L.A. Church Gone to the Dogs
The 30-minute worship service, complete with individual doggie beds, canine prayers and a tray of dog treats for the offering, is intended attract new members who are as crazy about God as they are about their four-legged friends.
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I ran across this story on MSNBC and just had to share it.
When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.
Most of his worshippers, though devoted, were in their 60s, attendance had bottomed out and the once-vibrant church was fading as a community touchstone in its bustling neighborhood.
So Eggebeen came up with a hair-raising idea: He would turn God’s house into a doghouse by offering a 30-minute service complete with individual doggie beds, canine prayers and an offering of dog treats. He hopes it will reinvigorate the church’s connection with the community, provide solace to elderly members and, possibly, attract new worshippers who are as crazy about God as they are about their four-legged friends.
* Does this pastor actually think that most people do not attend church because of their dog?
* I guess this is no more wackier than the pastor of a Kentucky church encouraging his members to bring guns. 
* Maybe someone should inform the pastor that dogs are atheists.
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I don’t have dogs, but my cats are definitely infidels. They do give an occasional nod to Bast, but they would never put up with Christianity. No cats in the trinity.
I would love to take my dog to this church since he is one of those dogs that can’t sit still when other dogs are around. I would bet me and him would be asked to leave, since he would be trying to hump every dog there and their owners legs.
Dog is God. Didn’t you know?
religion has gone to the dogs! LMAO
Hear about the dyslexic insomniac atheist…? Sat up all night wondering if there really is a dog
wow this church is desperate. Clearly not a gathering of intellectual magnitude.
That’s animal cruelty. The animal rights folks should get involved. Imagine that, submitting a poor dog to a church service. Geez!
I’d sort of like to hear the doggie choir sing.