Covered in Prayer Blanket Ministry
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The Covered in Prayer Blanket Ministry provides homemade blankets for those in need of support and prayer. Volunteers purchase the materials needed to create the blankets. The volunteers pray over the blankets as they are being made and then bring their completed blankets to the Parish Office to be blessed and packaged with a prayer card. Once blessed, prayer blankets are available in the Parish Life Center for parishioners to pick up and bring to loved ones who are ill or in distress, or otherwise in need of prayer, and they bring much comfort!
How can you help?
The Prayer Blanket Ministry is open to anyone interested ~ young or old. This ministry is perfect for families and for those who want to participate in a ministry from home!- Any type of lap blanket can be made - no-sew fleece blankets (directions HERE), crochet and knit blankets, or quilts.
- While making the blanket, pray over it asking for God’s Spirit to fill each blanket with His love, His healing and His power.
- Once finished, drop off your completed blanket to the Parish Office. The blanket will be blessed by our priests and then placed on a display rack in the Parish Life Center for anyone to take and deliver to someone they know could use the prayers and warm support.
Once pandemic safety protocols are lifted, the ministry will offer occasional work sessions for volunteers to gather together to make blankets in prayer and community.
Who can receive a prayer blanket?
This beautiful ministry will touch the lives of people who will receive a blanket while enduring a challenging time in their lives.- Adults or children with a physical or emotional illness
- Individuals preparing for surgery or recovering from an acute illness
- Individuals living with a chronic condition or in treatment for a life-threatening illness
- Individuals experiencing a crisis such as the loss of a loved one, loss of job, relationship crisis, etc.
- Parents experiencing a high risk pregnancy, miscarriage or neonatal crisis
- Individuals facing any facet of life that prayers by their parish family would bring peace
If you know someone in need of prayer and support, stop by the Parish Life Center display rack and pick up a blanket to be shared with someone in need!
For more information about this ministry, please contact Carol Swope at carol.swope@gmail.com or 574-286-0940.