What is a Reunion?

We held a Kairos Reunion in the Connally Unit yesterday; if you've never been to one, let me tell you what they are like.

We go through security about 10:00 AM on third Saturdays.  The chaplain meets us somewhere in the process of getting in - sometimes we are in the chapel, sometimes in the 7 Gym.  Lately it has been 7 Gym because the chapel hosts 4 worship services on Saturdays.  The facility is ok except that the acoustics are terrible.  There are chairs and bathrooms, and if you need to work out, a weight machine.

We are getting 65 brothers in white at present because that is the number authorized by the warden.  Some will have not been in a while, others are at every Kairos event they can get to.  The Reunion is organized by the inside Kairos community using the Red Manual program guide.  The music is usually led by an inside band, and the leadership is passed to a different inside Kairos member each month.  We start with prayer and share groups, then some singing, then testimony of inside Kairos members, the reading of scripture, and more singing.  We have been bringing in cookies, punch, and coffee.  At about noon the free world Kairos team members are invited to eat lunch in the Officer's Dining Room.  Last weekend there were no other dining rooms operating, so the brothers in white were given johnnys. 

The outside team is invited to make a presentation as a part of the program.  Last Saturday the presentation was by Rev Bruce Bowman, but the presentations aren't always as well developed as his. 

We leave after count clears, somewhere between 2 and 2:30 PM.  To come you must be a TDCJ trained volunteer and on our team list.