FLORENCE, Ky. (WKRC) - Earlier in November, the pastoral team at St. Elizabeth Healthcare put out the request for people willing to create some warmth for others through what's called a prayer shawl.

A group called Common Thread is doing something special. They are making prayer shawls. Liz Bonis reports it's an effort to help people in the hospital. "It’s really relaxing and it’s something I can ...

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 ...

“I said a prayer for you today and know God must have heard.” That is the opening line of a prayer-poem provided to some lucky recipient of a prayer shawl hand-made by Prayer Shawl Ministry of Bennett ...

On a blustery, frigid night in January, a group of women gathered around the warm inviting fireplace in the lobby of Valley View Hospital with their knitting. Spilling over their laps from their ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — It's a story about about finding hope in the darkest of circumstances. In 2009, a prayer shawl program started at Indiana University Health West. "We give those to patients when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On a brisk winter day last month, six women gathered in a cozy room at Sacred Heart Glyndon, a ...