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The Church of the Advent of Christ the King
162 Hickory Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415.431.0454

Welcome to the website of Church of the Advent of Christ the King, a parish of the Episcopal Church. We are an Anglo-Catholic church, that is, one with a strong emphasis on worship and the life of prayer. Here, in addition to a warm welcome by a diverse group of people, you will find an atmosphere of quiet reflection on the presence of God, great beauty in the visual aspects of corporate worship, and music that inspires and transforms. Here, through our life of prayer, you will find people committed to bringing the love of God, Incarnate in his Son, into the lives of all. I hope that we can touch your life with that love as you join us in worship of the Creator.

Sermons

Here are a selection of some of the sermons preached at Advent. They are all in very different styles reflecting the diversity of our talented team of volunteer clergy and seminarians.

Most Recent Sermons

Wash and be clean

Preached by Fr. Paul Burrows on Sunday, February 12, 2012 (6th after Epiphany)

Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Epiphany 6, year B
Advent of Christ the King

“Father, if the prophet had commanded you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? How much more, when all he said to you was, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

2 Kings 5:13

As we head toward the spiritual “boot camp” of our Lenten observance I can already detect that some are...

Welcoming Change

Preached by Fr. Paul Burrows on Thursday, February 2, 2012 (Candlemas)

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Candlemas
Advent of Christ the King

“This child is destined for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed.”

Luke 2:33

The coming into the Temple of the Incarnate Word is not as comfortable an event as we might like to think it, for it indicates great change about to happen. That is the point of...

Come dance with me

Preached by Fr. Paul Burrows on Sunday, January 15, 2012 (Interfaith Service for the Ballet)

Sunday. January 15, 2012
Interfaith Service for San Francisco Ballet
Advent of Christ the King

Do you realize the difficulty of this art, at once so beautiful and so ungrateful?

The world is full of easy fixes and instant gratification, fast food, quick fixes, and glib answers, but most of us are aware of a longing for something just a bit more, a sense that we count...

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Schedule of Services

Daily Low Masses
Monday at 6:30 am
Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday at 7:30 a.m.
Friday at 10 a.m.
Saturday and Federal Holidays at 9 a.m.
Evening Prayer
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6:30 pm
Sunday Services
Low Mass at 9:00 am
High Mass at 11:00 am
Saturday Services
Low Mass at 9:00 am
Confession at 9:30 or by appointment
5 p.m. Holy Hour (in Lent Stations of the Cross)
5 p.m. first Saturday each month Latin Chant Mass

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Handwritten Notes
Sermons

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