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Prayer Shawl Ministry
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The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets Thursdays between 9:30am and noon in the Parish Building. You are welcome to come when you are able for just a few minutes or the whole time, whatever fits your schedule. For further information, call the church office at 525-0894.
More than 115 shawls have been given since our ministry started in 2004 , inspired by the ministry begun in 1998 by Janet Bristow and Victoria Galo two graduates of the 1997 Women's Leadership Institute at The Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. Compassion and the love of knitting/crocheting have been combined into a prayerful ministry and spiritual practice which reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace, as well as in celebration and joy. Many blessings are prayed into every shawl.
"Shawls ... made for centuries universal and embracing, symbolic of an inclusive, unconditionally loving, God.
They wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace,
mother, hug, shelter and beautify.
Those who have received these shawls have been
uplifted and affirmed, as if given wings to
fly above their troubles."
Written in 1998 by: Janet Bristow 2008
You'll find inspiration as well as instruction and information on the website for the Shawl Ministry. Please see the link below.
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