Labor of Love is a group of women who meet once a month at church to make quilts for Lutheran World Relief. These quilts are shipped to various parts of the world as needed for warmth, shelter from the sun or a sack to carry possessions around. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month from September through June--except in November and December, when they meet on the second Tuesday. They meet from 9 until noon tying together the layers of quilts, assembling the layers (top, bottom and maybe a liner) and pinning them together, and laying out squares for a top.

There is also work to be done at home. That's where the sewing takes place. The squares are sewn together to form a top, the layers that were pinned at church are sewn together ready to be tied the next month, and people also cut out squares with rotary cutters.

The first Sunday in October is designated "Quilt Sunday", when the quilts made over the last year are displayed over the pews. After the service the quilts are boxed and loaded onto semi trailers that take the quilts to a distribution point in New York.

If you would like to join Labor of Love, call the church office at 968-6231.

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