Chaplaincy at 61 Park Place

Hi! If you're new around here - we're The Gathering, an inclusive church for all. We are a gathering of people from the LGBTQ+ community (and their allies) who love to talk about and share our Christian faith.

We're passionate about cultivating our ever growing community and modelling a church that truly serves q***r people. Our favourite thing to do is meet on a Sunday evening in Cardiff. Here we take time to talk, drink tea, worship God and just be together. We'd love to see you there!

We meet at City URC, Cardiff every Sunday evening from 19:00-20:30 (although sometimes we overrun!)

We know that coming to a new city and trying to find a church is a massively daunting thing to do. We know that crossing the threshold into a place of worship, no matter how much it's covered in rainbows, is a really hard step to take. Whoever you are, wherever you are on your journey with q***rness and with faith, we would love to walk with you and be a safe place to land.

If you've got any questions - please ask! Our website and some helpful info about our church services can be found here: https://www.thegatheringcardiff.org/helpful-info

It’s Graduation Week!! Llongyfarchiadau to all those graduating this week. Look out for your chaplains on the stage and give us a sneaking wave, we’ll be rooting for you!

Listen to me on BBC Wales Breakfast talking about spoons… (right at the end from 1:48)

Radio Wales Breakfast - With Oliver Hides - BBC Sounds Everything you need to know as you wake up.

Was great to interview Jarel Robinson-Brown for BBC Radio Wales this week in preparation for OneBodyOneFaith’s Memorial service on Sunday at Llandaff Cathedral.

All Things Considered - Jarel Robinson-Brown - BBC Sounds Delyth Liddell speaks to Jarel Robinson-Brown, co-chair of LGBTQ+ charity OneBodyOneFaith.

So sorry to share that one of our chaplaincy dogs, Dave the Beagle, died yesterday after a short illness. He was a frequent visitor to the chaplaincy and came along to the dog walk on Wednesdays, always pulling at the lead to sniff a lamppost! He is sadly missed.

A very sad post this one. We lost our lovely Dave this week. He had the best weekend in one of our favourite places. This is the last photo I took of him and if you zoom in you’ll see he is smiling. He became poorly and very quickly we and the vet knew we couldn’t get him better. He loved dearly and will continue to be dearly loved. I wanted to let you all know. Thanks for sharing in the love of our Dave - I know it means you understand. May we live our best lives. May we love. May we be loved ❤️

Eager-eared Radio 4 listeners (Sam McBratney and Heather Fuller!) caught me on Woman’s Hour today! Listen again from 10:26 to hear me reflect on 10 years of legal same s*x marriage and how far we still have to come!

It's a busy one at £1 lunch today!

There's still plenty of food to go round!
Come on in, aquinas hall, just behind 62 Park Place

Here is the second of our two interfaith canvases.

Students and staff were asked to artistically interpret their idea of faith in the 21st century.

The results are beautiful!

Which is your favourite? Do any of the images speak to you?

Here is the first of our two interfa9th canvases.

Students and staff were asked to artistically interpret their idea of faith in the 21st century.

The results are beautiful!

Which is your favourite? Do any of the images speak to you?

Add to my canvas!

What does faith mean to you today?

Paint, draw, scribble, write- anything get involved!

Coming up this Monday!

Student Interfaith Q+A panel

We've got representatives from:
ISOC, Sikh Society, Cath soc and the Christian Union giving their responses and perspectives.

Chaired by Rev Dr Jacob Siemens ()

Monday 13th
6-8pm
CSL lecture theatre

Monday November 13th

A fascinating opportunity to explore the beliefs of various people of faith.

Our panel of students will share some of their perspectives rooted in different faith traditions.

Come along to learn and grow together