REGISTER NOW FOR UPCOMING COURSES!!

Register by contacting: merceroffice@dioceseli.org or 516.248.4800 Ext. 40.
Registration forms can be downloaded from this site (click on the "Registration" TAB) and mailed or faxed to Mercer School. A fee is required for some courses, so please contact the Mercer Office for details.

Parish Administration

Safe Church Training for Summer Camps
& Bible Schools
Saturday, June 16 at the Mercer School

9 -11:30 am Sexual Harassment & Exploitation Awareness [SHE120616]
1-3:30 pm Child Abuse Prevention [CAP120616]

Topics to be covered are the legal, ethical and theological foundations for the prevention of sexual abuse or harassment and the development of safe working and learning places. Topics will be customized for camp and youth environments. New employees, lay leaders and volunteers are encouraged to register for these workshops. There is no fee for the workshops but space is limited and you must register in advance by June 8. Lunch will not be provided.

Social Media and Web Publishing for Parishes
Saturday, April 28, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Colin Chapman and Joseph Mathews from General Seminary's Digital Formation and the Rev. Canon Shawn Duncan will present a workshop for parishes on why social media matters, tools for online collaboration and dynamic web publishing. Learn about Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, Google Docs and content management!

Fee for Social Media & Web Publishing workshop is $20.00 to cover lunch and materials. Class is limited to 30 participants.

Eucharistic Visitor Workshop
Saturday, April 28 9:30 – 11:30 am at Mercer School

A training workshop for all who have been approved by their rectors, priests-in-charge or wardens (in parishes where there is no priest with canonical authority) to visit parishioners with the sacrament. This training will focus on the theology of the Eucharist, the approved liturgy for the distribution of the sacrament by lay persons outside of the church building, and the basics of pastoral interaction with the infirm and shut-ins.

To register, written permission must be obtained from the ecclesiastical authority in parish or mission in which the Eucharistic Visitor will serve and a certificate of completion of the approved Sexual Harassment and Exploitation (SHE) course must be presented.

To register, download a registration form here and mail to Mercer School with payment.

Please note: Parish Administrators’ Day is postponed this Spring. A new format and content is in development, so please continue to check the website for updated information.

For further information, contact the Mercer Office by email merceroffice@dioceseli.org or by phone 516-248-4800 ext. 40.
Online registration is not available at this time.