~ the eSPIRE Newsletter ~
October 24, 2021
The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost
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Workday at Camp St. Christopher is Saturday!
Please register by 5:00 p.m. today so we can be sure to have enough lunches
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This Saturday, October 23, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. |
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Just a few days left until we meet up on beautiful Seabrook Island once again! What kinds of fun will we have this time? Will there be a lawnmower race? Will someone spot a dolphin?
The only way for you to know for sure is to join us! The work is light but plentiful, so we need as many hands as possible pitching in. Helpers of all ages and activity levels are encouraged to come––there's something for everyone! (There are also bigger jobs available if you’re up for it!)
Learn more and let us know you’re coming at the link below. Questions? Contact Robby Marion at rmarion@sddholdings.com or (843) 296-4085. |
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Register for a Foyer Group Today! |
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Looking for a great way to get to know others in the St. Philip’s family? We are pleased to announce the return of Foyer Groups, monthly gatherings of about eight to ten adults––married couples or single folks, longtime members or relative newcomers––assigned randomly and meeting in each other’s homes for a simple meal and fellowship. Generally the host provides the main dish and others bring the rest of the meal (appetizer, salad, side or dessert). If you’re concerned about accommodating a group in your own home, consider co-hosting with another member of the group or having a casual backyard evening. If you are not a cook, there’s always bread and wine!
This is a social evening with a real purpose—to know one another better and build a stronger sense of community in the Body of Christ at St. Philip’s as we practice the gift of hospitality.
Please sign up at the link below today so that we can put groups together by the end of the month.
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Edgar Elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina
A message from the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina
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The Very Rev. Chip Edgar III following the 2021 Electing Convention at Christ Church in Mt. Pleasant. Photo by Joy Hunter.
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (October 16, 2021) Today, during a special Electing Convention held at Christ Church in Mt. Pleasant, the Very Rev. Chip Edgar was elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. Pending approval by the Anglican Church in North America’s College of Bishops, who will meet in January 2022, Edgar will be in line to succeed Bishop Mark Lawrence, who has served as the Diocesan Bishop since January of 2008.
“You have bestowed a trust in me and I promise I will do everything I possibly can to live into that trust,” said Edgar following the election. “I am deeply, deeply humbled.” Quoting Second Samuel, he said, “‘Who am I that you have brought me this far? And who is my family?’ I trust this is the Lord’s will for the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina and this is the Lord’s will for me and for my family ... I covet your prayers. From this point forward I covet your prayers. Thank you very much.”
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Ladies, the ECW Fall Dinner is Tuesday!
Tuesday, October 26 ~ 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall
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Every Church Woman is invited to this year’s Fall Dinner with guest speaker Barbara Boatwright, licensed clinical psychologist and founder and director of Life Resources, a Christian mental health resource center in Charleston. Please come out and enjoy our first evening gathering in over a year and a half! Call the church office or click the link below to let us know you'll be there!
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St. Philip’s Clergy Team Learns Life-Saving Techniques
Parishioners Encouraged to Join Next Class
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Last Thursday, members of the St. Philip’s clergy team and some staff members participated in the initial CPR/AED (automated external defibrillator) training class. Participants learned the importance of quick CPR and use of an AED in the event of a cardiac emergency. The class focuses on the American Heart Association chain of survival: recognition of a cardiac emergency, 911 call, quick CPR administration, and early use of an AED.
While there is no certification involved in this class, the skills presented, CPR and use of an AED, are of paramount importance for our church if and when a cardiac emergency presents itself. Statistics show that early CPR and AED intervention increase survivability of a cardiac emergency by a large percentage.
The next class is scheduled for Thursday, October 28, at 1:30 p.m. in room 109 (ground floor of the Parish House). Please avail yourself of this training. The more parishioners so trained will increase the safety of our congregation.
Please email Doug Ringer at ringdoug@gmail.com or phone him at (423) 827-6596 if you wish to participate. Classes will continue to be scheduled for Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. for now, but we will be working on evening or weekend options shortly.
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Grandparents Connect at Generations Ministry Kick-Off Coffee |
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On Friday, October 15, St. Philip’s Generations Ministry kicked off the 2021-2022 season with coffee and refreshments for grandparents in the Parish Hall.
Attendees heard from Tim and Sherrie Stringer, grandparents of five and members of St. Michael’s Church. Tim has been active in men’s ministries and marriage groups, and he currently serves on the vestry and the Family Task Force. Sherrie serves on the Mission Task Force and is a member of both the altar and flower guilds.
Grandparents also heard what Generations Ministry cochairs Jane McGreevy and Lynn Dayton had planned for the year, and they spent some time in small groups and prayer.
If you missed the kick-off coffee, be sure to get on the Generations Ministry email list so you don’t miss out on another event! Contact Director of Ministry to Children and Families Dorothy Lancaster (dlancaster@stphilipschurchsc.org) to get signed up, and keep an eye on your inSPIRE for the next installment of the new monthly column about intentional grandparenting.
