A prayer shawl can provide comfort, solace, hugs, and covering during difficult times and during joyful and contemplative times. Our Mission & Outreach Team is sponsoring a prayer shawl ministry, with knitters in our congregation creating prayer shawls. A prayer shawl is special by being handmade, and made with the intention of giving it to someone as a blessing and virtual hug. Even the creation of the prayer shawls is part of the ministry, as many crafters will pray over the shawl and receive a soothing energy as they work. When prayer shawls are finished, they are blessed by the congregation, and then given to individuals.
If you wish to make prayer shawls, please first contact Pastor Linda or Denise Melroy. Then if needed, get ideas at Shawl Ministry, Love Life Yarn, Make & Do Crew, or do Google or YouTube searches for ideas.
If you have a prayer request, you can use the form below to send it to the Prayer Team coordinator, Megan. She will send it via email to the Prayer Team. You can also use this form if you are interested in being part of the Prayer Team; each participant is asked to dedicate at least 30 minutes each week in prayer.