QUILT AND KIT DEDICATION IDEAS

Every quilt and kit that LWR ships overseas is an expression of love and caring by the church groups who made them. That’s something to celebrate!

Many churches have special dedication services to bless the quilts and kits before they are delivered to the LWR warehouse to be shipped overseas. Below, you’ll find some of the ideas that have been shared with us for these dedications – and we would love to hear yours! Tell us about it by e-mailing lwr@lwr.org. Photos are always appreciated!

• Drape the church pews with the colorful quilts or hang school kits on the ends of the pews. Ask worshippers to lay their hands on a quilt or school kit as a prayer of blessing is spoken.
  

  
  
• Set up a quilting demonstration and invite members to try their hand at tying a knot or sewing a seam.
  
  
• Ask a creative church member to write a poem or song about putting faith into action by quilting or assembling kits. Click here to see some of the ideas that have been shared with us!
  
  
• Involve the children of the church in the dedication service by asking them to write a poem or perform a skit about how quilts and other items are used to help the recipients overseas.
  
  
• Invite an LWR Ambassador to give a presentation during the Sunday school hour, or to offer the sermon for the day.
  
  
• Invite members to view Ordinary to Extraordinary, LWR’s video about quilts and kits. You can order this video here.
  
  
• Use your quilt and kit dedication service as a time to invite support for LWR’s Project Comfort Fund.

Blessings and Litanies for quilt and kit blessings

• Dedication of LWR quilts, kits and layettes, written by Shirley Splittgerber, Omaha, Nebraska, for the Nebraska Synodical Women's Organization's LWR Workday
  
  
• Litany of thanksgiving and hope for Quilt Dedication Sunday, written by Pastor Ed Whetstone, Salem Lutheran Church, Catonsville, Maryland
  
  
• Litany of thanksgiving and dedication for Quilt Dedication Sunday

 

 

What’s Next: How to pack and where to send LWR Parish Projects

From Here to There: How LWR Parish Projects get to the people who need them

From the Field: How LWR Parish Projects are put to good use overseas

In the Parish: How LWR Parish Projects can be a part of your parish’s ministry

Please contact Melanie Gibbons (mgibbons@lwr.org) at LWR if you have any additional questions.