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Ecclesiology: The Credal Marks of the Church with Rev. Cantrell
Sunday to Sunday, Christians around the world profess their faith in the words of the Nicene Creed. Part of that profession includes belief in a church that is “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.” In February’s Lunch & Learn, we will take each of these familiar concepts in turn and consider the deeper questions and implications that they raise for being the body of Christ today
Rev. Spencer Cantrell, Priest-in-Charge of St. George’s Astoria and doctoral student in theology. Fr. Spencer will guide us in deepening our understanding of the four marks of ecclesiology: “the study of the church.” We will meet via Zoom from 12 Noon to 1 pm on the Following Thursdays: February 5th, 12th, 19th Given the focus in our diocesan life on preparing for the election of a new bishop, we are offering a series of three courses on bishops in the Anglican tradition.
The first course (October) will take the long view, starting with the English Reformation and continuing to the present. The second course in the series (January) will narrow its focus to three bishops in the Episcopal Church. The third will come closer and consider three recent Long Island bishops who illustrate different models of episcopacy. Our November series will consider the Dead Sea Scrolls an amalgam of ancient biblical and apocryphal texts discovered in the mid-twentieth century. In December, as we begin a new church year in the season of Advent, we’ll open the Gospel of Matthew. 
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We are halfway through our current Academic Year. The first semester ends on January 31, and our second semester begins on Saturday. February 21. Sorry, no real break between semesters!
The School for Ministry Spring 2026 Catalog can be accessed from the front page of our website (www.mercerschool.org ). Open the catalog by clicking on its cover picture, select your course(s), and press “REGISTER.”. Since there are three class periods at each of our once-a-month online plenary sessions, verify the times for the course(s) you have chosen so as not to “double book.” To find the titles of books assigned for each course, follow the Book List tab on the “School for Ministry” dropdown. Also, online Lunch & Learn continues into the new year with a variety of new offerings through June 2026. Current information about this program is elsewhere on this page. Continue to monitor the website for further developments. Change is in the air in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island! 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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