Gallery: Pets trade barks for blessings at Auburn church
The forecast predicted it to rain cats and dogs Wednesday evening.
But any bad weather held off, so it was cats and dogs — and pigeons — getting showered in blessings as Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn held a Blessing of the Animals service.Â
Argos, the personal pooch of Rev. Adam Demetros, welcomes parishioners to the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
A cage doesn't stop the Rev. Adam Demetros from blessing Gary Coon's pigeons at the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
The Rev. Adam Demetros blesses a white dog, Cutie, at the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
The Rev. Adam Demetros trades a snack and a blessing for a lick from Kai, a backseat-riding black dog, at the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
The Rev. Adam Demetros wears an animal-themed stole that he specially procured for the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
The Rev. Adam Demetros blesses a feline duo in the backseat of a car at the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
Gary Coon, of Fleming, brought his trio of pigeons to the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
The Rev. Adam Demetros blesses a white dog, Cutie, at the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
Gary Coon's homing pigeons can fly up to 800 miles a day. The white pair on the left are known as splash pigeons, and the gray one on the right is called a blue bar pigeon. Coon brought the birds to the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
The Rev. Adam Demetros blesses Kai, a backseat-riding black dog, at the Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
Zach Jaworski
Reporting intern
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