The mainstream Anglican church down the road, in an effort to forestall its screeching slide toward irrelevance, has come up with this cute little gimmick:


“Pet Blessing
Sunday 5th October
Bring your finned, furry, or feathered friends.”

They’ll be baptising them next. It may revive flagging membership numbers.

Well, it may not be the most fun you can have with a goat in church, but it may be your only plausible excuse for getting one in.