Prisons (State & Federal), presenting our 2-Day Dads' Seminar to crowds of inmates. It's one of our most fruitful ministries!  You can go on one trip, or more!  We go on one or two Road Trips every month.

 

Click on these links for:

 Dads' Seminar description

 ROAD TRIP Schedule

 "ROAD TEAM" application

 

PLEASE INVITE CHAPLAIN TOM to your church, your Sunday School Class, your Bible Study, your Small Group, along with an "ex-offender" friend or two. We'd like bring glory to God and help people gain a new perspective on Jail & Prison ministry!

 

Please PRAY about joining the "ROAD TEAM." Please pray that others will join.  Please forward this email to other Dads.

 

       

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Right now, too much of the ministry "revolves" around one man:  Chaplain Tom.  This is  just not "healthy." 

 

An Assistant Director would enable us to increase the amount of ministry - to hold more Seminars in more prisons, etc., and would help Chaplain Tom work more "normal" hours, potentially adding years to his marriage (wink, smile).

 

PLEASE INVITE CHAPLAIN TOM to your church, to your Mission's Committee, to help the church to consider supporting the New Life Corrections Ministry, reaching tens of thousands of inmates - men, women & teenagers - in our local County Jails, prisons & correctional centers.

 

We're at a point today where we just have to have the funds available before we hire, so if you can help financially, or your church can help, we'll be that much closer to filling this need.

 

New Life Corrections

215 E. New York St.

Aurora IL 60505

Contact Chaplain Tom:

 

tbeatty@waysidecross.org

 

To make an

online donation:

please click here.

 

January 5, 2013

A GREAT DEVOTIONAL THAT WILL INSPIRE AND MOVE YOU


Title: Stories of Faith & Courage from Prison
Author: Connie Cameron and Jeff Peck
Publisher: God & Country Press (November 9, 2012)
Pages: 464

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of STORIES OF FAITH AND COURAGE FROM PRISON. At 464 pages, this is no small book. It's beautifully put together, making for a great gift or for keepsake to pass down from generation to generation.

STORIES OF FAITH AND COURAGE FROM PRISON by CONNIE CAMERON AND JEFF PECK is a wonderfully inspiring and moving collection of short stories setup as a devotional. Each day you can read a new story that will warm your heart, bring tears to your eyes, encourage you to continue your work in the ministry, or inspire you to become involved in the prison and jail ministry.

Who will enjoy STORIES OF FAITH AND COURAGE FROM PRISON:

-Those that volunteer in the prison and jail ministry.
-Those with a loved one that's incarcerated.
-Those that are incarcerated.
-Those who have been incarcerated.
-Those that work in the prisons and jails.
-Those that know someone that has an incarcerated loved one.
-Those feeling called to prison and jail ministry.

Whether you're familiar with the ministry, curious about it, or know someone that's incarcerated, STORIES OF FAITH AND COURAGE FROM PRISON won't disappoint.

January 1, 2013

Short-term Mission Trips into prison!

 

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             from Chaplain Tom                January 1, 2013

 

 

 

Two of our most-fruitful outreaches - reaching 1000's for Christ!

SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS...into Prison!

To view a short video on these Missions Opportunities, please click here.

DADS' SEMINARS

2-Day Mission Trips into Prison

Sun. afternoon - Tues. evening

 

10 volunteers per trip into IL State Prisons & Federal Prisons.  Must be security-approved in advance by submitting DOB & SSN.

18 & older, no felony convitions.

DADS ONLY.  (Sorry, Ladies.)

  • February 4 - 5, Graham CC - room for 5 more!
  • Mar. 5 - 6, Western IL CC - room for 2 more!
  • April 1 - 2,  Robinson CC - room for 2 more!
  • May 6 - 7, Pekin FCI - room for 2 more!
  • June 3 - 4, Pontiac MSU - room for 4 more!
  • June 17 - 18, Dixon CC - room for 4 more!
  • July 1 - 2, Pekin FPC - room for 6 more!
  • August 5 - 6, Lawrence CC - room for 5 more!
  • September 9 - 10, TBD, room for 9 more!
  • October 7 - 8, Vandalia CC - room for 3 more!
  • November 4 - 5, Jacksonville CC - room for 6 more!
  • December 2 - 3, Taylorville CC - room for 5 more!

Please note:  On these Dads' Seminar Trips, we pay our own expenses.  This usually includes two motel nights, gasoline, and some meals (probably $125 - $150).

LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION

1/2-Day Mission Trips into Prison

Saturdays, 8am - Noon 

 

10 volunteers per trip into Stateville NRC Unit

Must be security-approved in advance by submitting DOB & SSN to Chaplain Tom.

18 & older, no felony convitions.

LADIES ARE WELCOME!

  • January 19 - filled, no more room
  • February 16 - filled, no more room
  • March 16 - filled, no more room
  • April 6 - room for 9 more!
  • April 20 - filled, no more room
  • May 18 - filled, no more room
  • June 8 - filled, no more room
  • July 20 - room for 2 more!
  • August 17 - room for 2 more!
  • September 21 - filled, no more room
  • October 5 - room for 10 more!
  • October 19 - room for 1 more!
  • November 16 - filled, no more room
  • December 21 - filled, no more room

Please note!  On these Literature Distribution Trips, we bring our own literature!  I recommend 75-100 books, magazines, etc.  As your church to help you collect literature!

Please, if you're unable to go on these Mission Trips, please pray for us!

The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.  Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.  - Matthew 9:37-38

 

 

For more information on these Missons Opportunities, please feel free to contact Chaplain Tom Beatty, at tbeatty@waysidecross.org.

New Life Corrections Miniistry

a division of Wayside Cross Ministries

215 East New York Street

Aurora IL 60505