Sunday, June 22, 2014

Peacemakers Quilting Ministry Honors an American Hero

Peggy Smith and Jan Allen of First Baptist Church of Mount Dora’s Peacemakers Quilting Ministry presented a Quilt of Valor to Colonel North. 

Former U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North visited Barrel of Books and Games in Mount Dora, FL, Tuesday June 17, 2014, for a book signing with his latest book “Counterfeit Lies”. During the book signing Peggy Smith and Jan Allen of First Baptist Church of Mount Dora’s Peacemakers Quilting Ministry were honored to present a Quilt of Valor to Colonel North.

In addition to the Quilts of Valor which are delivered to our wounded warriors at military hospitals, the ministry also makes quilts for foreign and home mission projects, SBC Disaster Relief, Hospice Facilities, Battered Women and Children’s programs, Project Linus, and, Orphanages. The ministry has been blessed to provide hundreds of quilts of comfort in its 18 year history.