Prayers and Squares combines prayer with the gift of a comforting quilt. As part of the international Prayers and Squares ministry, Ashburton Prayers and Squares, which started in 2008, has sewn over 650 quilts for people in our community and others who have asked for prayer.

Each quilt is a gift of love to people facing illness, surgery, bereavement or difficult family situations. Our quilts also celebrate and bless newborn babies and marriages in our church family.

The quilters pray as they design, cut and stitch. When the quilt is finished, extra threads are sewn into it, leaving the ends to be tied. During our Sunday worship service these threads are knotted by members of the congregation as they offer silent prayer for the recipient.