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Baltimore, December 19, 2002 — An LWR quilt just took a detour from its trip overseas for a quick appearance in a Christmas Eve television special from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, "This Holy Night" (CBS, Dec. 24, 11:35 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 10:35 p.m. Central/Mountain Time.)
The quilt joined a procession of gifts to the manger at Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke in Chicago, where the special was taped.
"Young people from the parish carried a variety of gifts to the crèche, symbolizing the diversity of our lives and service to God and humanity," said Barbara Andrews, ELCA's publicity coordinator for the program.
St. Luke's quilters are an intergenerational group. The seventh and eighth graders and adults who made the Christmas quilt meet regularly during lunchtime to sew for LWR.
The procession to the manger occurs midway through the one-hour program. "We'll be sending the quilt [to LWR's warehouse] as soon as the rest of the batch is completed," said Laura Abrahamson, a member of St. Luke's.