During lockdown our Open Table community has continued to gather on Zoom for worship and to keep in touch. On Sunday 3rd May, Warren Hartley, LGBTQIA+ Ministry Facilitator at St Bride’s, shared this reflection on Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10 .
Read MoreAs Christian Aid Week approaches (10-16 May) Helen Parker-Jervis, Christian Aid’s Church Engagement & Fundraising Officer for Merseyside & Greater Manchester, explains how we can support the annual campaign online during lockdown.
Read MoreRebecca Horn, a freelance international humanitarian worker from Liverpool, working in areas of conflict and disaster around the world, reflects on recent conversations and media coverage on the mental health impact of Covid-19 in the UK
Read MoreLilly Nelson, our Student Chaplaincy Assistant, reflects on the challenge of chaplaincy from a distance.
Read MoreLast Spring, a group from our parish walked the Peak Pilgrimage to Eyam. In recent days, as our churches have shut for public worship and many of us are isolating at home, we have been reflecting again on the story of the Eyam villagers quarantining themselves to protect their neighbours from the plague.
Read MoreIN 1984, charismatic preacher Billy Graham came to Liverpool at the invitation of local churches as part of a six-date tour called Mission England. This June, his son Franklin intends to come to the city, though the venue has withdrawn the booking, as have all seven of the other UK venues on his planned tour.
Read MoreRebecca Horn, a freelance international humanitarian worker from Liverpool, working in areas of conflict and disaster around the world, reflects on her experience of the impact of epidemic on emotional and social well-being
Read MoreWhat builds up a Christian community and ‘sparks joy’ in the faith, and what should we let go?
Read MoreSt Bride’s is a church that holds together many strands of church tradition and style. In today’s blog, Reader Chris Bartley reflects on the legacy of John Henry Newman
Read MoreLynn McAllister, who in 2017 took part in the Just Walk to Jerusalem, introduces what it means for St Bride's to be a Sabeel-Kairos Community
Read MorePrayers inspired by the Lord’s Prayer created in an all age act of worship in St Bride’s.
Read MoreFor the past three years, the Open Table LGBT+ Christian community based at St Bride’s has coordinated the Christians At Pride group in the Liverpool march.
Read MoreA reflection on Easter Sunday by the Revd Mark Waters, Team Vicar at St Dunstan’s Church at communion service of Open Table, our ecumenical worship community for LGBTQIA+ Christians and friends, on Sunday 21st April 2019.
Read MoreON SUNDAY 3rd February 2019, we gathered with friends from our sister churches in our team parish, St Dunstan’s and St Michael’s, to celebrate the feast day of our patron St Bride (aka Saint Brigid of Ireland) in creative style.
Read MoreA reflection on the Wedding at Cana Story. Revd Canon Bob Lewis from St Margaret’s Toxteth and Canon of Liverpool Cathedral led Open Table, our ecumenical worship community for LGBTQIA+ Christians and friends service on Sunday 20th and offered this reflection.
Read MoreAnd the word was made flesh……hmmm mmm for me, as a poet, the idea of the word made flesh fills me with the same kind of radiant warmth that I guess you may experience at the end of the service when the first mouthful of hot soup or mulled wine warms you up deep inside mmmm.
Read MoreWarren Hartley, our LGBTQIA+ Ministry Facilitator preached at a service for National Coming Out Day last month at St John’s United Reformed Church in Warrington. Here he shares his thoughts in a blog post adapted from the sermon.
Read MoreRebecca Horn, a freelance international humanitarian worker from Liverpool, working in areas of conflict and disaster around the world, writes from her latest trip to South Asia about staying connected while far from home
Read MoreRebecca Horn, a freelance international humanitarian worker from Liverpool, working in areas of conflict and disaster around the world, reflects on her latest journey to South Asia:
Read MoreTHIS was the reflection at the Post-Pride Chillout Service in the Lady Chapel of Liverpool Cathedral to mark the end of Liverpool Pride on Sunday 29th July 2018:
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