ADDRESS CHANGES
If you have had an address change due to 911 or other circumstances, please let Dianne Yosua know at the e-mail address listed below. The Post Office does not let us know of these changes nor will they forward your newsletters ; it is up to you!! Better yet, forgo your paper copy of the newsletter and sign up to be e-mailed when the newsletter is put on the web site.
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Thanks very much!
NEWSLETTER DEADLINES
Newsletter deadlines are 3 weeks before each weekend.
Please contact
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with news articles and information.
HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED TO SERVE ON TEAM LATELY????
It is possible that you may have been inadvertently removed from team experience lists. Come to Leaders School and reconnect, AND/OR contact
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to make sure you are on our lists. The Leaders School Renewal Workshop is no longer a requirement to be on team, but if it has been longer than 5 years since you have been, it is strongly recommended!!
Does Tres Dias have your most current address, phone #, and e-mail address? We are finding that much of our contact information is outdated. Rectors and rectresses rely on this information to contact you to serve on team. If it is possible that we may not have your current contact information, please send it to
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EXPERIENCED TEAM MEMBERS REQUESTED
If you are an experienced team member and might be available on a last-minute basis to serve on a team with last minute cancellations, please call This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it @ 207-395-4762.
KAIROS
While the Kairos weekend is similar to Tres Dias in many ways, there are also significant differences. For example, there is an inside team (which is of necessity all men) and an outside team (which is made up of both men and women). Another major difference -- the focus is on residents who are leaders in the prison, regardless of their religious readiness for the weekend. If you would like to find out more about Kairos, there are several ways to do so. One way to find out about Kairos in Maine is to contact other Tres Diastas who have been involved in a weekend such as Dana Heath,
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, Manny Conchinha,
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, and others.
To find out about Kairos on an International scale, see the Links section of this web site.
One thing is for sure: if you become involved, you will see miracles happen!
KAIROS TORCH
Matthew 25:36: “…I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
Torch Boys #4 will be held in November 2009 at Long Creek YDC in South Portland.
We are holding monthly fellowship meetings until team meetings start in August. The next one will be on May 1 at Bath UMC at 6:30PM. Refreshments and fellowship will be plentiful, as well as info about the program. Come to one and find out what we are about - no further obligation!!
The Kairos Torch ministry gives you the opportunity to work with Christian brothers and sisters to introduce Christ to youth in great need of good news currently living at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland. To date we have put on 3 weekends for the young men and one weekend for the small group of young women there at the facility.
We are recruiting an ecumenical team to conduct a 2 ½ day weekend retreat for the youth. Following the retreat, each team member will have a weekly, one on one, mentoring relationship with one of these youths for 6 months. The prospective team member should be worshiping regularly, willing to listen patiently, and have a desire to share Christ.
The Torch program is very structured. Training prior to the weekend will prepare you to work in an environment of incarcerated youth and prepare you for the rules specific to the Long Creek institution. In addition, you will get to know and have the support of a terrific team of Christians, many of whom have experience in prison ministry.
If you have ever wanted to put the verse above in action, but were concerned about how to do that, or about doing it alone, this is your chance.
The need is great, the kids will be receptive (after some initial resistance), and you could change a life.
Why not find out more?
Contact
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at 799-5096
Chair, Maine Torch Advisory Council