The Quilting group meets at 9AM on the first and third Tuesday of each month.
There are also opportunities available if you would like to work at home. Please visit with Rose Roberts or Marilyn Mattheis if you have any questions.
The blessings of the quilts is Sunday, October 25, 2026 during worship. Afterwards they are packed and shipped off to Lutheran World Relief.
That same day, Thank Offerings will be collected to support the many ministries and outreach programs of the Women of the ELCA churchwide group.
When you spend time creating something to give away, it’s often an act of love for a specific loved one. But the quilters here and at many other churches around the country never know who will receive their gift.
We know some things:
Women of the ELCA contributes tens of thousands of quilts a year to Lutheran World Relief, local homeless shelters, hospitals, and prisons. Working together to create beautiful textiles that comfort and warm is part of the Women of the ELCA identity.
In 2023, 194,983 quilts were distributed around the world. We know that on quilt delivery days, people arrive early and wait for hours to get a quilt. Some of them will be used for a bed. Some will be used as a door or wall in a shelter. We know that Nebraska quilters answered a call from Dana Village to make quilts to give to the young adults aging out of foster care who live there. We know from someone who was there that the young people were so excited about these quilts that they draped them around their shoulders and wore them, letting these gifts of love hug them.