Climbing up on Sunset Hill – Why art matters in LGBT+ history
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.
Beatitudes for a queerer church by Jay Hulme – In celebration of LGBT+ History Month
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
Singing out for LGBT+ History Month – Open Table Cambridge celebrates in style
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.
‘I do not want to die in a Church that will not marry same-sex couples’ says OTN Patron Bishop Paul Bayes
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.
One poof and a piano – Celebrating the launch of Open Table Birmingham
IN JANUARY 2022, the new Open Table Birmingham community launched, with more than 50 people present, the largest launch of any Open Table community in the history of the network. Pianist Gary Hopkins, a Ministry Development Officer in the Methodist Church, was there to accompany the hymns chosen for the occasion. Here is his reflection.
Coming out as a gay Evangelical Christian – LGBT+ History Month reflection by Pam Gold
FOR LGBT+ History Month, Pam Gold, former Co-Convenor of the Evangelical Fellowship of Lesbian & Gay Christians (EFLGC), and founder of two Open Table communities, shares her story of coming out and being an Evangelical gay Christian.
OTN Patron Bishop Cherry Vann shares story in BBC radio documentary
FOR LGBT+ History Month, the BBC has spoken to several LGBT+ people in ministry who share their stories of faith, hope and love. Among them is OTN Patron Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth, the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and in a civil partnership.
Bishop of Liverpool’s farewell message to the LGBT+ community
AT AN LGBT+ History Month event at the Museum of Liverpool on 'Christianity and LGBT+ Lives'. Bishop Paul Bayes, who is also a Patron of the Open Table Network, shared this message on his last day in the role.
God of community – A prayer for LGBT+ History Month
Revd Canon Sarah Jones, the first person to be ordained after having made a gender transition in the UK, has written a special prayer on behalf of the Church In Wales Diocese of Llandaff for LGBT+ History Month.
What is queer theology?
As we celebrate LGBT+ History Month, Revd Rose Hill, a priest in the Church In Wales Diocese of Llandaff, introduces us to Queer Theology and recommends three books to explore this subject further.
