For a group of Perry County women involved in the Prayer Shawl Ministry, the words “thank you” have created a rippling effect. The recipients of their handmade shawls are thankful to receive them, ...
BEAVERTOWN — A stitch in time...Makes 500. Shawls that is. The Middlecreek Valley Prayer Shawl Ministry has reached that milestone after 4½ years of knitting and crocheting the creations for some very ...
Knitted shawls in a rainbow of colors overflowed from a basket in Joyce Meekins' Amesbury living room earlier this month.Hidden somewhere in Meekins' pile lay the 1,000th shawl created by the Holy ...
In 2017 alone, the prayer shawl ministry of four combined Catholic churches in northeastern Connecticut donated 73 shawls and 33 lap robes to anyone who wanted them. The shawls are small things, ...
EVERETT — The soldier carried a sand-colored knit square in his pocket around Iraq. His kids in Everett carried ones of their own. They were small and tan, like Dad’s. “If they needed to feel Dad, ...
Sometimes, the problems of the world seem far too big for one person to solve, and it’s easy to get bogged down in negativity. In times like these, we have to remember to use our handmade talents for ...
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