{"id":6,"date":"2011-12-30T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T15:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wmsclients.co.uk\/hls\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:34:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to St Michael &amp; All Angels, Houghton-le-Spring<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>LIVING&nbsp; *&nbsp; LOVING&nbsp; *&nbsp; BELONGING<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5751 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/St-Michaels-at-dusk-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/St-Michaels-at-dusk-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/St-Michaels-at-dusk.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/St-Michaels-at-dusk-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/St-Michaels-at-dusk-768x768.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This ancient parish church has been at the heart of our community for over 1,000 years. It stands as a visible symbol of Christ\u2019s presence in Houghton-le-Spring. It is however far more than a building, St Michael\u2019s is a group of prayerful, loving and faithful people.We would like to invite you to visit our website and church, to discover a little of why we believe St Michael\u2019s is a special inclusive place to be.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><div id=\"per-page-widget\" class=\"widget-area sidebar_extra per-page-page_bottom_1 alt-class-name\" style=\"margin:4px; padding: 0; font-size:100%; width:211px;float:left;\"><ul class=\"xoxo\">\n<aside id=\"execphp-2\" class=\"widget widget_execphp\">\t\t\t<div class=\"execphpwidget\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/News1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"28\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 211px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 211\/28;\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=6710\">Holy Week &amp; Easter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=6706\">Tokens of His Passion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=6662\">You&#8217;re invited to a Pancake Party!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=6648\">&#8216;The Joy of the Gospel&#8217; Lent course 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=6627\">St Michael\u2019s Celebration Jigsaw \u2013 January Update<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?page_id=50\">All Blog Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n <div id=\"per-page-widget\" class=\"widget-area sidebar_extra per-page-page_bottom_2 alt-class-name\" style=\"margin:4px; padding: 0; font-size:100%; width:211px;float:left;\"><ul class=\"xoxo\">\n<aside id=\"text-3\" class=\"widget widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Events1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"28\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 211px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 211\/28;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find out <a title=\"what\u2019s on\" href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?page_id=148\">what's on<\/a> at St. Michael and All Angels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n <div id=\"per-page-widget\" class=\"widget-area sidebar_extra per-page-page_bottom_3 alt-class-name\" style=\"margin:4px; padding: 0; font-size:100%; width:211px;float:left;\"><ul class=\"xoxo\">\n<aside id=\"text-2\" class=\"widget widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Verse-of-the-day.jpg\" alt=\"Verse of the Day\"  width=\"211\" height=\"28\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 211px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 211\/28;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today's bible verse:<\/p>\n<div class=\"dailyVerses bibleText\">Blessed are you when people insult you&#44; persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.<\/div>\n<div class=\"dailyVerses bibleVerse\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyverses.net\/2026\/4\/11\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 5:11<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to everyone\u2019s generosity, 500 jigsaw pieces have now been sponsored, leaving just the four \u2018bonus\u2019 pieces &#8211; as our 500 piece jigsaw actually has 504 pieces! 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