“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....
Answered Prayers and Thanksgivings: 1. For the large number of children who turned out for acolyte training on October 29. 2. For the $12 million already committed for the Shine the Light capital campaign. 3. For those who attended the Spiritual Warfare teaching. 4. For the water purification system sponsored by St. Philip’s and installed in Rwanda. ...
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According to New Wineskins, an Anglican organization whose mission is “to advance the Kingdom of God by mobilizing Anglicans for authentic, cross-cultural partnership around the world,” more than 260 million Christians live in places where they experience high levels of persecution, just because they follow Jesus––1 in 8 believers worldwide! If those of us who foll...
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The Home Missions Team humbly and joyfully invites you to take part in the St. Philip’s Angel Tree project, which will offer hope and encouragement to those in need in our community. This year, three of our ministry partners will be represented on the Angel Trees: Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, and Star Gospel Mission. ...
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Worship with us on All Saints' Sunday! The Rev. Andrew R. O'Dell is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
Keep Reading Worship with us on the Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost! The Rev. Brian K. McGreevy is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
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Worship with us on the Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost! The Rev. William K. Christian III is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
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Worship with us on the Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost! The Rev. Justin C. Hare is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
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The Hope to Home (H2H) furniture and home goods drive on October 1 demonstrated how seriously St. Philippians take the expression “Blessed to be a Blessing.” In addition to the items donated by our church members on that day, Hope to Home is still receiving furniture from online submissions of large-item donations from our parishioners....
Keep Reading Worship with us on the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost! The Rev. William K. Christian III is preaching; read on for in-person and online worship details. ...
Keep Reading Answered Prayers (Thank You, Lord): 1. For the increase in the financial gifts for the Shine the Light campaign. 2. For blessing the new season of Wednesdays Alive! service, supper, and class. 3. For blessing the new seasons of the Rector’s Thursday Bible Study and the Rector’s Forum on Sundays. 4. For the Home Mission Team’s Hope to Home outreach. Thanks...
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