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Fontaine Pope, The Rev. Canon Deborah R. Leighton, Lynn Cassady, The Very Reverend Andrew C. Pearson Jr. and Marcus Cassimus prepare for this year’s Lenten lunch events.
The Cathedral Church of the Advent is once again featuring preachers from around the world in a series of lunchtime interdenominational services during Lent, the season leading up to Easter. Each noonday service is immediately followed by the church’s homemade lunches.
The 25-minute service starts at 12:05 p.m. beginning Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18 and continues through Good Friday, April 3.
For 107 years, the Lenten Preaching Series and Lenten Lunches program have provided opportunities for evangelism, fellowship and service within the Advent and beyond. In 2014 the Lenten Lunches program raised nearly $40,000 for local and global ministries. Last year more than 250 volunteers each week helped serve at least 6,000 lunches. The proceeds were distributed to many mission programs both locally and globally supported by the Advent.
Advent is located at the corner of 20th Street and 6th Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. For more information, visit adventbirmingham.org.
