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Cooper is St. Mark's & the Messenger's mascot and special correspondent.

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

W H A M !

By Cooper, Messenger Special Correspondent

I had an adventure playing outside in the snow yesterday! I went outside to poke my nose around the house and some snow slid off the roof and landed on my head. I shook that off and went running around, then WHAM!

See, there’s kind of a low spot in the yard and it had filled up with snow and I was so excited I forgot it was there… Miss Julie was watching from the porch laughing at me!

She said all she could see was my tail sticking up out of the snow. Somehow I managed to dig my way out. When we got inside Miss Julie made me warm milk and let me snuggle up in her favorite fleecy blanket to get warm again.

I didn’t think I would ever get out of there! But I asked God to help me, and I think my guardian angel whispered in my ear to calm down and I was able to figure out what to do. Plus Miss Julie was calling to me from the porch and I knew I needed to go to her. After all, she needs me!

I have been thinking about that adventure… And this is what I learned. Sometimes we get in trouble and we get scared. We forget what we need to do and we can’t think. But if we ask God to help us, he will help us calm down and show us the way out of our hole. When we obey God, the rewards are as warm and cozy as a blanket around us and we feel safe with the ones who love us.

Now if you will excuse me, I have to go outside and jump in some more snow drifts before it all melts!

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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