Open Table East Cardiff
@opentableec.bsky.social
"OTN is run by, and for, LGBTQIA+ people, their friends and families. We welcome people of any faith, colour or background. We welcome people of every gender identity and sexual orientation."
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Are you looking for a warm, friendly and inclusive church community? You are #MoreThanWelcome at Open Table East Cardiff!
Our communion service is friendly, joyful and inclusive. We strive to be disability, trauma, allergy and neurodiversity aware.
#cardiff
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Our communion service is friendly, joyful and inclusive. We strive to be disability, trauma, allergy and neurodiversity aware.
#cardiff
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Tonight at 6pm in All Saints Cyncoed, we’ll be commemorating All Souls and #TDOR.
if you are struggling there are many places you can reach out to for help and support.
#NoStigma #AllSoulsDay #TransDayofRememberance #Grief #itsokaytonotbeokay
if you are struggling there are many places you can reach out to for help and support.
#NoStigma #AllSoulsDay #TransDayofRememberance #Grief #itsokaytonotbeokay
Useful contacts - LGBTQIA+ mental health
If you identify as LGBTQIA+ and have mental health problems, this page has information about organisations that can offer support.
www.mind.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Tonight at 6pm in All Saints Cyncoed, we’ll be commemorating All Souls and #TDOR.
if you are struggling there are many places you can reach out to for help and support.
#NoStigma #AllSoulsDay #TransDayofRememberance #Grief #itsokaytonotbeokay
if you are struggling there are many places you can reach out to for help and support.
#NoStigma #AllSoulsDay #TransDayofRememberance #Grief #itsokaytonotbeokay
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THIS #InternationalLesbianDay, we proudly celebrate Rosemary Hill, Open Table Network trustee and leader of our Cardiff community, blazing a trail in faith, leadership & authenticity 🌈💪💜 Watch her story here: youtu.be/-QeUX9ffBIg [1.5mins]
October 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
THIS #InternationalLesbianDay, we proudly celebrate Rosemary Hill, Open Table Network trustee and leader of our Cardiff community, blazing a trail in faith, leadership & authenticity 🌈💪💜 Watch her story here: youtu.be/-QeUX9ffBIg [1.5mins]
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On #InternationalLesbianDay, we celebrate Sue Say, trustee of the Open Table Network. From decades of activism to finding a place to truly belong and #ComeAsYouAre, Sue shares her journey of faith, inclusion & community 🌈💜
👉🏾 WATCH: youtu.be/iGl7liS17xs [2mins]
👉🏾 WATCH: youtu.be/iGl7liS17xs [2mins]
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On #InternationalLesbianDay, we celebrate Sue Say, trustee of the Open Table Network. From decades of activism to finding a place to truly belong and #ComeAsYouAre, Sue shares her journey of faith, inclusion & community 🌈💜
👉🏾 WATCH: youtu.be/iGl7liS17xs [2mins]
👉🏾 WATCH: youtu.be/iGl7liS17xs [2mins]
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THIS #InternationalLesbianDay we proudly celebrate Cherry Vann, Open Table Network patron and now Archbishop of Wales, the first female Archbishop in the UK! 🌈💜
A historic moment and an inspiring example of LGBTQ+ leadership in the church.
READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
A historic moment and an inspiring example of LGBTQ+ leadership in the church.
READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
THIS #InternationalLesbianDay we proudly celebrate Cherry Vann, Open Table Network patron and now Archbishop of Wales, the first female Archbishop in the UK! 🌈💜
A historic moment and an inspiring example of LGBTQ+ leadership in the church.
READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
A historic moment and an inspiring example of LGBTQ+ leadership in the church.
READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
An absolute joy to welcome Archbishop Cherry to Open Tablethis evening for our 1st ever confirmation service! It was so lovely to see the church full of our OT community and our candidates friends and family!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An absolute joy to welcome Archbishop Cherry to Open Tablethis evening for our 1st ever confirmation service! It was so lovely to see the church full of our OT community and our candidates friends and family!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
HOUSE!!! We had a great time at our bingo September social. Lots of fun and it was lovely to welcome members of other churches in East Cardiff Ministry Area Thank you Pat for loaning us St Dyfrig’s bingo machine and being such a fab bingo caller!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
HOUSE!!! We had a great time at our bingo September social. Lots of fun and it was lovely to welcome members of other churches in East Cardiff Ministry Area Thank you Pat for loaning us St Dyfrig’s bingo machine and being such a fab bingo caller!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
Are you looking for a warm, friendly and inclusive church community? You are #MoreThanWelcome at Open Table East Cardiff!
Our communion service is friendly, joyful and inclusive. We strive to be disability, trauma, allergy and neurodiversity aware.
#cardiff
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Our communion service is friendly, joyful and inclusive. We strive to be disability, trauma, allergy and neurodiversity aware.
#cardiff
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September 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It’s our September social this Sunday! Join us for bingo!!! All our OTEC socials are alcohol free so everybody can join in the fun!
#CardiffStudents #Freshers #cardiff
#CardiffStudents #Freshers #cardiff
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s our September social this Sunday! Join us for bingo!!! All our OTEC socials are alcohol free so everybody can join in the fun!
#CardiffStudents #Freshers #cardiff
#CardiffStudents #Freshers #cardiff
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THE CHURCH IN WALES has elected its first female archbishop - Bishop of Monmouth Cherry Vann, a Patron of the Open Table Network since 2020.
When she became a bishop in 2020, she was the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and has a civil partner. READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
When she became a bishop in 2020, she was the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and has a civil partner. READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
July 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
THE CHURCH IN WALES has elected its first female archbishop - Bishop of Monmouth Cherry Vann, a Patron of the Open Table Network since 2020.
When she became a bishop in 2020, she was the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and has a civil partner. READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
When she became a bishop in 2020, she was the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and has a civil partner. READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725
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GOING TO GREENBELT? The app for the annual celebration of art, activism & belief is out now. You can find us at The Table on Sunday 24th August 8-9pm hosting a reflective review of the weekend with the non-binary country music trio Them There Cowboys. #HopeInTheMaking
August 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
GOING TO GREENBELT? The app for the annual celebration of art, activism & belief is out now. You can find us at The Table on Sunday 24th August 8-9pm hosting a reflective review of the weekend with the non-binary country music trio Them There Cowboys. #HopeInTheMaking
Reminder there’s no open table communion this week.
Our next meet will be in September and we’ll be having a bingo social!
All OTEC events are alcohol free & we do our best to include allergy friendly treats!
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Our next meet will be in September and we’ll be having a bingo social!
All OTEC events are alcohol free & we do our best to include allergy friendly treats!
facebook.com/events/s/sep...
@churchinwales.bsky.social
September Social: Bingo!
Event by Open Table East Cardiff and East Cardiff Ministry Area on Sunday, September 7 2025
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August 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reminder there’s no open table communion this week.
Our next meet will be in September and we’ll be having a bingo social!
All OTEC events are alcohol free & we do our best to include allergy friendly treats!
facebook.com/events/s/sep...
@churchinwales.bsky.social
Our next meet will be in September and we’ll be having a bingo social!
All OTEC events are alcohol free & we do our best to include allergy friendly treats!
facebook.com/events/s/sep...
@churchinwales.bsky.social
Thank you Mthr Ruth for celebrating our 2nd birthday with us! Your sermon was wonderful! Thank you Rhys and Liz for the splendid cakes! As is now traditional there was obligatory Mthr Rose Buckaroo, today with party hats 😂
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you Mthr Ruth for celebrating our 2nd birthday with us! Your sermon was wonderful! Thank you Rhys and Liz for the splendid cakes! As is now traditional there was obligatory Mthr Rose Buckaroo, today with party hats 😂
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
We’re 2 today! It’s been an amazing 2 years!
