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Evensong Service: February 21
The Advent Episcopal School Choral Ensemble will sing our Evensong service on Thursday, February 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nave. Canon Schneider will preach and Katherine Jacob will officiate. Evensong, a sung version of the Evening Prayer service, is drawn almost entirely from the Bible. This service provides an evening of respite during the […]
Thanksgiving: Worship and Closures
Pilgrims Going To Church, 1867 Painting by George Henry Boughton All are invited and welcome to join us on Thanksgiving Day at 10:00 a.m. in the Nave for a Holy Communion service. Canon Zac Hicks will preach. Our administrative offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday (November 22 and 23), and our bookstore will […]
August 19 – 11:00 Refectory Service begins
On Sunday, August 19, our additional worship service begins at 11:00 a.m. in the Refectory (concurrent with the service in the Nave). It features a band leading congregational singing, with our clergy preaching and leading the liturgy every week. The fruit of many years of prayerful discernment, this new service is another opportunity available in […]
Doug Webster Preaches at 6pm Maundy Thursday Service
Doug Webster joined the faculty of Beeson Divinity School in 2007 as professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Preaching, and since 2016 he has also served as a Teaching Pastor here at the Advent. Before coming to Birmingham, he was the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of San Diego (1993-2007). He has taught at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, […]
Andrew Pearson Preaches at Liturgy for Good Friday
The Liturgy for Good Friday, March 30 (Service begins at noon.) Andrew Pearson has served as Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, since 2014. He was the Advent’s Canon for Parish Life and Evangelism from 2011 to 2013. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, Dean […]
Fleming Rutledge Preaches Mon-Wed
[Ed. Note: The Advent Episcopal School surface parking lot is open this week for spring break at NW corner of 5th Ave North and Richard Arrington.] Author, preacher, and teacher Fleming Rutledge of New York City will preach Monday-Wednesday, March 26-28, at 12:05 p.m. Mrs. Rutledge preaches, teaches, and leads conferences in the mainline Protestant […]
Joel Brooks Preaches Thursday
[Ed. Note: The Advent Episcopal School surface parking lot is open this week for spring break at NW corner of 5th Ave North and Richard Arrington.] Joel Brooks, Lead Pastor of Redeemer Community Church in Birmingham, Alabama, will be our noonday preacher on Maundy Thursday, March 29. Mr. Brooks and his wife Lauren moved from […]
Beeson’s Robert Smith at Noonday Friday
Robert Smith, Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, will preach Friday, March 23, at 12:05 p.m. Dr. Smith served as Pastor of New Mission Missionary Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 20 years. He taught at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary before his call to Beeson, where he teaches Christian Preaching […]
Former Dean Frank Limehouse to Preach Wednesday and Thursday
Frank Limehouse, Chaplain of Christ Memorial Chapel in Jupiter Island, Florida, will be our noonday preacher on Wednesday and Thursday, March 21 and 22. In February 2017, Mr. Limehouse accepted a call to Christ Memorial Chapel, where he serves from November through April. He and his wife Jane live in Clemson, South Carolina, the other […]
Justin Holcomb to Preach Monday and Tuesday
Justin Holcomb, Canon for Vocations for the Diocese of Central Florida in Orlando, will preach Monday and Tuesday, March 19 and 20, at 12:05 p.m. Dr. Holcomb also teaches theology and apologetics at Reformed Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He serves on the boards for GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in Christian Environments), Leaders […]