PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
In International Prayer Shawl Ministry began at a Women’s Leadership Institute in Hartford, CN in 1998.
Two women were knitting shawls, one for a cancer patient and one for a new mother.
Others began knitting, and the ministry was born.

In March 2006, Janet Bean attended a Quiet Day at Trinity Cathedral, learned about the Prayer Shawl Ministry, and brought the idea to St. John’s.
A meeting date was announced and on May 16, Janet, Mary Dorscheimer, Doris Gleason, Elizabeth Draper, Sally Ann Wells, and Rose Colette met in the Ladehoff Room.
In the presence of God, they began to knit. Since then, Dcn. Julie Jensen, Barbara Aleskus, Julie Powers, Mary Lawrence, Pat Fritz and Celia Gumm have joined the group.
They meet at 2 PM on 2nd Tuesdays of the month.

Many shawls have been created and given to people inside or outside of the parish. They are knit and crocheted with specific people in mind and also gathered for future unknown recipients.
Some are given in times of grief or illness, some for celebrations such as births and birthdays, parish comings and parish leavings.
All shawls are a union of skill and grace.

For more information, contact Janet: prayershawl@mac.com

The parish holds an annual silent and oral auction to support its outreach goals.
The 2005 auction was titled Over the Rainbow.
This is a benefit for our local, national and international outreach recipients.
Proceeds from this gala event are designated to respond to the question, How are the Children?

This years recipients are:
Habitat for Humanity, providing housing for children and their families in our area.
Jefferson High School, giving emergency student assistance here in Portland.
Good Shepherd Home in Cameroon, West Africa, housing for children orphaned by AIDS.
Campus Ministries at Portland State University, offering teaching and justice advocacy.
Green Village Schools, educating more than 200 girls and 380 boys in Afghanistan.
Vose Elementary School, for tutoring supplies and other program needs of low-income, non-English speaking children living in our neighborhood.
Wycliffe Bible Translators, have completed 611 translations, making God's Word available to more than 76 million people.
Church Divinity School of the Pacific, a graduate theological seminary and center of theological study of the Episcopal Church, located in Berkeley, California.
Streetlight Shelter
 

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Holiday Giving Tree

Each December a Giving Tree is organized, with the help of the OES Brownie troop, to ensure that Portland's homeless teens receive a present during the holiday season.
 

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William Temple House
 

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