Ditch the Deadline!! Please Keep Knitting Your Way to GA!
Posted Tuesday, June 15 2010 @ 09:45 AM by MLP AdminToday is the deadline for receiving rainbow scarves from knitters and crocheters all over the church. And according to Susan Robertson who is receiving your love gifts at her home in the Twin Cities area, we have at present 796 ready for GA. Wow!!
But you may remember, we hope to have 1,500—enough for every commissioner and advisory delegate because we assume that every one will want this symbol of God’s unconditional love for all creation. The chart on right will automatically update as scarves arrive in the Twin Cities.
Do you have yarn left? Do you have energy left to knit and send some more?
Because Susan lives near GA, we can receive them for giving at GA until July 3 so keep them coming!! Here’s a reminder of where to send them.
In thanks to those of you who have contributed to this witness and as encouragement to those who will knit and crochet between now and July 3, I want to share with you this wonderful prayer sent to me last week. The rainbow scarves knitted so lovingly in that church were dedicated during worship as has happened in several places. As they prayed, it was for their knitters and for every one of you wonderful servants of Christ:
God of justice and God of love, we give you thanks for each hand that participated in the creation of these rainbow scarves. We give you thanks for their color, colors that remind us that you have intentionally created a beautifully diverse world. We give you thanks that they are a reminder to us of your unending love for your creation. Breathe your Holy Spirit upon these scarves, so that, as they make their way to Minneapolis, and as they are placed around the shoulders and necks of members of your body at the General Assembly, these scarves might be trumpeters of your Good News that your love is an inclusive love. May the Church live into this Good News, being leaders in your world, rejoicing in your extravagant love, and actively praying and working to end discrimination in the church so that your love might be known and felt by all. In the name of the Creator, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Please keep knitting and praying your way to GA!!! Thanks!!
Peace,
Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards
Co-Moderator for More Light Presbyterians