A host of angels made from many different materials has started appearing around Dacre Banks and other neighbouring parishes in Nidderdale.
Rachel Ferneley, whose husband the Rev Alistair Ferneley is the vicar of Holy Trinity Church, has inspired parishioners and local people to make the angels as a means of thanking those who have helped others during the crisis and thinking of those who have died or are ill.
As well as being on display in gardens, windows of homes and businesses, they are decorating Holy Trinity itself.
At 10am tomorrow, the people who have made them are invited to bring their creations to the church for a socially-distanced open-air service led by Rev Ferneley. A rainbow of hope made up of the different written intentions will also be at the service.
Part of the Nidderdale Angels display at Holy Trinity Church in Dacre Banks.
Mrs Ferneley told the Stray Ferret:
“During the coronavirus crisis, the local community has pulled together and helped one another in many ways and I thought it would be appropriate to have a means of marking this with the Nidderdale angels.”
She added:
“This can be a way of thanking people who have acted like angels with help during the crisis, or a way of remembering loved ones who have died, or who are unwell.”
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The call for angels has sparked the imagination of the local community as the designs have come in many shapes and sizes, from the small cherub made out of chicken wire at the entrance to Holy Trinity to one made out of corks. More life-like are the two mannequins dressed in angelic clothing inside the church.
Mrs Ferneley is delighted by the response to the bank holiday event and pointed out:
“All we need now is for the angels to help us by bringing some dry weather on Sunday morning for our outdoor service!”