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We all adore our pets. They fill a special place in our hearts, and homes. Not only do we treat them like family – or better in some cases!—we want for them all the things want for any family member.
Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway and Rev. Vic Fuhrman. married interfaith ministers, strongly believe that animals thrive on blessings just as humans do.
As ministers they are often called upon to provide prayer, healing and inclusion ceremonies for animals and they see time and again how meaningful it is for people to include their pets in spiritual pursuits.
They offer unique prayers, blessings, rituals, ceremonies, healing rituals and special celebrations specifically written to address the needs of pet owners and their beloved pets.
Among their Pet Prayer Ministry Services:
• Pet Prayers for Healing - for animals that are ill.
• Ceremonies for special occasions, such as: bringing a new pet into the home; naming and blessing ceremony for a new pet.
• Unique Prayers and blessing for the pet owner and family
• Pet funerals and memorial services
For more information, please call 212-631-3520.
For many of us, pets are as much a part of the family as any human member.
"That is why we are seeing more and more pooches walking down the aisle or bearing rings at weddings," according to Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway and Rev. Victor Fuhrman , interfaith ministers and authors of Pet Prayers and Blessings: Ceremonies & Celebrations to Share With the Animals You Love , due out from Sterling, August 5, 2008.
They have observed in their ministry work, and their own lives, that many owners recognize the divine nature of all “creatures great and small."
Pet owners consider their relationships to their animals sacred and essential. So the Reverends Brockway and Fuhrman, a married couple, treat prayers, healings and celebrations for pets in the same way that they treat human events they officiate of preside over.
Since they cannot be there in person to bless every pet, they have launched the Pet Prayers and Blessings Interfaith Ministry on Beliefnet.com's social networking community. There, soulful pet owners can chat, request prayers and prayer for one another's pets in this spiritual community.
The Pet Prayers and Blessings ministry on Beliefnet.com will be guided with the help of prayer maven and prayer circle expert Judy Newman.
