Saturday, November 12, was the day of the Big Game, when members of St. Philip’s middle- and high-school youth groups battled it out at the Horse Lot on Chisolm St. for the highest flag football honors.

They split into two co-ed teams: Your Mom and Sally’s Favorites (named for youth minister David Gilbert’s mother). Gilbert shared that conditions were “tough”: players had to deal with the blue skies, warm weather, organic “landmines” (canine excrement), and a whole lot of trash talk. “The horse lot may not house horses anymore,” said Gilbert, “but the dogs have taken over and dug holes, left 30 tennis balls, and created a new adventure for flag footballers.”

Although Sally’s Favorites, led by captain Patrick Bergstrom, put up a good fight, it was Your Mom, captained by quarterback John “Kid Flash” Settle, who reigned victorious with a score of 42-28. 

The St. Philip’s youth group meets up every Friday at 6:00 p.m. (middle school) and Sunday at 6:00 p.m. (high school) in the Parish Hall for games, a teaching, and fellowship. Participants do not need to be members of St. Philip’s to attend. Other outings, service projects, and missions are scheduled throughout the year. Please contact David Gilbert at dgilbert@stphilipschurchsc.org if you have any questions.

“Nights of a Thousand Candles”

Registration Deadline: November 23

Day Trip to Brookgreen Gardens: Thursday, December 1

1:30 p.m. departure, 10:00 p.m. return

Photo by Visit Myrtle Beach



Seniors of St. Philip’s, the registration deadline for our December 1 excursion to “Nights of a Thousand Candles” at Brookgreen Gardens is fast approaching! Call the church office at (843) 722-7734 or click the link below to register! The cost of $185 per person includes coach fare, dinner at Hanser House Restaurant in Pawleys Island, and the entrance fee for Brookgreen Gardens.

Advent is a special season in the Church, a time of waiting and preparation. Join your church family for some fun and fellowship on November 27, the First Sunday in Advent!

Sunday school and all adult offerings are in Thanksgiving recess that day, so all are invited to come to the Parish Hall (second floor of the Parish House) at 9:15 a.m.––we will have all the supplies you will need to make an Advent wreath for your home. We will also have breakfast treats and coffee, of course!

Please register at the link below by November 20 to reserve your supplies. A suggested donation of $20 to cover the cost is accepted but not required. All are welcome!

On Sunday, November 13, our high school youth group and their fearless leaders enjoyed supper provided by Home Missions team member Becky Barber and got to work making ornaments for the angel trees! The handmade ornaments will be your gift (or reminder) for your gift card donation.   

The St. Philip’s Home Missions Team is continuing its tradition of helping brighten the Christmas season for those in need in the Charleston area by collecting $25-gift cards to Walmart, Target, and Family Dollar. This year, the gift cards will be collected for clients and community members of two of our ministry partners, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center and Star Gospel Mission. Visit stphilipschurchsc.org/home-missions to learn more about our partners, and click the link below to volunteer to collect gift cards on a Sunday morning or Wednesday evening before or after worship. 

On Monday, November 14, Home Missions Team members and a few of St. Philip’s own Citadel graduates volunteered to serve a meal prepared by chef Connie Stahl to cadets at the Citadel’s St. Alban’s Chapel before their Monday evening service. Home Missions Team chair Jennie Richardson reported that they served about 75 cadets––many of whom returned for seconds and thirds––sharing, “Hearty appetites plus Connie’s cooking equals happy cadets ready for worship!” 

November 22 ~ Theology on Tap in Thanksgiving recess

November 23 ~ Church office closes at noon (reopens Monday)

November 23 ~ No Wednesdays Alive! service, supper, or classes

November 25 & 27 ~ Youth group in Thanksgiving recess

November 27 ~ Sunday school and adult offerings (including Rector’s Forum) in Thanksgiving recess. All invited to make advent wreaths at 9:15 in the Parish Hall instead!

December 11 ~ Last Sunday school, Rector’s Forum of 2022

December 13 ~ Final Theology on Tap of 2022 

December 14 ~ Final Wednesdays Alive! of 2022 

December 16 & 18 ~ Final youth group of 2022 

December 26–January 2 ~ Church office closed 

TONIGHT: Wednesdays Alive!