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Contributions for grandparenting column needed!
Do you have a simple activity you enjoy with your grandchildren that you’d like to share with other grandparents? Is there a book about grandparenting or one you enjoy reading with your grandchildren that you think other grandparents might enjoy? Please share your ideas with Jane McGreevy (janemcgreevy@yahoo.com) or Lynn Dayton (lland312@gmail.com). And remember to “Name That Column” to win a book from the Generations Ministry collection!
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God’s Feet and Hands at St. Philip’s
by Monti Hanger and Callie McLaurin, Compassion Committee Cochairs
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The Compassion Committee of St. Philip’s, as you can imagine, had to modify its ministry of meal delivery to church members in need with the advent of the pandemic. We are so grateful for the enthusiastic willingness of Connie Stahl to make and deliver meals throughout these times of isolation. We couldn’t have done it without her ( 36 in 2020 and 71 thus far in 2021).
Now with the church opening up for us all, we will return to requesting meals from our responsive committee volunteers. We will depend on this awesome 80-member team that was in place at the beginning of 2020, but we’d also like to let all know we can always use more helping hands! If you can make and deliver one meal a year, this committee is for you. Once Callie and I have identified that a meal would be helpful for a church member, an email is sent out asking for a volunteer, and we usually get a response in seconds!
Please call the church office at (843) 722-7734 if you would like to have your name added to our roster of volunteers.
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TONIGHT: Wednesdays Alive! |
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Tonight's Supper: Beef Stroganoff Casserole |
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LAMB's 12th Annual Dinner Party With a Purpose |
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Tuesday: Theology on Tap
Tuesday, October 26 ~ 7:00 p.m. in the Whiskey Room at Henry's on the Market
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Theology on Tap is a twice-monthly gathering of young adults in Charleston who long for meaningful conversation about life and God, but adults of all ages will love listening to the thoughtful discussions between the Rev. Justin Hare and the Rev. Brian McGreevy, plus the Q & A sessions that follow.
Click the link below to listen online or subscribe to the Apple or Google podcast. And if you’re a young adult who’s free every other Tuesday, come join us in the Whiskey Room at Henry’s on the Market––we meet next on October 26, and the topic will be “Forgive and Forget? How, Why, and When to Forgive Others.” Doors open at 7:00 and the talk begins at 7:30. Cash bar with apps provided by St. Philip’s. Park for free in the St. Philip’s lot, and bring a friend!
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Save the Date: Lowcountry Walk for Life
Saturday, November 6, 10:00 a.m. (staggered start) ~ Wannamaker Park
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We are walking for life and to raise funds for Lowcountry Pregnancy Center and DAZZ, which have served over 148,000 client visits since 1986 through free pregnancy testing, counseling, life-affirming ultrasounds, and tangible “Because We Care” baby items––all given in LOVE and FREE through community support.
Each $200 raised helps provide a life-affirming ultrasound and a parenting class! And any walker who raises $200 will receive a Walk for Life T-SHIRT and two Disney Vacation Raffle entries! And every $100 raised gets an entry in the $2000 Disney Vacation Raffle! Click the link below to register with Team St. Philip’s or donate!
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Just a Few Spots Remaining on the
Renaissance and Reformation Pilgrimage!
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The Reverend Jeffrey S. Miller invites you to join him on a journey down the Danube, the River of Kings, from Budapest to the picturesque Bavarian village of Ettal next summer. Participants will see the world-famous Oberammergau Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany, and visit Wittenberg, the place where Martin Luther nailed the ninety-five theses to the door of the castle church and ignited the Protestant Reformation. Please click the link below for more information or to reserve your spot online with the group. To reserve by phone, please call Connoisseur Tours at (800) 856-1045.
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Sunday Morning Children’s Ministry |
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In Sunday school this week, children learned about the Tower of Babel. During Children’s Church, which is open to children ages 4k through third grade during the 10:30 service, children made servant sashes to reflect the lesson learned in Sunday’s gospel text, Mark 10:43-45.
If you have a child 18 or younger who would like to attend Sunday school, please click the registration link below. If you are an adult interested in helping the leaders out during Children’s Church, please contact Dorothy Lancaster at dlancaster@stphilipschurchsc.org. |
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Receive Email Updates, Remote Viewing Options |
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If you would like to receive updates such as schedule changes and weather-related cancellations and you are not already on the Rector's Bible Study email list, please join by filling out the form at the link below. |
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Come to Youth Group This Weekend!
Middle School: 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. on Fridays in the Youth Room
High School: 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. on Sundays in the Youth Room
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Youth group is open to all 6th–12th-graders of St. Philip’s and the surrounding community. Plan to play hard and pray hard. Questions? Contact youth minister David Gilbert at dgilbert@stphilipschurchsc.org or (843) 708-3795. |
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This Week's Service Information |
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The Rev. Brian K. McGreevy will be preaching this Sunday at our services of Holy Communion at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. |
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Let Us Welcome the Newly Baptized!
