NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — 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 ...

The Prayer Shawl Ministry needleworkers met on Wednesday, May 6, at noon, at the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church, 111 ...

SHAVERTOWN — At St. Therese’s Church in Shavertown, some parishioners just celebrated a year of making prayer shawls to donate to local medical institutions. Adriana Stephens, of Dallas, first came to ...

Sowing the seeds of faith and comfort to others gives joy to the members of the Prayer Shawl Ministry at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley. Over one dozen members of the ministry ...

The Shawl Ministry of St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre, recently presented shawls and lap afghans to the Heartland Hospice program. The handmade items will be distributed to patients ...

BOB ABERNETHY: We have a Belief and Practice segment this week about a knitting ministry. Knitting has taken off as a trendy hobby in many cities, but knitters around the country are finding it can be ...

Trinity Lutheran Church is a month into its Prayer Shawl Ministry for comforting hurting people by a spiritual and tactile remedy. Their mission statement: "Creating prayer shawls for people needing ...

THEODORE, Alabama — The women of Theodore United Methodist Church Prayer Shawl Ministry don’t know how many people have been touched by the beautiful afghans and shawls they’ve crocheted or knitted ...

The First Presbyterian Church Prayer Shawl Ministry in Goshen began in 2007 and recently marked its 5th anniversary. Prayer Shawls, lap robes and baby blankets have been hand crocheted by members of ...

"I feel the arms of our Lord are around me," wrote Mary in a thank you note to Grace Lutheran Church in Hendersonville after she'd received a Prayer Shawl knitted by Skip Andersen, church coordinator ...