{"id":7,"date":"2019-04-25T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/drsp\/how-to-become-a-pen-pal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:03:22","slug":"instructions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Pen Pal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/p>\n<div id=\"info-sessions\"><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>The first step for getting involved with DRSP is attending an informational session, held on Zoom. These typically last about 45 minutes. Our upcoming sessions are:\n<ul>\n<li><b>Wednesday, June 3,<\/b> 2-3pm Eastern (11a-12pm Pacific)<\/li>\n<li><b>Saturday, June 6,<\/b> 2-3pm Eastern (11a-12pm Pacific)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sign up using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cognitoforms.com\/ChurchOfTheBrethren1\/DeathRowSupportProjectSignup\">online form<\/a> and you will receive the Zoom information to join one of the above sessions. If you do not receive an email, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:drsp@brethren.org\">drsp@brethren.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>After you attend the informational session, you can decide if you want to commit to writing to a person on death row, at least one letter per month. If so, fill out the form that will be shared at the info session.<\/li>\n<li>We will send you contact information for a person on death row who has requested a pen pal. We&#8217;ll let you know if they prefer to communicate via snail mail or electronic messaging through an app.<\/li>\n<li>After you receive the information, which comes with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/guidelines\">guidelines for writing<\/a>, it will be time to write and mail or send an electronic message to the person on death row. And then eagerly await a response!<\/li>\n<li>If you have questions or concerns that are not addressed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/faq\">frequently asked questions page<\/a>, please <a href=\"mailto:drsp@brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DRSP\/MCOB<br \/>\nPO Box 349<br \/>\nNorth Manchester IN 46962<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:drsp@brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drsp@brethren.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how it works: The first step for getting involved with DRSP is attending an informational session, held on Zoom. These typically last about 45 minutes. Our upcoming sessions are: Wednesday, June 3, 2-3pm Eastern (11a-12pm Pacific) Saturday, June 6, 2-3pm Eastern (11a-12pm Pacific) Sign up using the\u00a0online form and you will receive the Zoom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/narrow-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/drsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}