Long-Distance Grandparenting: Nurturing the Faith of your Grandchildren When You Can’t Be There in P
When my daughter and son-in-law announced in May of 2021 that they were moving to Seattle with my then almost-one-year-old granddaughter, I was both happy for them and sad for me. It was a great opportunity for them and a chance to explore a new area of this beautiful country we live in, but it really posed great consternation for me and my husband. They had been living near Columbia, and we had gotten plenty of opportunities to spend time with them and our newest granddaughter. ...
Worship With Us on the Second Sunday of Easter, Confirmation Sunday!
Worship with us on the Second Sunday of Easter, Confirmation Sunday! The Rt. Rev. Chip Edgar III, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details....
Join Us for Worship on Easter!
Join us for worship on Easter! The Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller is preaching at our services of Sunrise Holy Eucharist on the Parish House lawn (6:30 a.m., contemporary) and Festal Eucharist of the Resurrection with choir and orchestra at 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. Because of the scaffolding in the sanctuary, overflow seating for the later services will be available in the Parish Hall. ...
Worship With Us on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday!
Please join us Maundy Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and Good Friday at noon for worship! We are also offering Stations of the Cross at 6:00 p.m. on Good Friday, with a fellowship supper preceding. ...
Disbelieved for Joy
For many centuries, Christians have spoken of the season of Lent and then of Holy Week leading up to Easter as a journey, a road, a pilgrimage that we are walking by faith in the company of our fellow believers. But even as we approach this journey afresh each year, it is all too easy to think that we know the destination and have been there before, and thus to lose our sense of wonder and awe at what Jesus accomplished. Easter again—that’s nice. Ho hum…...
The St. Philip's inSPIRE
Click the link below to read the St. Philip's eSPIRE, the email version of our weekly inSPIRE newsletter, which is packed with information about all that's going on in the life of our parish....
Worship With Us on Palm Sunday!
Worship with us on Palm Sunday! The Rev. Brian K. McGreevy is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
House of Prayer: April Prayer Points
Answered Prayers (Thank You, Lord): 1. For St. Philip’s Academy’s Primary School Director, Trisha Reese. For the school subcommittees finalizing details for the school and for the children registered for the fall. 2. For the successful GriefShare ministry. 3. For Water Mission’s Walk for Water. 4. For the successful gathering at the Prayer as Worship workshop. 5. For the annual meeting and new Vestry members. 6. For the donations that have come in for the Shine the Light campaign. For all those overseeing the plans and daily operational progress. 7. For Nathan Youngman and his work crews and their excellent work restoring St. Philip’s Church. 8. For the wonderful staff at St. Philip’s. 9. For the Flower Guild and Altar Guild volunteers. 10. For Gospel Night with Ann Caldwell. 11. For the very well-attended spiritual gifts workshop series....
Delivering Medical Treatments and a Gospel Message in Liberia
Thanks be to God and all his mercies! We have just returned from our fifth Three Rivers Outreach Medical Mission to Liberia in west Africa. Many thanks to you all and to the clergy of St. Philip’s Church for your donations and prayers....
Worship With Us on the Fifth Sunday in Lent!
Worship with us on the Fifth Sunday in Lent! The Rev. Justin C. Hare is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
Ministry in the Time of COVID-19
That title sounds like it belongs to a science fiction novel, one that would open, “It all started while the world was still spinning but suddenly came to a halt. It seemed that all social mores were lost as the gravity of the pandemic gripped the once bustling planet. A silent planet it became, for the noise of machine and man came to a rest. Birds once forgotten could ...
Keep ReadingJoin Us For Holy Communion on Sunday!
We are offering in-person worship with services of Holy Communion at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m.! If you reserved space, you may get checked in and seated by an usher beginning 45 minutes before the start of the service; the ushers will begin seating those without reservations on a first-come, first-served basis five minutes before each service. Note that the 10:30 service did rea...
Keep ReadingDaily Devotion with Brian McGreevy: September 24
Today, the Rev. Brian McGreevy shares the story of Isaac Watts, a prodigy who became perhaps the most prolific hymn writer of England, writing at least 750 hymns after his father, a minister, challenged him to make a change to church music. "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," like all of Watts's hymns, is loaded with good theology, and it is an intensely personal hymn that...
Keep ReadingA Grand Opportunity: Maintaining Camp St. Christopher
As you can imagine, a 300+ acre beachfront property like St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center needs to be well cared for. As you can also imagine, in the middle of a COVID world where the Barrier Island Environmental Educational program, summer camp, and other year-round event income abruptly stops, you are forced to make tough decisions. St. Christopher Camp and Con...
Keep ReadingSpiritual Gifts: A Weekend of Discovery and Friendship
While studying the book of 1 Corinthians, our men’s Bible study group became intrigued with the subject of spiritual gifts. Many voiced concerns that they did not understand what these were or if they actually possessed any spiritual gifts. The Reverend Andrew O’Dell graciously offered to conduct a workshop to explore this topic, and thanks to much effort on the part o...
Keep ReadingDaily Devotion with Justin Hare: September 22
Today's devotion was recorded in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and although several months have passed, many are still wondering in this ever-changing landscape: Are we safe? Using Matthew 10:16-31, the Rev. Justin Hare helps us to understand our fear, to actively seek wisdom, and to trust God, in whose hands we are safer than we could ever ...
Keep ReadingPrioleau Alexander's "Feet in the Vineyard: Al Phillips" from Carolina Compass
Many successful businessmen reach the peak of their church service when they assume the vaunted role of usher. This is not the men’s fault, of course — it is a tradition stretching back more than 2,000 years to when a little-known apostle named Fred served as the usher for the Last Supper, then slipped out before communion....
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Daily Devotion with Andrew O'Dell: September 17
"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God." (Psalm 42:5,11; 43:5) God loves you, and even when you're going through difficult times of sadness, discouragement, or aimlessness, he never forgets you, and he never stops treasuring you...
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