Our Faith

Pictured above is the stained glass window in the Chapel at Main Street Pet Care. 

Our clinic was the first in the United States to include a Chapel in its building plans, and the Chapel is used daily for a broad range of activities including euthanasias and funerals, prayer during pet illness and surgeries, prayers after 9-11-01, and just a quiet place to go to meditate during a busy day.  The Chapel has been featured in the Christianity Today and Dog Fancy magazines.  Current plans include a Wall of Remembrance that will be a evolving memorial for beloved pets and their families.

We hope our faith is reflected in our work each and every day.  Our overall mission is directly influenced by the Bible.  We believe we are mandated to care for the needs of animals in the best way we can as evidenced by the following:

GE 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Ruling over the various life forms on earth has with it an implicit responsibility to care for their needs, especially the needs of the animals we own.  This is further evidenced by Proverbs:

PR 12:10 "A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal.."

We believe in doing the very best we can to care for the needs of each animal we see.  We are driven by the old adage: "Things you do, do with your might.  Things done by half, are never done right!"  We will always strive to do the best we can for your pet in whatever circumstances we are presented. 

Below are links to our faith homes:

Christ's Community United Methodist Church, Joplin, MO