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First Baptist Church - Homer, LA
Thank you for helping to get the Prayer Shawl Ministry started at Homer First Baptist Church.
Our organizational meeting was held on October
14, 2007, and since that time we have distributed 60 shawls.
In the beginning there were fourteen volunteers...some knitting and some
crocheting. Presently there are
twenty-five receiving the blessings from this ministry. We meet twice a month and have made two presentations to the
church during worship service on Sunday mornings. Our pastor, Dr. James Simeon, supports the ministry
wholeheartedly as do all members of the church
family.
The age of the volunteers ranges from 50 to 87; some are beginners and some have
been knitting and crocheting
for many years. What a delight to see the members helping each other! We have received contributions from
supporters to help with the cost of yarn, but
many purchase their own supplies.
Shawls have been distributed to cancer patients and others seriously ill,
nursing home residents, those who have
lost loved ones, and some for occasions of rejoicing. Blessings have flowed abundantly, and our ministry
continues to flourish. These pictures show our initial group, a group who participated in a dedication ceremony at our
church, and a setup of some of the shawls in our sanctuary. Joy Hayes - First Baptist Church - Homer, LA
K-1 Sacramental Preparation Class
Prayer Shawl Bag Decorators from
St. Paul Catholic Church - Negaunee, Michigan
Photos By: Mary Stone
The Prayer Shawl Ministry’s 7th Annual Gathering
Held at St. Patrick/St. Anthony Church Hartford, CT
Saturday November 3rd 2007
Avon Baptist Church Faith in Action Shawl Ministry
www.avonbaptistchurch.org
Photos by: Janet Hogan
Greetings from Alkmaar Holland
We started with 14 ladies of our Salvation Army Corps. in Alkmaar Holland.
Our youngest member is 15 years old, the eldest lady is 84.
She is one of our most enthusiastic members.
We knit for people who lack warmth in our community or society.
Every week we meet I open our meeting
with a prayer from your internet site or a poem I found myself,
I light a special candle and pray for our meeting, our shawls and the people we knit for.
We are all enthusiastic. Today we evaluated our activity and we will go on with it till the summer vacation
and then in September we will start again.
When the idea aroused to start a knit and pray group in our corps, we were offered bags of wool,
needles, knit books etc. again and again.
So until now we did not have to buy anything, so all the shawls we made did not cost a penny!
We wrap our shawls in nice wrapping paper and together with a special card we offer our gifts with blessings and pleasure.
Everybody who we have offered till now is very pleased with it and that makes it worthwhile and fun to do this.
And together we are having a very nice time of sisterhood. We even send cards
when someone of the group is sick,
we pray for each other etc.
One of our group members Ria Eichelsheim, chose to knit a shawl for a fishmonger at a market in her neighborhood.
For some years she bought every week a small fish and remembered him as always smiling and a kind man.
So on a cold Saturday morning we went to the centre of the city, looked for this man, 'Van Tol' and found him
in his shop next to the market. He was surprised when we presented him with the shawl.
In the meantime she was knitting several shawls and made several sisters in our corps very happy.
Also her own kids and grandchildren
are wearing shawls of their own mother and granny.
[Pictured above] One of the members, Erna Boek, is our champ! She was the one
who finished the first shawl
and she is surprising us all every time again with all the things she makes!
She wishes to send you a shawl, to
express our joined venture with you in America.
Please, receive our greetings and blessings from an enthusiastic group of
knitters and prayers in Alkmaar, Holland.
Ellen van Houten-Oranje, Captain
Salvation Army - Alkmaar Holland
Blessing of the Shawls
Heritage United Methodist Church
January 28, 2007
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