First Communion
110 North Gammon Road, Madison, WI 53717
Church: 608-829-2136
Preschool: 608-829-3598
Quilting/Sewing Ministry
Fellowship and Mission
This group enjoys Fellowship on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 10:30am. They create beautiful quilts that are distributed to organizations that get them into the hands of those who need to feel the love poured into each creation wrapped around them.
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The organizations receiving them are: Living Christ Preschool Welcome Bags, Lutheran World Relief, Agrace, Our Graduating Seniors, Orphan Grain Train Auction, Renovated Middle School SS Area, Fireside Room Quilt Rack, Badger Children Cancer Network, Family Support & Resource Center of Dane County, Salvation Army, The Road Home, Wayforward Resources,, Pregnancy Helpline, LAMP/Canada…
Quilts for anyone in need
They also keep a quilt in the Fireside room for anyone who knows of someone who would benefit.
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Join us
Anyone can join this group, there are many tasks required to create a quilt from cutting to ironing and sewing.
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Help from home
If you cannot meet on Thursdays, you can still participate. Take a quilt sewing kit home. Kits are located in the cabinets to the left of the fireplace.
278 quilts were created this year. The quilts are on display in the sanctuary 10/13-10/20 after they will be donated to several organizations including: Agrace, ARC, Badger Children Cancer Network, Family Support & Resource Center of Dane County, Salvation Army, Orphan Grain Train, WayFoward Resources, Pregnancy Helpline, Lutheran World Relief, River Food Pantry, Ronald McDonald House, West Virginia Sleep in Heavenly Peace, LCLC Graduating Seniors, LC Preschool, & the Quilt rack in the Fireside Room.
All fabric for the quilts has been donated by members of our congregation and others – many thanks! Here is a video of this years quilts displayed in the sanctuary.