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Nightclub Church
A Cardiff nightclub is the chosen venue for a church minister to address his congregation in an attempt to engage with young parishioners. The Reverend James Karran, 26, from Cardiff’s Ararat Baptist Church will hold “services” at Clwb Ifor Bach in the city centre.
And his flock will be able to buy alcohol at the bar and listen to live bands as part of the experience.
The ‘Solace – church in a bar’ nights will be held every Sunday from April.
According to the Ararat Baptist church website, the idea of the services, which is being run by the Baptist Union church branch Solace, is to “make church relevant and accessible to a 21st Century, post-Christendom society”.
It says the service “mercilessly strips away everything from church that is mere tradition and endeavours to get back to the core of what church is really all about.
“Don’t expect sermons, hymn singing, pews and pulpits here.”
The services, held every Sunday, will include debates on subjects such as the relevance of the church to young people.
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Last WWI Combat Veteran Laid to Rest
PORTLAND, Ore. – The echo of a 21-gun salute and bugler playing Taps seemingly marked the end of an era as a state and national treasure was laid to rest in Portland, Ore., March 2.
Retired Army Cpl. Howard V. Ramsey, Oregon’s last living World War I veteran and the last known U.S. combat veteran of WWI, died in his sleep Feb. 22 at an assisted living center in southeast Portland. He was honored in a memorial service attended by nearly 200 people at Lincoln Memorial Park exactly one month before reaching his 109th birthday.