Yes, I was a touch younger then….and this room is where I am privileged to give the sermon the second Sunday of each month now, as the Lord wills. Back then, Michigan prisoners wore civilian clothes. There are about 40 volunteers in the photo and the rest are prisoners.
Posts Tagged ‘Prison Ministry’
Prison Ministry Memory Lane: Kinross Correctional Facility, 1997
Posted in Indian River Baptist Church, Nostalgia, Prison Ministry, tagged Indian River Baptist Church, Prison Ministry on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Baptisms and The Lord’s Supper In Prisons On Consecutive Sundays – Blessings Beyond God’s Usual Abundance
Posted in Bible Study, Forgiveness, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Baptism, Christian, Christianity, Church History, Forgiveness, God, Gospel, Jesus, New Testament, Prison, Prison Ministry, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The last two weeks have been very, very humbling and very, very special. Last week I was invited to fill in at the church service held at Kinross Correctional and the chaplain asked me to administer the Lord’s Supper to the congregation, which they only do twice a year at that particular prison. Today I [...]
Notes From A Weekend In Prison
Posted in Prison Ministry, tagged Crime and Justice, God, Michigan Department of Corrections, Prison, Prison Ministry, Religion and Spirituality, Warden on April 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend we spent the weekend at Chippewa Correctional Facility-East offering a three-day short course in Christianity through the Keryx Prison Ministry. Some thoughts follow. Six months ago, during the Keryx weekend, we had something happen that had never happened before in my 15 years of involvement. Our weekend runs for a couple hours Thursday [...]
Strolling Down Prison Ministry Memory Lane: The Transition To Prisoner Uniforms In 1999 And 2000
Posted in Nostalgia, Prison Ministry, tagged Herald-Keryx, Keryx, Michigan Department of Corrections, Prison, Prison Ministry on December 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you see below are two photos from consecutive Keryx weekends at Chippewa Correctional Facility-East – the top photo is from October 1999 and the bottom photo is from April 2000. A lawsuit filed in the 1980′s against the Michigan Department of Corrections was in the process of being settled and ramifications of the settlement [...]
Strolling Down Prison Ministry Memory Lane, December 17, 2010 Edition
Posted in Prison Ministry, tagged Prison Ministry on December 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Keryx #8, Chippewa Correctional Facility-East, April 1998. In those days Michigan prisoners wore civilian clothes. Gosh, some of us (volunteers and prisoners) were a LOT younger in this photo…..
What Can Happen When You Play “My Own Prison” In A Prison? This.
Posted in Forgiveness, Music, Sin, Truth, tagged Creed, Forgiveness, Gospel, Music, My Own Prison, Prison, Prison Ministry, Scott Stapp, Sin on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the Keryx prison ministry weekend we just finished at Chippewa Correctional Facility-West, I was assigned, among other things, to conduct a service on Saturday night that is the culmination of the day’s focus on the importance of forgiving other people. It is, after all, a command, right? Matt 6:14 For if you forgive others [...]
Discipleship in Prison
Posted in Prison Ministry, tagged Prison Ministry on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stand To Reason reports on what discipleship in a prison looks like. I can affirm their report as can many of my fellow colleagues in prison ministry.
“I Can’t Forgive Myself” – a One-Year Follow Up, Plus A Strange Thing – Telling The Truth
Posted in Prison Ministry, Truth, tagged Christ, Christian, Christianity, Crime, Forgiveness, God, Jesus, Prison Ministry, Religion and Spirituality, Truth on October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last year about this time we posted the story of a prisoner who has struggled for years with issues of guilt and shame concerning his crime and the harm he has caused himself, his family, his victim and his victim’s family. Last weekend we met again. I asked him if he is still trying to [...]
Indian River Baptist Church Sunday School, October 17, 2010: Romans 10:14-15
Posted in Bible Study, Calvinism, Doctrine, doctrines of grace, Indian River Baptist Church, New Testament, Prison Ministry, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Bible Study, Calvinism, Doctrine, Election, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Predestination, Prison Ministry, R.C. Sproul, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on October 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rom 10:14 But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?[3] And how are they to hear without someone preaching? Rom 10:15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, [...]
My home for most of the next 72 hours beginning this afternoon….
Posted in Prison Ministry, tagged Prison Ministry on October 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Kinross Correctional Facility, as we proclaim the message of redemption through Jesus Christ at the Keryx prison ministry weekend. Over 1800 prisoners at this facility, and so many are lost. Prayers appreciated.
Sound doctrine with a pleasant demeanor (and a swell graphic header courtesy of Josh Gelatt).
Swell Used Books For Sale!!
On sale now! See below for purchase locations!
“Against Calvinism” (A Parody For Our Generation) on sale at these online retailers:
-
El Rancho Reformado Weather- Currently: Cloudy: 32F February 23, 2012Currently in ALANSON, MI: 32 °F and Cloudy
- Currently: Cloudy: 32F February 23, 2012
