An Invitation from Peterborough Community Chaplaincy

A Personal message from Dan Haley.... (photo of Dan & Sharon Haley)

As the director of Peterborough Community Chaplaincy I have witnessed many miracles like Bob’s story is only one of many - (yesterday's blog posting)

What a blessing to be a chaplain and to go into prison were many of you would never ever dream of going. Walking through the dark halls of Kingston penitentiary and RTC regional treatment center where there are many of broken lives – changes your personal perspective. These men are just looking for a friend, a friend that will hold them accountable. They need a friend that will help them or teach them how to live out here in the community. It really is similar to be in the big brother relationship - but in this case you must be the big brother for big kids.

I have been doing this work now for almost 20 years; the first eight years as a volunteer and then I became a chaplain. I can say “Boy I am Blessed!” especially seeing the excitement of one man being out for 18 months. The excitement in him is amazing. It is hard to put what I feel and what I see into words.

The front-line work to this Ministry is absolutely amazing and the only way you can really understand is to get involved. I invite you to come and see and witnessed it yourself and to see what God is doing in these man's lives.

There is another side to this Ministry that does not have a lot of fun. That is the administration. My prayer is that in the near future we will be able to hire any administrator that our donor base really needs to grow for this to happen.

I am sure there are a couple hundred people out there that could give $20 a month to help this growing Ministry. To learn more about this Ministry you could go to our website http://www.ptbochaplaincy.org/ . The material in our website is always being updated it is a really good way to educate yourselves and learn more about this Ministry.

If you would like to drop by sometime – please do. The coffee pot is always on and you are welcome. Just give me a call to be sure that I am not in Prison that day. We would love to share more with you.

Dan Haley
Peterborough Community Chaplaincy
Main office P.O. Box 235
Peterborough ON
K9J 6Y8
705-741-4172 (Office)
705-741-4833 (Fax)
Office E-mail ptbocommunitychaplaincy@bellnet.ca
Dans personal e-mail danhaley@bellnet.ca
Web site http://www.ptbochaplaincy.org/