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Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training Course (Fall 2010)
- Offered by the National Disaster Interfaiths Network and co-sponsored by Episcopal
Community Services, Long Island Council of Churches, and the Mercer School, this
two-day training prepares faith leaders to volunteer as chaplains in mass care settings
or serve within their house of worship, religious community or professional institution.
Each registrant must be endorsed for this training and/or currently serve as a
professional chaplain or credentialed religious leader. This course is compliant with
NIMS (National Incident Management Systems) and incorporates FEMA Incident
Command System (IS 100) training. It also complies with the National VOAD Points
of Consensus for Disaster Spiritual Care. To register, contact Ruth Wenger, Director
of Training for the National Disaster Interfaiths Network at rwenger@n-din.
org or 212-669-6100. For more information, contact the Mercer Office.
Course #: DT100928 Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training
Presenter: National Disaster Interfaiths Network
Date: Tues. Sept. 28 & Wed. Sept 29, 2010
Time: 8:15 am - 5:00 pm
Place: Mercer School of Theology
Fee: $195.00 Includes 2 meals and materials
> Click here to register
- Parish Revitalization Colloquium (Fall 2010 / Spring 2011)
- This colloquium examine the life cycles of congregational life and offers insights into
parish renewal and growth. How do we move our parish from maintenance to mission,
from lethargy to renewal, from death to life? These courses will examine some principles
that make up for parish renewal and growth. Open for clergy and laity.
Course #: PR100925 Saturday, September 25, 2010
Prayer, Vison and Faith Planning: The Heart of Revival
Postponed
Course#: PR101023 Saturday, October 23, 2010
Leadership and Life Cycles: Dynamics of Congregational Development
> Click here to register
Course#: PR110219 Saturday, February 19, 2011
Power Evangelism: Ministry of Worship, Signs, and Wonders
Course#: PR110319 Saturday, March 19, 2011
Let My People Grow: Parish as Church, Campus and Community Center
Instructor: The Rev. Dr. Fred Vergara
Time: Saturdays, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Dates: September 25, October 23, 2010; February 19, March 19, 2011
Place: The Mercer School of Theology
Fee: $25 per session
- Parish Health Conference
- Presented by the Parish Health Ministry Committee of Episcopal Community
Services, this conference will address the different issues that impact us today and
in the future. To register for this workshop either contact Episcopal Community
Services at (516) 248-4800 ext. 15, log on to www.ECSlongisland.org and
download an application.
Course #: PH101015
Presenter: TBA
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Date: Friday, October 15, 2010
Place: The Mercer School of Theology
Fee: $25 (includes lunch)
Postponed
- Marriage Preparation Workshop
- Couples attending this seminar are usually referred by their parish priest, although
other couples who are planning to get married are welcome to attend. At the end
of this seminar, the couple will have a better understanding of factors and keys that
lead to a successful marriage. This workshop covers communication; expectations; assumptions; decision making and planning; handling anger and stress; meeting the
needs of each other; and discussing family of origin. To register for either workshop
call Episcopal Community Services at (516) 248-4800 ext. 15, talk to your referring
clergy, or log on to www.ECSlongisland.org and download an application.
Additional dates and locations will be posted on the ECS Website.
Course #: PM101120 Saturday, November 20, 2010
Course #: PM110226 Saturday, February 26, 2011
Presenter: The Rev. Charles F. McCarron
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Place: The Mercer School of Theology
Fee: $150 (includes lunch and materials)
> Click here to register
- Lenten Day of Reflection (Spring 2011)
- This day invites all clergy and lay persons to a time of silent and guided prayer, reflection,
and meditation in preparation for Holy Week.
Course #: SP110416
Presenter: The Rev. Dn. Rose Marie Martino
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Place: The Mercer School of Theology
Fee: $30 (includes lunch)
- Anglican Social Teaching and Practice (Spring 2011)
- Congregational Social Ministry is the congregation's living witness to the Gospel
through work for justice and service to the poor and vulnerable people. Every
time your congregation serves the life and dignity of the human person, meets an
individual's basic needs, advocates for social change to reduce poverty and creates
a partnership to improve the community, you are doing Congregational Social
Ministry. Highlights of this workshop will include:
- An opportunity to learn new skills
- A prophetic vision of church in our world today
- A review of the Diocese of Long Island's historical commitment to social ministry
- A forum to share best practices along with spiritual renewal
- A methodology for a needs assessment of your church's community
Open to clergy and lay leaders who wish to learn strategies for building a social
ministry for a congregation in a way which recognizes the church's own strengths, the
communities' needs and the available resources.
Course #: SM110122
Presenter: The Rev. Charles F. McCarron
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011 (please check website to confirm)
Place: The Mercer School of Theology
Fee: $30 (includes lunch)
- Parish-Based Immigration Services Volunteer Training
(Spring 2011)
- In keeping with Anglican traditions and recent General Convention resolutions pertaining
to immigration policy, ECS is offering a new series of trainings. These classes
will empower our congregants to be of assistance to immigrant members of their
local communities and will teach the skills needed to help those who are eligible to
apply for US citizenship. The goal of the course is to prepare a network of sites which
can assist large numbers of immigrants seeking assistance when comprehensive immigration
reform is passed by Congress in the near future. These workshops are an
overview of regulations and paperwork and volunteers will be "re-tooled" when the
actual legislation is finalized. Highlights of the training include:
- Immigration law
- Forms
- Interview techniques
- Citizenship classes
A congregation or deanery should first discern if they wish to offer these services,
and if so, we ask that they have a team of at least three volunteers willing to be
trained.
Attendance at all sessions is required. To register for this workshop call Episcopal
Community Services at (516) 248-4800 ext. 15, talk to your referring clergy,
or log on to www.ECSlongisland.org and download an application.
Course #: SM110507
Presenter: The Rev. Charles F. McCarron
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Dates: Saturdays, May 7, 14, 21, 2011 (please check Mercer website to confirm)
Place: TBA
Fee: $40 (includes lunch and materials)
- Parish History Writing Workshop (Spring 2011)
- A parish history can be a powerful tool both for building solidarity within a church
community and for helping bring in new members. This one-day workshop will explore
three varieties of parish history: a scholarly work, a photo book, and a popular
narrative. Led by Mercer Librarian Charles Egleston, who has edited history, it is
aimed both at individual writers and groups of individuals from particular churches
who would like to share the task. If you are thinking of attending the workshop you
should contact the Mercer Librarian as soon as possible to obtain a copy of Rev.
Laurence D. Fish's Writing a Congregational History ($5.50), and then discuss with
your priest and/or the vestry about what sort of approach you would like to take to
ensure their cooperation. The workshop will be held at the Mercer Library, which has
a complete run of journals of convention for the Diocese of Long Island, as well as
copies of diocesan publications, some dating from the nineteenth century.
Presenter: Mr. Charles Egleston
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Course #: PH110122
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Course #: PH110423
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Place: Mercer School of Theology
Fee: $30 (includes lunch)
