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, ...

Trinity Lutheran Church is a month into its Prayer Shawl Ministry for comforting hurting people by a spiritual and tactile remedy. Their mission statement: "Creating prayer shawls for people needing ...

The Prayer Shawl Ministry, for anyone who enjoys knitting or crocheting, is looking for folks who enjoy making prayer shawls and squares, baby blankets and hats to minister to others. Yarn is provided ...

Linda Hanson’s prayer shawls are unique. She has a calling card, she says. It’s a note, attached to every shawl she makes, that reads: “Each time the yarn is joined, a prayer has been said for you.

Knitted shawls in a rainbow of colors overflowed from a basket in Joyce Meekins' Amesbury living room earlier this month.Hidden somewhere in Meekins' pile lay the 1,000th shawl created by the Holy ...

FARGO – Mildred Hall sits surrounded by skeins of colored yarn, her fingers flying in an intricate dance that produces items of comfort and beauty for people who might be struggling. At 84, Hall has ...

Muriel Fredericks spent her 80th birthday Monday by volunteering her regular shift and delivering a prayer shawl to a thankful patient at Mesa's Banner Heart Hospital. "I never thought I wouldn't," ...

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 ...