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Furever Friends #226

This week we will meet Iris and Cherokee, two new animals looking for a good home.

Don’t forget about the Dirty Dog Bash, the party of the year! Hosted by Jeff and Mary Key at their beautiful farm, you’ll enjoy live music by Van Winkle, great food and amazing silent and live auction items. This year we are very excited to have a nationally known Southern Flair with Chef Brandi, MasterChef Season 7 Finalist! The cost is $60/person and all proceeds will go to help shelter animals. There are only 200 spaces available, so don’t wait to get yours! Go to www.fohcas.org to reserve your space today!

Also, the shelter has partnered with Best Friends Animal Society during their National Adoption Event this weekend. On Friday July 22nd and Saturday July 23rd ONLY, the shelter is doing Free adoptions on All of their pets.

Furever Friends has featured 424 animals and helped adopt out 421 animals! Furever Friends is brought to you by Pet Supplies Plus on Towne Drive in Elizabethtown.

Fill out your adoption application online at: https://hcky.org/adoption-application

Donate directly to the shelter at: https://hcky.org/animal-control-department/animal-control-donations

Avery Payne, What If // Unplugged

Avery Payne is a 14 year old singer/songwriter who just released her first single ‘What If’. She wrote the song because she struggles with anxiety and hopes the song can show people that there’s always a positive side to every story.

Follow Avery on Instagram – @averypaynemusic
And Twitter – @A_PMusic

What if is available on YouTube:
Song – https://youtu.be/FRDTSbIfD6E
Lyric Video – https://youtu.be/D6GaOjcn3iE

You can also find What If on Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/avery-payne/1632656068

And Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/3ylIP6XtLOslV8a5PDXE9u?si=Z-7J-DiPRieZ1OmZbSnyRg

Serve // Praise & Shine

We will continue the theme of serving the kingdom this week.

Jesus tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:7 that we are all given at least one spiritual gift. Our spiritual gifts are specific ways that the Holy Spirit works in our lives according to God’s purpose. These gifts, along with our interests, abilities, hobbies, likes, and dislikes, come together to form who we are and how we participate in the work God is doing all around us.

These gifts, however, aren’t just for ourselves. We’re called to use them to serve others as good stewards of God’s grace (1 Peter 4:10). God takes who He made us to be and matches it with the needs of others.

As we continue to grow, we’ll naturally develop deep care for other people. Our attention will turn away from our own needs to the needs of others (Galatians 5:13).

The Gospel is enacted through local churches all around the world. It is through actions like opening doors, holding babies, pouring coffee, and praying for others that we discover how we are made and how the Lord can use us.

We should also serve outside the church, meeting the needs of others where they are. Volunteer at a local shelter or soup kitchen. As you serve outside the church, you may be the only piece of Jesus that others see in their day.

By serving others, we are awarded the opportunity to know more about who God made us to be. We learn our likes and dislikes. What we can and can’t do well. God will fill in the picture as we discover more about ourselves. He will continue to grow us while He uses us to meet the needs of others.