Comfort Pillows
Next Workshops:
TBA
Walter Reed Medical Center
Our next goal is to carry comfort pillows to our returning troops at Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland. Our youth are hoping to make the trip next summer, since WRMC did not get back to us with approval yet for this year. We welcome your help at workshops, or during the week at your home if you wish to cut or tie pillows. Please let us know any way you can help! You can also give a little money to help sponsor our youth and adults in their trip. Every little bit helps!
$10 buys snacks for the car
$20 pays for meals for one person's day
$30 allows the kids to visit our national capital while nearby
$40 buys gas for a vehicle
$50 helps us stay overnight on our way
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Comfort Pillow Project –
The Comfort Pillow outreach program was inspired by a children’s sermon by Sunday sc
hool teacher Lynn Hunsicker. The pillows are more than fabric and stuffing; they are a loving reminder of God’s infinite love, constant companionship and tender comfort for the afflicted and needy.
The Comfort Pillow outreach program was inspired by a children’s sermon by Sunday sc
hool teacher Lynn Hunsicker. The pillows are more than fabric and stuffing; they are a loving reminder of God’s infinite love, constant companionship and tender comfort for the afflicted and needy. The pillows soon became so much more than a children’s moment – the Comfort Pillow outreach program is now an integral mission of First Presbyterian Church, connecting members of all ages and community residents who live in Erie County and beyond. The pillows have been shared with Stein Hospice of North Central Ohio, Cancer Services of Erie County, North Ohio Cancer Center, the Cleveland Clinic, Sandusky Police and Fire Department. During a recent event for Cancer Services of Erie County, over 250 pillows were di
stributed to patients and supporters. It is our hope to become more involved with community events and make sure that pillows are available to those in need. After buying and cutting fabric, parishioners let their imaginations soar as they prayerfully tie the two materials together. Assembling the pillows is a church community event with members volunteering their time to make the pillows while sharing anecdotes about how they touched someone in need.
Coupled with an original poem, the First Presbyterian Church Comfort Pillows remind people – during times of crisis or need – that God and God’s people in Sandusky, Ohio are with them and thinking about them.
Let’s see how far we can share God’s love!
If you would like to share your comfort pillow story, or let us know that you have a pillow or where you're sending it next, please click here.