Week 1 Story – How was I called?

A story worth sharing…

Daffodils are my favourite flowers as they bring their boldness and cheer year on year in spring, regardless of how bleak or harsh a winter we have experienced. Early on Easter Sunday (2015), local Churches worked together to place over 1000 daffodils around the village of Lanchester, and left them at the homes of those who were house bound, the local nursing homes and hospice. Each daffodil had a tag on it saying “Easter brings new life, new hope” and an encouragement to “take this daffodil home with you”.

‘The idea sprang from the “yarn bomb” of knitted angels in Tynemouth, and the number of daffodils produced was the result of months of knitting by various groups and individuals in the village.  At the same time a Facebook page, “Daffodils of Lanchester”, went live. The response on Facebook was beyond all expectation.  The number of people who visited the site went into the thousands and there were some heartfelt messages left.  The yarn bomb was also reported in the local paper.

Giving a handmade daffodil was a new way of sharing a hope-filled message to people from our village. We hoped it would provide them some happiness, whatever situation they found themselves in.  It certainly caused a great deal of excitement in the village and by 4.00pm all the daffodils had been collected.  A powerful message of God’s love in our community on this special day.

By Sonia Filmer
Lanchester Methodist Church