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Open Table Network
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Partnership of #Christian communities across England & Wales welcoming & affirming #LGBTQIA people + our family & friends & anyone who wants to belong in an accepting, loving community.
www.opentable.lgbt
#ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT
STANDING TOGETHER for an #HIV-free world: A mass of solidarity, with homily by Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe OP this Saturday 6th December 3pm, Farm Street Church, Mount St, London W1. . UK #AIDS & #PositiveFaith Quilt panels on display 5th-15th December lgbtcatholicswestminster.org/upcoming-events
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
'IT GIVES other people hope, even if it's not something they yet find on their doorstep, to know that it's possible, that it exists elsewhere, seems to be a sign of hope, that change is possible.'
In 2017 when this video was made we had 11 communities, now we have 39!
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
👀 LOOK! #BigGive #ChristmasChallege Day 2 - We've passed 43% of our target!
You've donated £2,136 so far, doubled to £4,272 thanks to pledges and match funding. 🥳 🎉 Until 9th December ONLY, double the difference with one donation: bit.ly/BigGiveOTN25
#RoomAtTheTable
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
DID YOU KNOW? 🧐
92% of our members say being part of an Open Table community increased their sense of belonging.
Your donation this week helps us keep those doors open.
And remember - whatever you give is MATCHED!
GIVE NOW: bit.ly/BigGiveOTN25
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #RoomAtTheTable
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#RoomAtTheTable Day 4:
'My faith and my identity couldn’t coexist, until God’s quiet, steady call showed me that all of who I am is lovingly embraced. Now, worship has become a place of warmth, where God’s love wraps around us exactly as we are. .' - Rich, Cardiff
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW: Holy Dialogues - #Advent devotions written by #LGBT+ #Christians and their friends!
FREE PDF download here: holydialogues.org/ashes-alive
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
IT'S #ADVENT - Each week has a theme - the first week is #Hope
'I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living.'
- Harvey Milk, openly gay US politician killed in office 27th November 1978
We’d love to know what gives you hope? #RoomAtTheTable #ChristmasChallenge
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
👀 LOOK! #BigGive #ChristmasChallege Day 1 - We've passed 1⁄4 of our target!
You've donated £1,364 so far, doubled to £2,728 thanks to pledges and match funding. 🥳 🎉 Until 9th December ONLY, double the difference with one donation.
GIVE NOW: bit.ly/BigGiveOTN25
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
WHY DO WE need the Open Table Network?
Because rejection from faith spaces fuels isolation.
But belonging? Belonging heals.
We're raising £10k this week to support our communities and create safer spaces across the UK. DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT TODAY: bit.ly/BigGiveOTN25
#RoomAtTheTable #ChristmasChallenge
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#RoomAtTheTable Day 3:
'Being part of Open Table has inspired me to be a messenger of hope.'
David from Nigeria needed to hear the words 'Come as you are'. At Open Table, he finally did. He found a new home in the UK and in the church: bit.ly/LovedAcceptedWelcomed
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
'I SLOWLY found my way back to a place of belonging within a church, where I could be all of me.' - On #WorldAIDSday Revd Cate Jacobs, the first HIV-positive woman ordained in the Church of England, shared how Open Table helped her through stigma to radical love bit.ly/NotMyGod #RoomAtTheTable
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#HOPE is the theme of the first week of #Advent.
‘This is genuine, this is hopeful, if only every church could be like this.’
READ MORE about our Open Table communities' impact on our members' well-being: opentable.lgbt/our-impact #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #RoomAtTheTable
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚀 It’s GO TIME! Our #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge campaign is OPEN! 🎉
From now until 12 noon 9th December your donation is DOUBLED! 💷 💷
Help us make #RoomAtTheTable for everyone. DONATE HERE: bit.ly/BigGiveOTN25
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
TODAY'S THE DAY! From midday 2nd to midday 9th December every £ you donate through our #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge campaign page will be DOUBLED!
Your gift will go twice as far - DONATE HERE from 12noon: bit.ly/BigGiveOTN25
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#RoomAtTheTable Day 2:
'We have been active members of the CoE for 30 years. Open Table is the first place we have felt 100% valued for who we truly are: 2 ordinary married Christian people who love life and wish to play our part in contributing to a better world' - Lucy & Sarah, Open Table Bristol
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
TOMORROW midday our #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge begins - Help us make #RoomAtTheTable for even more #LGBTQIA+ folk this #Christmas. Donate between 2-9 Dec and double your impact. READ MORE: bit.ly/BigGive1225
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
'AS FOR ME, I will always have hope.' - Psalm 71:14
We’d love to know in the comments, what gives you hope?
We bring #hope to isolated #LGBTQIA+ people by making #RoomAtTheTable.
READ MORE about our #Advent #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge campaign starting noon tomorrow: bit.ly/BigGive1225
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🕯️ In the #Christmas story there was no room at the inn. For many LGBTQIA+ Christians exclusion is still a reality. Tomorrow we launch our biggest campaign of the year to change that. Please hold onto your donations til midday tomorrow! Every £1 you give will be DOUBLED. #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
TODAY is #WorldAIDSday. This blessing for acts of remembrance for people affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic over 40+ years echoes the themes of #Advent: #Hope, #Peace, #Joy & #Love. WATCH: youtu.be/bF59IIH5GkM [1.5mins]
Recorded for a 2021 online vigil. WATCH: youtu.be/Nz71HBqcM74 [14 mins]
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌟 THIS ADVENT we’re sharing 24 stories of courage, faith & unexpected welcome.
Day 1: A powerful reminder that love makes a way - anyway.
Read/listen to Jo's story: bit.ly/otnCalledAnyway
#RoomAtTheTable #Advent #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
TWO DAYS TO GO til our #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge - Help us make #RoomAtTheTable for even more #LGBTQIA+ folk this #Christmas. Donate between 2-9 Dec and double your impact. READ MORE: bit.ly/BigGive1225
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
WEEK 1 of #Advent takes the theme of #Hope.
This intro to the Advent wreath & prayer for hope is from our 2020 online carol service: youtu.be/7X3tMnoYOpM [46mins]
Litany: Revd Anna Blaedel, enfleshed.com [adapted]
#BSL & captions: Tom Pearson: pearsonbsl.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
TWO DAYS TO GO til our #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge - Help us make #RoomAtTheTable for even more #LGBTQIA+ folk this #Christmas. Donate between 2-9 Dec and double your impact. READ MORE: bit.ly/BigGive1225
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NO Open Table communities meeting today.
#PleasePray for all our communities across England and Wales, especially the FOUR new communities which launched this year: opentable.lgbt/our-communities
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
THREE DAYS TO GO til our #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge - Help us make #RoomAtTheTable for even more #LGBTQIA+ folk this #Christmas. Donate between 2-9 Dec and double your impact. READ MORE: bit.ly/BigGive1225
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM