Posted on 06/02/2019 7:09:06 AM PDT by marshmallow
* Rochester Cathedral in Kent will host a crazy golf course in its nave this summer
* Other initiatives include a 40ft helter-skelter and gin and prosecco festival
* Anglican leaders hope they will appeal to younger people and help congregation numbers
Worshippers at a medieval cathedral are being asked to putt their faith in God on a crazy golf course in the nave.
Visitors to 900-year-old Rochester Cathedral, in Kent, will be greeted by the nine-hole course this summer – despite protests that it will not befit the sanctity of the venerable building.
It is the latest in a series of Church initiatives at cathedrals, which also include a 40ft helter-skelter in Norwich and a gin and prosecco festival at Peterborough.
Anglican leaders hope they will appeal to younger people and help congregation numbers, which have plummeted by up to 20 per cent in the past decade.
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They’ll probably promote “world unity and peace” by taking out most of the pews so Muslims can have plenty of room to put down their prayer rugs.
we can’t wait to read what FR’s think of this...
on the one hand, it could be great marketing and help prevent the church from being sold off to become another d*** mosque....some church leaders certainly have to try to do something!
on the other hand, well...its a bit off-point for a church to run an amusement park... but if the church is going to do it...then perhaps it could be put outside on the lawn (where golf courses are usually sited, anyway)?? inside the church proper seems somewhat impious??
Shameful
They want to put this INSIDE the cathedral?! Are they nuts?!
I can see it now... golf ball flying through a 900 year-old stained glass window.
Young people don’t need God, they have the internet.
But I thought “modernizing” their theology, having women priests, supporting same-sex marriage and homosexual clergy, supporting abortion, and supporting mass immigration was going to make them “relevant” to the modern world and therefore irresistible to young people? Why do they need these stunts like miniature golf and booze parties?
St. John Fisher, bishop and martyr, pray for us!
I would think it would be miniature golf...just putting.
I’m sure Cardinal of Rochester, and Martyr, St. John Fisher will be so pleased.
New thing you know, they will be playing Bingo in church..................
One priest said: ‘It does smack of dumbing down a bit, but that seems to be what we are going for now.’
HA!
Bingo in church?
HA!
I went to visit a friend’s (not Catholic) church many years ago....
they had the entire building draped with PLAY BINGO HERE! banners, you could see them from a couple blocks away.
I asked about it, very tactfully of course, and they said they “just had to compete with the Catholic church’s Bingo parties in order to attract people in”
so I guess it all works pretty well....smile smile
maybe a golf course in front of the altar will flood the pews with new parishioners,.........................................................but does the church pass out motorcycle (golf ball) safety helmets on the way in?
Are young people very much interested in mini-golf in the UK anyway?
Are young people very much interested in mini-golf in the UK anyway?
No. The old codgers who dreamt up this scheme like mini golf and they assume everyone like mini golf. The rote problem with all of this is that they may come to play golf, but are not likely to stay for worship or become contributing members of the congregation.
Bingo’s only purpose is to raise money. No one goes to a church because they offer a better bingo game.
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