SUNDAY SERVICES
8:00 a.m. | Holy Eucharist, Rite II
10:30 a.m. | Holy Eucharist Rite II, livestreamed
Welcome to St. Alban's!
SUNDAY WORSHIP
8:00 a.m. | HOLY EUCHARIST, RITE II
10:30 a.m. | HOLY EUCHARIST, RITE II
This service includes music and is livestreamed to our YouTube channel for those worshiping online. View service bulletins here.
Sunday School for ages 4-12th grade begins at 10:15 a.m. downstairs. Register here. Nursery is available for ages 0-3 during the 10:30 a.m. service.
Sunday morning spiritual education programming for adults is typically held from 9:10 – 10:10 a.m. View the schedule on our Adult Formation page.
HOLY WEEK
& EASTER AT
ST. ALBAN'S
You are invited to join us for Holy Week and Easter services as we seek to walk with Christ and participate in his passion and resurrection.
Sunday, April 13 | Palm Sunday
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
9:10 a.m.-10:10 a.m. Palm Cross workshop and fellowship in the Parish Hall (no Sunday School or Adult Formation)
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
The congregation will gather in the Parish Hall prior to the procession of palms to the Nave.
Monday, April 14 | Monday in Holy Week
12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II in the chapel
Tuesday, April 15 | Tuesday in Holy Week
12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II in the chapel
Wednesday, April 16 | Wednesday in Holy Week
12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II in the chapel
Thursday, April 17 | Maundy Thursday
7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Friday, April 18 | Good Friday
11:30 a.m. Stations of the Cross If weather permits, we will gather outside at the entrance to the Prayer Trail, near the SEEDS Garden Shed. In wet weather, we will meet in the narthex by the doors to the nave. This optional devotion will lead into the Good Friday Service at noon.
12:00 p.m. Good Friday Service
7:00 p.m. Good Friday Service
Saturday, April 19 | Holy Saturday
8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil, Holy Eucharist Rite II followed by festive refreshments to welcome Easter, provided by the Ministry of Fun
Sunday, April 20 | Easter Sunday
7:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II with Children's Choir
10:15 a.m. Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, outside if weather permits (no Sunday School or Adult Formation)
11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
GRACE & GRAVITY
A Poetry Reading and Conversation with Karl Plank
Thursday, April 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Nave
A tree is cut down and one listens to the silence of its falling after the noise of the chainsaws that cut it down...a slow drench of effort forms itself into sweat, followed by the relief of rain...night falls. This, the grace of falling things and of we, too, who are falling things. Karl Plank's recent poetry collection, The Grace of Falling Things, is an exercise of contemplation and attention to the gravities of nature and our human condition, an attempt to press poetry into the edges of prayer. Karl will read and comment upon selections from this work, especially emphasizing its intersections with the language of liturgy, sacrament, and prayer.
Karl has been a member of St. Alban's since the Lorimer days. His poetry has appeared in journals such as Notre Dame Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Zone 3, New Madrid, Tahoma Literary Review, Presence, and Spiritus, and has been featured on Poetry Daily. A past winner of the Thomas Carter Prize for nonfiction (Shenandoah, 1993) and a Best of the Net nominee (2022), he is the J.W. Cannon Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Davidson College where he taught from 1982-2023.
Apostle-ing
Outside the Lines:
Jesus, Magdalene,
and Us
Lent 2025 @ St. Alban's
All four Gospels report that Mary Magdalene, deemed the “Apostle to the Apostles” by Thomas Aquinas, was among those who discovered the empty tomb. And yet, for centuries, Magdalene was wrongly identified as a prostitute, while she and the other women disciples are treated as footnotes by the Church. This Lenten season, we’ll get to know these women in a deeper way, and discover what their apostolic leadership can teach all of us about following Jesus faithfully today.
Sundays @ St. Alban's
9:10 - 10:10 a.m.
Our Sunday morning spiritual formation offerings for adults during Lent will focus on exploring what it means to be an apostle, for Mary Magdalene and the other women who followed Jesus, as well as for us today. Come and learn! View the spiritual formation schedule HERE.
Soup & Spirit @ St. Alban's
Wednesday Nights in Lent
6:00 PM Lenten Soup Supper
Come to the Parish Hall for a simple yet delicious meal of soup, salad, and bread cooked by Lisa McDonnell and her amazing team of sous-chefs. $10 per adult/youth, $5 per child under age 12, with a $25 max per family. All soups and salads are vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free. Anything containing dairy, gluten, or nuts will be labeled and served as an optional side.
Ticket purchases are encouraged by Sunday evening of each week. (Sorry, no refunds for cancellations or no-shows.) Interested in more healthy recipes? Visit Lisa McDonnell's website: The Radish.
Soup Menu
April 9: Eastern Spiced Chickpea Stew
Purchase soup tickets for the weeks you plan to attend HERE.
6:45 PM Evening Prayer
After supper, we will hold a brief service of Evening Prayer for all ages in the Parish Hall.
7:00 – 8:00 PM Apostles-in-Training Series
After supper and evening prayer, stick around for these enriching and fun classes designed to introduce you to the basics of a variety of spiritual practices and deepen your apostolic skill set. While some of these practices may seem outside your comfort zone at first, you will be in a safe and supportive environment, and nobody will be expected to do anything they are not ready to do! View the schedule HERE.
The Stations of the Cross
12:00 p.m. on Fridays in Lent
Each Friday throughout the Lenten season, we will gather at noon to walk the Stations of the Cross. The Stations of the Cross (or The Way of the Cross) is a prayerful devotion that recalls the series of events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and burial. In the early centuries of the Christian faith, pilgrims to Jerusalem often visited the places connected to the final hours of Jesus’ earthly life. Over time, Christians unable to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem developed the practice of recalling those events using images and “stations” to imitate the Jerusalem pilgrimage and to meditate on the final hours and events of Jesus’ life.
Whenever weather permits, we will gather outside at the entrance to the Prayer Trail, near the SEEDS Garden Shed. In wet weather, we will meet in the narthex by the doors to the nave. The service will last about 20 minutes.
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson, NC is a friendly, inclusive, and growing congregation that seeks to honor the Lord Jesus Christ through worship, fellowship, and outreach. St. Alban’s is a parish in the Diocese of North Carolina, part of The Episcopal Church, and the worldwide Anglican Communion. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here. We invite you to join us in worship as we strive to be faithful disciples of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
