{"id":30118,"date":"2018-11-20T16:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=30118"},"modified":"2018-11-20T16:43:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:43:25","slug":"fundraisers-try-to-save-roath-church-from-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/11\/20\/fundraisers-try-to-save-roath-church-from-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraisers try to save Roath church from closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30134 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans.jpg 539w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-390x390.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30134 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans.jpg 539w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/Stans-390x390.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/noscript>A CHURCH in the heart of Roath that has been welcoming residents since 1897, is on the brink of closure.<br \/>\nSt Andrew\u2019s United Reformed Church, on Pen-Y-Lan Road, is facing the prospect in the next 12 months, if additional funds cannot be raised to aid its renovation.<br \/>\nThe church has recently fallen into financial difficulty since having to spend significantly on a new heating system, and needs to spend again after holes began to develop in the roof.<br \/>\n\u201cDuring the Christmas Eve service, a pigeon joined the congregation,\u201d said manager and resident Angela Grech. \u201cIt\u2019s time the hole was fixed and the birds are found a new home.\u201d<br \/>\nThe proposed closure will not only have an effect on Sunday churchgoers, with St Andrew\u2019s regularly offering their services to community schemes such as Scouts, Roath Bake-Off, Women\u2019s Institute, Cardiff Historical Society and St John\u2019s Ambulance.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a beautiful building and it would be a real shame if it were to close,\u201d said Ms Grech. \u201cI would love to see my two little boys get married there, as I was.\u201d<br \/>\nWith the help of ex Britain\u2019s Got Talent semi-finalists and local artists Wyburn and Wayne, the church recently hosted Roath Rocks, a music fundraiser, and will be hosting many more, including a Christmas drag show on Tuesday 11<sup>th<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Further information on future fundraising events is available on St Andrew&#8217;s URC Church Cardiff&#8217;s Facebook page.<\/li>\n<li>If you would like to make a donation you can do so at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/savestandrews\">https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/savestandrews<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CHURCH in the heart of Roath that has been welcoming residents since 1897, is on the brink of closure. St Andrew\u2019s United Reformed Church, on Pen-Y-Lan Road, is facing the prospect in the next 12 months, if additional funds cannot be raised to aid its renovation. The church has recently fallen into financial difficulty since having to spend significantly on a new heating system, and needs to spend again after holes began to develop in the roof. \u201cDuring the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":30132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[326,212],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-30118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-penylan","category-roath"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fundraisers try to save Roath church from closure - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/11\/20\/fundraisers-try-to-save-roath-church-from-closure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fundraisers try to save Roath church from closure - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A CHURCH in the heart of Roath that has been welcoming residents since 1897, is on the brink of closure. 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