As always communion is alcohol & gluten free. We’ll have alcohol free drinks & cakes after to celebrate (including allergy friendly)!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social @scmbritain.bsky.social
As always communion is alcohol & gluten free. We’ll have alcohol free drinks & cakes after to celebrate (including allergy friendly)!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social @scmbritain.bsky.social
Join us to celebrate our 2nd birthday!!!!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@scmbritain.bsky.social
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@scmbritain.bsky.social
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We’re 2 today! It’s been an amazing 2 years!
As always communion is alcohol & gluten free. We’ll have alcohol free drinks & cakes after to celebrate (including allergy friendly)!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social @scmbritain.bsky.social
As always communion is alcohol & gluten free. We’ll have alcohol free drinks & cakes after to celebrate (including allergy friendly)!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social @scmbritain.bsky.social
Join us to celebrate our 2nd birthday!!!!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@scmbritain.bsky.social
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@scmbritain.bsky.social
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Join us to celebrate our 2nd birthday!!!!
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@scmbritain.bsky.social
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
@churchinwales.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social
@scmbritain.bsky.social
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We’re so excited to be joining the pride march tomorrow in Cardiff! Give us a wave and a cheer!!! @pridecymru.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social @scmbritain.bsky.social @inclusivechurch.bsky.social
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June 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We’re so excited to be joining the pride march tomorrow in Cardiff! Give us a wave and a cheer!!! @pridecymru.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social @scmbritain.bsky.social @inclusivechurch.bsky.social
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Happy Pride everyone! Here's a reminder to get your grant applications in by the 14th to be considered for our next grants round.
June 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy Pride everyone! Here's a reminder to get your grant applications in by the 14th to be considered for our next grants round.
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The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.
June 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.
At OTEC we understand that there are many in the LGBTQIA+ community who prefer ‘dry’ events. We use alcohol free communion wine and all our socials are alcohol free!
News of our August social soon!
www.wearequeeraf.com/navigating-q...
News of our August social soon!
www.wearequeeraf.com/navigating-q...
Navigating queer spaces sober amidst alcohol-fuelled festivities
Being queer does not have to revolve around partying or getting wasted. It doesn’t for me. Well, not anymore.
www.wearequeeraf.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
At OTEC we understand that there are many in the LGBTQIA+ community who prefer ‘dry’ events. We use alcohol free communion wine and all our socials are alcohol free!
News of our August social soon!
www.wearequeeraf.com/navigating-q...
News of our August social soon!
www.wearequeeraf.com/navigating-q...
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For Pride Month 2025, we are offering 10% off a selection of our books and edited collections relating to queer/LGTBQ+ theology/inclusion and gender and sexuality studies. EPUBs are included.
The offer will last throughout June 2025.
#PrideMonth #scmpress #queertheology
The offer will last throughout June 2025.
#PrideMonth #scmpress #queertheology
June 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For Pride Month 2025, we are offering 10% off a selection of our books and edited collections relating to queer/LGTBQ+ theology/inclusion and gender and sexuality studies. EPUBs are included.
The offer will last throughout June 2025.
#PrideMonth #scmpress #queertheology
The offer will last throughout June 2025.
#PrideMonth #scmpress #queertheology
Thank you Bishop Cherry! Thank you Jules for a fabulous cake. Thanks to Rhys and Liz for fantastic hospitality. Thanks to Seren for reading! Pride month has begun!!!
@opentablelgbt.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social
@opentablelgbt.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thank you Bishop Cherry! Thank you Jules for a fabulous cake. Thanks to Rhys and Liz for fantastic hospitality. Thanks to Seren for reading! Pride month has begun!!!
@opentablelgbt.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social
@opentablelgbt.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social
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FOR International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia #IDAHOBIT, the UN Free & Equal campaign has published this webpage: unfe.org/external-pages/community/index.html and short film: youtu.be/G6VOFbAsxxM [1.5mins] on the theme #PowerOfCommunity
May 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
FOR International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia #IDAHOBIT, the UN Free & Equal campaign has published this webpage: unfe.org/external-pages/community/index.html and short film: youtu.be/G6VOFbAsxxM [1.5mins] on the theme #PowerOfCommunity