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Lenten Preaching Schedule & Lunch Menu
For the 113th consecutive year, Lent at the Advent will include gospel-centered sermons delivered by guest preachers, warm meals provided by loving volunteers, and gracious fellowship with friends around tables. Since 1908, thousands have gathered to hear the Word preached in a way that enlivens, confronts, encourages, and clarifies. The emphasis we place at the Advent […]
David Zahl’s New Book
Seculosity by David Zahl – Available Now wherever books are sold from Mockingbird on Vimeo. We were excited to host the launch of David Zahl’s new book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics and Romance Became Our New Religion – and What to Do About It, on April 3. David was our Lenten […]
Sunday: Lenten Lunch tickets
Pick up your Lenten Lunch tickets in Clingman Commons on Sunday between worship services! Tickets are available as singles, or as a series in a variety of options. Volunteers from the Lenten Preaching and Lunch Series will also be on hand to connect you with sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, as well as answer questions you […]
A Resurrection Poem by John Goodman
[Above: Imogen, c. 1888, by Herbert Gustave Schmalz] A Couplet from Shakespeare by John Goodman “Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.” – Cymbeline, act IV, scene ii Unless we place the corpse on ice, ‘til future science sets the price Of plus ultra; such that when the […]
Dean’s Bulletin Board 3.08.2016
For a number of years now, the Advent has dedicated the entirety of its Good Friday offering to the ministry of Christ Church, Jerusalem. Traditionally, in the Episcopal Church, the offering has gone to the province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Carrying on that tradition, I would encourage you to give this Good Friday […]