Seminary
Brooklyn Stake Seminary Courses
Brooklyn Stake offers the following seminary courses on Zoom. Each course is studying the Doctrine and Covenants in 2025.
Evening Spanish, Mon.-Thurs. at 7:00pm
Joaquin Barahona Diaz
Heidy Soliman de Sarmiento
Morning English, Mon.-Thurs. at 6:00am
Sarah Avila
Abigail Rue Jenson
Evening English, Mon.-Thurs. at 6:00pm
Mirna Montero
Cedric Dad Alexis
About Seminary
Seminary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is to help high school students deepen their conversion to Jesus Christ and His restored gospel, qualify for the blessings of the temple, and prepare themselves, their families, and others for eternal life with their Father in Heaven.
Register for Seminary
The mySeminary website allows you to register for a seminary class and track your progress.
Upcoming Seminary Events
Coming soon.
Brooklyn stake Seminary Teacher Profiles
Sarah Avila
Heidy Sarmiento
Heidy Sarmiento
Sister Avila is a polymath. To illustrate, after a career in digital product design, she decided it was time to try something else, so she enrolled in acting class (when in New York . . .). She also loves sports and played basketball and ran hurdles and cross country in high school. Sister Avila served a mission in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Utah State University. She grew up in Washington.
Heidy Sarmiento
Heidy Sarmiento
Heidy Sarmiento
Hermana Sarmiento is from Honduras. She graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras del Valle Sula (Unah-VS). She also tutors math and physics. She played soccer and basketball, and now she and her husband Oscar are the parents of three girls.
Cedric Dad Alexis
Cedric Dad Alexis
Cedric Dad Alexis
Brother Alexis is from Haiti and speaks at least three languages. He served a mission in the Port-au-Prince Haiti Mission and is studying Applied Business at BYU-Idaho online while he works in health care.
Abigail Jenson
Cedric Dad Alexis
Cedric Dad Alexis
Abigail moved from Utah to Brooklyn with her husband John in 2024. She is a certified home economics teacher through the NYSDOE, and she loves teaching, high schoolers, and God!
Institute
About Institute
Institute of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is to help young adults deepen their conversion to Jesus Christ and His restored gospel, qualify for the blessings of the temple, and prepare themselves, their families, and others for eternal life with their Father in Heaven.
Brooklyn and Staten Island Institute Winter 2025 Courses
The Doctrine and Covenants
Time: Tuesday, 7:00-8:45pm
Location: 343 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Time: Wednesday, 7:00-8:45pm
Location: 151 N. Saint Austins Pl., Staten Island, NY 10310
Teachers: Elder and Sister Fronk
Come Unto Christ
Time: Tuesday 7:00-8:45pm
Location: 343 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Teacher: Brother Johnathan Austin
Find a Better Job
Time: Tuesday, 7:00-8:45pm
Location: 343 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Teachers: Brother and Sister Borden
Other Institute Courses in the New York City Area
Upcoming Institute Events
Coming soon.
For More Information
- Contact:
- J. Jonathan Austin
- New York NY Institute Director
- austinjj@churchofjesuschrist.org