The British exit from the EU tomorrow will be marked with an open house pan-European “table for Europe” meal organised by an Anglican priest.

The UK’s departure from the EU, dubbed Brexit, will happen at 7pm Bermuda time.

Anthony Pettit, the parish priest of St Paul’s Anglican Church in Paget, said he and wife Ruth would hold private a “celebration of European values”, but he emphasised it was not affiliated with his church.

He added: “We’re keen not to take any political position. This is a quiet, private way of continuing to hold on to the values we hold dear.”

The open house at Paget Rectory, off Ord Road, will start at 7pm, and guests should bring European food and drink and a picture of their favourite place in Europe.

Guests are also invited to tell stories from places in Europe they have visited. Bermudians stand to lose the automatic right to live and work in the EU two years after the UK’s departure and educational opportunities will also be affected.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Minister for the Commonwealth, said that the rights of British Overseas Territory passport holders, including 90-day visa-free access to the EU countries in the Schengen agreement, will not change during the implementation period of Brexit or afterwards.

The couple, who said they were “committed and passionate Europeans”, explained they were inspired by the In Limbo Project, which formed online in the wake of the Brexit referendum in June 2016.

Mr Pettit said: “It was set up to give a voice to the millions of EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living in the EU. It was felt their voices were not being heard. Nearly all have not had a vote in the referendum — we have a lot of personal friends that fall into these categories.”

He added he and his wife were not opposed to Brexit, but wanted a night of “friendship and finding out what we have in common”.

Ms Pettit said: “We’re quite aware there are many that do not share our point of view, and that’s fine. We’re not trying to preach on a soap box.

“Instead of promoting divisions within Europe, to me the EU is about a sense of equality and freedom within Europe, to explore the rich diversity of cultures and languages.”

The couple added much of European history before the EU was marked by warfare and colonialism.

Mr Pettit said: “For us, the beginning of the EU was about confronting some of what we had done and deciding to do better.”

He added that the UK would lose not its human values after it left the union,

But he said: “What we’re losing is the doing it together.”

He added: “We want, in our little gathering, to say that while that’s true at a structural level, it does not mean that we are going to let that go as citizens.”

• Anyone who wants to attend the event should e-mail ruthpettit@outlook.com or call 236-0698