Palm Sunday

Services in the Nave: 
8:00 am & 10:30 am*
Preaching: The Rev. Rebecca DeBow
*with Children's Palm Procession with donkey

The Service of The Word:
10:30 am - Graham Hall
Preaching: The Rev. Richmond Webster
 
Service in the Nave:
5:00pm 
Preaching: The Rev. Rebecca DeBow

Foods Jesus Ate this Sunday at 9:00 am
Join us for a Middle Eastern Feast under the Pavilion at 9 am. Bring the whole family and visit with the animals while we feast on delicious food!

*Foods Jesus Ate will replace Breakfast on Sunday Morning*

Special Music for Palm Sunday
A SPECIAL FEATURE to close the Palm Sunday service will include the retiring Solemn Procession accompanied by The Saint Luke’s Choir singing “Plorate, filii Israel” (Weep, children of Israel) the legendary choral Lament by Giacomo Carissimi (Italian, 1605-1674). Its enthralling capacity, with repeated sobbing and moaning, heralded then and still as “thus, the most beautiful music ever to be composed.” (A. Kircher, Jesuit College of Rome, 1650)  

Listen here in advance.
Holy Week Schedule of Services
We invite you to view a full schedule of Holy Week services here.

Below are a few things to note:

  • Wednesday, March 28th
  • Service of Tenebrae, 6:30 pm - This service is structured around psalms, readings, and responses. The distinctive ceremonial of Tenebrae includes use of fifteen lighted candles, often set on a special, triangular stand. One candle is extinguished as each of the fourteen appointed psalms is completed. The fifteenth candle, symbolic of Christ, is left lighted at the end of the final psalm. But it is carried away to be hidden, which signifies the apparent victory of the forces of evil. A sudden loud noise is made at the end of the service, symbolizing the earthquake at Christ's death. The lighted candle is then restored to its place, suggesting Christ's eventual triumph.

  • Maundy Thursday
  • The Prayer Vigil begins immediately following the Maundy Thursday service at 6:30 pm. Sign up for a time slot in the Commons.

  • Stations of the Cross
  • Seeking the Suffering Jesus on the Streets of Birmingham, Group will assemble at Linn Park across from the Courthouse at 11:50 am.
Tickets Available Now: The Canterbury Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys
The Canterbury Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys visits Saint Luke's Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 5pm. Tickets are available now for purchase here.

This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the oldest and most celebrated choirs in the world. Under the direction of Master of the Choristers David Flood and accompanied by organist David Newsholme, this world-renowned choir (approaching its 600th anniversary in 2020) consists of 12 professional adult singers and 25 boys between 8 and 13 years old. They will perform a range of traditional and contemporary music, comparing-contrasting ancient to modern styles. 
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