{"id":10,"date":"2016-01-31T21:40:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T21:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-08T01:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:40:09","slug":"welcome-to-saint-thomas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Saint Thomas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St Thomas&#8217; Parish, in South Belfast, Northern Ireland, is part of the Church of Ireland, which is a member Church of the world-wide Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>We<\/strong> are committed to be a beacon for God in the City \u2013 through our\u00a0witness, openness and friendliness to all.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We<\/strong> welcome and include everyone, in our worship, prayer and activities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We<\/strong> seek to reflect God&#8217;s love for all people and all creation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We<\/strong> seek to serve God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in prayer, worship and lifestyle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Committed to excellence for God, we welcome all who wish to join us in\u00a0our work and fellowship. Whether you are from Belfast or visiting the city,\u00a0<em>you will be very welcome<\/em> in our Church. Tea and coffee are served after our Sunday morning service &#8211; you&#8217;re welcome to stay and join us.<\/p>\n<h2>Recent Articles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-wrapper\"><div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-grid pt-cv-colsys\" id=\"pt-cv-view-7a3263b275\"><div data-id=\"pt-cv-page-1\" class=\"pt-cv-page\" data-cvc=\"2\"><div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\" ><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><h4 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/?p=791\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >Bach Cantatas at St Thomas&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">The Church Cantatas of J.S. Bach are numbered among the ...<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\" ><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><h4 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/?p=206\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >The Birch<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">Another poem by one of our\u00a0parishoners... The Birch The birch ...<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\" ><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><h4 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/?p=53\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >Autumn<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">I thought you might like to read this wonderful poem ...<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\" ><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><h4 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/?p=706\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >2020: Reopening after COVID<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">Reopening for Church Services in St Thomas\u2019 from Sunday 19th ...<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\" ><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><h4 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/?p=702\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >Trinity Sunday &#8211; 7th June 2020<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">Genesis 1.1\u20132.4a The Creation of the World In the beginning ...<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\" ><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><h4 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/?p=196\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >The Rector Writes<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">This time of year has a restless energy and power ...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Thomas&#8217; Parish, in South Belfast, Northern Ireland, is part of the Church of Ireland, which is a member Church of the world-wide Anglican Communion. We are committed to be a beacon for God in the City \u2013 through our\u00a0witness, openness and friendliness to all. We welcome and include everyone, in our worship, prayer and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to Saint Thomas&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stthomas.connor.anglican.org\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}