Is your pet a star of the Quiet Corner? Westfield Church wants to see your pet to show off their purfect pouts, majestic manes and terrific tails! Our Stay, Sit, SNAP Pet Photo Contest is your chance to show off your pet while supporting our continued efforts to help our community here in the Quiet Corner.
Currently, we are working to expand the assistance that we are able to provide to the local unhoused population. We currently are able to keep a well stocked inventory of toiletry supplies, some non-perishable food, tarps and backpacks. We also provide 1 to 2 free dinners per month. We want to keep this going, and expand to doing/providing more - like laundry facilities, showers, haircuts, job fairs!
We think BIG at Westfield and we LOVE all of God's creatures - so let's show them off while taking care of our community! Starting August 18th through September 14th, you can submit your favorite photo and encourage your community to vote (voting ends September 19th). Each entry and vote helps support our promise to take care of each other and our neighbors.
Prizes
The top 12 photos will be used in the
2026 Sit, Play, Snap Calendar with the top 3 pet photos winning as follows:
1st Place–
One Free Calendar, first choice of featured Month, $150 gift card to Bark Society
2nd Place–
One Free Calendar, second choice of featured Month, $100 gift card to Bark Society
3rd Place
One Free Calendar, third choice of featured Month, $50 gift card to Bark Society
Rules
Entering a Photo
- Photos of cats, dogs, horses (or other equines), and small pets are accepted.
- The photo you submit may contain more than one pet.
- People are not allowed in your photo, only pets.
- We cannot accept Polaroids, photos with digital overlays, heavily edited pictures, photos with stickers or doodles, or any copyrighted or professional photos.
- Photos must be high resolution. (3650 pixels x 2740 pixels is recommended for printing purposes.)
- If your pet wins Pet of the Month, but the quality of your photo is not high enough for printing, we will ask you to submit a new photo.
- Once entered, photos become the property of the Westfield United Church of Christ and may be used for print and marketing purposes.
- Entries must be submitted before 5:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
Rules - Voting
Votes for photo entries must be submitted by 5:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, September 19, 2025.
*The host’s website server will be solely responsible for determining the end time for the online voting portion of the contest. Remember that your clock may differ slightly from the clock that determines the end time.
Westfield Church is a United Church of Christ congregation founded in 1715, that is welcoming to all people — no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey. We pride ourselves on being a church that is friendly and we seek to welcome all people into our family. We gather for the worship of God every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. and childcare is provided. Our worship is energetic, faithful, and fun. Our sermons seek to relate the Bible to real, everyday issues, that people are struggling with. And we always welcome children.
The people of Westfield are kind-hearted, friendly, and faithful people. are called to do God’s work in the community at large. We believe in caring for the heart of Killingly. That looks a lot of different ways–
Descending from the first congregation in Killingly, it’s in our DNA as a community of faith. And while many congregations do remarkable global mission work, we find our passion lies here in our community.
We provide space for a number of community groups to meet as well as support for their programming. We’ve also spearheaded financial support for community efforts. Members of our church, as well as our pastor, take the lead in community events from Trick or Treat on Main St. to the Springtime Festival and everything in between! We have a medical supply exchange program so that when someone unexpectedly finds themselves in need of a wheelchair, crutches, etc., they can come to us and avoid taking on that extra expense. We take care of our unhoused population by having an ongoing supply of toiletries, backpacks, tarps, feminine hygiene products and more.
We do A LOT but, we want to do MORE! And we will be able to, with your support!