{"id":387509,"date":"2026-09-01T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/387509\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:34:10","slug":"st-andrews-quilters-share-blessings-one-stitch-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/387509\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Andrew\u2019s Quilters Share Blessings, One Stitch At A Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Dale Bliss <\/p>\n

Blessings come in many forms, including the coziness and comfort of a handmade quilt created with prayers, love and generous hearts. <\/p>\n

For 17 years, members of Quilters\u2019 Corner at St. Andrew\u2019s United Methodist Church in Brandon have used their talents to create handmade quilts for children and families in need. What began with just three or four women has grown into a mission group of approximately 25 members dedicated to sharing comfort, kindness and God\u2019s love, one stitch at a time. <\/p>\n

Quilters\u2019 Corner was founded by Linda Cannan and meets on Tuesday mornings, with additional meetings held on the first and third Sunday afternoons of each month. Beginners are welcome, and donations are also appreciated to help support the group\u2019s mission. <\/p>\n

A substantial number of the quilts are donated to children. One of the group\u2019s primary recipients is MountainHeart Community Services in West Virginia, where the quilts are distributed through its Head Start program. <\/p>\n

The group\u2019s generosity has also helped support the organization in another meaningful way. Through an in-kind donation of quilts, MountainHeart Community Services received a matching grant of $15,130. <\/p>\n

Last year alone, Quilters\u2019 Corner donated close to 250 quilts to MountainHeart and approximately 60 baby quilts to the NICU at HCA Florida Brandon Hospital. The group also supports Family Promise, helping provide comfort to families experiencing homelessness and other hardships. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a mission group at St. Andrew\u2019s. We donate quilts to a children\u2019s nonprofit organization, MountainHeart charity, and I think it\u2019s Virginia. Last year, we donated close to 250 quilts. And we donate to Brandon NICU at Brandon Hospital. I think we did close to 60 for them last year,\u201d said group member Janice Lugo.<\/p>\n

Each fall, the church holds a blessing ceremony for the quilts before they are sent to their destinations. The quilts are blessed during church services and then distributed with the goal of offering comfort and showing God\u2019s love to those who receive them. <\/p>\n

The next quilt blessing ceremony will take place on Sunday, September 20, at St. Andrew\u2019s United Methodist Church, located at 3315 S. Bryan Rd. in Brandon. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a beautiful mission group and a wonderful group of ladies and enjoy it immensely,\u201d said Lugo. <\/p>\n

For more information about Quilters\u2019 Corner, call St. Andrew\u2019s United Methodist Church at 813-689-6849 or visit its website, www.saumc.net<\/a>. Donations are appreciated, and new quilters, including beginners, are welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dale Bliss Blessings come in many forms, including the coziness and comfort of a handmade quilt created…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-387509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}