Worship With Us on the First Sunday of Christmas!
Worship with us on the First Sunday of Christmas! The Rev. Justin C. Hare is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
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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. ...
Worship With Us on the Fourth Sunday in Lent!
Worship with us on the Fourth Sunday in Lent! The Rev. William K. Christian III is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
Deepening Friendships with a One-on-One Book Club
After we’d both moved to Charleston following college graduation, we met in the summer of 2022 through a mutual friend. We became very quick friends, and it was so exciting to have a friendship with so many shared values and interests. ...
Worship with us on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
We will be celebrating the Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord at 4:30 p.m. (children's Christmas pageant and Holy Eucharist), 7:30 p.m. (festival Holy Eucharist) and 10:30 p.m. (festival Holy Eucharist). All three services will be livestreamed. The Rev. Andrew R. O'Dell will be preaching at the 7:30 and 10:30 services. ...
Keep ReadingWorship With Us On The Fourth Sunday in Advent!
Worship with us on the Fourth Sunday in Advent! The Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
Keep ReadingThe Busiest and Best Weekend of the Year!
What a wonderfully busy weekend we had! It all started with the greening of the church on Friday. The crowd was looking a little sparse when the Angelus bells rang at 9:00 a.m., but before we knew it, the treat table was laden with bagels and danishes and donuts (oh my!), and there were helping hands all over the narthex and sanctuary....
Keep ReadingAlleluia! Sing to Jesus! His the Scepter, His the Throne ...
A few weeks ago, on All Saints Day, I stood with dear African friends, Theo and his wife, Paula, while singing the beautiful hymn “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus.” In verse one, the lyricist writes, “Hark! the songs of holy Sion thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus out of ev’ry nation hath redeemed us by his blood.” Truly, Jesus has redeemed us out of ev’ry nation. His ...
Keep ReadingJoin Us For Lessons and Carols and the Wassail Bowl!
Worship with us Sunday at our 8:15 service of Holy Eucharist (the Rev. Brian K. McGreevy, preacher) or our festival service of Lessons and Carols at 10:30! Join us also for Sunday school and the Rector's Forum between services and the annual Wassail Bowl reception following Lessons and Carols! Read on for details. ...
Keep ReadingWorld Missions Team Announces New Partner: Three Rivers Outreach Medical Mission
Three Rivers Outreach Medical Mission is an outgrowth of Three Rivers Outreach, which was founded 10 years ago by Shawn and Sonny Dupre, who began visiting Liberia in 2007 as part of a St. Andrew’s Mt. Pleasant mission team and later moved there permanently. The name is drawn both from three rivers they’ve spent so much time boating, swimming and fishing in––the Wa...
Keep ReadingWorship With Us on the Second Sunday in Advent!
Worship with us on the Second Sunday in Advent! The Rev. Justin C. Hare is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
Keep ReadingTop Twelve Reasons You Should Attend Evensong This Sunday (and Every Second Sunday)
1. Evening Worship Opportunity. Other than our Wednesdays Alive! service and a few other times during the year when we worship in the evening (e.g. Ash Wednesday, Maunday Thursday, and Christmas Eve), we’re accustomed to doing formal church worship in the mornings. Worship in the evening adds some variation that refreshes your circadian worship cycle....
Keep ReadingIn Everything Give Thanks
“In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” ––I Thessalonians 5:18 This Scripture verse became a real challenge while staying recently in our cabin just north of Asheville, NC. All weather reports indicated that Helene was expected to move through our area with some rain and wind. No one in the area, much less the mounta...
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