Blessings are woven into prayer shawls crafted by volunteers at First United Methodist Church. Patricia Bryan and Jimmie Dean Bush display one of the most recent productions of the Prayer Shawl Ministry that has been at work since 2006 at First United Methodist Church. Some 20 knitters create the fashionable wraps—including red, white and blue versions for patients at Veterans Administration hospital—as gifts to people experiencing illness and other challenging times in their lives. Other specialties include chemo caps for distribution at St Jude’s Childrens Hospital and the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center. The volunteers meet on the second Monday of every month and pray over their handicrafts before they’re ready for giveaway. As of last week the group had given away 1,813 shawls. Bryan and Bush share in a lively and uplifting conversation about the ministry when they appear this week in the INSIGHTS series on McMinnville Public Radio 91.3-WCPI. The half-hour discussion airs tomorrow [Wednesday, May 28] and again Saturday at 9:00 a.m. both days. For further information or to request a shawl or cap interested persons may call the FUMC office at (931) 473-4419. Bush may be reached at (931) 235-4371 and Bryan at (931) 607-0777.