Prayer Life

Towson

United Methodist Church

501 Hampton Lane

(Beltway Exit 27B & Dulaney Valley Road) email: towsonumc@towsonumc.org

Towson, Maryland 21286 410-823-6511 Elevator is available to access all 3 floors!

Sunday Morning Worship - 8:30 & 11:00 with Graded Sunday School & Adult Christian Connections at 9:45 AM

Prayer Life

Prayer Vine

We have an active prayer vine responding to the concerns of our members and friends, with its participants receiving the prayer requests by telephone or email. Requests, and for those who would like to join our Prayer Vine, please call Barbara Shaw 410-252-2516.

TUMC's Prayer Shawl Ministry -- July, 2008 news

We celebrated our first year anniversary in May and

have donated a total of 45 prayer shawls

for persons in need of God’s love and our prayers!

Comments from some of the people who have received our shawls:

“It was a wonderful comfort.”

“They bring so much comfort and warmth…”

We now want to expand our ministry and have set a goal of making a

total of 100 shawls by the end of this year—that means we need to make

55 more shawls by our December meeting. We need your help!

How can you contribute to our ministry?

Attend monthly gatherings — the group meets on the first Wednesday of every month from 6-8 pm in the church parlor. (We meet year round.)

Make and donate shawls even if you cannot attend the meetings. (Brochures are available with instructions.) Need a “shawl in a bag” to get started? See below.

Distribute “shawl in a bag” kits for anyone who would like to make a shawl for our ministry. Each bag has instructions, a set of needles, and enough yarn for one shawl.

Donate yarn, knitting needles, and/or crochet hooks. (Look for collection bin in the church lobby.)

Donate coupons for local craft stores (Joann’s, Michael’s, A.C. Moore) to support purchase of supplies.

Start a knitting/crocheting group within your neighbor, family, or work community. We will provide support in getting small groups started in retirement communities, senior centers, or other locations, if you contact us.

Volunteer to teach others how to knit/crochet. We are considering offering a workshop for those who would like to learn to knit/crochet. If you would like to help teach skills to newbies, please contact us. If you are interested in attending this kind of a session, we’d like to hear from you as well. We believe that this would be a great way to grow our ministry!

Pray for the ministry and those who receive our shawls.

One more opportunity—some of us are planning to attend a one-day retreat on yarn ministries at the Bishop Claggett Center in Western Maryland on Saturday, October 25^th, 2008. (Cost is $30 per person and includes lunch.) Let us know if you’d like to attend! For questions or to help, please contact us.

Susan Brown (410-419-1166; sbrown@boyslatin.com ) and
Carol Matlin (410-256-0657; cmatlin@jhmi.edu ).

PRAYER LABYRINTH.

We now have a sign at the entrance to the Prayer Labyrinth. Look for it on the east side of the parking lot, at the edge of the woods. Thank you Bud Rough, we appreciate your time and woodworking talent!

If you haven’t yet walked the TUMC labyrinth, this would be a nice time of year to try it. Located in the Cassen Memorial Park in the wooded area next to the church parking lot, this peaceful path offers a unique and special way to connect with God. You can take as much time as you’d like to walk along the stone-lined circuits of the labyrinth. The same path that takes you into the center brings you back out. There are no “dead ends” and no wrong turns. Spend time in the labyrinth in prayer or meditation. It might give you peace in a hectic world, respite from the worries of your daily life, or a chance to be with God in a way that you have never before experienced—or maybe all three!

After walking through the woods, make sure you check yourself for deer ticks, many of God’s four legged creatures live in the Park.

Niches are available for purchase by contacting Judy Hobbs at 410-337-9013.