Steve Minnema has been involved for 20 years in the circles of support program that offers formerly incarcerated persons support and guidance as they seek to build new lives after release.. In this talk he will reflect on three questions. 1. Why don’t we really see people in prison and how can we open our eyes to do so? 2. What happens to the formerly incarcerated when they are seen by people who care about them? 3. What happens to us when we do such seeing? Steve will be assisted in this presentation by Steve Speers who is the current “core member” of his circle.

Rev. Stephen Minnema was a Presbyterian pastor for 45 years and in his semi-retirement has served as an interim pastor for local Lutheran churches as well as teaching courses in the Religious Studies and Ethics programs at Viterbo Universities. He has been involved in Circles of Support for 20 years in Madison and La Crosse.

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