​Upcoming Events

Advent Lunch and Learn

Registration is now open!

Click here to learn about our upcoming Lunch and Learn Series
This popular program will be offered monthly. Making the classes available via Zoom allows us to eliminate the commute!
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Each course meets for one hour at lunch time on one weekday over a three- or four-week period. Stay tuned for planned topics this Fall.  Be sure to check back frequently.   
ADDITIONAL ADVENT OFFERING
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​The Coming of the Christ: An Advent Series
 
As we observe Advent and Christmas in the twenty-first century, it is worth reviewing a first-century Christian take on the coming of the Christ by rereading some of Christianity’s oldest texts, particularly the Gospels. If we lament Christianity’s waning in a post-Christian age, it is worth asking what Christians projected in a pre-Christian age. 
 
What did our forebears in the faith think about the coming of the Christ before the disciples were called ‘Christians’ (Acts 11.26)?
 
This Series considers this question in three parts. 
 
First, what Jesus means when he says that he has come down to earth from heaven (Jn 6.38). On the one hand, the coming of the Christ had been anticipated in Judaism for centuries; on the other hand, the first Christians had to interpret the Old Testament to read the signs of their times. 
 
Second, Jesus tells us he came to save the world (Jn 3.17). The coming of the Christ, in what St Paul calls ‘the fullness of time’ (Gal. 4.4–7), inaugurates a series of events yet unfinished until the Christ comes again ‘that God may be all in all’ (1 Cor. 15.28). 
 
Third, Simeon prophesies bewilderingly about the Christ child. Whilst Simeon rejoices in the salvation wrought in the Christ, who is ‘revelation for the Gentiles’ and ‘glory for Israel’, he discloses that the baby Jesus is ‘a sign of contradiction’ (Lk. 2.25–36).
 
The Series is offered on the Mondays of Advent 2023 at 2pm (EST) on YouTube as a resource for individuals or groups to use creatively during the Season of Advent.
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​Presenter: Rev. Dr. Michael Hull, Principal and Pantonian Professor of Divinity, Scottish Episcopal Institute, Edinburgh.
1. The Christ: God come down to earth (Monday 4 December 2023)
2. The Christ: God come to save us (Monday 11 December 2023)
3. The Christ: A sign of contradiction (Monday 18 December 2023)
 
The Series is free and open to all.  Register at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6179610 or get the links directly from
​Dr Hull at dr.michael.hull@gmail.com. ​

A message from the Mercer School of Theology

Welcome to the new academic year at Mercer!  This will be an exciting and eventful academic year for us as we encounter new opportunities to advance and enhance theological education for both lay learners and those in formation for ordination.  Keep watching our website for further details!  
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Self-Study Course in Episcopal Church Law

We are excited to announce the Episcopal Church Law Self-Study Course.  In a web-based multimedia format, you will be introduced to the structures and laws (canons) which make up the unique “polity” of the Episcopal Church.  

In addition, we will consider the intersection of “church law,” as described in the constitutions and canons of the General Convention and the Diocese of Long Island, with the varieties of secular law. 

This new format allows you to take the course at your own pace on your own schedule.  This course is designed for clergy and lay leaders.

Registration is required and is now open!

More information about our School for Ministry program, please click here and contact Director of Academic Programs - Canon Ted Gerbracht tgerbracht@dioceseli.org. ​

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

Mercer Library Hours


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

Contact jherbst@dioceseli.org

Welcome to Mercer!

The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Sniffen
Dean
msniffen@incarnationgc.org
Diane Muscarella
Director of Operations
dmuscarella@dioceseli.org
Canon Ted Gerbracht
Director of Academic Programs
tgerbracht@dioceseli.org
Aissa Hillebrand
Assistant Director of Operations
ahillebrand@dioceseli.org
Jane Herbst
Librarian
jherbst@dioceseli.org
The George Mercer, Jr. Memorial School of Theology
Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
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