Our first crochet fellowship meeting was a huge success! We praise God for all of the new people we have met, and all the people willing to learn how to knit or crochet just to help us out. We thank God that our prayer for laborers is being answered.
Our weekly crochet fellowship meets at the Ashtonbrook Apartments Clubhouse every Thursday at 7pm. If you would like to join us, please send us an email at helpinghats@gmail.com.
It was so amazing to go to a Memorial Day cookout last weekend, and see several women sitting outside in lawn chairs crocheting for Helping Hats! It's so exciting to see what God will do with even the most humble offerings we give Him.
May 29, 2008
May 10, 2008
Praying for the Harvest
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." -- Matthew 9:36-38
We ask you to pray with us and for us. Our city is ripe with harvest. Helping Hats is just one of many ministries that is in need of laborers. Please pray that across Indianapolis, God will send laborers out into the harvest field of souls.
We ask you to pray with us and for us. Our city is ripe with harvest. Helping Hats is just one of many ministries that is in need of laborers. Please pray that across Indianapolis, God will send laborers out into the harvest field of souls.
May 7, 2008
We Celebrate a New Partnership
Praise God! We are excited to pair with the Wheeler Mission Ministries Care Center to provide hats and scarves for the Winter 2008 season.
From the Wheeler Mission Ministries Care Center homepage:
Hundreds of women and mothers with children enter our doors seeking food, clothing and housing. The women find these vital needs supplied, but they also experience love and compassion, bringing rest for their weary souls. In 2004, the Center provided 23,527 nights of lodging to homeless women and mothers with children, an average of 64 each night. National studies indicate that the fastest growing segment of the homeless population consists of women and mothers with children, making the services offered at the Care Center imperative to our community.
The average stay at the Care Center is three months. During that time ladies are given Biblical counseling, job readiness training, job leads, educational assessment and tutoring, medical services, addiction counseling and encouragement to enter one of our long term residential programs.
We thank God for the opportunity to minister to these women and families through the ability God has given us.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. -- Matthew 11:28-30
From the Wheeler Mission Ministries Care Center homepage:
Hundreds of women and mothers with children enter our doors seeking food, clothing and housing. The women find these vital needs supplied, but they also experience love and compassion, bringing rest for their weary souls. In 2004, the Center provided 23,527 nights of lodging to homeless women and mothers with children, an average of 64 each night. National studies indicate that the fastest growing segment of the homeless population consists of women and mothers with children, making the services offered at the Care Center imperative to our community.
The average stay at the Care Center is three months. During that time ladies are given Biblical counseling, job readiness training, job leads, educational assessment and tutoring, medical services, addiction counseling and encouragement to enter one of our long term residential programs.
We thank God for the opportunity to minister to these women and families through the ability God has given us.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. -- Matthew 11:28-30
May 6, 2008
Volunteers Needed!
Do you crochet or knit? Would you like to use this ability to bless the less fortunate of Indianapolis?
Please consider becoming a Helping Hats volunteer!
We have a very high demand this year for hats and scarves to be distributed this winter. We ask you to pray about joining us in serving the Lord in this ministry. You can work independently, or make He;lping Hats a service project for your Sunday School class or Small Group.
If you are interested in spreading the warmth of God's love through Helping Hats, please contact us at Helpinghats@gmail.com
We look forward to serving the Lord with you!
Please consider becoming a Helping Hats volunteer!
We have a very high demand this year for hats and scarves to be distributed this winter. We ask you to pray about joining us in serving the Lord in this ministry. You can work independently, or make He;lping Hats a service project for your Sunday School class or Small Group.
If you are interested in spreading the warmth of God's love through Helping Hats, please contact us at Helpinghats@gmail.com
We look forward to serving the Lord with you!
May 3, 2008
Our Partners in Sharing God's Love
Helping Hats of Indianapolis is excited to partner with two amazing ministries this year: Shepherd Community Center and Good News Ministries. Helping Hats will be making hats and scarves for these organizations to distribute during the winter months.
From the Shepherd Community Center homepage:
Shepherd is a faith-based, non-profit organization established in 1984 with a simple but staggering goal: to break the cycle of poverty on the near east side of Indianapolis. Located centrally within the community it serves, Shepherd offers programs for children, teens, adults, and families, helping to meet their physical, emotional, academic, and spiritual needs.
From the Good News Ministries homepage:
Good News Ministries is dedicated to proclaiming the gospel among the disadvantaged people of the inner-city and establishing them in Christian living while extending assistance of shelter, food, clothing, medical care and educational opportunities. Our ultimate goal is to help individuals achieve independent living with a reliance on God.
The volunteers of Helping Hats are humbled to be used by God to help these ministries achieve their goals. It is our prayer that the items we donate will not only keep people warm, but will be a tool that God uses to show them just how much He loves them.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. -- Galatians 6:10
From the Shepherd Community Center homepage:
Shepherd is a faith-based, non-profit organization established in 1984 with a simple but staggering goal: to break the cycle of poverty on the near east side of Indianapolis. Located centrally within the community it serves, Shepherd offers programs for children, teens, adults, and families, helping to meet their physical, emotional, academic, and spiritual needs.
From the Good News Ministries homepage:
Good News Ministries is dedicated to proclaiming the gospel among the disadvantaged people of the inner-city and establishing them in Christian living while extending assistance of shelter, food, clothing, medical care and educational opportunities. Our ultimate goal is to help individuals achieve independent living with a reliance on God.
The volunteers of Helping Hats are humbled to be used by God to help these ministries achieve their goals. It is our prayer that the items we donate will not only keep people warm, but will be a tool that God uses to show them just how much He loves them.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. -- Galatians 6:10
May 2, 2008
What is Helping Hats?
Helping Hats was formed in 2008 when two friends wanted to use their love for crafts and their love for God to help the people of Indianapolis. Helping Hats partners with Indianapolis charities to provide hats, scarves, and blankets to those in need. Our volunteers spend their summer months crocheting and knitting hats and scarves that are distributed by homeless shelters and community centers in the fall and winter. In the fall and winter months, our volunteers make blankets for donation to local hospitals. We are open to working with any organization that has a need they believe we can fill.
After each volunteer completes an item, they take time to pray for the person that will receive that item, and the organization that is ministering to that person. We do this not only to provide for the physical needs of those in need, but also to show them the love of Christ. This is our way of putting our faith into action and living James 2:15--17:
After each volunteer completes an item, they take time to pray for the person that will receive that item, and the organization that is ministering to that person. We do this not only to provide for the physical needs of those in need, but also to show them the love of Christ. This is our way of putting our faith into action and living James 2:15--17:
Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
Are you interested in learning more about Helping Hats? Please contact us at helpinghats@gmail.com if:
- You would like to join us in knitting and crocheting
- Your organization is interested in partnering with Helping Hats
- You are interested in donating yarn, plastic tubs, or gallon ziplock bags to Helping Hats
- You are interested in making a financial donation to Helping Hats
- Your church, workplace, or school would like to host a yarn drive to benefit Helping Hats
God bless you!
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