Originally Posted by nanjam62
We have a prayer quilt ministry at our church for cancer patients. We make quilts & put ties in them that are tied in our church atrium between Sunday services. We have been doing this for 5 years & just tied our 300th quilt. Since we meet one evening a month we don't really get much done. It seems like it is time to clean up about the time we get started. I have tried to look on church websites to see how often they meet & for how long but can't seem to get much info. Do any of you belong to church groups or other groups that could offer suggestions on meetings, how often & length?
Try looking up
Prayers and Squares online. It is a nondenominational quilting society??? Free. They have lots of ideas.
My church has a P&S group and it meets weekly for about 3 hours. A few do sewing, a few do tying, and only 1 or 2 do the cutting. Kits are sometimes made to be taken home and completed. Some of our retired members prefer to do their own quilts at their home and bring them in to have the ties put on.
The quilts hang in our Narthex every Sunday with the name of the intended recipient only. It is up to the recipient or their family to say the "why". Those who attend services are asked to stop and say a Prayer as they tie the Square knots.
Labels are put on each P&S quilt with the name of the recipient, the date, and our church group name.
Hope this helps.
ali