Prayer Shawl Ministry
A Prayer Shawl Ministry was started in 2008 with a group of knitters and crocheters making shawls. The Prayer Shawl Ministry is intended to reach out to those in need of comfort, as well as in celebration, through the giving of prayer shawls. Hundreds of home-made shawls, lap robes and baby blankets have been distributed over the years.
Homeless Sleeping Mats
An ongoing Outreach project underway is making sleeping mats for the homeless. The sleeping mats are made from plastic bags which are cut and tied together to make plarn. The plarn is then crocheted or woven into mats. A working group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to work on mats. Completed mats are donated to Caring D.A.M. Hearts for their homeless ministry.
In addition, every year the Prayer Shawl Group works on a charity knit/crochet project. The group has made hats and mittens for inner city school kids, hats for an anti-bullying campaign, twiddle sleeves for memory care patients, soap sacks for shelters, and wool hats and cowls for seafarers – to name a few. Below is a summary of some of our charity projects over the past several years.
2024
Making chemo hats was one of the charity projects of 2024. We made 51 hats for LVHN Cancer Center.
Project Warm-Up America was our second project for the year– where we knitted or crocheted 7 x 9 rectangles. The rectangles are sewn into blankets which are then distributed to families in need via local charities. We teamed up with Lutheran Home Stitchers on this project, and between our two groups, we sent in 315 rectangles.
2023
Our Outreach project during 2023 was making twiddle sleeves which are used by dementia and alzheimer’s patients. We made a total of 98 twiddle sleeves which went to Luther Crest, Topton Lutheran Home, and Atrium of Allentown.
2022
Our Outreach project in 2022 was making hats and cowls for Seafarers International House (SIH). We made a total of 50 hats and 47 cowls for SIH. In addition, we collected items to fill 12 Christmas at Sea satchels. Each satchel contained a sweatshirt, t-shirt, 3-pack of socks, hat and cowl set, snack items and a Christmas card. All items were delivered to SIH in November.