On September 11, 2017, sixteen years after the devastating terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Center, an article appeared online about its first recorded victim, which asked: 'Could Father Mychal Judge Be the First Gay Saint?' Father Mychal Judge was a little-known Franciscan friar ministering humbly to the disenfranchised and unloved on the streets of New York City... until September 11, 2001, when he suddenly became a global figure.
Read MoreAT the monthly communion service in August hosted by Open Table, (OT), an ecumenical Christian worship community which offers a warm welcome to people who are: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer / Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA), the Bishop of Liverpool, Rt Revd Paul Bayes, gave a reflection on 'a story of increasing love and boundaries crossed'.
Read MoreTHESE were the courageous words of the keynote speaker at this year's annual conference of Quest, which offers pastoral support for LGBT Catholics in the UK, writes Kieran, one of our Local Missional Leaders.
Sister Jeannine Gramick has cared and campaigned for the LGBT community in the USA since 1971, two years before Quest was founded.
Read MoreTHIS WEEKEND the Bishop of Liverpool, Rt Revd Paul Bayes, will join the celebration of Open Table, an ecumenical Christian worship community which offers a warm welcome to people who are: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) and all who seek a more inclusive Church.
Read MoreThis is a story written by Claire, a member of our Open Table community, which features in the Writing on the Wall anthology, What's Your World Pride Story? which will be launched at Liverpool Pride on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th July.
It may have two cathedrals on a street called Hope but I never expected to find God in Liverpool!
Read MoreWhether you love it or hate it (or somewhere in between), the Bible is central to our faith. This month, four different speakers will explore why their favourite Bible passages are important to them. On July 9th, Mark Waters from our sister church St Dunstan's, reflected on some texts from Isaiah which anticipate the life of Jesus and show that the Christ event was already active, long before Jesus was born. This challenges received ideas about Christianity.
Read MoreOver 11 days between 26th May and 5th June, our churchwarden Dave Bradley walked the 134 miles of the North Wales Pilgrim Way. The Way visits many sites of historic interest or with spiritual associations, such as ancient pilgrim churches, holy wells and even a 4000 year old yew tree.
Read MoreOn Monday 8th May The Kinematic - a cinema arts collective - hosted their first pop-up cinema event at St Bride’s Church. Tickets for the screening sold out within 24 hours - Alex from Kinematic writes about their experience of the event.
Read MoreLast Saturday we had our Community Groundforce day at St. Brides. We grasped the nettle, or should we say hundreds of nettles and made a big improvement to the gardens around the church.
Read MoreJonathan Clatworthy, Honorary Assistant Priest at St Bride's and former General Secretary of Modern Church, is leading our new series of gatherings on the fourth Sunday evening each month. This series of talks and discussions in the context of a Communion service & pizza is exploring 'What's so special about religion?' Jonathan gave us the final instalment last Sunday reflecting on 'What's so special about Christianity?'. The following is an extract from this reflection.
Read MoreOur student chaplaincy intern PJ writes: On Sunday 2nd April, as part of the 2017 Global Greens Congress in Liverpool, I arranged a service at St Bride's examining environmental issues from a fairness and justice point of view.
Read MoreJonathan Clatworthy from St Bride's and Modern Church is leading our new series of gatherings on the fourth Sunday evening each month. This series of talks and discussions in the context of a Communion service & pizza is exploring 'What's so special about religion?' Jonathan gave us the third instalment last Sunday reflecting on 'What's so special about the Bible?'.
Read MoreJonathan Clatworthy from St Bride's and Modern Church is leading our new series of gatherings on the fourth Sunday evening each month. This series of talks and discussions in the context of a Communion service & pizza is exploring 'What's so special about religion?' Jonathan gave us the second instalment last Sunday reflecting on 'What's so special about Jesus?'.
Read MoreOn Monday 27th February, we hosted a well attended 'Dementia Awareness' session at St. Bride's, led by Jack, a friend of our own Gina Shaw, a church warden at St Bride's for many years.. It was lovely to see her again - her Dementia Awareness campaigning has made her a celebrity but she's still the same Gina!
Read MoreLast month, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow hit the headlines for including a passage from the Qu'ran, the Islamic sacred text, in an Epiphany service to promote understanding between the two faiths.
Read MoreFebruary is LGBT History Month in the UK – an annual festival to celebrate the lives and achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people past and present. Our Open Table community is honouring the occasion in its gatherings this month.
Read MoreTo mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we invited Jo Jan Vandenheede, Pastor at the Gustaf Adolf Nordic Church in Park Lane, to preach at our Sunday morning service on Sunday 22nd January.
Here is his reflection on the readings: Psalm 133 and John. 15:1-9.
Read MoreTODAY is Holocaust Memorial Day - the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz which marked the end of the extreme prejudice and discrimination which led to the extermination of millions of Jews and other minorities.
Or did it?
Read MoreJonathan Clatworthy from St Bride's and Modern Church is leading our new series of gatherings on the fourth Sunday evening each month. This series of talks and discussions in the context of a Communion service & pizza is exploring 'What's so special about religion?' Jonathan got us started last Sunday reflecting on 'What's so special about God?'
Read MoreOn Wednesday 18th January, St. Bride's played host to an 'EA', Paul Clark. Paul explained to us that he was an 'Ecumenical Accompanier' who had been placed as an observer in East Jerusalem as part of a World Council of Church's programme.
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