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Write Letters
(Please check all areas of service in which you are interested)
Serving on an Inside Team
Serving on a Music Team
Sponsoring an Inmate for the weekend ($150)
Serving on an Outside Support Team
Kairos Cookie Fund (cash donation)
Writing letters to Inmates for the weekend
Providing Posters or Placemats for the weekend
Attending a weekend Closing Event
Kairos Outside (for adult female loved ones)
Providing Financial Support
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 Lay Person  Clergy
 I have attended Cursillo, Walk to Emmaus, Tres Dias, Via de Cristo, etc.
Kairos Prison Ministry of Idaho • P.O. Box 791 Nampa, ID 83653 • (208) 740-1391 • isci@idkairos.org • www.idkairos.org
(20 minutes per letter)
Handwritten letters expressing God’s
love for the inmates are a treasured gift
from God’s family.
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Address to “Dear Brother in Christ”
Include messages of hope, faith and love
Don’t seal the envelope
A short “note” from children can have an
especially incredible impact for Christ
(for children, first name and age only)
Kairos Prison Ministry
Attend a Closing
(~4 hours Sunday afternoon)
Attend a Closing Ceremony at the
end of a 3½-day weekend and be a
witness to the glorious work of the Holy
Spirit. You must submit an application
and be approved to attend the Closing!
Visit Kairos Inside at www.idkairos.org
for date/time, IDOC application, map,
and dress guidelines to attend a Closing.
Lives are being redeemed in one of
the darkest places on earth – prisons.
It takes a virtual army of volunteers to
be the hands and feet of Christ in this
mission. Some actually go inside the
prison for the 3½-day weekend event;
some cook meals…and many, many
others provide cookies, placemats,
posters, agape letters and funding.
All can be in prayer.
Your contributions are part of
God’s plan to bring the light of Christ
into this very dark place. Thank you
for being a willing servant for God.
The Kairos logo is a registered trademark of Kairos
Prison Ministry International, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kairos Inside
Volunteer Guide
Kairos Prison Ministry of Idaho
P.O. Box 791
Nampa, ID 83653
(208) 740-1391
email: isci@idkairos.org
website: www.idkairos.org
Decorate Placemats
(15-30 minutes)
Pray, Pray, Pray
(5-30 minutes)
Your ongoing prayer for the success
of our mission meets our greatest need.
Kairos Inside
Ministry Overview
Kairos is a lay-led, interdenominational
Christian ministry that conducts a highly
structured program designed for use in
correctional institutions.
After 36 hours of training for volunteers,
the Kairos program starts with a 3½-day
weekend event that allows inmates to
witness Christ’s love through the servitude
of Christian Kairos volunteers. During this
event, participants are given an opportunity
to experience a religious renewal, accepting
God’s call to a life of Christian witness and
service to one another during their stay in
the institution—and beyond.
After the 3½-day weekend, participants
are encouraged to establish strong Christian
communities within their institutions.
Follow-up by volunteers consists of a ½-day
Instructional Reunion modeling prayer and
share grouping. There are also 2-hour
reunion gatherings held each month, and
three 2-day mini weekend retreats per year.
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Please pray for
30-42 inmates for each 3½-day weekend
The Warden and Staff
The Chaplain
Our Inside Team
Our Outside Support Team
That the will of God be accomplished
Sign up to pray for a Kairos Inside 3½day weekend at www.idkairos.org and
we’ll add your name to the paper prayer
chain we create and put on display.
Cookie Fund
We take over 2,000 dozen cookies
into the institution for each 3½-day
weekend as a tangible example of the
love of God poured out by His family.
At one time, Kairos recruited a large
number of volunteers to bake and
donate homemade cookies for the
weekend. Unfortunately, policy changes
at Idaho Department of Corrections
now require us to purchase cookies
commercially. To ensure Kairos can
continue to share cookies with inmates
in the future, we appreciate your cash
donation to our Kairos Cookie Fund.
At each meal, placemats—handmade by
children—serve as powerful tools of the
Holy Spirit that can help break open a
lifetime of sorrow and let the love of Christ
shine within. (ideal Sunday school activity)
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Placemat Guidelines
Share simple messages of God’s love
Drawn/Colored/Decorated by children
Include child’s first name and age only
Preferred size is 11” x 17”
Create Posters
(15-30 minutes)
Sunday School Classes, Youth Groups,
Bible Study Groups, Small Groups and even
Families can make posters that express the
hope found in Christ.
Your messages of love from the Body of
Christ can make a truly life-changing impact
on hardened hearts.
Poster Guidelines
• Your design can be a simple trace of hands,
or a beautiful work of art
• Express faith, hope and God’s love
• Include the name of the group
• Include the group’s signatures (for children,
first name and age only)
• DON’T use stickers or glue
Sponsor Inmates
You can help an inmate come “heart to
heart” with the love of God by supporting
him financially to cover the $150 cost of the
Kairos 3½-day weekend. Churches, Families,
Small Groups, Sunday School Classes and
local Businesses can help sponsor an
inmate into a new life—one based on the
love of Jesus Christ.