Stamford's Dinosaur BBQ offers pork and preaching

Here is the piece I wrote for the Stamford Advocate about a local church starting an unconventional Sunday service at a local BBQ joint: 

"Great barbecue can seem like a religious pastime in America.

But a local church is taking it to the next level by holding a Sunday service in the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que joint in Stamford.

This Sunday at 10 a.m., nondenominational Black Rock Congregational Church's Long Ridge branch will hold its first 'Church at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que' with the trifecta of blues music, a discussion of the Bible and barbecue to follow.

Rick Allen, the pastor of Black Rock-Long Ridge, said a lot of people have a lot of baggage about going to church these days, either because they have left the faith they grew up with, or didn't have a strong faith in the first place. For all those people who wouldn't walk into a conventional church, Allen said he wants to welcome them with an unconventional experience of faith.

As the flier for the service says, 'This Ain't Your Momma's Church.'"

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