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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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On December 1, a new liturgical year began, and with it, the season of Advent. In our Advent-Christmas message we observed that the Gospel lessons proclaimed at the four Sundays of Advent begin with an adult Jesus warning us to “stand up and raise your heads because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28) and end (at the beginning?) with Elizabeth’s infant leaping in her womb as a pregnant Mary greets her (Luke 1:41). Saturday January 18th marks the end of the first semester of our 2024-25 academic year and our spring 2025 semester begins Saturday February 15th.
If you look up and to the right, you will see the cover of our spring 2025 course catalog. We encourage you to click on the picture and browse the catalog and review our spring offerings. Registration will open on January 22nd. In addition to courses offered from our spring catalog Lunch & Learn resumes on Thursday, January 16, with “Young at Heart,” three sessions with the Reverend Canon Kate Salisbury, who will share her considerable gifts and more than twenty years of experience as a Christian educator. 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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