{"id":7372,"date":"2015-06-02T15:17:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T19:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=7372"},"modified":"2024-10-21T10:50:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:50:49","slug":"knitting-ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=7372","title":{"rendered":"Thread &#8216;n Yarn Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Knitting\/Crocheting and Quilting Ministries&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">In our church, two groups are actively mixing yarn, creativity, skill, and love in order to extend the love of Christ to people in special need.\u00a0 Blankets, prayer shawls, quilts, or even hats have been used to comfort people in both joyous and in difficult times&#8230;<a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Scrappy-Quilts-_IMG_1133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4421\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Scrappy-Quilts-_IMG_1133.jpg\" alt=\"Scrappy Quilts _IMG_1133\" width=\"206\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Scrappy-Quilts-_IMG_1133.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Scrappy-Quilts-_IMG_1133-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Baptisms<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Hospital Stays<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Shut-ins<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Cancer patients (hats)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Victims of Domestic Violence<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Our knitting\/crocheting ministries extend God&#8217;s love through the body of our church by surrounding people with the warmth of a knitted item.\u00a0 Blankets are frequently placed on the altar and the congregation prays over them before the blankets are delivered.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Two groups are currently active in this ministry:<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Scrappy Quilters<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Scrappy Quilters meet on the third Saturday of each month (from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM) to design and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Scrappy-Quilt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3382\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Scrappy-Quilt.jpg\" alt=\"Scrappy Quilt\" width=\"118\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Scrappy-Quilt.jpg 540w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Scrappy-Quilt-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a>make quilts. Our name was chosen because we use donated material and kits to make quilts.<\/p>\n<p>The quilts fill many needs for people in need.\u00a0 We are currently donating our quilts to a shelter for victims of domestic abuse and to the Mother and Child Shelter in Woodbury. We make both full-size and child-size quilts.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy sewing and would like to learn how to quilt, join us at our next scheduled meeting in the Gathering Room.\u00a0 The Gathering Room is the big room on the second level of the education wing.\u00a0 Enter the Narthex main door, head up the stairs to your left-\u00a0 or take the elevator, and then head down the hall.\u00a0 We&#8217;re about mid way down on the left.<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please contact Linda Boltz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0= = = = = = = = = = =<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hooks and Needles for God<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hooks-n-Needles-Blankets-_IMG_2101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7117\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hooks-n-Needles-Blankets-_IMG_2101.jpg\" alt=\"Hooks n Needles Blankets _IMG_2101\" width=\"224\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hooks-n-Needles-Blankets-_IMG_2101.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hooks-n-Needles-Blankets-_IMG_2101-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Hooks and Needles for God (Crochet\/Knit) meets after each Sunday morning worship service and also at 1:00 PM on\u00a0 the First and Third Mondays of each month.\u00a0 Choose whichever time\/day works best for you.\u00a0 Hooks and Needles meets in room 209.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the the classroom that&#8217;s next to the Art Room (<em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">from the Narthex, head upstairs.\u00a0 The room is the second classroom on your right<\/span><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>It is open to all!\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t come to the meetings at church, knit from home and donate your creations.<\/p>\n<p>Please notify Connie Norton if you know of someone who could use a prayer shawl or if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Both groups are open to anyone interested in using whatever Yarn or Thread related skills they may have in order to bless someone in need.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>For more information on our Knitting\/Crocheting Ministries groups, click the following &#8220;News&#8221; button.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?cat=154' class='big-button bigblue'>News<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knitting\/Crocheting and Quilting Ministries&#8230; In our church, two groups are actively mixing yarn, creativity, skill, and love in order to extend the love of Christ to people in special need.\u00a0 Blankets, prayer shawls, quilts, or even hats have been used to comfort people in both joyous and in difficult times&#8230; Baptisms Hospital Stays Shut-ins Cancer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7372"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34335,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7372\/revisions\/34335"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}