So she did something. She called priests and churches and sisters and friends and asked for the retired items. Then, she didn't stop. She found that an Episcopal religious order had founded a similar nondenominational exchange, but that it was inactive. She asked whether she could continue the work and keep the name, and The Vestment Exchange moved to her home, within shouting distance of Route 22.
Some people like to play cards.
Other people like to work with old vestments. Freeman has built on the work of Brother John Nidecker and then Brother Christian Williams, who ran the exchange for 15 years before he retired, Teets says. When we came into contact with Sister Elias, it was a gift. It was a godsend, because the work could go on. She gets the word out even broader than we did.