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Mass. church to offer monthly worship services for dogs, and barking will not be banned
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| 3:05 PM CDT, May 5, 2010
Posted on 05/05/2010 2:54:05 PM PDT by FourPeas
By Associated Press
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts church is scheduled to launch a new monthly worship service — for dogs. Calvary Episcopal Church will offer later this month its first "Perfect Paws Pet Ministry" aimed at giving area pooches and their owners improved odds at getting canines into heaven. The Danvers church plans to hold the service on the third Sunday of every month, complete with communion for the humans and special blessings for pets. Dogs will get special treats.
Church officials said well-mannered, leashed dogs are invited. People can submit a paper prayer if their pets are sick, not good around other dogs or deceased. Prayers can also be offered for other types of pets.
Rev. Thea Keith-Lucas told The Salem News dogs will have a say during service because barking won't be banned.
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Naaaaaw. It’s not a joke.
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posted on
05/05/2010 6:16:44 PM PDT
by
The Future 2012
(Would the good people like a reply?)
To: FourPeas
Oh, I’ll be calling them.
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posted on
05/05/2010 6:17:15 PM PDT
by
The Future 2012
(Would the good people like a reply?)
To: allmost
It isn't a belief that Dogs go to Heaven, it is a promise. Father, in His Holy word informs us that all he created returns to Him. I'd rather be in Heaven with Billions of animals, than some people I know here on earth.
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posted on
05/05/2010 10:18:49 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Shadowstrike
>>”Father, in His Holy word informs us that all he created returns to Him.”
I am not familiar with that passage. Can you give a reference?
DG
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posted on
05/05/2010 11:56:22 PM PDT
by
DoorGunner
("Rom 11: until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so, all Israel will be saved")
To: DoorGunner
Off to work, will find it as soon as I can, if you don’t hear from me Freepmail me and remind this brain dead jarhead about ;)
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posted on
05/06/2010 7:26:00 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Shadowstrike
26
posted on
05/08/2010 7:08:07 PM PDT
by
DoorGunner
("Rom 11: until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so, all Israel will be saved")
To: DoorGunner
Ecc. 12:7, but more importantly Isaiah 12:6-9 which says "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together: and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down togeth: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy moutain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."
The exact one I'm looking for about all things He created returning to Him, I'm still trying to find, and I will sometime between home working, and work working ;)
But the main point is this...If He has a place for all those mentioned in Isaiah, some who will rip you to screds in the hear and now, how could He not have a place for that which loves, even the very ones who beat, starve, and kill their kind?
No, no one except Father will ever make me believe that dog's are not welcome in Church, nor His Holy presence. After all Jesus Christ didn't preach too much in buildings...He preached in fields.
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posted on
05/08/2010 7:32:35 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: All; DoorGunner
screds = SHREDS
hear = HERE
Sorry long day at work and come home to a police manhunt in my neighborhood.
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posted on
05/08/2010 7:36:22 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: all the best
know what? I traveled one hour to go to church. Church service was two hours. That means I would have been away from home about four hours. I took my dog to church with me. At first I left him in the car, making sure that he was well taken care of, in the shade and plenty of water etc. Every once in a while I'd sneak away from church to check on him. Another lady who traveled far, also brought her dog. When the pastor found out about this, he invited the dogs in for the service. These dogs were on their BEST behavior. It's as if they knew where they were and why they were there. Absolutely amazing.
The "creatures" knew when they were in the presence their Master and Creator.
To: Shadowstrike
Isaiah 12:6-9
"...all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord..."
Isaiah 65:17
"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
Isaiah 66:22
"For just as the new heavens and the new earthWhich I make will endure before Me," declares the LORD,"So your offspring and your name will endure.
2 Peter 3:13
But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells
Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.
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posted on
05/09/2010 7:19:28 AM PDT
by
DoorGunner
("Rom 11: until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so, all Israel will be saved")
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