COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Bartholomew County Jail’s Residents Encounter Christ (REC) program, recently received a $3,500 Regional and Local Impact grant from the Indiana Sheriff’s Association.
REC is a three-day experience where teams of trained Christian volunteers come into the jail to minister to residents. All supplies and equipment are provided by and set up by the REC community. Each team usually consists of around 40 members, and if numbers allow, REC will minister to about 50 inmates.
Sheriff Matt Myers accepted the check from ISA Director Stephen Luce while they were attending the National Sheriff’s Association’s annual conference in Louisville, KY.
“There has been a lot of interest from other Indiana sheriffs in regard to our REC program, and now sheriffs from across the country have heard about the success of REC in Bartholomew County,” said Myers.