The Rev. Andrew R. O'Dell will be preaching this Sunday at our services of Holy Communion at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m.

Cecilia Walchesky, our young sexton-in-training, has appeared in enough eSPIREs that you surely have noticed that she's got herself a pretty cushy gig: she sets her own hours, gets chocolatey bonuses from several of her coworkers, and never gets in trouble if she's caught napping.

Plus, whenever she goes beyond the call of duty, she enjoys some extra perks. Just yesterday, she helped Rachel Murphy cover the front desk for a little while. Her reward? A spoonful of Harris Teeter creamy peanut butter and permission to browse all the pictures of sleeping kitty cats on Rachel's phone.

If you follow St. Philip's on Facebook and Instagram, then you already knew what our sexton-in-training was up to yesterday. But if you're just now hearing about it, don't you think you should take a moment to follow us so that you can be among the first to hear about upcoming events, weather-related schedule updates, and the lifestyles of the young and employed?

Important Dates

November 23 ~ Church office closes at noon (reopens Monday at 8:30 a.m.), no Wednesdays Alive! service, supper, or classes

November 24 ~ Thanksgiving service (9:00 a.m.)

November 27 ~ Sunday school in recess

November 27 ~ Advent Wreath Workshop (9:15 a.m.)

December 1 ~ Seniors Excursion: “Nights of a Thousand Lights” at Brookgreen Gardens

December 2 ~ ECW Advent Luncheon (12 noon)

December 3 ~ Advent Drop-In at the Rectory

December 4 ~ Choral Evensong (5:00 p.m.)

December 7 ~ Monthly Men’s Lunch (12 noon)

December 9 ~ Greening of the Church (9:00 a.m.)

December 11 ~ Lessons and Carols (10:30 a.m. service), Wassail Bowl (about 12 noon), and Poinsettia Delivery

December 11 ~ Charleston Men’s Chorus concert (4:00 p.m.)

December 14 ~ Final Wednesdays Alive! of 2022

December 24 ~ Christmas Eve services (4:30, 7:30, 10:30 p.m.)

December 25 ~ Christmas Day service (10:00 a.m.)

December 26–January 2 ~ Church office closed

January 26–28, 2023 ~ Mere Anglicanism Conference

June 7–18~ Holy Land Pilgrimage (waitlist available)

We pray for the sick: Arthur Applegate, Tim Bass, Elizabeth Bowles, Jean Carlton, Karen Collins, Mark Cumins, Lidia DiPaolo, George Rawling Evans, Sally Fayard, Elizabeth Flowers, Mary Forbes, Zelphia Galantis, Robert Gould, Susan Hemminger, Molly Hughes, Susan Keenan, Robert Kizer, Rena Mack, Gene Martini, Nancy McGowan, John Murray, Daisy Neally, Bill Phillipps, Mavis Rigsbee, Valerie Rouillard, Fran Sanders, Pete Sperr, Margaret Swanson, Judy Vandiford, Jenny White, Lindsey Wing, and Harrison Woods.

We pray for our expectant parents: Boykin and Thomas Anderson; Carter and Foxy Foxworth.

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Chris and Julia Beasley, Graham Blunt, Henry Clayton, Ben Colyer, David Daughtridge, Eric Gaines, Morgan and Mason Herring, Andrew Kane, Quin Kane, Horry Kerrison, Frazier Kulze, John Mason, Zach McFadden, Philip Middleton III, Jackson Miller, Edward Pritchard, Nathaniel Rollings, and David Scott.

We pray for our home and world missions: Star Gospel Mission, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, Suzy McCall and LAMB, for the medical missions to Honduras, for ministry to victims of genocide and AIDS in Rwanda, for the Persecuted Church, for Anglican Frontier Missions, for Uganda Christian University Partners, for Water Mission and the Global Water Center, and for St. Jean Baptiste, our sister church, and the schools in Haiti.

Collect for Sunday:

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in thy well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Readings for Sunday:

• Colossians 1:11–20
• Psalm 46
• Luke 23:32–43