Greetings,
Yet another lockdown, this time statewide. A new computer system resulted in a statewide lockdown. It was the reason classes were cancelled last week at Sheridan and continuing this week resulting in the canceling of classes at Dixon. Praise God, it was lifted Thursday afternoon and classes were held at Sheridan.
However, the new computer system was not functioning 100%. The fallout was no passes could be printed at Sheridan. Attendance was about half in the morning Renewing Fatherhood and afternoon Discipleship classes, but improved to about 75% for the evening Discipleship class.
The biggest UGH was that it was graduation week. I'm working with the Assistant Warden of Programs office to have graduation classes this coming Wednesday December 23rd. The person I'm working with has been very helpful. Please keep it in prayer that communications reaches all the students as they are not expecting classes to be held.
To Him be the glory,
Scott Kalas
Soldiers of Christ Prison Ministries
DISCIPLESHIP: A SOLDIER'S CALL TO KNOW HOW TO PRAY
Dixon Correctional Center
Lockdown; class canceled
Sheridan Correctional Center Afternoon
Randy - Please pray for my mom who is very sick. Also pray for my family and everyone all in the world. Also most of all, babies and all who are battling cancer and all illnesses. God bless.
Ryan - Please pray for my family, my sick mom, she is not doing to well and please pray for my two kids and girlfriend. Thank you.
Dushanti - Praying for comfort for my family and close friends this holiday season. For the loss of my uncle Willy on December 13, 2015 I asked that we all be lifted up in Jesus Christ name, amen. I want to pray for continued strength and wisdom in You and Your Son. Jesus name, amen.
Anthony - Praying for a new and safe year with new beginnings and blessed endings. For God's children to become one with God as Jesus is with God. Also for Scott's continued strength and resources I would also ask for his health to be prosperous and his son Cameron. Pray for Anthony and his focus, discipline and integrity to be full of Christ and Christ's will for him and his family.
Sheridan Correctional Center Evening
No name - Pray for Chaplain Phillips and Sheridan Correctional Center staff & administration. She's a new chaplain and she's been getting quite a bit of resistance while trying to get new programs, activities, choir, chapel services, equipment and so on. She's all about doing these things for the glory of God instead of the staff & administrations been giving her a hard time.
John - I pray that I pass my final test in school on 12/21/15 and I get a decent grade in the class. I pray that Scott and his family have a blessed Christmas and New Year's. I pray upon my release from prison after parole I will be able to share God's love with inmates at McHenry County Jail. I pray that I earn my certification to be a certified drug and alcohol counselor.
Paco - Please pray that Paco's fiancé Shirley drops the order of protection against Paco. Please pray that Paco's son Daniel keeps contact with his father during and after prison release. Please pray that Paco receives the funds from the government for either one or three million dollars for his real estate business. Please pray that Paco his drivers license. Amen. Thank you and happy holidays.
Richard - I would like to thank God for my relationship with Carolyn and that this relationship be continually allowed to mature. I would like to thank God for everything that I learned at Sheridan and ask that these resources be allowed to flourish. Lastly, I would like to prayer for my future that I'd be placed next to the right people and I'd be like towards God's will for me. Thanks for everything!! God bless you.
Wayne - Please pray for my family that they all do well and have a great Christmas. Please pray for my little boy Dillon, that he adjusts to me be home in a good positive way and that my being there is a good thing to him and not stressful to him anyway. And please let Jessi adjust well to my homecoming. Even though we are going to be together, please pray that her and I will be great friends and co-parents. Please pray for me, that I make the adjustment back into society, completely absolutely. Pray that I am able to find a good paying job quickly and I am able to start to save and support myself and my family. That I am able to resist the devil and stay on track. Working hard to be legal in all of my endeavors and that my struggles aren't too great for to handle. I know God won't put anything on me that I can't handle. That doesn't mean that the devil will try to attack me with easier way, that I may be strong enough to resist. So please pray for strength for me that I can't resist the devil every time he tries to come at me. I'm pretty scared I don't want to fail myself Family again and I'm scared I will. I have 55 more days left here then it's back to reality were life happens and everything is real. So please keep me in your heart and prayers.
Curtis - Good day, please pray for the homeless during this holiday season. That they may find God's love enough as a gift that it is His son Jesus was born to save the world. Pray for my family and friends, that they may grow stronger in Jesus. That they may keep their eyes on God and not on man's treasures. Thank you Merry Christmas/happy new year.
Thomas - Prayers for continued help, life, peace and prosperity for my family, loved ones and friends throughout the holidays and the new year. Prayers for the safety of our way of life here in America. Prayer for healthy growth patterns for my new life in freedom of my love for Christianity. Prayers that I'd be granted my parole plans to my sister in Kentucky. Thank you and God bless.
