Originally Posted by
Krisb
Agree that the quilts with religious symbols would be more appropriate in a setting like a nursing home, especially one affiliated with the church, or maybe just a membr of the congregation. Wouldn't it be kind of a cool idea for each new confirm and to receive a quilt at the time of comfirmation? Or for each child baptized in the church to receive a quilt at the time of baptism?
Krisb,
I also like the idea of giving personalized gifts of quilts (or other things) to confirmands and those baptized. It requires quite a commitment though on the part of the quilters, because once you start, there can be quite a few.
My home church used to do a quilt for each confirmand, but found that in most cases, it really wasn't appreciated very much (who can guess what each kid would like in terms of pattern and color?). Now they do something better -- they make a quilt for a teenager in a residential psychiatric type facility and give it ON BEHALF of the confirmand. The confirmand writes out a card that is attached and gets to share in any follow-up correspondence. Since part of the confirmation program is about service, this affords an opportunity for them to participate in a service project while also celebrating their confirmation.
Baptism quilts would be easier -- smaller and quicker to do, at least for infant baptisms.
Dayle