THREADS OF LOVE QUILTING MINISTRY

Threads of Love Quilting Ministry meets at Park Church twice a month on the first and third Thursdays. Anyone -- quilter, sewer, learner, or appreciator -- is welcome to participate. Each gathering has time for devotions and sharing projects. 

In addition to the twice-monthly gatherings, Threads of Love Quilting Ministry typically sponsors two UFO (UnFinished Object) retreats each year. These are two days of personal project work where participants bring their works-in-progress with the goal of finally finishing them! The days are filled with food, fellowship, encouragement, and laughter. The group also takes "field trips" to quilt shops once or twice a year, and usually enjoys a lunch together once a year. Be looking for information about these in the Park Church eNewsletters.

Threads of Love Quilting Ministry began in September 2010. As of December 2025, TOL has donated 594 quilts for:

• New Pathways
• Habitat for Humanity
• Mid-Minnesota Women’s Center
• Flood victims of Minot, ND
• Brainerd Senior Center
• Gifts to Pastors
• Crow Wing County Social Services
• TheShop Youth Center
• The Salvation Army
• The Radiothon to end child abuse
• Bethany Good Samaritan
• Healthy Brains for Children 
• United Methodist Midwest Distribution Center, Chatham, Illinois
• High School & College Graduates

• Baptismal gifts

• Lutheran Social Services Safe Harbor program

• Park’s UWF Bazaar

• Northern Pines Camp and Retreat Center
• Brainerd Lakes Area Women of Today
• Park’s Nursery
• American Red Cross
• Garfield School
• Ukrainian refugees in MN (through LSS)
• PORT Group Home
• Individuals and families who have been victims of house fires, car accidents, and other life circumstances

Additionally, Threads of Love has donated:

• 96 quilts to UMCOR Cover Them with Love (since 2016)
• 166+ port pillows to cancer units in various hospitals (Essentia Health in Brainerd, Lakewood Health in Staples, St. Cloud Hospital, Litchfield Hospital, Bethany Towers Nursing Home in Fargo), and individuals.
• 244 cloth masks in 2020 alone (159 to Essentia Health in Brainerd, and 20 to a Kansas City hospital)
• 225 sani pads to UMCOR
• 23 pillowcases - 20 of them to Interfaith Hospitality at 1st Congregational United Church of Christ
• 23 Table-toppers - 22 of them for all the tables in the Fellowship Hall at Park Church
• 25 quilts have been sold to help fund the ministry (to purchase batting, thread, fabric, etc.)
• 2 stoles were made for Rev. Mark

Quilts are in need of homes! If you know someone or someplace where this could be a blessing, contact the office.