A prayer by Brother Roger, founder of the Taizé Community
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Blog by Kieran Bohan, co-facilitator of Open Table, our monthly LGBT-inclusive communion service.
Liverpool Pride this year took the theme ‘Love Is No Crime’, in recognition of legislative change in the UK and the need to support our brothers and sisters around the world where LGBT people are marginalised, punished, attacked and killed, either by the state or people’s own communities.
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Thank you to the young people at Pleasant Street Primary School who raised over £200 from their Enterprise Projects and have donated the money to Hope+ Food Bank.
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This is a story written by Hannah, a member of our Open Table community, who has dedicated it to the community at St Bride's in appreciation for the hospitality she has found here:
Once upon a time there was a little church, and in this little church there lived a family of mice. Every Sunday they would gather at the back of the church where no one would spot them and they would listen to what the preacher had to say.
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A few weeks ago we were exploring the topic of POWER in our young people’s Sunday group which we call FISH. Who is powerful, who is powerless? What makes us powerful? That kind of thing. A little girl from Pakistan joined us, she was two and a half. She and her family were seeking asylum. She quickly made friends with the children in the group, communicating in gestures and drawings.
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Posted by Jackie O’Carroll
Celtic Chant, Poetry and Stories Posted by Jackie O’Carroll On Monday June 29th we welcomed Stefan Waligur to Liverpool, to St Bride’s and to our hearts! This was the first joint event of St Bride’s and Make Space – a community of people, based in Liverpool, seeking more joy and fulfilment in their lives.
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Imagine this: even with our doubts and weaknesses our mistakes and our suffering, we are held in God's relentless love.
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Twenty one members of St Bride’s (including friends) have recently returned from walking as pilgrims together along part of St Cuthbert’s Way in Northumberland, ending on the island of Lindisfarne. This was a wonderful experience!
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A guest post by Chris Allen, who lectures in sociology at Liverpool John Moores University.
Another five years of Conservative austerity will bring a lot of injustice and a lot of protest and resistance. As I write the Love Activists are occupying the Bank of England building in Liverpool. It is a protest. It is resistance. Their protest and resistance are being expressed through acts of love towards homeless people.
Report by Kieran Bohan (includes audio of Colin’s reflections).
LAST WEEKEND, director of Changing Attitude Colin Coward came to our church to give a series of reflections inspired by twenty years working towards a more inclusive church around the world.
BY POPULAR REQUEST, members of the community that meets monthly at St Bride’s for the Open Table LGBT service spent a day away again this month, six months after our first away-day last October.
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Our theme on Sunday 22nd March was Awakening. Jon Jelfs led our reflection “Awakening with Attitude” looking at the attitudes which enable the waking up process in our lives.
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Whatever the merits or otherwise of Giles Goddard’s actions, the whole debate sheds light on one of the huge problems we have in conducting and modelling Christian disagreement today (I’m opting for ‘Christian disagreement’ as I think we can do better than 'good disagreement’
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One Thursday, after leaving Hope+ Foodbank with two bags overflowing with food, a grateful client, Duncan, met a young student called Joe on Hope Street. Joe engaged in conversation with Duncan, as he had noticed him slowly ambling along the street, in the bitter cold. Joe gave Duncan time to listen to his story and was horrified to hear that his only source of food was from Hope+ Foodbank. Joe then struggled with conflicting emotions of anger, at the cruel imposition of sanctions, and compassion for the man in front of him.
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The Red Ribbon, created by our resident artist Richard Popplewell to adorn the front of the church, was a bold statement for our community as a mark of solidarity with those living with and affected by HIV.
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A few week’s ago, at the end of her talk on 11 January, Rose left the congregation with a challenge to:
Write a story entitled ‘Telling’; the only constraint is that it must be a maximum of 700 words. It can be in any genre, tense, historical period, etc, etc
Here is Rose's own 700 word story:
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Yesterday we lost a great man. I think it was around 1989 that a friend drew attention to a book 'Jesus: a New Vision' by Marcus Borg
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A few week's ago, at the end of her talk on 11 January, Rose left the congregation with a challenge to:
Write a story entitled ‘Telling’; the only constraint is that it must be a maximum of 700 words. It can be in any genre, tense, historical period, etc, etc
Well Dave has taken up her challenge and here is the result
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