Cookies for Kairos

Yesterday Kathy announced that it is "Kairos Cookie Time" again! From the flyer:

Kairos is a Greek word designating an opportunity, a fixed time, or "God's Special Time." It is a special time for inmates to attend a three-day seminar on Christianity, learning about the love God has for them. Kairos is an ecumenical prison ministry, made up of those who have attended a similar three-day seminar (Cursillo, Walk to Emmaus, etc), and is adapted to the prison environment.

During a Kairos weekend, the prison is flooded with home-baked, prayed-over cookies. Every resident in the institution receives a dozen cookies each day of the Kairos weekend; for the six retreats in the three western Washington prisons, over 36,000 dozen cookies are needed each year! God uses these cookies to bring others to Himself; some inmates come to Kairos "just for the cookies," and as they sit and munch, they not only hear about the love of God, but they experience it too!

What can you do?
Bake tasty cookies . . .
Pray as you bake . . .
Pack the cookies carefully . . .
and bring them to: _____________

Kathy has led this project at St. Bartholomew's (as well as working Kairos weekends) for some years now, and the women have always baked up huge numbers of cookies. There are a number of special rules, such as no frosting (could hide "something else"), and no nutmeg or poppyseed (test positive for drugs), that have to be followed.

It's even possible for the children to get involved, decorating the bags (#6 industry-size white). The flyer gives some do's and don'ts, and a number of ideas for artwork.