In April I received a call from a friend that knows I knit and crochet. She asked if I would like to take part in a community service ministry making prayer shawls for people going through tough times. We meet once a month to compare patterns and share tips . After the shawls are gathered on the table, Father Gerrard comes and blesses them and they are ready to be passed to bring comfort to the receiver. He and Pastor Pete take some of them to hospitals or nursing homes. Also any one can request one from the church. Lots of them go to people battling cancer or any other illness .
This is Karen Firnstal, our leader, showing us one of the shawls she made this month.
Here are some of the shawls I brought to St. Paul's for Pastor Pete to hand out. What a warm feeling it is to wrap these around someone that is hurting. I just gave one to a neighbor here that had lung cancer and is doing chemo. I had my first encounter with prayer shawls last year at the Cancer Center where Dad was taking radiation treatments. There was a basket in the waiting room that had shawls in and one day a young girl, about 20 or 25 stopped and picked one up and wrapped it around her shoulders, cried a little and left. I thought - She could be one of my grand-daughters. A few days later, I was crocheting a shawl.
A couple of the ladies in our group. Sometimes there are 12 or 15 ladies around the table. The gal on the end with the orange yarn is always knitting all the while we are there- her hands never stop. She doesn't even have to look at her work all the time like most of us do. All the churches in Medford were asked to take part in the group.
In April I received a call from a friend that knows I knit and crochet. She asked if I would like to take part in a community service ministry making prayer shawls for people going through tough times. We meet once a month to compare patterns and share tips . After the shawls are gathered on the table, Father Gerrard comes and blesses them and they are ready to be passed to bring comfort to the receiver. He and Pastor Pete take some of them to hospitals or nursing homes. Also any one can request one from the church. Lots of them go to people battling cancer or any other illness .
This is Karen Firnstal, our leader, showing us one of the shawls she made this month.
Here are some of the shawls I brought to St. Paul's for Pastor Pete to hand out. What a warm feeling it is to wrap these around someone that is hurting. I just gave one to a neighbor here that had lung cancer and is doing chemo. I had my first encounter with prayer shawls last year at the Cancer Center where Dad was taking radiation treatments. There was a basket in the waiting room that had shawls in and one day a young girl, about 20 or 25 stopped and picked one up and wrapped it around her shoulders, cried a little and left. I thought - She could be one of my grand-daughters. A few days later, I was crocheting a shawl.
A couple of the ladies in our group. Sometimes there are 12 or 15 ladies around the table. The gal on the end with the orange yarn is always knitting all the while we are there- her hands never stop. She doesn't even have to look at her work all the time like most of us do. All the churches in Medford were asked to take part in the group.
5 comments:
This is so cool grandma! I heard about it a couple of months ago because Andy's mom makes them too. I really would like to make some prayer shawls. I think it's a really neat idea.
What a wonderful ministry. You should be very proud to part of something that is so comforting to so many people who I am sure appreciate having them.
Hey I was thinking...would you consider making one and sending it to Gary over in Afghanistan?
I sure will get one ready to send to Gary, Lisa.Thanks for the idea.
I am almost finished with my third one. I can't wait to give them away.
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