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First United Methodist Church Prayer Shawl Ministry
For all these mysteries, I thank you:
for the wonder of myself, for the wonder of your works.
PSALM 139:14 JB
To begin at the beginning is to say that the idea of knitting shawls for others and the original shawl pattern were developed by Janet Bristow and Victoria Cole-Galo.
We are indebted to the gift they have given to us and to all who engage in this ministry, and we honor the creativity of the Spirit as it is expressed through them in this particular way.
We are indebted to the gift they have given to us and to all who engage in this ministry, and we honor the creativity of the Spirit as it is expressed through them in this particular way.
The original shawl is based on a K3, P3 pattern. Before getting into the basic instructions for this shawl, I would like to explore the significance of the K3, P3 pattern. Deciding to make a shawl in this pattern was not a random event for Vicky. In her story about the shawl-knitting ministry Vicky said that she didn’t want to create “just any shawl…..The knitting pattern of knitting in threes…..came to me in a prayer.” The website that Janet and Vicky (www.shawlministry.com) maintain describes in detail the significance of this pattern of threes. Let me say a few things here.
The pattern of threes can be found in every religion and society. Human existence has three stages: birth, life, and death. Time has three divisions: past, present, and future. The panorama of colors is based on three primary colors. Human “being” has three parts: body, mind, and spirit. The virtues frequently mentioned together are faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 12). The rhythm of the waltz is 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3. The ability to compromise __ to take two seemingly different (and often times hotly disputed) points of view and create a third possibility __ is another way the pattern of threes plays out in our world: not this or that, but this (w)holy other thing. Upon this ability to see the third peace springs forth if we have eyes to see it.
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