{"id":3234,"date":"2016-05-31T15:40:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T15:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2016-05-31T15:40:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T15:40:39","slug":"celebrating-gods-love-for-all-at-durham-pride-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=3234","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating God&#8217;s love for all at Durham Pride 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Bank Holiday Monday a group of us from St Michael&#8217;s joined thousands in the centre of Durham to take part in\u00a0Durham Pride &#8211; celebrating the breadth of diversity across our region.<\/p>\n<p>We had a very positive time\u00a0witnessing to God&#8217;s love for everyone. Plenty of people were delighted to see us there and see what it said on our t-shirts: &#8216;Jesus welcomes <em>all<\/em> and so do we! St Michael and All Angels Church, Houghton-le-Spring&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of interesting conversations were had about being an inclusive welcoming church. 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