Jesus asked Peter “Do you love me? Then feed my sheep.”<\/p>\n
A great way to volunteer and serve is to contribute to a great God-honoring organization that helps offenders adjust to society. Being able to do this at in2Action is a privilege.<\/p>\n
I first learned about this program when Dan Hanneken came to The Crossing and explained what work was being done. It stirred my passion to try to help past offenders. God has blessed me with the opportunity to conduct one of the in2Action relapse prevention skill drills (once\/week) for several years now.<\/p>\n
My training was in clinical psychology and I dealt professionally with addicts; consequently, helping to facilitate this relapse prevention skill training has been rewarding. It\u2019s never been boring. The men are engaged and active in the discussions. I look forward to this activity and it\u2019s one of the highlights of my week.<\/p>\n
In2Action gets a variety of clients but one of the recent residents is a perfect example of what gets done and why having experiences there is so worthwhile. Though he\u2019s 54, D has spent 30 years incarcerated. Like most people we serve, he became active in his addiction\/disease as an early adolescent and survived a rough life filled with gang activities. He\u2019s seldom spent much time outside of prisons and has had a hard time fitting in. After the last group, he stayed to talk about how special the In2Action program has been for him. For the first time in his life, he feels God’s presence and optimism about remaining in society.<\/p>\n
Becoming and staying sober is challenging; an addict has to identify triggers and learn to cope in a different manner. There’s constant spiritual warfare. The groups are geared to help the participants make peace with the past, to accept God\u2019s grace, and to encourage them to direct their efforts at being God-honoring so that regardless of what’s transpired previously, they can spend eternity with Jesus.<\/p>\n
Volunteer Needed \u2013 We need someone immediately who has experience creating brochures and marketing materials. Please email dan@in2Action.org if you can help<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jesus asked Peter “Do you love me? Then feed my sheep.” A great way to volunteer and serve is to contribute to a great God-honoring organization that helps offenders adjust to society. Being able to do this at in2Action is a privilege. I first learned about this program when Dan Hanneken came to The Crossing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volunteer-spotlight"],"yoast_head":"\n