This sermon was given by Warren Hartley, our LGBTQIA+ Ministry Facilitator at the invitation of Open Table Nantwich community hosted by Nantwich Methodist Church for a Communion Service for the LGBTQIA+ Community as they marked their first birthday as a community.

The reading was John 1:6-8, 19-28.

⁠For details on the Open table Nantwich community visit www.facebook.com/groups/1943088185892626

Open Table is a network of ecumenical Christian worship communities which offer a warm welcome to people who are: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer / Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA) and all who seek an inclusive Church. The first Open Table community began at St Bride’s Liverpool in June 2008. Now Open Table communities gather across England and Wales, hosted by inclusive churches in four denominations (Anglican, United Reformed Church, Baptist, Methodist). To find out when and where you can 'come as you are' visit www.opentable.lgbt