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The Great Uprising:
Celebrating three days that change history
Each year the Church celebrates three days at the very center of our life as Christians, the great three days of the Easter triduum. Beginning as the sun sets on Maundy Thursday, until Sunset of Easter Day, we enter the mystery of the dying and rising of our Lord. This experience isn’t a re-enactment but a drama where the events we celebrate are made present for us as we go from darkness to light, from death to life. In short, we walk through our own baptism in Christ as we walk through the Easter mystery. We will explore liturgical texts, hymns, and ritual drama from ancient Eastern and Western church traditions.
Join us online with The Very Rev. Canon Dr. Mark Kowalewski, Co-Dean Emeritus of St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles, and Co-Vicar of Incarnation Chapel, Carle Place.
As Easter approaches, we will gather together online four Thursdays from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm via Zoom as follows: March 20: What does it mean to live in a re-enchanted world? Sacred time and the Easter Triduum.
March 27: Entering the upper room and going to the cross: Day One. April 3: He descended into hell,” the mystery of Holy Saturday: Day Two. April 10: The great uprising, Jesus’s resurrection, and our own. 
The Very Rev. Cn. Michael Sniffen, Dean of Long Island, invites you to join this important Lenten lecture series in partnership with Codrington College, Barbados. The series will be presented by the Rev. Dr. Daniel Justice Eshun, Senior Lecturer, Chaplain, and Dean of Chapel at Whitelands College, University of Roehampton, London. Dean Sniffen recently met with Dr. Eshun in Barbados and looks forward to collaborating with him on more joint formation and Christian education opportunities in the coming year. This joint work will focus on understandings of Anglican/Episcopal theology and identity in African, American, and Caribbean contexts. The lecture series beginning on March 18th will address many key matters essential to the ongoing ministry of emancipation and reconciliation across the Anglican Communion in a post-colonial age. All are welcome.
Sessions will be every Tuesday evening March 18th-April 8th at 8pm by Zoom. Lecture One: “Who do people say I am?” “Who do you say I am?” (Mark 8:27-28). Our Histories and Identities Lecture Two: “But woe to that man who betrays him!” (Luke 22:22). The Trauma of Betrayal: Slavery and Religion; Retelling Stories of Primary and Middle Passage Lecture Three: “You have no power over me” (John 19:11). Engaging Principalities and Powers: Past, Present and Future - Not Exchanging Spirituality for Materiality Lecture Four: “You say that I am a king…. To this end I was born into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth "(John 18:37). Telling Contested Truths to Power without Shame and with Grace Lecture Five: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? (Matt 27:46) “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34). Towards a Theology of Forgiveness and Post-traumatic Growth in a Chaotic and Paradoxical World Click here to register. The cost is $55.00. Lunch & Learn began as a response to a simple question: What if we offered short courses for busy people during lunch? Many local parish adult education programs occur in the evening, which can be difficult for those who prefer to avoid driving at night or want to avoid giving up their evening after a long workday. By scheduling midday, we could cater to those who could easily commute to the school late in the morning and leave before evening traffic. And so, Lunch & Learn was born. JOIN US!
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Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tested by the devil Luke 4:2a).
During Lent, we are in our own versions of the wilderness as we move towards Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and – at last – Easter. Our current Lunch & Learn series for March focuses on the Triduum (“three days”) the time between sunset on Maundy Thursday through sunset on Easter Day. So, as we continue with our Lenten devotions, we are beginning to look ahead toward the Great Feast of the Resurrection. Several years ago, John Westerhoff, practical theologian and educator, told a group of us that he wondered why our Church liturgical year did not begin at Easter, rather than the first Sunday in Advent. We are “Easter People.” Episcopalians: Incarnational and Resurrectional! At the beginning of Eastertide, we will be midway through the spring 2025 semester at the School for Ministry. We are already looking ahead to the next academic year, which will bring significant changes to our school and to theological education in the Diocese of Long Island. For further announcements, please continue to check back here, at the Mercer School website. Self-Study Course in Episcopal Church Law Polity and Canon Law Update As we revise the Episcopal Church Law course to incorporate changes in our polity and canon law made at the Episcopal Church’s General Conventions in 2022 and 2024, we offer video recordings of our October 2024 lunchtime sessions covering the most significant of these changes. To access the videos, follow this dropdown sequence: EPISCOPAL CHURCH LAW COURSE => LUNCH AND LEARN CANON LAW. No registration or password is required. More information about our School for Ministry program, please click here and reach out to
Director of Academic Programs - Canon Ted Gerbracht [email protected]. 
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