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Wake Forest University School of Divinity welcomes the entire university community and public to join us in the celebration of Holy Week, culminating with The Annual Wake Forest Easter Vigil.


Wait Chapel Sunrise

Tuesday

Weekly Community Worship Service

April 15, 2025 | 11 a.m. | Davis Chapel

Our speaker for weekly community worship on Holy Tuesday will be Maxwell Digman, ’25.

Wait Chapel Sunrise

Thursday

Maundy Thursday Contemplative Chapel

April 17, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. | Davis Chapel

Join with Awakenings Worship for a service that contemplates Maundy Thursday through ritual and poetry. Lead by members of the worship team.

Wait Chapel Sunrise

Friday

The Seven Last Words of Christ

April 18, 2025 | 12:00 noon | First Baptist Highland Avenue

700 Highland Ave, Winston-Salem, NC 27101

For over 15 years, Wake Forest University School of Divinity and First Baptist Highland Avenue have collaborated for a Good Friday service featuring School of Divinity students, faculty, and staff.

This year’s participants include:

  • Sophia Carter, ’25 – Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34)
  • Courtney Jones, MDiv/MA Counseling, ’25 – Today, thou shalt be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43)
  • Devin Withrow, ’25 – Woman, behold thy son! (John 19:26-27)
  • Maxwell Digman, ’25 – My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matt 27:46 and Luke 15:34)
  • Oliver Thomas – I thirst. (John 19:26)
  • Kyle Caudle – It is Finished. (John 19:30)
  • Reverend Doyle – Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit (Luke 23:46)

For those unable to attend in person, the service will be streamed on YouTube.

Wait Chapel Sunrise

Saturday

The Annual Wake Forest Easter Vigil

April 19, 2025 | 7:15 p.m. | Wait Chapel

This service invites us to lean into what it means to keep vigil in contemporary times as people face stark realities and frightening uncertainties in their lives and communities. Keeping vigil as a spiritual practice cultivates attentiveness to what is happening in the world and to how God is with us in this present moment.