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AT OUR national gathering last month, PhD researcher Peter Jones, whose research features stories of Open Table members, led a breakout group on ‘mapping sacred space’. Here Peter reflects on how the event was so much more than another research opportunity.

THE FINAL of Theology Slam 2022 - a competition to find engaging young voices who think theologically about the contemporary world - will feature a talk on the body by Revd Alex Clare-Young.

STARTING a conversation about supporting LGBTQ+ people within any faith setting can be tough, writes Will from Frontier Youth Trust. This is what happened when a #Christian youth work charity asked an #LGBTQ+ organisation to train Christian youth workers.

AS PRIDE MONTH ends and London Pride celebrates its 50th anniversary, gay Christian blogger Jonny Masters shares this short story to mark this milestone.

THIS MONTH has seen Pride events all over the country. It’s 50 years this year since the first Pride March in London in 1972. To mark this milestone, our Coordinator Kieran Bohan was one of a number of faith leaders interviews on BBC local radio on Sunday 26th June.

LOOKING for something to make your community’s Pride celebrations sparkle? This new digital download is just what you need! OTN Co-Chair Alex Clare-Young and their wife Jo have contributed to, and edited this collection by the Iona Community’s LGBTQ+ Common Concern Network as a reflection of all they seek to celebrate and affirm.

CELEBRATIONS for the 14th birthday of the first Open Table community in Liverpool, and seven years since we became a network, reached their peak last weekend, at our national gathering on the theme ‘More Than Welcome’.

AT A SPECIAL communion service to celebrate the 14th birthday of our first Open Table community in Liverpool on Sunday 19th June 2022, OTN Coordinator Kieran Bohan shared this reflection on Pride Month and how the origin of Open Table is linked to Liverpool’s first official Pride event.

SINCE JUNE 2008 when we began, we have bloomed and grown! Starting with a group of just six, we've turned Open Table into a network of welcoming, affirming LGBTQIA+ worship communities. We're multiplying and blossoming. In March 2021, the Open Table Network became a charity. Read a summary of our first annual report.

Suzanne from Open Table Chester shares a poem for Pride Month: ‘Finding acceptance at Open Table has been transformative for me. Our friends there are some of the extraordinary people who have loved me back to life. Thank you for everything you do.’