Together we made a difference at Nottoway Correctional Center

The four-day weekend for Kairos #37 at Nottoway Correctional Center at Burkeville was a blessed event, thanks in large part to the efforts of the St. Andrew's family. the mission of Kairos Prison Ministry is to bring Christ's love and forgiveness to all incarcerated individuals and their families. Visible signs and expression of God's love were brought to the weekend participants in the form of cookies, prayer chains, and posters.

With help from tireless St. Andrew's bakers, the team had over 20,000 cookies with them when they headed to Nottoway on November 10. The prayer chain, bolstered with prayers from our parishioners, was long enough to go halfway around the prison's gymnasium, showing the prisoners that they are not alone. Posters with messages of love and support from the youth helped to cover an entire wall, truly inspiring the participants.

Twenty-seven of the 30 men who signed up for the weekend completed the program. Additionally, we were able to give cookies to the entire prison population of over 1600 inmates. chaplain Ball of Nottoway had this to say: "I want you all to know just how much the cookies meant to the main population and the work center men also. Please thank all the wonderful people who baked the cookies for the walk... This is a great thing that is being done for the men here at Nottoway." The Kairos Nottoway inside team adds their own thank you to all the greater support team here at St. Andrew's - know that together we made a difference at Nottoway Correctional Center.

Matt Deller