A reflection from Pam Bishop on the ways the pandemic has changed our worship in the parish
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The Revd Alan Brooks led Open Table’s online service on Sunday 19th July ahead of what would have been the Pride in Liverpool festival on 25th July 2020. The reading was Mark 6:30-34, 53 to end.
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Reflection by Warren Hartley, LGBTQIA+ Ministry Facilitator at St Bride’s on Matthew 11:16-19, 25 to end.
It was a quite a delight to see today’s gospel reading come around. It is one I’ve reflected on a lot over the past 14 years since I returned to the Christian faith.
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How chaplaincy has had to change over the lockdown! A steep learning curve.
Creativity is a big beautiful word to focus in on right now, as we are creating ministry opportunities for a future which is uncertain – with anticipation and excitement!
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During lockdown our Open Table community has continued to gather on Zoom for worship and to keep in touch. On Sunday 3rd May, Warren Hartley, LGBTQIA+ Ministry Facilitator at St Bride’s, shared this reflection on Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10 .
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As Christian Aid Week approaches (10-16 May) Helen Parker-Jervis, Christian Aid’s Church Engagement & Fundraising Officer for Merseyside & Greater Manchester, explains how we can support the annual campaign online during lockdown.
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Rebecca Horn, a freelance international humanitarian worker from Liverpool, working in areas of conflict and disaster around the world, reflects on recent conversations and media coverage on the mental health impact of Covid-19 in the UK
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Lilly Nelson, our Student Chaplaincy Assistant, reflects on the challenge of chaplaincy from a distance.
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Last Spring, a group from our parish walked the Peak Pilgrimage to Eyam. In recent days, as our churches have shut for public worship and many of us are isolating at home, we have been reflecting again on the story of the Eyam villagers quarantining themselves to protect their neighbours from the plague.
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IN 1984, charismatic preacher Billy Graham came to Liverpool at the invitation of local churches as part of a six-date tour called Mission England. This June, his son Franklin intends to come to the city, though the venue has withdrawn the booking, as have all seven of the other UK venues on his planned tour.
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Rebecca Horn, a freelance international humanitarian worker from Liverpool, working in areas of conflict and disaster around the world, reflects on her experience of the impact of epidemic on emotional and social well-being
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What builds up a Christian community and ‘sparks joy’ in the faith, and what should we let go?
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St Bride’s is a church that holds together many strands of church tradition and style. In today’s blog, Reader Chris Bartley reflects on the legacy of John Henry Newman
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Lynn McAllister, who in 2017 took part in the Just Walk to Jerusalem, introduces what it means for St Bride's to be a Sabeel-Kairos Community
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Prayers inspired by the Lord’s Prayer created in an all age act of worship in St Bride’s.
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For the past three years, the Open Table LGBT+ Christian community based at St Bride’s has coordinated the Christians At Pride group in the Liverpool march.
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A reflection on Easter Sunday by the Revd Mark Waters, Team Vicar at St Dunstan’s Church at communion service of Open Table, our ecumenical worship community for LGBTQIA+ Christians and friends, on Sunday 21st April 2019.
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ON SUNDAY 3rd February 2019, we gathered with friends from our sister churches in our team parish, St Dunstan’s and St Michael’s, to celebrate the feast day of our patron St Bride (aka Saint Brigid of Ireland) in creative style.
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A reflection on the Wedding at Cana Story. Revd Canon Bob Lewis from St Margaret’s Toxteth and Canon of Liverpool Cathedral led Open Table, our ecumenical worship community for LGBTQIA+ Christians and friends service on Sunday 20th and offered this reflection.
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And the word was made flesh……hmmm mmm for me, as a poet, the idea of the word made flesh fills me with the same kind of radiant warmth that I guess you may experience at the end of the service when the first mouthful of hot soup or mulled wine warms you up deep inside mmmm.
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