PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY

In 1998, Janet bristow and Victoria Galo, two graduates of the 1997 Women's Leadership Institute at The Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut gave birth to a ministry as a result of their experience in the program of applied Feminist Spirituality under the direction of Professor Miriam Therese Winter, WMS.

Care and the love of knitting and crochet have been combined into a prayerful ministry that reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace. Many blessings are knitted into every shawl with prayers for the recipient.

Intentions are continued throughout the creation of the shawl. When the shawl is completed it is offered a final ritual before being sent along its way.

As this gift has been sent along, some recipients have continued the kindness by making one themselves and passing it on to someone in need.

Thus the blessing ripples from person to person, with both the giver and receiver feeling the unconditional embrace of a sheltering, mothering God.

Come Join Us  !!!!!!!!!

Please join us as we knit or crochet shawls to be given to those in need of solace or comfort.  If needle work isn't what you enjoy, an alternate project might be handwork, embroidery on altar linens or whatever you would find enjoyable.  A sewing machine is available for projects and prayer shawl patterns are provided, if needed.

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Bring yourself and your lunch and have fun and fellowship as we sew stitches of love  for those in need.

We meet every Wednesday in Shoemaker Hall at 11:30AM