Women's Advent Service
Tuesday, December 1
7:00 p.m.
Sanctuary
Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, preaching
* Communion
All are welcome - a reception in the Narthex will follow the service. The Presbyterian Women Thank Offering will be collected during this service.
Communion will be served.
Childcare is available. No reservation needed.
Rev. Dr. Khalia Williams
The Rev. Dr. Khalia J. Williams began serving as Emory University’s Interim University Chaplain and Dean of Religious Life on August 11, 2026. She is also Associate Dean of Worship and Spiritual Formation and Professor in the Practice of Worship at Emory’s Candler School of Theology.
Williams holds an MA in Theological Studies from Columbia Theological Seminary and a PhD in Liturgical Studies from the Graduate Theological Union. An ordained minister in the Baptist and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) traditions, she is a scholar, educator, and worship leader whose work explores worship, spiritual formation, embodiment, and sacred arts.
She is an author, lecturer, and director of the Lilly Endowment-funded Sacred Arts Collective, which explores how the arts nurture children's spiritual lives. Williams also serves on the board of Disciples Home Missions and as an associate minister at Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta.