Chicks With Sticks - May 20th

The Parlor was humming on Wednesday evening.

Melanie is back. She came bearing three beautiful, finished afghans.
Barbara had stories to tell about her travels during her first week as a retired person. She showed us her first completed shawl and has plans for more to come.
Ellen knitted a mini-shawl and put it on a checked background for us to wear so people could “check us out”. Very clever!
Becky told us how thankful Kevin’s family was with the shawls they received last week. She’s knitting a beautiful shawl in West Point colors for a special individual in need.
Shirley is determined to get crocheting mastered! I think she’s about there.
Robin has the blue square afghan getting larger every week.

We missed you!

Healing prayers were said as we opened the evening.

We pray God will continue to bless us with the skill, talent, and love to make the items He leads us to create for those individuals in need. Only He knows who the recipients will be. As always, we enjoy the fellowship and laughter with each other during our time together; however, our main purpose is to create the items that will bring joy and healing to those in need.

New information has been posted around the church. The tack lines in the hallways have updated flyers.

We have a new web page at http://www.fumclv.org/prayer-shawls.html. Watch the bulletin and The Messenger for updates also.

Participation in the Prayer Shawl Ministry can occur on many levels. If you can’t be with us in The Parlor on Wednesday evenings, you can knit or crochet at home.

Patterns can be found on the Internet, mailed or e-mailed to you. There are also patterns in the dresser in The Parlor. Free patterns can be found online at Lion Brand Yarns (http://cache.lionbrand.com/freePatterns.html ), Caron (http://www.caron.com/free.html), crochet pattern central (http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/) , and knitting pattern central (http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/ ).

We have yarn waiting to be used! Some of the yarn can be combined with other colors to make creative patterns. If you’re stuck on a stitch, we have expert knitters or crocheters who will gladly help you through a problem. Just ask.

If you have a special person who needs to be lifted up with one of the Prayer Shawls, and you have something special in mind, you can bring in the yarn and pattern you would like to have us use. We’ll get it done.


Love and blessings,

Beverly

Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be “hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.” – Dale Carnegie