OTN TRUSTEE Augustine Tanner-Ihm reflects on the experience of being uninvited to a student ministry outreach event because of his involvement with the Open Table Network, and being targeted with a racial slur at a gay club.
FAITH AND CIVIC LEADERS will come together with Liverpool City Region’s LGBT+ community and allies on Saturday 14th May for a celebration and LGBT+ affirming service to show that ‘Liverpool Loves You’.
ON ASH WEDNESDAY, one of the Bible readings recommended for the day is the story of Jesus forgiving the woman ‘caught in adultery’ [John 8:1-11]. Warren from Open Table Liverpool shared this reflection on the story after sharing Glitter Ash, a practice intending to capture the relationship between Ash Wednesday and Easter, between death and new life.
MORE THAN 2,500 signatures from Christian leaders have been added to a letter in support of a full ban on 'conversion therapy' in less than 10 days since it was published. The letter will be sent to the Government on 1st March 2022.
AS LGBT+ History Month draws to a close, our Patron Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth, the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and in a civil partnership, shares her reflection on being able to bless same-sex couples in the Church In Wales.
FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH 2022, OTN co-hosted an affirming online story-telling event sharing true LGBTQIA+ Christian stories from members of OTN, plus our partners Diverse Church, House of Rainbow, OneBodyOneFaith, Quest and Two:23 Network. Here is Grace’s story for OTN.
FEBRUARY is LGBT+ History Month. We’ve asked our Trustees to share a reflection. Here our Trustee Neil Rees reflects on the theme of this year’s festival, Politics In Art.
A poem by an award winning trans Christian performance poet, speaker and educator, Jay Hulme, which was included in the Open Table Network celebration for LGBT+ History Month
ON SUNDAY 6th February, Open Table Cambridge held a celebratory service to mark the start of LGBT+ History Month, featuring songs by local LGBT+ community choir Sing Out Cambridge. The Open Table Cambridge community, which meets twice a month on Sunday evenings, hosted the Sunday morning congregation for a creative Communion service.
LAST SATURDAY, the Bishop of Liverpool, Right Revd Paul Bayes, retired. In an interview with the Church Times this week, he speaks candidly about his ministry and hopes for the future of the church.
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