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Join us 12/20 at 8:30 for weekday worship
Join us Thursday, December 20 at 8:30 a.m. in the Nave for our annual weekday worship service and Christmas gathering. Our weekly Thursday service at the Advent centers around our relationships with our downtown friends and neighbors, many of whom experience life without a fixed address. Members of Advent Birmingham lead music, Advent clergy and guest […]
Lessons and Carols services on 12/20 and 12/23
We invite you to join us for our services of Lessons and Carols on Thursday, December 20 at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 23 at 5:00 p.m. Both services feature readings from the Bible, beautiful hymns appropriate for the Advent season and Christmas, and a gospel-centered sermon. They’re both held in the Nave, our worship […]
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 […]
October 18: Choral Evensong
Worship “in the Beauty of Holiness” The Cathedral Choir will sing Choral Evensong on Thursday, October 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Nave. Evensong, a sung version of the Evening Prayer service, is drawn almost entirely from the Bible. This service offers an evening of respite during the week. Canon Hicks will preach, with the […]
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 […]