Several years ago a friend, knowing I worked in beads, asked me to create three sets of Episcopal prayer beads for a class she was teaching. Four billion people -- over half the world's population of ...

FORT PAYNE, Ala. (AP) - The prayer beads project started when Connie Phillips saw an advertisement and got an idea. Now the United Methodist Women - Mary Hannah Circle at St. Paul United Methodist ...

Helen Brandenburg turns thin wire into angels and beads into jewelry that bring her closer to God. A member of Catoctin Episcopal Parish, Brandenburg and her church's rector, the Rev. Sally Joyner ...

The request came from a chaplain in Iraq — U.S. soldiers wanted rosaries. But the chaplain was Episcopalian, and none of the soldiers was Catholic. “We were surprised,” said the Rev. Jim Burns of The ...

In February 2022, Vista Adult Education offered the first Protestant Prayer Bead class. Twelve women attended that class, an informal Prayer Bead Ministry was formed, and we didn’t even know it had ...

DALLAS -- The request came from a chaplain in Iraq -- American soldiers were asking for rosaries. But the chaplain was Episcopalian, and none of the soldiers was Catholic. "We were surprised," said ...

For over a thousand years people of faith have used a variety of methods to keep track of their prayers. Whether knots in a rope, stones in a pouch, or beads on a string, the simple movement of one’s ...