Worry vs. Trust

Some of our long time regular attendees are moving on to state prison. The group constantly changes because of new people coming into jail and regulars moving on. Recently we've had a core group of long timers. Now a time of change is here. It means taking time to get to know new inmates, listening to their stories, considering their backgrounds and needs while preparing the lessons for the group.

Prisons have different average lengths of stays. I think this county jail has an average stay of nine months. State prisons may have average stays of several years.

We sang 5 or so songs tonight. The men enjoyed the singing quite a bit. There seems to be something therapeutic in group singing.

We read Psalm 127. It's a short Psalm, so we repeated it several times so everyone could read a verse and be involved. We talked about what the Psalm means to us. We focused in on the first 2 verses. I asked the group what project they have been involved with, without God, that turned out poorly. Many men answered "my life" or "my family".

We went to Matthew 6:19 - 35 and discussed how to involve God in our lives.