​Upcoming Events

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School for Ministry
Registration is now OPEN! 

REgister here

The School for Ministry will meet online via Zoom one Saturday each month, from February through June.  
The School for Ministry Formation program for postulants completed its first 3-year cycle with the new curriculum. 

The dates for the Spring semester classes for diaconal postulants, Anglican Studies students, and interested Lay learners are the following Saturdays:  Feb 19, March 19, April 16, May 21 and June 18, 2022

Classes run from 8:30 am – 5 pm and include Morning Prayer.  All sessions conducted fully via Zoom through June 2022. 
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If you would like more information about the classes for Spring 2022, School for Ministry, please click here and contact Co-Chair, Director of Academic Programs - Canon Ted Gerbracht tgerbracht@dioceseli.org. 

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Lunch and Learn Series 2022 begins with 

“Collecting” our Prayers

Assistant Bishop Geralyn Wolf Episcopal Diocese of Long Island

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​Almighty God, to you all hearts are open. With the words of this short prayer, the Collect for Purity, we begin The Holy Eucharist. In three one-hour sessions in February, Bishop Wolf will explore the background, structure, and usage of these short prayers found in ourBook of Common Prayer. Emphasis will be placed on how to use the collects as a source for prayer, contemplation, insight, and spiritual growth.
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Wednesdays, from 12 Noon to 1:00 p.m. via Zoom

Click here for more information

Register here

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Lunch & Learn 2022 re-Zooms!

This popular program continues with an offering once monthly from February through June. Making the classes available via Zoom allows us to eliminate the commute!
Each course meets for one hour at lunch time on one weekday over a three- or four-week period. Planned topics include The Psalms, “Collecting” our prayers (BCP Collects), “Family Feuds” (church councils), “Witnesses from the Cloud” (Saints), and “Textual tradition of Mary Magdalene.”
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Check back periodically for announcements!

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Working Our Way to General
Convention 2022: Canon Chuck Robertson Discusses the Modern Episcopal Church

As part of the final online meeting of the School for Ministry course Church History 2 Anglican Christianity, Canon Ted introduced The Rev Canon C. K. (Chuck) Robertson, Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church. Previously recorded via Zoom in interview format, the discussion covered major themes in the development of the Anglican Communion in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and offered a peek into the agendas of the summer 2022 meetings of the Episcopal Church’s General Convention and the Lambeth Conference. A link to this conversation is here:  Dialog with Canon Robertson

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Featured Video:  Mercer School of Theology Annual Capon Lecture

The Rev. Canon Bruce D. Griffith. Th.D., Honorary Canon is Residence at the Cathedral, gives a lecture on his recently published book, Grace and Incarnation: The Oxford Movement's Shaping of the Character of Modern Anglicanism for the George Mercer's Annual Capon Lecture.   Click the video to enjoy the replay.  Thank you Rev. Canon Bruce Griffith.  ​

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SAFE CHURCH UPDATE

All in-person Safe Church dates are cancelled until further notice. 

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En Espanol - Safe Church Policies

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance.
~Proverbs 1:5

​2022 begins with many of the same questions we have asked for the last two years. How do we prepare for life’s new challenges?  How can we treasure the simpler things and spend our time wisely? How can we move forward when there is so much uncertainty?  This proverb encourages us to build knowledge and understanding as we seek answers.

This Spring, the Mercer School of Theology offers several new options for building our knowledge.

Beginning in February the students and faculty of the Mercer School for Ministry will explore and reflect upon themes in the life of the Church through classes in New Testament Scripture and Theology.  A few new courses are offered in Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, The Book of Common Prayer and Christian Ethics from an Anglican Perspective. Primarily for those seeking ordination to the diaconate, these courses are offered as a core academic program and as an Anglican Studies program.  Many of the offerings are also open to lay learners.

All of these Saturday classes will be held exclusively on-line being mindful of the challenges the Covid-19 virus still presents for live group gatherings.  CLASSES BEGIN ON SATURDAY, FEB 19TH with online morning prayer at 8:30 am.  Registration is now open. 

For lay learners looking for a weekday class experience, the popular Online Lunch & Learn one-hour monthly series will return on Wednesday, February 2nd.  These are short noontime conversations on Zoom with experts from our midst here in the Diocese of Long Island and beyond.  Our guest instructors will touch on prayer life, church history, the saints, and even Mary Magdalene.

Please visit us here regularly for updates, to register, and for more learning opportunities.

The Mercer School is intent on developing resources that respond to the issues of our time, putting our theological tradition into living dialogue with the needs and challenges we face today. In your learning journey, may you find support, learning and empowerment to carry out the ministry to which you are called, in joy!

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HOW TO REGISTER FOR
CLASSES & EVENTS

There are four options: 

1. Click on the cover of the new Course Book pictured on the upper right hand corner of this page. Then find your event and click on the link Register Here. Follow instructions for online registration. The online system should send a confirmation to your email address.

2. Find your event by date on the Google calendar located on the left side of this page. Click on the event and click on the Register tab located at the end of the description. Follow the instructions to register online. The online system should send a confirmation to your email address.

3.  Click on School for Ministry Tab above and then click on Spring 2022

4.  Register by telephone or email, contact the Mercer Office at 516 248-4800 Ext 140. or merceroffice@dioceseli.org.

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Mercer Library Hours

Tuesday and Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Saturday by Appt Only

Contact jherbst@dioceseli.org

Spring School for Ministry Catalog is LIVE!

Welcome to Mercer!

Diane Muscarella
Co-Head, Director of Operations
dmuscarella@dioceseli.org

Canon Ted Gerbracht
Co-Head, Director of Academic Programs
tgerbracht@dioceseli.org

Aissa Hillebrand
Assistant Director of Operations
ahillebrand@dioceseli.org

Jane Herbst
Librarian
jherbst@dioceseli.org

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