San Diego pastors removed an unexpected and frightening visitor to their church Sunday when they captured a rattlesnake.

The snake had somehow made its way into Canyon Springs Church in Scripps Ranch.

The church meets inside the Marshall Middle School theater and a snake had curled up in the one of the corners of the building.

After some careful maneuvering - the pastors got the snake into a bucket, covered the bucket and then released it back into an open space outside of the building.

For the record, the pastors appeared to use two tables, a trash picker and a hockey stick to get the job done.