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After 28 years as the Elkhart County Jail chaplain, Mike Kupke (right) is retiring and was honored with an open house Sunday. Sheriff Brad Rogers is on the left. (WSBT photo) (January 14, 2013) |
ELKHART COUNTY – A local public servant is retiring after 28 years.
Sunday, Elkhart County Jail Chaplain Mike Kupke was honored with a special open house. He says it’s a job that for nearly three decades presented a unique set of challenges.
“The most difficult thing is to see people return recidivism and frankly at this point, I got to know some of the children of young adults I new 20 years ago. That is a difficult thing to see, so breaking that cycle is part of this ministry.”
Kupke says throughout the years, hundreds of volunteers helped him with the jail ministry program.
