" Morning has broken" - St. Paul's Needlepoint Kneelers - Hymn 8 Sung By Cat Stevens

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St. Paul's Beautiful Needlepoint Kneelers "Morning Has Broken" Hymn 8 Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam Live 1973 version. "Morning has Broken", is a hymn written in 1931 by Eleanor Farjeon to an old Gaelic tune Bunessan, a traditional Gaelic Christmas melody.
We are located on the "Five Corners of Lee's Summit",
where SE Green and SE Grand meet 5th Street.




The Altar Rail Needlepoint Kneelers
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Lee's Summit, MO

In the spring of l978, six months after Fr. Bob Newyear arrived at St. Paul' s, the parish began planning Needlepoint Kneelers.

Mrs. Clare Fogerty and Mrs. Esther Morse, members of St. Paul's and lifetime Episcopalians, organized a group of interested parishioners to look at kneelers made in other Episcopal Churches in Kansas City. They researched what others had done and came up with a plan.

Bug Linscott, also a parishioner and lifetime Episcopalian, plotted points and measured carefully using his garage floor, a fishing line and a little simple geometry, giving us a perfect pattern for each kneeler.

Joanie Sherman of Kansas City conceived the design after talking to the initial group. They decided to use flowers in keeping with the Victorian mood of the church and to repeat the oak leaf found in the stained glass. In October of 1979, the stitching began.

By Easter of 1981, a year and a half later, the last piece was finished. Each canvas was blocked and sent to the upholsterer, Stan Johnson of Kansas City.

The kneelers were dedicated and first used on Sunday, June 14, 1981, Trinity Sunday, a little more than two years after the planning began.

Placed in position at the Altar rail, kneelers from left to right include flowers and plants mentioned in the Bible. They represent the Old Testament on the left and the New Testament on the right.
Father Mark McGuire, Rector Priest@stpaulsls.org
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 416 SE Grand , (816) 524-3651, http://www.stpaulsls.org/history.htm , Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, it's famous red doors has welcome guests and regulars alike since 1884.
Office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday
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