Prayer Shawl Ministry

Many blessings are knitted into every shawl. The knitter begins each shawl with prayers for the recepient. Intentions are continued throughout the creation of the shawl. When the shawl is completed, it is offered a final ritual before being sent on its way.

Knitting for Peace

Schedule:

Second and Fourth Thursdays of each month:

4-5:30 Barn 4

Just as this shawl has been sent along, some recipients have made a shawl and have passed it onto someone in need.

Thus the blessing of the shawl ripples from person to person, with both the giver and the receiver feeling the unconditional embrace of a sheltering, mothering God!

Holy One,

Whose womb is threaded
and waiting, guide us
to pick up the thread and
walk the spiral through
the dark and difficult passages.

Life Cord,

Who sustains us
as we move to our center,
give us courage to meet our souls.
Comfort us through our dismantling,
wrapped in Your loving embrace.

Mantle of Love,

Rebirth us with Wisdom, as we
are knitted once again back into wholeness.

Janet Bristow-1998

Some uses for the shawl . . .

Shawls can be used:

For people who are undergoing medical procedures,
As a comfort after a loss or in times of stress,
During bereavement,
As a part of prayer or meditation,
As part of a commitment or marriage ceremony,
As a celebration of birthing or nursing a baby,
As a bridal shower or wedding gift,
For leading ritual,
As part of a celebration of first menses or croning rites of passage,
During an illness and recovery,
For ministering to others, graduation, birthday, anniversary, ordination, holiday gifts, or just socializing.

There are endless possibilities!

To make a shawl personal, the giver or the recipient may want to adorn the shawl with beads, shells, feathers and charms. A blessing or ritual maybe offered when the gift is presented.

Prayer Shawl Ministry Website

http://www.shawlministry.com/index.htm

Shawls ... made for centuries, universal and embracing,
symbolic of an inclusive, unconditionally loving God.
They wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace,
mother, hug, shelter and beautify.
Those who have received these shawls have been
uplifted and affirmed, as if given wings
to fly above their troubles…”

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