Landmark Partners, a Baltimore development company, aims to soon begin the first phase of construction on a four-story condominium project on Cumberland Street between Church and State Streets, directly across the street from St. Philip’s Parish House.

“This will be a very contemporary 4-story condo complex,” the Rev. Brian McGreevy wrote in a letter to the St. Philip’s vestry last week. “The first we heard of it was through a newspaper article in the Post and Courier. It has already received preliminary [Board of Architectural Review] approval.”

With the approval of the wardens and vestry, the St. Philip’s leadership sent a letter in opposition to the project to Mayor John Tecklenburg; City Councilman Mike Seekings; City of Charleston Board of Architectural Review Chair John Robinson; City of Charleston Director of Planning, Preservation, and Sustainability Robert Summerfield; the Historic Charleston Foundation; and the Preservation Society of Charleston.

Our best chance for success is to have as many parishioners and neighbors as possible write to the mayor, members of City Council, and the Board of Architectural Review. Please add your voice!

Canterbury and St. David Choirs (4th-12th grades)

St. Cecilia Choir (2nd and 3rd grades)

Note: Registration for 2022-2023 children's choirs will be opening soon!

St. Philip’s Preschool has an opening for a teaching position! This is a five-day, 8:15 until 12:15 commitment, from August through May. Please email preschool co-directors Lee Moore (lmoore@stphilipschurchsc.org) or Angela Clark (aclark@stphilipschurchsc.org) or call 843-722-7610 if you would like to apply.

About Theology on Tap: Theology on Tap is a gathering for young adults in Charleston who long for meaningful conversation about life and God. We’ll be meeting again Tuesday, July 26, at 7:00 in the Whiskey Room at Henry’s on the Market for drinks (cash bar), apps (provided), and conversation.

At each of our meetings, we welcome your questions, which you can submit anonymously through a texting app. Free parking at the church parking lot is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a friend!

St. Philippians, please join us for an opportunity to serve at Water Mission on August 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We will gather at 11:00 for an overview and tour, and then we will be put to work on landscaping projects. No equipment or tools are needed and hardworking teenagers are welcome!

Please contact Jill Settle at jillasettle@gmail.com or 843-697-0818 if you can serve or have questions.

Water Mission

1150 Molly Greene Way, Bldg. 1605

North Charleston

.For more information about the conference and to join other St. Philippians who are attending, please contact Susan Keller or Gerry McCord.

The Rev. Brian K. McGreevy will be preaching this Sunday at our services of Holy Communion at 8:15 and Holy Communion and Baptism at 10:30 a.m.

Even though programming at St. Philip's slows down during the summer, our staff members can't just rest on their laurels until Rally Sunday. It's important to stay in tip-top physical shape lest we risk getting overwhelmed by the fall workload.

As the temperature outside crept towards 90° following staff meeting yesterday morning, sexton Ben Singleton and his young protegé, sexton-in-training Cecilia Walchesky, ran laps in the air-conditioned parlor. The countdown to Rally Sunday is on (45 days!), and you can count on our sexton team to be READY.

If you follow St. Philip's on Facebook or Instagram, then you already knew what Ben and Cecilia were up to yesterday. If you don't follow St. Philip's...why not? Take a minute now to get connected so that you will always be among the first to hear about upcoming events, schedule changes, and church office shenanigans.

Prayer appointments are available with trained prayer ministers for personal needs related to healing for physical, emotional, or spiritual needs. All meetings are confidential and can be arranged by contacting Juanita Orvin (juanitaorvin@gmail.com) or Frenchie Richards frichards7@aol.com.

Call Suzanne McCord, head of the prayer chain, and she will pass your request on to members of the chain:

suzanne1959@gmail.com or (843) 224-1630.

August 2 ~ Theology on Tap (7:00 p.m. at Henry’s)

August 6 ~ CPR/AED class (10:00 a.m. at St. John’s)

September 11 ~ Rally Sunday (Sunday school resumes)

September 22-25 ~ New Wineskins Conference

October 6 ~ LAMB Dinner Party with a Purpose

October 21-23 ~ Anglican Women's Fall Retreat

October 28-30 ~ Parish Retreat at Kanuga

We pray for the sick: Arthur Applegate, DuBose Blakeney, Jean Carlton, Dick Donahoe, George Rawling Evans, Sally Fayard, Elizabeth Flowers, Robert Gould, Glenna Greenslit, Kathryn Heikes, Susan Hemminger, George Hunter, Robert Johnson, Robert Kizer, Lidia DiPaolo, Connor Lowndes, Molly Margaret O’Quinn, Alan McNeel, Baby Zan Murphey, John Murray, Bill Phillipps, Alfred Pinckney, Libby LeLand Puckette, Vida Robertson, Valerie Rouillard, Fran Sanders, Margaret Swanson, Lindsey Wing, and Harrison Woods.

We grieve with and pray for Robert Ovens and family on the death of his father, Robert D. Ovens, on July 23.

We pray for our expectant parents: Anna Gray and Ralph Baker, Felicia and Tim Evans, and Carter and Foxy Foxworth.

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Chris and Julia Beasley, Graham Blunt, Henry Clayton, Ben Colyer, David Daughtridge, 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, David Scott, and John Self serving in our Armed Forces.

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.