How quickly Houghton Feast comes around and how kind the weather was to everyone this year! After the usual opening ceremony on the Friday night Saturday brought the Craft & Produce Market in Church and the Parade in which Space4 … Continue reading
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After many meetings and hours of work by the team, our parish Profile is complete and is on the Diocesan website where our vacancy is being advertised. We are all really pleased with the contents and we hope you can … Continue reading
As we celebrated St Michael and All Angels this Sunday we gathered in the Kepier Hall for our worship followed by a bring and share lunch. We were joined by Heather and Peter Keogh who used to be regular attenders … Continue reading
We always have our Harvest Festival a little early at St Michael’s because of our Patronal Festival and Houghton Feast and it was a delight to welcome Bishop Paul this morning to preside and preach. People were very generous with … Continue reading
We have had some beautiful weddings over the Summer period here at St Michael’s. It has been a huge delight to welcome Channing & Keegan, Rebecca & Alex, Sarah & Paul and Emma & Wayne with their friends and families … Continue reading
The final session of Summer Club took the form of a party and once again we had a good number of children. We changed the format as we had the services of wonderful childrens entertainer Tony Junior – he really … Continue reading
Learn new songs from our hymn book with Anne Harrison. Anne is a member of the Durham Diocesan Liturgical Committee and recently won the Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship for her outstanding contribution to music in worship. Anne was a … Continue reading
Over the school Summer Holidays we were fortunate enough to organise two trips for some of the local children to Bowes Museum. The funding was from Darlington Building Society and it was distributed by Bowes Museum – thanks to Ray … Continue reading
Bishop Mark was in Houghton le Spring again today (20/08/2018) to attend a farewell party at Space4. He has been a staunch supporter of the project from it’s inception and has continued to visit and champion our cause throughout. Today … Continue reading
On his last visit to St Michael’s prior to his retirement in October, Bishop Mark reflected that his first visit to us has been during the reordering 11 years ago when we were worshiping in the Kepier Hall. He said … Continue reading