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, ...

Among the women from Saints Peter and Paul Church in Plains Township who have been making baby hats for the Tiny Angel Gowns project are, from left, Priscilla Marchak Valeski, Irene Hanratty Martin, ...

When Karen Doolaard began leading a prayer shawl ministry at Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, she knew she wanted to tailor the devotions specifically to the group of women who gathered to knit and ...

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 ...

NORRISTOWN >> A group of women at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Norristown are using their spirituality, their knitting needles and a rainbow of colors to reach out to Pope Francis during ...

"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 ...

METHUEN — A group of 10 or so women demonstrate compassion toward others by meeting twice a month at First Church Congregational to knit or crochet prayer shawls. They range in age from a high school ...

They gather together as a group to create gifts of comfort, hope and peace. More specifically, the Ladies of Faith Alive Church Prayer Shawl Ministry in Bowmanstown make memory blankets for ...

After her father’s cancer-related death in 2010, Laurie Kennedy took to her rocking chair and burrito-wrapped herself in a prayer shawl. Though ancient Jewish men first wore them to show reverence ...

“Go make a diff’rence, we can make a diff’rence. Go make a diff’rence in the world.” This Christian contemporary hymn was the inspiration for establishing the Prayer Shawl Ministry of Faith Lutheran ...