Thursday mornings 8:30-11:30 in the East Mesa Campus Community Room. They meet all year long, averaging 8-12 women in the summer months and 25-30 in the high season.
The quilts they make (about 450+ each year) go to various hospitals and organizations including Mountain Vista Hospital where every baby born goes home with a quilt made with love. Other organizations that receive quilts include St Jude’s Hospital, East Valley Men’s center, Mesa Police Dept, Aris Children’s association, IHELP, Hospice, and a handful of others.
A special mission was started in 2010 called “The Little Angels” when one of the quilters responded to a newspaper article about abandoned babies. The article was asking for donations for baby blankets to insure proper burial for these “little angels”. The OSLC quilters took up the task and donated 49 baby quilts, with the promise to help as needed. Other donations go out on a fairly regular basis to members of the congregation for things like graduations, births, hospice, and honoring our veterans with patriotic quilts.
Once a year, usually in early November, some of the quilts go on sale to the congregation. These sales go to support missions (such as the sister quilting group in Guyana), and the rest goes to buy more materials.
This ministry is a staple in the identity of the congregation and is always looking for new members. Experience is not necessary and most of the work is done by hand with only one or two people operating the sewing machines.
All are welcome! If you are interested in this mission, and enjoy social conversation, feel free to show up.
The quilts they make (about 450+ each year) go to various hospitals and organizations including Mountain Vista Hospital where every baby born goes home with a quilt made with love. Other organizations that receive quilts include St Jude’s Hospital, East Valley Men’s center, Mesa Police Dept, Aris Children’s association, IHELP, Hospice, and a handful of others.
A special mission was started in 2010 called “The Little Angels” when one of the quilters responded to a newspaper article about abandoned babies. The article was asking for donations for baby blankets to insure proper burial for these “little angels”. The OSLC quilters took up the task and donated 49 baby quilts, with the promise to help as needed. Other donations go out on a fairly regular basis to members of the congregation for things like graduations, births, hospice, and honoring our veterans with patriotic quilts.
Once a year, usually in early November, some of the quilts go on sale to the congregation. These sales go to support missions (such as the sister quilting group in Guyana), and the rest goes to buy more materials.
This ministry is a staple in the identity of the congregation and is always looking for new members. Experience is not necessary and most of the work is done by hand with only one or two people operating the sewing machines.
All are welcome! If you are interested in this mission, and enjoy social conversation, feel free to show up.
