05/18/2026
Community Connection, May 17: Pets of Desert Mission
Today we shared 19 of Desert Mission’s finest furry friends! That’s right, the pet pictures you’ve all been sending in over the past two weeks were compiled into an adorable slide show that was received with oohs, ahhs, and a great deal of “I forgot to submit a picture of MY pet!” As such, we will continue to gather pictures moving forward, with a second slide show to be shared in June (and perhaps another in July, if there are additional “I forgot”s in June!).
If you haven’t already shared your pet(s), we invite you to submit your picture here: https://forms.gle/FoqCNL9Yr7nRSKca8. You can also share a picture with us via an email sent to Jen or to the church office (from which it will be forwarded to Jen). Include your name, your pet’s name(s) and, if you’d like, a fun fact about them. We encourage you to share more dogs, cats, and rabbits, but we’d also love to see an even wider variety of pets, so as Pastor Michael mentioned today, feel free to submit horses, chickens, goldfish…if you’ve got ‘em, we’d love to see ‘em!
The warm acceptance of pets into the Desert Mission community is part of what makes it so special. We may be halfway through National Pet Month, but let’s continue this celebration of our animal companions in the months to come!
