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 ...

In a dimly-lit living room on Avant Garde Street, Leo Westerholm sits in a recliner and recalls his former military life as a World War II prisoner of war. Westerholm’s memory at 90 years old is ...

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 ...

Giving gentle comfort to others in need, while bonding in prayer and fellowship, is merely the start of the joyful benefits achieved by members of the prayer shawl and quilting ministries held at the ...

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, ...

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 ...

At Ephrata Community Hospital, a special ministry is providing comfort to patients through knitted and crocheted shawls. For the past year and a half, a group of women has been gathering the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- You don't hear needles clicking and clacking at The Buckingham retirement community, even as women knit colorful shawls. There's too much activity. 1 of 28 If you're viewing on our ...