This sermon was given by the Revd Anne Lawlor at the Open Table Liverpool community hosted by St Bride's Church Liverpool, UK for a Communion Service celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility 2022. The reading was Mark 5:24-34
For details on the Open table Liverpool community visit www.stbridesliverpool.org.uk/lgbtqia
Anne is a long term friend of Open Table LIverpool and is also a Team Vicar in Kirkby Liverpool. Anne is also undertaking an MA in Theology at the University of Chester and has been interviewing Open Table community members and hearing their stories which she describes as "standing on holy ground".
Open Table is a network of ecumenical Christian worship communities which offer a warm welcome to people who are: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer / Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA) and all who seek an inclusive Church. The first Open Table community began at St Bride’s Liverpool in June 2008. Now Open Table communities gather across England and Wales, hosted by inclusive churches in four denominations (Anglican, United Reformed Church, Baptist, Methodist). To find out when and where you can 'come as you are' visit www.opentable.lgbt
