Happy Spring and Easter Everyone!

Thanks to all the Way Cool Sunday School kids for welcoming my friend Dick and me to your classes! We really enjoyed seeing all of you and our friends Kaywin and Mr. Lincoln.

I'm running for cutest dog in the Lincoln Journal Star "Pick of the Litter Pet Photo Contest"! For a 25 cent donation to Newspapers in Education, a good educational program - you can vote for me as the cutest dog! Pastor Karen told me I could ask you to vote. Make sure that if you want to vote and are under 18, you ask permission, ok? Check out how to vote at www.journalstar.com

McDuff


McDuff

Greeting Friends!

"I'm looking forward to meeting you at our annual Blessing of the Animals! Come and join us."

McDuff

Faithful Friends Animal Ministry at First Plymouth

Mission:
To provide resources, support and pastoral care to people and their animal companions.

Principles:

  • All persons and animals will be treated with respect
  • Animals are sentient* beings and have feelings and awareness
  • Connections between children and youth to their animal
    companions will be honored in an age appropriate manner
  • Support will be given to therapy animal groups and to the work of no kill shelters and rescue groups

Focus:

  • Provide support during animal illness and surgery
  • Provide pastoral care at the time of animal euthanasia or death
  • Provide funeral and memorial services
  • Educate children and adults in the areas of respect for animals and the importance of animals in our world
  • Plan and host an annual pet blessing ceremony
  • Develop and provide tools for pastoral care with children and youth at the time of animal companion loss
  • Develop connections between First Plymouth and animal
    resources in the Lincoln community
  • When possible, provide transport for those in need to go to the vet or other animal services
Do animals have an afterlife? Will we meet them in heaven?



*Definition of Sentient
sen·tient (snshnt, -sh-nt) adj.

  1. Having sense perception; conscious: "The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage" T.E. Lawrence.
  2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.

[Latin sentins, sentient-, present participle of sentre, to feel; see sentin Indo-European roots.]