Prayer Quilt Ministry
2nd Monday of each Month 9:30 a.m. - 12 Noon.
New World’s Prayer Quilt Ministry strives to bring comfort to persons facing life’s challenges—weddings, births, illness, death—through the gift of a tied quilt.
Members of the congregation “nominate” persons for quilts, and the Prayer Quilt Committee makes the quilts, personalizing each with a label showing the recipient’s name. A quilt is approximately 40”x50”; the quilt layers are held together with lengths of yarn. As the congregation ties these lengths of yarn into knots on Sunday morning, they say a prayer for the quilt recipient.
Our prayer quilts are about the fabric of prayer and are symbolic of the prayer outreach of New World United Methodist Church. The quilts are meant to be positive, hopeful, and comforting.
The Prayer Quilt Ministry meets the second Monday of each month in the parlor. Meeting time is 9:30a-12noon.
For more information contact Denise Hickman thru the Church Office 972-279-6145.
OurCalling
Helps People walk with Jesus and get off the Streets.
We utilize a unique strategy, technology, a highly skilled team of 50+ staff, 3,000+ annual volunteers, and many supporters and partner agencies. In 2023 we helped people exit homelessness 1,359 times.
We believe we were created by God, and through Him, we can have new life. Our faith is our motivation, and what inspires us to keep going. Everything we do faith-wise is voluntary. Those who visit our facility are not required to say certain things, pray, or attend chapel. As Christians, we are exclusive in what we believe, but completely inclusive in who we serve. We love all of our neighbors as ourselves. We serve everyone, regardless of their beliefs or identity.
Sharing Life began as a food pantry. As we’ve grown, we have been blessed by donors, supporters, and partners to add additional services, making us one of the few organizations in the DFW area that provide the full range of services that we do. In addition to food, we offer clothing, utility assistance, medical equipment, educational programs, financial coaching, and shelter for our unhoused neighbors. If we do not offer the service, we have many resources available to our clients to free them from visiting multiple offices to receive the assistance they need.
Good Samaritans of Garland, known locally as “Good Sam”, was formed in 1983 from an alliance of several Garland faith communities with the intent to provide a broad range of services, centrally located for neighbors in need of assistance. In 2016, the Board of Directors elected to narrow Good Sam’s focus to providing supplemental food assistance to our hungry and food-insecure neighbors living in Garland, Rowlett, and Sachse. Today, we are providing nutritious food to anyone needing food with no residency or income eligibility requirements.
Through our partnership with North Texas Food Bank, local retail partners, and donations from the community, we are able to provide supplemental food assistance to families and individuals.
Our guests receiving food may be a one-time emergency situation, temporary need, or an on-going need as result of disability, injury/illness, job loss, or simply not enough money to cover bills. Providing supplemental food assistance is extremely valuable in helping families and individuals move forward through a difficult time, short or long term.
How we provide food is of highest priority. Good Sam’s staff and volunteers welcome all guests with kindness and respect and without judgement, assuring our guests we are available to help them navigate through a difficult time with food and/or other resource referral assistance. People are our #1 priority!
