"Knit three … purl three … knit three … purl three … and please, God, bless the person who will wrap this prayer shawl around them." So goes the solitary ...

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Using crochet hooks and knitting needles inherited from her mother, Reggie Dirnberger patiently and prayerfully creates warm shawls intended to bless others in need of comfort. Known as prayer shawls, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Several congregations in Huntsville and other cities have found tangible ways to wrap people in prayer through making and giving away crocheted shawls and hand-knit blankets. The ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS -- The clicking of the knitting needles is not the only sound that is heard when the ladies of the prayer shawl ministry at Disciples Christian Church get together. There is also the ...

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital (SLCH) is starting a prayer shawl ministry group. The group meets to knit shawls that provide comfort to people who are sick, lonely or bereaved. Special prayers ...

Stitches and Prayers – a prayer shawl ministry – will be meet on Saturday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Community United Methodist Church, 278 Sandy Beach Road, in the Crystal Lake section of ...

Jeff" knitted a shawl for his wife, and while knitting and purling, he prayed for her recovery from cancer. He and his siblings learned knitting from their mother. Although he hadn't held knitting ...

Knitting and praying go hand in hand for the Prayer Shawl Ministry at NorthHaven Church. Inside the conference room on a Monday night, about a dozen women ranging in age 16 to about 80 have gathered ...