Worship with us on the Fifth Sunday of Easter!
Worship with us on the Fifth Sunday of Easter! 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. ...
Where in the World Is Juli Garland?
Well, at the time of writing on Monday, April 22, St. Philip’s Financial Administrator Juli Garland is in that part of Scotland known as Scottish Borders on vacation with a group of 31 other ladies from her online knitting group, who hail from all across the United States, including the Carolinas, Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin. ...
Keep ReadingPrayer as Worship: Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving and His Courts With Praise!
Let’s face it: There are a lot of wonderful ways to spend a beautiful spring Saturday in Charleston. But I would contend there is no better way than at the Prayer as Worship offering led by Frenchie Richards and Pam Dickson this past Saturday at St. Philip’s....
Keep ReadingClear Skies and Cool Temps Mark Tea Room Opening Day
While it was clearly summer in Charleston last week, Sunday’s rain brought along late-winteresque temperatures, and when Tea Room opened at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, the Peninsula was sitting at a brisk 59 degrees despite a bright, cloudless sky, and many people strolling around Church Street were bundled up in long pants and coats. ...
Keep ReadingWorship With Us on the Fourth Sunday of Easter: Good Shepherd Sunday!
Worship with us on the Fourth Sunday of Easter: Good Shepherd Sunday! The Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller, Rector, is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
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“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” ––Isaiah 56:7 Give thanks with a grateful heart for our risen Lord! Answered Prayers: 1. For all the glorious Holy Week and Easter services. 2. For the increase in Shine the Light pledges and donations. 3. For Alan Runyan’s excellent Rector’s Forum teaching series. 4. For the confirmation cl...
Keep ReadingPrayer Request for St. Philippians Traveling to Uganda
The St. Philip’s Uganda Mission Team will head to Uganda Friday, April 19. The team includes Fred Willis, Guv Gottshalk, Tammy Gottshalk, Jayne Gurley, and Tom Gurley. Two others will join us in Uganda: Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese (OB/GYN from Hamilton, Ontario) and Dr. Sean Gillis (OB/GYN from Bozeman, Montana). Mark Bartels, Executive Director of Uganda Christian Unive...
Keep ReadingWorship With Us on the Third Sunday of Easter!
Worship with us on the Third Sunday of Easter! The Rev. Brian K. McGreevy is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
Keep ReadingWorship 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. ...
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