We celebrated St. Francis' Day with the blessing of pets.
These photos -- credits to Archdeacon Deborah Rucki Drake -- are about beloved pets:
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| Patty and Pat with Hornet, recently back from the vet |
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| Brad With Allie |
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| Michelle with Rags |
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| Tom with Dexter |
Their faces struck me -- the animals, and the people -- and the partnerships they provide for each other.
We're going to be looking for partner parishes for St. Agnes' -- for other churches with whom we can be in partnership, sharing strengths and gifts and a lay and clergy leadership team. It's about a broader, richer ministry to an area.
Is it about diminishing St. Agnes'? LOOK at these pictures! Good partnerships give life.
Good partnerships give life abundant, which spills over into more life: these were some of our parishioners who visioned that The Food Pantry, when opened, should provide pet food as well as people food.
