Meet our Patrons - John Bradbury intro
Channel: Open Table Network
Date: 2020-11-30

Watch the recording of our Q&A with John Bradbury, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church, in conversation with OTN Coordinator Kieran Bohan here [58 minutes]: https://youtu.be/afxM-2z2QoA

Here is John's message for the Open Table Network:

Friends, it's a delight to bring you greetings to the whole Open Table community, as one of the patrons of the Open Table movement. It's been my joy in the last few years to be involved in the emergence of a new Open Table community in Cambridge, when I was minister there in the city centre, and worked with others in the congregation of  Downing Place. As we began to experience the joys of the growth of an Open Table community, it brought huge richness to the life of many of us, as we experienced the possibility to worship in a safe and inclusive environment. And it also brought great richness to the life of the whole Christian community, both in Downing Place Church that was hosting Open Table, and  wider within wider church life in Cambridge.
And so it is a real joy to be able to offer you support and encouragement in the growth and development of this important piece of ministry on behalf of the Christian churches in Britain. It's often not easy as LGBT folk to find places where we can be welcomed simply as we are and enabled to worship God, live lives of discipleship, witness to Christ's love and serve within the world. Open Table offers a space where we might do that, as people made in the image of God, as followers of Christ, as those who need to know ourselves as beloved. So the Open Table movement  is in my thoughts and my prayers. I offer you all my best wishes, encourage you in your work, your witness and your worship. Amen