Religion Roundup
Hundreds of Harleys Blessed at Wisconsin Church
The Associated Press
May 6, 2008
KENOSHA, Wis. - Hundreds of Harley-Davidson owners have have taken part in the 19th annual bike blessing at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The riders arrived with a police escort Sunday and were offered refreshments by church members.
St. Paul's pastor, the Reverend Mark Jaramillo , led the ride on his Harley and then addressed the crowd from a ladder in the church parking lot.
Jaramillo told his fellow bikers that he hopes they "find God on the road this year."
Then he and other clergy went through the parking lot blessing the motorcycles.
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