Two:23 meeting with OTN Coordinator Kieran Bohan & OT Liverpool leader Warren Hartley

Open Table Liverpool facilitator Warren Hartley and Open Table Network Coordinator Kieran Bohan joined the January 2021 Two:23 meeting

Open Table Liverpool facilitator Warren Hartley and Open Table Network Coordinator Kieran Bohan joined the January 2021 Two:23 meeting

DID YOU MISS this month's Two:23 Network meeting?

It included an interview with Open Table Network Coordinator Kieran Bohan on his faith journey and the Open Table story.

His husband Warren Hartley also shared a reflection inspired by his experience of supporting the first Open Table community in Liverpool, called: ‘Made in God's image: a person-centred spirituality‘.

The first part, including prayers and worship, is still available on the Two:23 YouTube channel and the Two:23 website.

Two:23 is a network of Christians, connected by LGBT issues, who meet five times a year, usually at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church. Since March 2020 the first part, with a speaker, prayers and worship, starts at 2.30pm on the Two:23 YouTube channel and the Two:23 website.

The second part is a structured Zoom chat, where we break off into smaller groups and have time to get to know each other. You can get access to the Zoom code by emailing hello@two23.net.

What about the name?

The name Two:23 refers to a verse from the Old Testament prophet Hosea, who uses his own life as an allegory for God’s promise of love to the outsider, the excluded, the person considered a 'nobody':

I will say to those called ‘Not my people’, ‘You are my people’; and they will say ‘You are my God’.

- Hosea 2:23

You can read a meditation on the passage here.

Where did Two:23 come from?

Two:23 was established in late 2012, emerging from a variety of groups and individuals, who share a common experience of having had to seriously engage with personal issues of faith and sexuality. Some were involved with Courage, an LGBT-affirming ministry run by Jeremy Marks.

Jeremy retired in 2012 but his pastoral work with LGBT people continues – read his story here.

Open Table Network

Open Table Network (OTN) is a growing partnership of communities across England & Wales which welcome and affirm people who are:

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, & Asexual (LGBTQIA)

+ our families, friends & anyone who wants to belong in an accepting, loving community.

http://opentable.lgbt/
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