“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 class of 30-plus children. 5. For the 92 adults who have chosen to get confirmed in May. 6. For the many visitors coming through the Open Door Ministry. 7. For the great attendance for the Foundations and Spiritual Gifts classes. 8. For the successful outreach ministries locally and abroad. For the safe return of the St. Philippians who traveled to Honduras. 9. For the successful turnout at the Walk For Water. 10. For the outgoing vestry members and their service these last three years....
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 University Partners, will join us and will handle the logistics of the itinerary and mission outreach....
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. ...
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! The Rev. Andrew R. O'Dell 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. We hope you will join us for breakfast in the Parish Hall beginning at 7:30 a.m....
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....
Worship with us on Palm Sunday! The Jeffrey S. Miller, Rector, is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
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On February 24, 1887, the day following Ash Wednesday of that year, John Stainer (1840-1901), then the organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, premiered his sacred work The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer at St. Marylebone Parish Church in London. This performance marked the beginning of what would become a turn-of-the-century tradition of Anglican Passion works that follow the traditional format of prior Passions, most notably Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passion works and Charles Wood’s St. Mark Passion, which was sung at St. Philip’s on Palm Sunday in 2023....
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....
Come worship with us on Sunday––and join us for Sunday School for all ages and the Rector's Forum! This is the Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost, and the Rev. Brian K. McGreevy will be preaching; read on for in-person and online options....
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“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” ––Isaiah 56:7 “The effective fervent prayers of a righteous man avails much.” ––James 5:16a Prayer Points for Local Needs 1. For good health and protection for our clergy and their families. 2. For God’s choice for our next bishop. 3. For the State Supreme Court to rule in our di...
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Come worship with us on Sunday––and join us for Sunday School for all ages and the Rector's Forum! This is the Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost, and the Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller will be preaching; read on for in-person and online options....
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This is a new monthly column that shares tips, books, and other resources to help you in your intentional grandparenting journey. If you have an activity or resource to share, please contact Jane McGreevy (janemcgreevy@yahoo.com) or Lynn Dayton (lland312@gmail.com). ...
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Almost every day we watch, read, or hear about people all around the world who are facing unbelievable challenges like hunger, slavery, war, imprisonment, lack of health care, and more. Do you wish you could talk to someone who has actually been there and really knows what is happening? Do you ever wonder if God may want you to do something about it?...
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Hello, Grandparents! It’s been a while since our last Generations (Grandparenting) meeting. We know we have had a lot more babies and added new grandparents to our ranks since then! One of the purposes of the Generations Ministry is to help us to be “intentional” grandparents who use our time and other resources wisely with our grandchildren, whether we are physi...
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Come worship with us on Sunday––and join us for Sunday School for all ages and the Rector's Forum! This is the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost, and the Rev. William K. Christian III will be preaching; read on for in-person and online options....
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Each Sunday morning during worship, we pray for “victims of genocide and AIDS in Rwanda.” The Dufatanye Organization (DO) in Nyanza, Rwanda, is a non-government organization (NGO) that reaches out to these victims, most of whom are desperately scarred—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Many suffer from PTSD, but they now experience a sense of belongi...
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Come worship with us on Sunday––and join us for Sunday School for all ages and the Rector's Forum! This is the Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost, and the Rev. Andrew R. O'Dell will be preaching; read on for in-person and online options. ...
Keep Reading In Isaiah 56:7, the Word of God says, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” We have never needed to remember these words more than right now. My hope is that our church will begin to consider the prayer points offered up below for us to pray. James says in 5:16, “The effective fervent prayers of a righteous man avails much.” ...
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