{"id":23472,"date":"2015-10-29T22:07:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T02:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=23472"},"modified":"2015-10-29T22:08:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T02:08:50","slug":"a-queer-eucharist-for-a-peculiar-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/a-queer-eucharist-for-a-peculiar-people\/","title":{"rendered":"A queer Eucharist for a peculiar people"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. John\u2019s<\/a> church in Toronto offers a \u201cvariety of worship experiences\u201d. One of them is a Eucharist for and run by LGBTQetc individuals – the rector herself is a lesbian and, thus, a member of the many-lettered class – who are intent on probing the question \u201cWhat is it about us that\u2019s different and why does that enrich the church\u201d.<\/p>\n

The last queer Eucharist was on September 16 but the event is supposed to occur monthly so, for those anguished to have missed it, get in line now before all the pews fill up.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

St. John, West Toronto has hired a youth minister whose job includes reaching out to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) young people. The church received a $26,870 grant from the diocese\u2019s Our Faith-Our Hope campaign to create the position. The Rev. Samantha Caravan, incumbent, says the outreach initiative is an extension of the church\u2019s passion for social justice.<\/p>\n

The church has many gay and lesbian members and a long history of advocating for equality. \u201cWe know that LGBTQ youth do not have an easy walk of it in high school, so that\u2019s what we set out to do: create a space for them to explore the possibility of faith in their lives,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The church has hired Meagh Culkeen, a member of the LGBTQ community. She has helped to start a \u201cqueer Eucharist\u201d at the church. (The word \u201cqueer\u201d is an increasingly common and acceptable term used by young people who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.) The monthly service is led by LGBTQ people and their supporters and is open to everyone.<\/p>\n

Meagh Culkeen is hoping that it can be a place where the youth not only connect with God but with each other and the wider church. \u201cIt\u2019s a moment where we can celebrate our contributions to the church and say, \u2018What is it about us that\u2019s different and why does that enrich the church?\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. John\u2019s church in Toronto offers a \u201cvariety of worship experiences\u201d. One of them is a Eucharist for and run by LGBTQetc individuals – the rector herself is a lesbian and, thus, a member of the many-lettered class – who … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[2114,2327],"class_list":["post-23472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-toronto","tag-diocese-of-toronto","tag-queet-eucharist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}