It was Blessing of Pets service at St John the Baptist Church – in keeping with the feast of St. Francis, famous for his love for all creation, and especially God’s creatures.
We went along to be blessed
Me and George sitting with Mummy in the church pews waiting for our turn
The Blessing of animals began with a prayer – “…bless and protect these creatures which you have put into our hands and help us to cherish their lives knowing that all life is precious in your sight. Amen.”
The clergy going to bless the pets …
Then it was my turn – I watched curiously as he sprinkled me with holy water
And George’s turn
And an extra blessing for George – the Hungarian refugee
Yay! We’ve been blessed! And together we sang the last hymn of the service …
“All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures brat and small,
all things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all.”
Ah, we see another cockapoo!
After the service we went to meet all the other pets
Even a “mouse” sorry, it was a hamster!!!! LOL!
We went over to say hello to the other cockapoo
This is Winnie – the Poo! She’s only just a year old
And then there was Spencer! So us cockapoos were well represented last evening 
After the service, we had tea and cakes 
And a photo op with Fr Peter Wolton and his dog, a Tibetan Terrier
May’s comment: What a lovely service. 
This week at St John the Baptist Church
Next week there’s another at All Saints Church in Fulham at 3pm. Maybe we’ll see some of you there. We need more blessings!
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Lovely idea – wished all churches did the same service.
May you are truly blessed with D’Arcy and George but as you say a few more blessings wouldn’t go a miss.
Xx
Is this church in Kensington? Merlin and I would love to come along!
Sarah, this church is in Holland Park. It’s a dog-friendly church – for the evening services. But next week we are going to the All Saints Church in Fulham at 3pm for another Pet Blessing service.
Very good to meet you at the Pet Blessing Service on Sunday evening at St. John’s, Holland Road. Father Peter’s dog is a sable Tibetan terrier not a Wheaten terrier – easy mistake to make!
Oops! Sorry about that! Will make sure it’s changed!