Open Table Sefton @OpenTableSefton
Open Table Sefton is an inclusive church congregation which meets every 2nd Sunday at All Saints with St Frideswyde's Church, Crosby, L23 9TQ. 6pm-8pm. Joined February 2020-
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Celebrating a year at @ASSFCrosby! #blog #blogger #vicar #church #anniversary revpoppy.com/2023/11/13/a-y…
We had a wonderful time this evening celebrating Bob and Robert's 50th anniversary as well as Alan's 80th Birthday! We shared tonnes of tasty food and thought about the love we have in God and each other. #OpenTable #community #church #love
A few days late, I'm afraid! But here's my weekly blog from last week, featuring my time at @StBridesLpool with @OpenTableLIV! revpoppy.com/2023/09/20/wee… #blog #blogger #church #OpenTableNetwork #LGBTQ+
It was a really special evening on Sunday and great to welcome @revpoppythorpe from @OpenTableSefton and @ASSFCrosby to lead our service celebarating #BisexualAwarenessWeek. Here's a link to Poppy's reflection over on our podcast. Happy listening! buff.ly/3rlS4ju
Hello! Tonight's our #FaithfullyLGBT Communion service & we're celebrating #BisexualAwarenessWeek. @revpoppythorpe from @OpenTableSefton & @ASSFCrosby is leading the service. We look forward to welcoming you. Can't make it in person? Why not join on zoom buff.ly/4822ODY
This week! On Sunday we are having our first blessing of the schoolbags service! There will be songs, craft, a story and we will pray for you and send you off with joy in your heart! Come along at 3pm, and bring your school bags with you. #church #community #backtoschool
It’s a hive of creativity here @StBridesLpool making placards for @PrideInLpool march on Saturday #ShoutItLoud
A special service @LivCathedral for @PrideInLpool festival 6pm Sun 30th July #ShoutItLoud #FaithfullyLGBT #OpenHands. You are #morethanwelcome & #comeasyouare
The full programme details for @LiverpoolTdov this year. This is going to be a big event spanning 5 days of celebrations across the city centre on the last weekend of March / first weekend of April. No matter what your interests are, I’m sure there will be something for everyone!
MEET OUR NEW TRUSTEES: Mel Jones is a researching a PhD on LGBTQIA+ Christian experiences, identities and sacred spaces, and how they are shaped through creativity. He interviewed members of Open Table communities as part of a case study: WATCH: buff.ly/3JnoQXv [2mins]
TODAY, 7th March, is the feast of Saints Perpetua & Felicity who were arrested & imprisoned together, and kissed each other before they were both put to death in 203AD. Perpetua kept a journal, the first known writing by a woman in Christian history: buff.ly/3KYlCek
LOVELY launch of our new community @ The Equity Centre #Bradford on Sunday - 24 people (inc. the city's bishop) gathered for refreshments & a simple Communion service. Watch this space for details: equitypartnership.org.uk #ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT
Very lovely to make it to Bradford this evening for the first official @opentablelgbt service of the new community there - it was beautiful. Thanks to all involved 🏳️🌈
TODAY our communities in Bristol, Cambridge, Guildford, Liverpool & Stoke gather PLUS our newest community in Bradford. FFI Check out our communities page: opentable.lgbt/our-communities #ComeAsYouAre #FaithfullyLGBT #MoreThanWelcome
WE CAN'T WAIT to introduce you to the FOUR new trustees elected to the OTN Board of Trustees at our AGM today. Our Trustees are responsible for thinking through and putting into practice plans which will develop the Open Table Network. #WatchThisSpace
IF YOU MISSED 'You Are A Blessing' - A Inclusive Service of Poetry, Prayer & Worship for #LGBThistorymonth last Sunday evening, with guest speaker OTN Co-Chair Sarah Hobbs, you can watch it here: buff.ly/3IJQ21k [51mins] #LGBTHM #LGBTplusHm #LGBTHM23
THIS SUNDAY - Launch of our community in #Bradford #Yorkshire. Refreshments from 6pm. Communion service from 6.30pm. OTN Coordinator Kieran will lead a reflection on the Open Table story. READ MORE: buff.ly/3F8YAhh #ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT
TODAY we have our AGM as a charity, where we will review our work in 2022 and plan for 2023 and beyond. #PleasePray that we might give #GloryToGod who 'can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine'. #PrayForUs #FaithfullyLGBT
TODAY at our AGM we say farewell to Lucy Berry, who since 2020 has helped OTN communicate well why we OTN support safer spaces for #LGBTQIA+ people in churches, e.g. we no longer say #AllAreWelcome, we really mean #MoreThanWelcome: opentable.lgbt/more-than-welc… Thank you Lucy!
The 200-year-old diary that's rewriting #LGBThistory: The writer 'argued, from a religious perspective, that punishing someone for how they were created was equivalent to saying that there was something wrong with the Creator': bbc.co.uk/news/education… #LGBTHM #LGBTHM23

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