Prayer Shawls: The Witness of an Embracing God
On June 19, we blessed the Prayer Shawl Ministry at First Christian Church. The ministry is made up of members of the Handcrafters group which meets on Thursdays as well as others in the congregation who love to knit. A number of the shawls made by the Handcrafters have gone to folks both within and outside of the First Christian faith community. Spiritual Formation Director Deb Murphy worked with long-time member Dorothy Stegner, who is the de facto coordinator of the ministry to display the shawls in the chancel area. Deb creatively displayed the shawls as liturgical paraments, thereby showing how these shawls not only provided comfort to the recipients, but also were an expression of people of God doing God’s work of inclusion and healing in the world.
Dorothy says that the shawls are available to any deserving person (and they don’t have to be part of First). If you know of somebody in need of one of these wonderful crafts, please contact the church office.
You can see a photo slideshow of the blessing of the prayer shawls by going to First Christian’s Flickr site.
We give thanks for those involved in the Prayer Shawl ministry here at First. May their works be a sign of God’s embracing love.
You can read another blog post about Dorothy Stegner and the Prayer Shawl ministry from March of 2010 by going here.
