The prayer shawl ministry is an awesome way for some to use their talents in knitting or crocheting. There is even the opportunity to learn this craft while having great fellowship.
Several individuals of LTC have produced beautiful prayer shawls. These works of love are available for anyone in the congregation to give to someone who is sick, infirm, or perhaps at a low point in life. As you take this prayer shawl and give it to the individual a few things are happening.
First, it may be pushing you out of your comfort zone to go and visit someone who you know is in need. You never know how the Lord will use this time, even in your life.
Second, as you give them the prayer shawl you are committing to them that you will regularly pray for them as they are going through the valley.
Thirdly, as you take a prayer shawl from the church, you put down the name of who you are giving the shawl. This will also require others to pray for the individual.
As you leave them with the shawl, assure them that every time they wrap themselves in the shawl, it is a reminder they are loved and are being prayed for.