The Sow-Light TrustReaching those who are 'lost' behind
the prison walls, with
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As Christians we live in a time where the principals of our faith have publicly become diluted. Almost daily there are examples of Christian ethics that, have been the fibre holding this nation together, slowly slipping away into an obscure silence. As Christians, we seem to have entered into an age of purpose driven not by the corporate needs of the body of Christ and the community we are called to affect. We are driven by individualism, the singular pursuit of a sole objective sometimes outside of the very churches to whom we have pledged membership. As Christians we have been accused as having no time and little energy for anything outside of our own personal agendas attending services in the vain hope that we will be ministered too, we will be fed and we will be nurtured. God has prepared a remnant, a few disciples who with a kind of unsophisticated grace have decided to stick to a simple calling, to visit those held in prisons.
The Sow-Light Trust In the prisons there are people who love the Lord but like the prodigal have lost their way. In the prisons there are people who know nothing of the Lord but want to respond to a deep urging, a prodding, a hunger in their spirits. The Sow-Light Trust have committed themselves to act as ravens to swoop into prisons all across England and deliver fresh bread, teaching the meat of the Word to all who have asked for this special diet. The Sow-Light Trust recognises a Biblical principle that being in prison does not make the person a prisoner because the ultimate captivity is determined by a persons attitude not there environment. The Sow-Light Trust have recognised that the glory of the Church of Jesus Christ is that it unites bringing people together from every background irrespective of ability, culture and criminal activity.
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There are some 138 'Brook Cheriths', or prisons, in England & Wales, housing some 72,000 prisoners men, women and in some cases children (H. M. Prison figures, April 2003) , all of whom have the potential to impact the world just as the prophet Elijah did. – Will you volunteer to act as a raven to make sure they are fed and empowered? It does not take much. The bread could be prayer, a song, a testimony, a Word, a smile or just your presence. Think about it.
Food For Thought Have you ever put salt in a pot and watched it keep itself to itself.?!! – No, it flavours everything it comes into contact with and makes it palatable and the more salt there is the stronger the taste. Our churches are sometimes over salted so concentrated that the food, however inviting, is hard to swallow. Your salt may be needed in the Brook Cherith’s of this World, pray and ask God where you might flavour.
Bev. Hendricks (H. M. P. Rochester Y. O. I. Team) For more information concerning the Prison Service go to www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
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