St. Barnabas Episcopal Church is hosting a sale to support farming women in Uganda and Honduras. The sale, which will feature Ugandan tapestries, will be at the parish hall from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10. The parish hall is located at 601 W. Creek St. Embroidered
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church is hosting a sale to support farming women in Uganda and Honduras.
The sale, which will feature Ugandan tapestries, will be at the parish hall from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10.
The parish hall is located at 601 W. Creek St.
Embroidered pieces created by the women include journal covers, denim jackets, pillows, footstools, tote bags, art sketchpads, table runners, aprons and framed needlework. Also, handmade beads by the women will be available assembled as bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
All of the item costs are returned to the specific woman who made the tapestry. There is no administrative cost charged to individual tapestries in this ministry, an outreach project of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.
Threads of Blessing has annual needlework workshops for women in Honduras and Uganda. These workshops are designated to encourage women to gather as a community to aid them in learning organizational skills and to develop self-confidence.
“Women who have benefited from attending a workshop have called the proceeds from their work ‘blessings’ or ‘gifts’,” said a St. Barnabas spokesman. “They have used these funds to pay school fees for their children, provide seed for crops, build simple homes for their families and seek rudimentary medical help.”
Many of these women have been able to provide support for children in their care who are orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS, poverty or war. Most recently, they have begun in groups to create savings and loan accounts, hence developing their own microenterprise opportunities.
More than 200 women from 11 regions attend the five-day workshops in Uganda. During the conference, the women work on their needlework pieces, learn new techniques, hear testimonies from each other and report on revolving funds they are creating and managing for themselves.
For more information, contact Nan Mosley at 830-456-8335.