Once a year our monthly all-age service “Praise@11” takes the theme of “All creatures great and small”, to which family pets are especially invited. This year, we were privileged at the service to have as our guest preacher the Revd Professor Martin Henig, an archaeologist, priest, and Vice-President of the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals.
Professor Henig’s sermon explained to us how our love of companion animals could raise our awareness of wider animal welfare issues. At the end of the service, the Professor gave each of the pets a special, personalised blessing.
