Presbyterian Mission Agency Sewing Together in the Caring Highlands Archives

Sewing Together in the Caring Highlands

Sewing one STITCH at a time

Posted June 22nd, 2017

Peals of laughter and lively chatter mingled with the whirring and humming of busy sewing machines in the small, makeshift classroom that STITCH volunteers and students now call their temporary home. STITCH — an acronym for Sewing Together in the Caring Highlands — is a mission of Highland Presbyterian Church in partnership with the Louisville-based Kentucky Refugee Ministries. The 6-year-old ministry provides sewing lessons for refugee women while offering them opportunities to learn English and practice it at the same time.

Refugee women learn independence, sewing one STITCH at a time

Posted May 25th, 2017

Peals of laughter and lively chatter mingled with the whirring and humming of busy sewing machines in the small, makeshift classroom that STITCH volunteers and students now call their temporary hom