THE ARTIST whose exhibition travelled cathedrals and town centre churches for a year to raise awareness and funds for the Open Table Network shares the inspiration behind this amazing journey. Fine artist and theologian Elizabeth Gray King, also a United Reformed Church minister, donated to OTN 40% of the sales of original artworks and prints which people bought because of this exhibition.
WE’RE EXCITED to share that The Open Table Network [OTN] has secured a Charity Champion funder for this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest match-funding campaign! The Together Fund will match every pound raised from our supporters during the campaign, helping us reach our ambitious £10,000 target. Here's how you can help.
OUR MOST READ BLOGGER since 2022 is back with the second of a new series sharing more of her story, which this month includes her experience of mental distress and suicide. In the Affirmative is a monthly blog from Open Table member Wendy Young. Wendy shares her life, thoughts and experience as a queer Christian living in Britain.
OCTOBER 1st marks the first anniversary of the Director of the Open Table Network taking on the role. Thanks to the charity’s first grant from a national church, Kieran Bohan became the charity’s first Director on this day in 2023. Here's what OTN has achieved this year.
OUR MOST READ BLOGGER since 2022 is back with a new series sharing more of her story. In the Affirmative is a monthly blog from Open Table member Wendy Young. Wendy shares her life, thoughts and experience as a queer Christian living in Britain.
AN ART EXHIBITION which travelled cathedrals and town centre churches for a year ended last month with the donation of the centrepiece painting to the church where Open Table began. Fine artist and theologian Elizabeth Gray King donated 40% of the sales of original artworks and prints which people bought because of this exhibition, to OTN.
‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer. This month Revd Jayne Taylor reflects on her experience of the diversity of gender beyond the male/female binary.
IN MAY 2021 we shared the news that a long-term supporter of Open Table had been recommended for ordination training in The Church of England. Nick Birnie-Campbell, who has supported several Open Table communities in the north-west for many years, was ordained as a priest at Manchester Cathedral on Saturday 29th June 2024. Here Nick shares an update on his journey.
THIS YEAR the Open Table Network [OTN] is taking part in The Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest match-funding campaign. The first step is to ask our supporters to become Pledgers, whose promise to give after the campaign ends in December will help OTN to attract match-funding and double the impact of donations made during the campaign.
ATTENDING a church service or Christian event can be hugely daunting for LGBT+ Christians and those exploring faith. The Open Table Network (OTN) is working with the United Reformed Church (URC) to help people create safer sacred spaces for LGBT+ people as part of Greenbelt, an inclusive, affirming Christian festival of artistry, activism and belief.
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