More than an act of charity, the act of knitting itself is a comfort to the one who knits. “There’s a lot of mystery, a lot of synchronicity” in knitting a shawl, said Buick.Although there is no set ...

Ms. MACK: We’ve probably made 100 prayer shawls over the last year — given them to all sorts of people, some as far away as Africa. A lot of times we knit in threes to symbolize the Trinity.

Regular meetings of the First Christian Prayer Shawl Ministry began and the first prayer shawls were blessed on Dec. 19, 2010 by the congregation led by Dr. Guy McCombs, senior minister.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is scheduled to meet again April 13 at the SSJ of NWPA Community Living Center, in Millcreek Township. To join the group or receive a shawl, call Kuhn at 836-4134.