Shawl Ministry
What
a greay way to do random acts of kindness & love! Join Bethel UMC's
Shawl Ministry. Meetings are Wednesday nights at 7:00 pm in Room 3 and
Thursday afternoons at 1:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. If you are
interested in participating or want to recommend someone for a shawl,
please contact the Bethel Church Office 703-670-4929. Donations of yarn
and money for supplies accepted. See www.shawlministry.com for more information about the national ministry.
More than 200 shawls have been made by our Shawl Ministry in 2006, and more than 130 have been given away in 2004. God has blessed this Ministry beyond our wildest imaginations, but then again doesn't He always?
Cassie Maddox is the inspirational leader of the Ministry (shown right).
The Ministry has made a wide variety of shawl types in many colors. Some shawls have had patriotic themes and another was done in Washington Redskin colors.
Here are a couple of examples:
