Posted by Michel Amyotte at August 9th, 2010

Good day friends,  we have a new organist.  His name is Phillip LaMarch.  I believe he’s an accomplished player.  Along with being able to play both the piano and the organ he can help with voice, composition, improvisation, harmony and theory.

He is presently looking for students to teach in their homes.

You can reach him at 778 394 6089 or 778 446 3316 and also by email at santabonita@yahoo.com

Posted by Michel Amyotte at January 6th, 2009

Presently on hold till Myer gets back

Usually Third Sunday of each month — check below

Refreshments afterwards

Presentations by

Myer Leech, Ph.D.

A Queer reads the BIBLE

 A look at the New Testament from a queer perspective

 March 21, 2010  –  Why QUEER?

Why use the word “queer”?  It has so many hurtful memories for many of us!  Gay? Lesbian? Homosexual? But QUEER!

April 18, 2010  –  Do we read the Bible through a “straight-only” lens?

Whether we are conscious of it or not, everybody looks at the world, including the Bible, through a set of lenses. Are our Bible-reading lenses straight or queer?

May 16, 2010  –  God’s ways are definitely NOT our ways!

Everywhere in the Bible, God is looking out for the poor, widows, orphans, strangers. But, the rich, the powerful, the beautiful? Not so much.

What does this say about God’s primary interests?

June 20, 2010  –  Saint John’s Gospel

Chapter 13, verse 22

In this passage and others in John, we are told about the “disciple Jesus loved.”  What could this possibly mean? Especially for a queer reader?

July 18, 2010  –  John 4:3-42 & those women in Mathew’s genealogy

Most of us have been taught that to be a Christian means to be suspicious of the body and especially of sex. But what does the New Testament really say about this stuff?

August 22, 2010  –  Queers, Women & Oppression

By keeping some people “down”, those in power can maintain their stranglehold. 

Women and queers have been among the persons most oppressed by those with the power. 

When queers read the Bible, we are challenged to reconsider how homophobia and patriarchy are sinful.

September 19, 2010  Ok, maybe, but does the Bible have other “queer” stories?

Check out Jesus’ healing of the Centurion’s “lad” in Matthew 8:5-13.

October 17, 2010  –  Eunuchs, water jars, & foot-washing: Biblical gender bending

The Bible often portrays Jesus as upending traditional gender assumptions.

November 21, 2010  –  Mark 3, Matthew 12, Luke 8 –

Family Values?

How does the Bible present “the family” and what does that presentation mean for queers?