Isaac - Pray for the Miller family, the children lost their mom and the older daughter 28 year old who found her possibility of a drug overdose. Pray for their salvation to receive Jesus and provisions. Pray for my children, for provisions during this Christmas season. Play for the choir program in Bible study classes to continue in the IDOC.
Rodney - I need a big prayer of help for my mom Ellen to get her furnace fixed at an affordable price. She's lived in the home for the past 40 years. Also pray for her health she has a pacemaker. Plus give her the ability to stay in her home because that is what she wants to do.
Joshua - I ask that you pray for my walk to get more like Jesus wants me to walk, for my life to better serve the Lord, I asked for prayers for my family and healing for their sickness in for their strength in the Lord. Pray for my salvation to keep getting better with him. Thank you. Philippians 4:13
CHRISTIAN LIVING: A SOLDIER'S CALL TO RENEWING FATHERHOOD
Dixon Correctional Center
Lockdown, class canceled.
Sheridan Correctional Center
No prayer requests submitted
Ministry Partners
DeKalb County Jail
Did not get ant prayer requests from ministry partner.
SOCPM Student Alumni
(G) Graduate, (P) Paroled, (R) Removed, (T) Transfer, (D) Drop, (I) Incomplete (W) Writ
* Violated Parole ** Re-Offended
Admissions/Transfers/Other
Kenneth*
Western Illinois; New Life Corrections
Transforming Incarcerated Dads - 03/2014 (G)
Transferred to Pinckneyville 12/16/2015
Christopher
Dixon: A Soldier's Call to...
Know God's Holiness - 07/2013 thru 09/2013 (D)
Transferred to Lincoln 12/18/2015
Brian
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Defend His Faith Part 1 - 08/2014 thru 08/2014 (I)
Transferred to Pontiac 12/18/2015
Tyson
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 11/2015 thru 12/2013 (G)
Transferred to Big Muddy 12/18/2015
William*
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Know, Understand & Share the Gospel - 12/2013 thru 12/2013 (R)
Admitted to R&CC Stateville 12/18/15
PAROLES
Steve
Dixon; A Soldier's Call to...
Know God's Holiness - 07/2013 thru 09/2013 (G)
Paroled 12/14/2015
Jesus
Dixon; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 05/2015 thru 07/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/14/2015
Cassidy
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 06/2015 thru 07/2015 (G)
Know How to Study the Bible - 08/2015 thru 10/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/14/2015
Kendall
Lawrence; New Life Corrections
Transforming Incarcerated Dads - 03/2014 (G)
Paroled 12/15/2015
Eddie
Dixon; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 02/2013 thru 05/2013 (G)
Paroled 12/15/2015
Trisen
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Know, Understand & Share the Gospel - 12/2013 thru 13/2013 (R)
Know how to Pray - 10/2015 thru 12/2015 (P)
Paroled 12/17/2015
Justin
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Unlock The Bible's Story - 05/2015 thru 06/2015 (D)
Defend His Faith part 1 - 01/2015 thru 04/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/17/2015
Quincy
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 10/2014 thru 10/2014 (I)
Paroled 12/18/2015
Austin
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Unlock The Bible's Story - 05/2015 thru 07/2015 (G)
Know How to Study the Bible - 08/2015 thru 10/2015 (G)
Know How to Pray - 10/2015 thru 12/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/18/2015
David
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Know How to Study the Bible - 08/2015 thru 10/2015 (G)
Know How to Pray - 10/2015 thru 12/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/18/2015
DISCHARGES
Steve
Dixon; A Soldier's Call to...
Know God's Holiness - 07/2013 thru 09/2013 (G)
Paroled 12/14/2015
Jesus
Dixon; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 05/2015 thru 07/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/14/2015
Cassidy
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 06/2015 thru 07/2015 (G)
Know How to Study the Bible - 08/2015 thru 10/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/14/2015
Kendall
Lawrence; New Life Corrections
Transforming Incarcerated Dads - 03/2014 (G)
Paroled 12/15/2015
Eddie
Dixon; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 02/2013 thru 05/2013 (G)
Paroled 12/15/2015
Trisen
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Know, Understand & Share the Gospel - 12/2013 thru 13/2013 (R)
Know how to Pray - 10/2015 thru 12/2015 (P)
Paroled 12/17/2015
Justin
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Unlock The Bible's Story - 05/2015 thru 06/2015 (D)
Defend His Faith part 1 - 01/2015 thru 04/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/17/2015
Quincy
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Renewing Fatherhood - 10/2014 thru 10/2014 (I)
Paroled 12/18/2015
Austin
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Unlock The Bible's Story - 05/2015 thru 07/2015 (G)
Know How to Study the Bible - 08/2015 thru 10/2015 (G)
Know How to Pray - 10/2015 thru 12/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/18/2015
David
Sheridan; A Soldier's Call to...
Know How to Study the Bible - 08/2015 thru 10/2015 (G)
Know How to Pray - 10/2015 thru 12/2015 (G)
Paroled 12/18/2015