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Prayer Blanket Ministry

Prayer Blanket Ministry The New Paltz United Methodist Church Prayer Blanket Ministry is our rendition of the more widely known Prayer Shawl Ministry. A prayer blanket is knitted or crocheted in squares by many members of our church and then stitched together to form a blanket. Prayers of blessing, healing, hope, and thanksgiving are woven

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Eloise McKnight Trust

Eloise McKnight TrustGrants The Eloise McKnight Trust provides grants for mission, ministry, service and outreach. Eloise McKnight’s primary aim in creating this trust was to “encourage our mission and ministry at the growing edge of faith, service and outreach in Christ’s name.” She “affirmed the unique mix of spiritually biblical foundation, sense of mission and

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Knitting Together – The Story

With yarn and conversation and scripture We are still knitting and stitching…. by Margaret Howe, November 2020 It has been one year! As I said on the first flyer for Knitting Together, I always wanted to be part of a faith based knitting group – so I decided to  start one.  I did and it makes me

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Methodism Arrives in New Paltz

“The world would come to an end…” by Anna Louise Bates, PhD, Church HistorianAugust 2020 How and why did the first Methodist preachers come to New Paltz?  The Rev. Elijah Woolsey, a Methodist circuit rider who preached in New Paltz in 1801, kept a journal and wrote a memoir about his life.  His memoir describes

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