​Upcoming Events

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Featured Events

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Lunch and Learn Series

Advent Series with Canon Michael Delaney

Thursdays:
December  2, 9, 16
Online via Zoom 
12 noon - 1pm
Register here

Advent is a season of anticipation, waiting, and often about finding light in the darkness. Each liturgical year (Cycles A, B & C) focuses  on one of the synoptic gospels. On the first Sunday in Advent 2021 we open the gospel of Luke. Our conversation for Lunch & Learn will explore the Christian story through the eyes, ears and voice of Luke.

Join Canon Michael Delaney, Diocesan Canon Liturgist, at mid-day on the following three Thursdays in Advent: December 2, 9, and 16. from 12:00 Noon .1:00 p.m. via ZOOM.

There is no charge for this course.  
Download flyer here

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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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School for Ministry

All sessions conducted fully via Zoom through January 2022.  The School for Ministry Formation program for postulants completed its first 3-year cycle with the new curriculum. Faculty and students declare it a success and will add new electives in the Fall.
The dates for the Fall semester classes for diaconal postulants, Anglican Studies students, and interested Lay learners are the following Saturdays:  Sept 18, Oct 16, Nov 20, Dec 18, and Jan 15, 2022

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

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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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​Winter 2021-22

Anticipating Advent
 
The Advent season marks the start of a new church year.  The word “Advent” is derived from the Latin “adventus”:  defined as an approach, appearance, arrival, “a coming on the scene.”  In the late Roman Empire, ceremonies, “liturgies,” were created to mark the adventus of the emperor or a leading citizen.  While these were secular activities, there was a touch of the religious, as late Roman emperors had a sense of divine purpose.  We Christians know who is coming, and we have four weeks to get ready.  New fair linen is laid across the altar, the seasonal color changes to purple or blue, and a new cycle of readings from scripture begins.

Readings from Scripture on Sunday mornings follow a three-year cycle (Years A, B, and C).  Each year, during Advent, Mercer offers a three-session short Lunch & Learn course on the themes and readings associated with that liturgical year. During each year, the Holy Gospel proclaimed at the Sunday Morning Eucharist focuses on one of the three synoptic gospels. On the first Sunday in Advent 2021 (Year C) we open the gospel of Luke. Our conversation for Lunch & Learn will explore the Christian story through the eyes, ears, and voice of Luke.  Join us on Zoom for three Thursdays in Advent, from 12 Noon to 1 p.m. beginning December 2.  Look for further details and a link to registration on this web page.

In this time of anticipation, we are also looking ahead to the start of our spring semester at the School for Ministry in February.  In addition to courses in scripture, theology, and liturgics from our core academic curriculum, we have some interesting plans in the works.  Watch this web page in early January for further details!

Adventus – anticipation.

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HOW TO REGISTER FOR
CLASSES & EVENTS

There are three 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. 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

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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