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Cooper is the Messenger's mascot and special correspondent.

With help from Miss Julie, he gives our Children's Sermons on Sundays when children attend.

Feeling Safe

By Cooper, Messenger Special Correspondent

Do you feel safe?

Are you safe at home, at school, when you’re in the car?

How do you know if you are safe?

Adults remind us to be safe when we are outside playing, or when we are crossing the street. We have rules at school to keep us safe. There are rules, like wearing our seat belts and not driving too fast, for drivers to keep people safe when they are traveling. And it is important to be safe. No one wants to get hurt or to see our friends get hurt.

I know Miss Julie and Mr. Robert will always make sure I am safe when I am with them. I wear a leash when we go for walks and I have a seatbelt to wear in the car, and I watch for cars when I am playing outside. I know my teachers at school work hard to make sure I am safe.

People wear helmets when thy ride bicycles and motorcycles, and policemen and firemen wear special gear to protect them. Doctors wear rubber gloves and masks when they check us out.

This Saturday, I got a very special present from my new friend, Miss Franny. She and the nice people at Franny’s Friends gave me a really spiffy bow tie tag for my collar that has my name on it and the church’s phone number so if your boy gets lost the person who finds me will know where I belong. That’s a nice feeling.

Frances Stayton, founder of Franny's Friends, presents me with my own special personalized bowtie collar tag! My dad, Mr. Robert, looks happy about it too!

You know what else is a good feeling? The best feeling ever?

The best thing ever is knowing that God protects us when bad things happen. God promises all of his children that we should not be afraid because he will never ever leave us. He will watch over us when we’re scared or lost, and will help us find our way home. He will always keep us from harm. He promised.

So God is like my collar tag.

We are safe from harm because we belong to God. Bad things can happen to us any time. My collar tag isn’t going to keep me from getting lost, and a seat belt isn’t going to keep us from having a car accident. But they protect us in case those things do happen.

God protects us when bad things happen and we never have to go through bad things alone.

That makes me feel really extra super safe. Doesn’t it you?

Help Cooper Support Franny's Friends

Franny’s Friends relies on volunteers and donations to support the work they do in out community, giving stray and unwanted animals a chance to live with love and security instead of fear and starvation.

There are several ways for you to help:

Buy something on their Amazon or Chewy Wish Lists. Use the links access them.
Donate money to help pay all the vet bills. Use the Zeffy link or QR code to access it.
Volunteer! They really need people to help foster pets–especially dogs—waiting for their forever home. They also need help with taking care of the cats that are at Petsense.
And of course: ADOPT!

Go to their website: frannysfriends.org to learn more about how you can help

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