We welcome into Christ’s one holy catholic and apostolic Church these
children who were baptized during the 10:30 service on October 17:
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Audrey Louise Iselin
daughter of Charles and Courtney Iselin
Christian Wallace Marshall
son of Wallace and Vartika Marshall
Vincenzo Nemeth Pontuti
son of Joseph and Brittany Pontuti
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Happy Anniversary, Juli Garland! |
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The clergy and staff of St. Philip's Church enjoyed a very special treat following yesterday's staff meeting: warm, gooey, delicious, homemade cinnamon rolls! The occasion was the 20th anniversary of financial administrator Juli Garland’s arrival on the St. Philip’s scene, and the talented baker was the lady of the hour herself!
We're not sure why we were the ones treated on her special day, but we didn't question it! We gobbled up those cinnamon rolls like it was our job.
Some of our questions about Juli's time at the office have gone unanswered (how did her office become the orchid hospital? how many pounds of chocolate get picked out of her candy dishes in a year? is she sponsored by Blackberry?), and we all have different guesses about which years have been her favorite (we mostly guess the glory years began whichever year we ourselves joined the staff), but one thing's for sure: those cinnamon rolls were gooooooooooood. We're so thankful for our Juli and happy that she's had a wonderful 20 years at St. Philip's (and that she chooses to express her happiness in such a delicious way)!
If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you already knew about Juli's anniversary. But if this is news to you, why don't you take a minute to click the buttons below and follow us right now so that you, too, can be among the first to hear stories like this?
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Would You Like Someone to Pray With You? |
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To pray WITH someone:
Call Juanita Orvin or Frenchie Richards, who will connect you with a prayer minister who will pray for your concerns over the phone.
To ask for prayer FOR someone:
Call Suzanne McCord, head of the prayer chain, and she will pass your request on to members of the chain.
Both options are always confidential.
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Save the Date
Oct. 26 ~ ECW Fall Dinner (6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall)
Oct. 26 ~ Theology on Tap (7:00 p.m., Henry’s on the Market)
Nov. 3 ~ Men’s Lunch (12 noon in the Parish Hall)
Speaker: Jimmy Hagood, Food for the Southern Soul
Nov. 6 ~ Lowcountry Walk for Life
Nov. 7 ~ Fellowship Brunch (12 noon in the Parish Hall)
Nov. 14 ~ Choral Evensong (5:00 p.m. in the church)
Nov. 24 ~ No printed inSPIRE (Thanksgiving week)
Nov. 24 ~ Church office closes at 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 24 ~ No Wednesdays Alive! service, class, or supper
Nov. 25 ~ Thanksgiving Day Service (10:00 a.m.)
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Membership Directory
Are you looking for a fellow parishioner's contact information? Our directory is online! Click the "My St. Philip's" button on our homepage, stphilipschurchsc.org, to log in or sign up for an account. And for easy access on your phone, download the Church Life app!
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We pray for the sick: Elizabeth Bowles, Charles Cornwell, Gerry Dickinson, Sally Fayard, Elizabeth Flowers, Mary Forbes, Dave Gund, Mary Anne Hanckel, Susan Hemminger, John Jerger, Claudia Kolster, Joe Livesay, Connor Lowndes, Lucille MacLennan, Sarah Marshall, Brumby McLeod, Beverly Melvin, John Murray, Juanita Orvin, Olivia Palmer, Isla Pearce, Mave Riggs, Valerie Rouillard, Bill Sammons, Fran Sanders, Jay Schrimpf, Larry Scoville, Lynne Scoville, Anne Shaver, Jason Stryker, Rose Tisdale, Hope Walters, and Lindsey Wing.
We pray for our expectant parents: Kimbrell and Bruce Blackwood, Justin and Molly Hare.
We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Chris and Julia Beasley, Graham Blunt, Henry Clayton, Ben Colyer, David Daughtridge, Hayes Fair, Tripp Hathaway, Morgan and Mason Herring, Andrew Kane, Horry Kerrison, Frazier Kulze, John Mason, Zach McFadden, Philip Middleton III, Jackson Miller, Edward Pritchard, and David Scott serving in our Armed Forces.
We pray for our home missions: Star Gospel Mission, Tricounty Family Ministries, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, and St. John's Chapel.
We pray for our world missions: For Suzy McCall and LAMB, for the medical missions to Honduras, for ministry to victims of genocide and AIDS in Rwanda, for Water Mission and the Global Water Center, for The Persecuted Church, and for St. Jean Baptiste, our sister church, and the schools in Haiti.
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Collect for Sunday:
Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Readings for Sunday:
- Isaiah 42:1-9
- Psalm 13
- Mark 10:46-52
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ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH
142 Church Street | Charleston, SC 29401
Church Office Hours
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Friday
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