{"id":27011,"date":"2021-03-17T14:42:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=27011"},"modified":"2021-04-16T14:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:06:31","slug":"daffodils-sold-out-on-fighting-cancer-3-21-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=27011","title":{"rendered":"Daffodils Sold Out on Fighting Cancer! (3\/21\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little yellow daffodil; what can that do?\u00a0 It’s not a sunflower that reaches to the sky.\u00a0 It’s not a Lily that trumpets out Jesus’ resurrection.\u00a0 It’s a small flower.\u00a0 In fact, the ones we have in our church are called “mini-daffodils.”\u00a0 What can they do???<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Easter is rich with traditions, especially for a church.\u00a0 But one of PUMC’s traditions is to buy pots of little daffodils.\u00a0 Part of the proceeds from the sale of these yellow flowers is given to the American Cancer Society.\u00a0 This year, even with the “stay at home” restrictions of the pandemic, our annual fight against cancer was successful.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Mini-daffodils can help save lives! <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Daffodils Join the Fight!<\/span><\/h3>\n

Along with the palms and the joyous procession, part of our Palm Sunday tradition is anchored by these little daffodils.\u00a0 Each pot raises money to fight Cancer, and then the flowers are taken home to be planted.\u00a0 They spring up every year and remind us to pray for those who are struggling against cancer and for the families of those who have lost loved ones.<\/p>\n

God calls us all to “show mercy”- to walk in another’s shoes and to extend God’s hand of love to them.<\/p>\n

This year, we bought and sold 42 pots of daffodils, and they raised over $300 for the American Cancer Society.\u00a0 Despite the pandemic, we sold more pots than we purchased, and the project ended a week earlier than the deadline.<\/p>\n

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Daffodils Ready to Inspire <\/span><\/h3>\n

This army of daffodils doesn’t remain on the church’s alter.\u00a0 They get planted.\u00a0 They go out into the community and beautify our gardens in homes across the whole town.\u00a0 They nourish themselves in the soil, and prepare themselves for action.<\/p>\n

Next year, as the snow gives way to Spring, these little buds will push their way up through the ground and the yellow flowers will remind us to care for the suffering. These seemingly feeble flowers that hide under the ground for most of the year show us that God uses all of his creation to accomplish His good will.\u00a0 Even as He uses these “mini-daffodils,” He can use our small efforts.<\/p>\n

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What is cancer? Many of us have been hit by this disease hard and personally, so we know the answer to this question all too well.\u00a0 To learn more about it, click this button:<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Cancer?<\/a> <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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Despite the pandemic, we held our annual Mini-Daffodil sale to raise funds to fight Cancer. And- we sold out of them! God can use these little yellow flowers (and even us) to make a difference in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-27011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evrpt","category-go-community","tag-easterweek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27011"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27039,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27011\/revisions\/27039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}