Photos by Dedra Cordle, Messenger staff writer/photographer
Rain came down the weekend of the Shekinah Festival & Benefit Auction, but the Plain City event was far from a wash. Visitors braved the inclement weather Sept. 7-8 to partake in family-friendly fun, place bids in the auction, and consume delicious food. Proceeds benefited Shekinah Christian School.
Sydney Kauffman, 8, is all smiles as goats in the petting zoo take feed from her hand.Quinn Baker, 5, is delighted as he checks out his Batman facepaint.Shelby Dawson (left) and her grandmother, Thelma Hicks, showcase a few of the homemade pies for sale at the festival. Hicks, who helped to prepare many of them, said she and her fellow bakers started working on the hundreds of pies and pastries two days before the event.Eleyna Beachy, 9, participates in the kiddie tractor pull. Typically featured outside, the popular event took place in the barn on the Shekinah Christian School grounds.
