ANGELS OF LOVE was established in 1997 by Rick and Sally Cryder. Rick’s dream was to create a ministry that made stained-glass Angels that were freely given to bring encouragement, love, hope, peace, and comfort to people during difficult circumstances—whether grieving the loss of a family member or suffering from a serious illness, disability, or tragedy.
These beautiful stained-glass, gold-plated Angels take approximately three hours to make. Their beauty is matched by the generous hearts of the volunteers who donate their time, talent, and material resources to the Angels of Love Ministry.
Our ministry is very small and our funding and volunteer base is very limited, so unfortunately we can only make one angel per family. Thank you for understanding.
Presidents Call To Service Award
May 23, 2008
On July 13, 2007, many of the volunteers of Angels of Love gathered at the Orange County Sheriff's office to be presented with the President’s Call to Service Award from President George W. Bush. This award is given to volunteers who have worked in excess of 4,000 volunteer hours.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Due to the extremely limited manpower of Angels of Love and the huge economic downturn, we have had to make some difficult decisions about our ministry. We have a very limited number of angels to give, so we have had to make some boundaries as to who we are able to give an angel to.
We have decided that right now our priority will be getting angels to:
- The families of the military personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty
- The families of Law Enforcement & Fire Fighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty
- Children and adults who have cancer and other life threatening illnesses who live in California
Thank you for your understanding. This has been a very tough decision to make. Our goal has always been to grow our ministry and we would love to be able to make an angel for everyone who is hurting and sick, however we cannot do that.
Please pray for our ministry - that it will be Blessed with an exceptional amount of donations and that we will be Blessed with many new volunteers, especially those with stained glass experience - so they can help us assemble the angels.
We are very sorry for every family that we are not able to reach at this time. We always pray for everyone who receives an angel and for everyone that needs one, even if we aren't able to give them one.
May God Bless You.
Sincerely,
Rick and Sally Cryder
Angels of Love Ministry
“For He will give His Angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways.” Psalm 91:11
We have received many letters and emails from people over the years who have either received an Angel of Love or who have worked with the Angels of Love program.
Also, click here to read some of the heartfelt letters sent to us.
"On Friday, April 20th, I, along with my peers, went to St. Josephs hospital to talk to and give Angels to the cancer patients, with the Angels of Love program. Every time I talked to patients, I could tell that they were happy, just by looking in their eyes. I could see the happiness, even though I just said a few words of encouragement and gave them an Angel.
When I read the poem, they always tell me they appreciate it and say thank you. Im glad to know that I can make a person in needs day, because they really do make mine.
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Posted by Jonathan S. - Student - April 2012 on May 4, 2012
