We are a diverse community of people from all faith backgrounds and walks of life, coming together to heal from the ways white supremacy and capitalism have torn us apart. We are a space where every belief belongs. We have all experienced trauma at the hands of religious institutions and the ways those institutions have aligned themselves more with a death-dealing status quo than with anything resembling healing or nourishment.

Our inception was focused on healing from the ways Christianity in particular has caused harm to those with marginalized identities. Yet, as we have continued to gather, we have discovered that healing speaks many languages, and religious trauma is not relegated to those who’ve been harmed in the name of a false Jesus. We are interested in following the way of Jesus, which is often in stark contrast to the ways laid forth by the institutional church which is far more focused on maintaining “right" doctrine, rather than trusting the living abundance of all that is.

Jesus tells us the greatest two Commandments are to love God and to love our neighbor as ourselves.

The name Every Table reminds us that Jesus didn’t have a table. He ate at tables where he was welcomed. And every table where he is welcomed also welcomes the disenfranchised masses. 

Every body is precious. Every day is holy. Every place is sacred. Every table where abundant welcome is offered is God’s table.

It is our birthright to feel at home in our bodies. Religion tells us that God made the world and intervenes on behalf of those with the most devotion to a particular dogma. We reject this limiting understanding of the transcendence of all that IS. God didn’t just create the world; God is in the world, just as God is in us. Yet, systems of dominance and the callouses they leave have forced us to live disembodied lives, isolated from ourselves, one another, and the world. If the healing of this nation and this world is an embodied practice, our bodies must be the starting point of that healing. 

We seek at Every Table not only our own healing, but also of the generations before us and in hope and accountability to the generations after us.

We seek to participate in an embodied revitalization of communities being destroyed by gentrification, to remove the barrier between how we define “church” and how we define “community,” and to repair the harm done by systems of dominance.

Every Table is a place for those seeking a home to participate in their own healing and in the healing this city, commonwealth, nation, and world. We are a place of abundant welcome for everyone.