Kairos Outside

Kairos Outside is a special weekend retreat designed to support the female loved ones of men and women who are or have been incarcerated. Families of the incarcerated "do time" right along with their loved ones. In a safe environment with loving people, women interact with other women who are in similar situations and learn to form small groups to support and give them strength for the challenges they face.

Kairos Outside

Kairos Outside is a special weekend retreat designed to support the female loved ones of men and women who are or have been incarcerated. Families of the incarcerated "do time" right along with their loved ones.  In a safe environment with loving people, women interact with other women who are in similar situations and learn to form small groups to support and give them strength for the challenges they face.

Kairos Torch

Kairos Torch offers unconditional love and acceptance, encouraging young men and women to share their life journey through participation in a long term mentoring process.  The program begins with a weekend retreat inside the prison.  Torch team members commit to a weekly mentoring process with the youthful offenders for six months after the weekend.

The Kairos method of talks, meditations, individual, and group activities is an invitation to live in a personal relationship with the living Christ. Kairos serves not only to help Christ in saving souls, but to put human lives in service - literally to transform men, women, and youth in prison environments as well as the female relatives of those who are incarcerated. The most important outcome of the weekend is to introduce the participants to Christ's love so as to enable them to produce a practical realization in their 4th day - the rest of their lives.

The Kairos method confronts individuals with their problems and personal history; Jesus Christ is presented as the only total solution. Their journey is supported in community by prayer and share groups, which provide the encouragement and safety for further exploration. It is this continuing community, where one finds the strength of ones perseverance and the most efficient way to spread apostolic action. The Kairos continuing ministry of reunions and spiritual retreats allows us in community to provide a more authentic, continuous, and vital Christianity that changes lives.

Remember the Kairos websites: www.kairosprisonministry.org and www.mykairos.org 

Anglican Church Stands by Catholics in Pursuit of Freedom of Conscience

 Archbishop Robert Duncan released the following statement in support of the Catholic Church's fight to maintain freedom of conscience in the midst of the U.S. federal government issuing a preventive care mandate in violation of its teaching.

"The Anglican Church in North America stands by our Catholic brothers and sisters as followers of Christ in a nation whose Constitution guarantees 'the free exercise' of religion. As Christians, our faith and doctrine are at the very heart of our service to others in our community. Therefore, it is extremely troubling to see our government mandate services contrary to Catholic Church teaching. I call on all members of the Anglican Church to stand by our Catholic brothers and sisters, and pray for our elected officials to have the courage to stand up for religious freedom and overturn this mandate," said Archbishop Duncan.

Manhattan Declaration Petition
 

GPS directions: 7100 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA

By 1915 a company known as the Hall Brothers was selling Valentine's Day and Christmas cards. The company later adopted the name Hallmark and its current slogan: "When you care enough to send the very best."

Hallmark was the first company to recognize Valentine's Day. They report some 141 million Valentine's Day cards sold worldwide. Valentine's Day is now a 16-billion-dollar industry with people all over the world persuaded to buy and give cards to their friends, relatives, and children.

The holiday is supposedly all about love. However, the emphasis in our society has become one of sexual or simply sentimental love.

It's only when we turn to God and His Church though that we find out what authentic love really is. Historically, there was a real St. Valentine. In fact, there were several, and history is a bit murky as to how and when February 14th became the day when the Church annually remembers St. Valentine.

There are many saintly images of St. Valentine, such as this one. I like it a lot.

I also like a more modern version like this one as well. The love that St. Valentine was all about was not mushy or erotic. It was the genuine sacrificial love that only God can give.

True love is the love of Jesus who gave Himself for us on the Cross. He said that we should love others as He has loved us. That's what we try to do at St. Andrew's Church. We'd love to have you join us to experience and share in the true love of God. He loves you so much that He transforms your life and the lives of all those you care about.

Come visit us every Sunday at 10:00 at the Hampton Inn, 8127 Point Meadows Drive 32257. For more information or to talk, call Jim McCaslin at 904-220-6594 or visit our website at www.saintadrewsjax.org.

Gulu, Northern Uganda. What a blast I had playing soccer with these girls! Canon Alison Barfoot and I were attending meetings with the management committee of The Father's House children's center and checking on the progress of the construction of the new homes. Outside, groups of children were playing soccer (football, to them). During a break I got involved playing with this group of girls and we became instant friends. They got such a kick out of the grey-haired muzungu (white) lady playing football. What fun we had together! Later in the day a group of the younger ones gathered around me while I read them some Bible stories - from my Kindle! Of course, they'd never seen one before and were quite curious about it. They were so sweet, and I was blessed to pray over them before we left.