Our Fall Schedule Continues...
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Pet Blessing--Sunday, Oct. 7 and Wednesday, Oct. 10.
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One of the characters in the Church’s history is St. Francis of Assisi, an Italian monk who lived from 1182 to 1226. He was noted for his love of nature and especially of animals. There are a number legends that sprang up around St. Francis, including one that he would occasionally preach to the birds and another that said that he “persuaded” a wolf to stop attacking the townspeople’s flocks if they would just feed him! Whether the stories are true or not, they demonstrate a wholistic consistency between the good news of God’s love for US and really, God’s love for ALL CREATION!
So you are invited to bring your pets to receive a blessing! Yes… your pets will be welcomed and blessed in worship!!
Here are some things to think of in anticipation of those days:
So you are invited to bring your pets to receive a blessing! Yes… your pets will be welcomed and blessed in worship!!
Here are some things to think of in anticipation of those days:
- If your pet doesn’t do well around people, you might want to think twice about bringing him/her. (Neither Pastor Mike nor Pastor Kari are St. Francis!) If you would still like to have your pet blessed, contact one of the pastors, and they’ll be glad to come to your house.
- If your pet doesn’t do well around other animals… (see above.)
- At past versions of this service, Pastor Mike has blessed horses and chickens and rabbits and even a snake—which was a little bit of a challenge. But if you have second thoughts about bringing larger animals like cows or horses or other livestock, again, contact the pastors. They’ll be glad to come to your barn!
- What is a pet blessing? Can animals really benefit from a blessing? Well...we’re not sure. What we ARE sure of is that our pets are a blessing to us! We’re all grateful for our pets! And so this time is as much a matter of our giving thanks to God for this daily blessings.
- Allergic to pet dander? We’ll “quarantine” certain sections in the sanctuary that will be “pet free.”
- What about “pet accidents”? It’s bound to happen. Last year when we did this as part of our Wednesday worship, we didn’t have a single one.
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Faith5 Weekly Devotional InsertEach week, for worship we follow a way of reading Scriptures in worship called the Narrative Lectionary. (CLICK HERE for a full explanation of this pattern for following Scripture.) While helping us read more Scripture over the course of a year, the Narrative Lectionary doesn't allow us to read ALL of Scripture in worship over the course of a year. At times, from week to week, our Sunday Scripture readings makes broad jumps. Here, through our Faith5 Devotional Insert, in addition to some daily readings that help fill in the gap between Sunday's weekly readings, you will also find...
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