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Open Table celebrated 18 years of welcome this week. 💜

Revd Steve Chalke challenged us to keep proclaiming Christ's radically inclusive welcome: 'Your name tells you who you need to be. An open table for everyone.'

READ MORE: bit.ly/OpenTable18

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A birthday cake iced with the words 'Happy 18th Open Table Liverpool' in the foreground, with members of Open Table communities gathered behind the altar at St Bride's Church, Liverpool, during the 18th anniversary celebration. The altar is dressed with a rainbow frontal and lit candles. Revd Steve Chalke preaching at Open Table Liverpool's 18th birthday thanksgiving service at St Bride's Church, Liverpool. He stands beside the communion table with one hand outstretched as he speaks. The table is set with lit candles in rainbow-coloured holders, a rainbow chalice and jug and a communion frontal featuring a rainbow, a dove, and the words 'Who Do You Say I Am?'
June 26, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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18 YEARS of Open Table 💜

From one gathering in Liverpool in 2008 to a growing network of LGBTQIA+ Christian communities, this short video celebrates 18 years of welcome, belonging, friendship and hope: youtu.be/d2D6aA0YIyg

#OpenTable18 #MoreThanWelcome #ComeAsYouAre
June 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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SIX YEARS after OTN’s Director began working full-time for the charity, we look back over years of growth, research, stronger infrastructure and significant challenges – including the successful #SaveOTN emergency appeal: bit.ly/OTNsixyearson #OpenTable18
Five people work together around a table in a church hall on a creative activity with photographs, paper and coloured materials. Rainbow flags and Open Table imagery are visible in the background.
October 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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🎉 OPEN TABLE is 18! 🎉
Join us THIS SUNDAY 6.30pm for a thanksgiving celebration led by Revd Steve Chalke at our 1st community in #Liverpool.
#ComeAsYouAre, celebrate 18 years of #inclusion & #affirmation, & enjoy refreshments (inc. rainbow cake! 🌈🍰)
READ MORE: bit.ly/OTliverpool18 #OpenTable18
Promotional poster celebrating the 18th birthday of Open Table Liverpool. The design features the Open Table logo, colourful wave patterns, and a photograph of Steve Chalke standing outdoors. The poster invites people to a celebration service at St Bride’s Church, Liverpool, on Sunday 21 June 2026, led by special guest Steve Chalke. Text explains that Open Table Liverpool began in 2008 when six people gathered to create a regular communion service for LGBTQIA+ people, families and friends, and has since grown into a network of communities across England and Wales. The poster includes the hashtags “#ComeAsYouAre” and “#Morethanwelcome”, alongside the St Bride’s logo and the words “Creative, Progressive, Inclusive.”
June 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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🎉 OPEN TABLE is 18! 🎉
Join us TOMORROW 21st June 6.30pm for a thanksgiving celebration led by Revd Steve Chalke at our 1st community in #Liverpool.
#ComeAsYouAre, celebrate 18 years of #inclusion & #affirmation & enjoy refreshments (inc. rainbow cake! 🌈🍰)
READ MORE: bit.ly/OTliverpool18 #OpenTable18
Promotional poster celebrating the 18th birthday of Open Table Liverpool. The design features the Open Table logo, colourful wave patterns, and a photograph of Steve Chalke standing outdoors. The poster invites people to a celebration service at St Bride’s Church, Liverpool, on Sunday 21 June 2026, led by special guest Steve Chalke. Text explains that Open Table Liverpool began in 2008 when six people gathered to create a regular communion service for LGBTQIA+ people, families and friends, and has since grown into a network of communities across England and Wales. The poster includes the hashtags “#ComeAsYouAre” and “#Morethanwelcome”, alongside the St Bride’s logo and the words “Creative, Progressive, Inclusive.”
June 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Small charity. Big impact.

'It was through the Open Table community that I slowly found my way back to a place of belonging.'

Read how Open Table is helping LGBTQIA+ people find faith, belonging and hope: bit.ly/OTNreport2025

#SmallCharityWeek #OpenTable18
Google Maps image of England and Wales with an Open Table logo marking the locations of our communities and arrows between the communities furthest to the west and east, north and south, roughly 300 miles in each direction representing the expansion of the network in 2025.
June 22, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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A LIFE-LINE for LGBTQIA+ people of faith.

Our newly published 2025 Annual Report shares stories of belonging, safer sacred spaces and growing impact across England & Wales.

READ: bit.ly/OTNreport2025

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Graphic featuring the Open Table logo in soft rainbow colours behind a quote in white text: “This church. What a gift. A place where those left wandering through hatred elsewhere are wanted, made at home, belong.” The quote is credited to Facebook feedback from January 2025.
June 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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HOW IT STARTED:
An #LGBT+ #Christian community shared its story with other churches...
HOW IT'S GOING:
Today we support 37 communities across England & Wales hosted by inclusive churches in 4 traditions!
READ MORE: opentable.lgbt/our-story
SUPPORT US: opentable.lgbt/support-us
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Graphic comparing the early beginnings of Open Table with its growth today. On the left, text reads “How it started…” above the original Open Table logo and a quote: “Don’t grow bigger, multiply!” credited to Phil Potter, Diocese of Liverpool, 2014. On the right, text reads “How it’s going…” above a map of England and Wales marked with dozens of Open Table communities across the country.
June 15, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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'It feels like a little taste of God's kingdom, a little tiny bit of what the world should be like'.
18 YEARS AGO TODAY the first Open Table community began in Liverpool.
READ MORE of our story: opentable.lgbt/our-story
WATCH our 2017 short film: https://youtu.be/Y7L398VU1ck [3mins] #OpenTable18
Still from the 'Will It Be Open Table?' short film showing a young woman with glasses speaking inside a church. Subtitles read: “It feels like a little taste of God’s kingdom – a little tiny bit of what the world should be like.”
June 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM