It's a social event, but there's no ice cream. The pails contain pliers, wire and beads. The women are members of the Sacred Heart Rosary Makers Guild.
Monthly meetings are informal and fun.
The meetings offer some motivation, but are really more of a chance to socialize, Johannsen says. Supplies are kept at the church so members can stop in anytime and pick up materials or drop off completed rosaries. It's a pretty versatile project. Longtime member Sue Eilers takes her supplies along while camping. Founded in April 1982, the group has made 5,200 mission rosaries in the past 14 years.