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Faith
Pastor’s sermon: ‘Violence will not have the last word’
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A pastor whose daughter survived last week’s deadly rampage in a college classroom told his congregation on Sunday that “violence will not have the last word” in this southern Oregon timber town.
Randy Scroggins, pastor at New Beginnings Church of God, right, embraces Mathew Downing during a church service at the New Beginnings Church of God, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, in Roseburg, Ore. Scroggins said Downing was spared by a gunman during a deadly rampage on a college campus and received an envelope with a flash drive from the shooter. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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