“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....
St. Philip's is offering a lot of ways for you to celebrate the birth of our Savior this week! We've got two Christmas Eve services this year, and we hope you will join us live online at either 5:00 or 8:00 p.m. if your name wasn't drawn in the reservation lottery. We are also offering a service of Holy Communion on Christmas Day at 10:00 a.m. (in-person only), and our ser...
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Join us for worship this Sunday, the Fourth Sunday in Advent! The Reverend Marc R. Boutan will be preaching; read on for in-person and online options. ...
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In today's devotion, Justin sings little bit of Hebrew as he shares with us one of his favorite texts of Scripture, Psalm 121. This psalm, a Song of Ascent sung by the Jews as they made their way up to Jerusalem, holds deep encouragement for us today....
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Join us for worship this Sunday, the Third Sunday in Advent! The Reverend Andrew R. O'Dell will be preaching; read on for in-person and online options. ...
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Take a closer look with the Rev. Marc Boutan this morning at Isaiah 40:1-2, which may not mean exactly what you think it means: "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins."...
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Prepare for the Third Sunday in Advent by spending a few minutes with the Rev. Brian McGreevy, who will dispel some misconceptions you may have about Charles Coffin's "On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry" and show those who long to be free from the shackles of sin that they may have hope....
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Join us for worship this Sunday, the Second Sunday of Advent! The Reverend Justin C. Hare will be preaching; read on for in-person and online options....
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