Blankets of Blessing for care home residents

debbiethrower0
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Dilly and her blanket gift this Christmas

We've another lovely story from Frinton Free Church. Sally Bates who has been part of Anna Chaplaincy since 2019 describes how the idea for 'Blankets for Blessing' came about:

'Towards the start of 2025 one of the guests at our Welcome Break seniors group, Pat Lynn suggested knitting blankets to take to local care homes for Christmas.

We put the word out to the crochet group that meets at church, the local branch of the Women’s Institute, and many other keen knitters within the community. Over the following months, some people knitted squares, others stitched them together, yet more added borders.

A member of the crochet group, Chrissy Brooks collated and washed the blankets, before wrapping them in lavender-scented paper and decorating them with a bow.

And so it was that a week before Christmas, we delivered 43 completed blankets to a local residential home, sang carols, shared the Christmas story and then personally gave a blanket to each resident, along with a prayer of blessing:

‘As you wrap this blanket around you, God wraps you in his love today, this Christmas and every day. The Lord bless you and keep you, smile on you and give you his peace.’