On Sunday, Nov. 24, the Episcopal Church of the Advent will celebrate 60 years since the dedication of St. Clement’s Chapel in its present location on Piedmont Drive with a single 10 a.m. service to ...

Advent begins on Sunday, December 1st. Most of us have an intuitive understanding of Advent, based on experience, but what do the Church's official documents actually say about Advent? Here are some ...

Advent is a criminally underrated liturgical season. It gets swallowed up in the pre-Christmas rush, and it's shorter and less intense than Lent, but it's a beautiful, quiet period worth marking.

Exactly one year following a devastating fire, members of Advent United Methodist Church along Woodruff Road in Simpsonville say they have emerged stronger than ever. Exactly one year following a ...

COMMENTARY: Drawing from the spiritual wisdom of the great St. Bernard of Clairvaux, we can now observe the season with a broader horizon. The word ‘Advent’ is from the Latin ‘adventus’ for ‘coming’ ...

A Walnut Hills church is giving back by serving up some delicious food with the help of a local private chef.

A lit candle is seen on an Advent wreath. Advent, a season of joyful expectation before Christmas, begins Dec. 3 this year. The Advent wreath, with a candle marking each week of the season, is a ...

After more than seven years as the lead priest at the Episcopal Church’s downtown Birmingham cathedral, the dean of Cathedral Church of the Advent is stepping down due to “ongoing tension” within the ...

When former Cathedral Church of the Advent Dean Andrew Pearson resigned on May 16 after 11 years on staff as a priest at Alabama’s largest Episcopal congregation, his future was uncertain. When he ...

Although 40-year-old Rev. Bret Hays may not be a youngster anymore, he might feel that way as he gazes up at the cross beams and into the pews of Advent Church, the third oldest Episcopal building in ...