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JANUARY 19, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 48
For The Love Of Quilting
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Servants Inc. Comes To Lancaster BY ANN MEAD ASH
In 2021, members of the Red Rose Quilters Guild made comfort quilts to donate to Off The Streets.
BY ANN MEAD ASH
laine Spangler has been sewing since she was a teenager, but she only dabbled in quilting. When she first moved to Lancaster County in 1992, she looked for a quilting group to join, but she waited until her children left home to get involved. In 2010, she joined the Red Rose Quilters Guild. The Red Rose Quilters Guild currently meets virtually on the second Tuesday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a time to visit with members. A business meeting is held and a speaker gives a presentation. According to Spangler, the virtual format has enhanced the choice of speakers. “(Virtual meetings have) really expanded our reach as far as variety of speakers,” she said. “We had one speaker from Norway.” Spangler reported that workshops based on a speaker’s
monthly to make and distribute special quilts to servicemen and women. The history of the organization, which currently boasts about 150 members, dates back to 1983, when it was founded by Donna Lucidi, who served as its first president. The mission of the guild has always been to promote the many forms of quilting by presenting an active program of education and study. The group is open to both men and women, and Spangler noted there are usually a few men in the membership. During November and December 2021, the guild was spotlighted in the Quilt Shop at Miller’s, 2811 Lincoln Highway East, Ronks, where guild quilts raised funds to make more comfort quilts to donate. More information about the group may be found at http://bit.ly/rrqg-lanc.
See Servants Inc. pg 4
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project are often held the following many as 200 annually. Prior to day or the following Saturday. “We COVID-19 restrictions, quilts were learn different techniques from distributed at a potluck meal held them,” said Spangler of the optional each February. “In 2021, we had a workshops, which have recently meeting in October to finish up some of the comfort quilts,” noted been held virtually. Spangler, who said Studio gatherings, which are optional, The quilters have a quilts have been are still held in person l o n g h i s t o r y o f donated to a variety on the fourth Tues- making quilts to of organizations and recently to Off day of each month give to nonprofit most The Streets, which from 1 to 5 p.m. at Hosanna! A Fellow- o r g a n i z a t i o n s , helps the homeless ship of Christians, h a n d i n g o u t a s transition back into 29 Green Acre Road, m a n y a s 2 0 0 housing. Spangler said the donated Lititz. During Studio annually. quilts are usually meetings, members work on individual projects. “We now completed in one workshop day. have a (virtual) sew-in periodically as “We set up eight to 10 machines, an alternative to Studio,” said Span- and we usually have the quilt tops gler. “People just get (online), and we done, so it’s just a matter of stitching the backing. Some are tied sit and sew and talk.” The quilters have a long history (quilts), and some are stitched.” Quilts of Valor, includes dedicated of making quilts to give to nonprofit organizations, handing out as members of the guild who meet
Around 2000, Trent Davis, founder and CEO of Servants Inc., took a mission trip to Guatemala. The trip changed the direction of his life. “(Trent) felt a call to continue relationships and give others opportunity to have that experience,” said Keith Cotton, director of outreach with Servants. Cotton noted that Davis coordinated mission trips and worked with missionaries in Guatemala under a program he called SARF (Serving At Risk Families), which also included home repair and construction work. Fast forward to 2005, when Hurricane Katrina inspired Davis to do home repair work stateside. “(Trent) responded with the same base of volunteers, and that’s how the disaster recovery branch started,” said Cotton, who noted that flooding in York County in 2010 really brought home the idea of working locally. “There are