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
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.