Lord Jesus Christ, in these dark and difficult days we turn our hearts to you. In ages past you have delivered our nation from disaster. Do it again, we pray. Give wisdom beyond human wisdom to our leaders. Give comfort beyond human comfort to children and the elderly and all who grieve. Lord, Jesus Christ, in these dark and difficult days, turn your face towards us, have mercy upon us, and heal our land, we pray. Amen.

If you would like to make a contribution to the Easter Flower Fund as a memorial or in thanksgiving for a loved one, please fill out the online form at the link below.

Printed forms are available in the church office or in the narthex, but the online form is highly recommended for accuracy.



Donations may be made through our website or by check. Please be sure to fill out the form first; names written on envelopes, memo lines, and in online giving notes cannot be used. 

Come enjoy fellowship and food while helping to make the palm crosses worn by all on Palm Sunday! Dinner begins at about 6:15 p.m. in the Parish Hall (Chef Connie Stahl's beef stew!), immediately following the 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays Alive! service.

Regular Sunday school, adult forum, nursery,

and Children’s Church schedule

8:15 a.m. Holy Communion: Rite I and Liturgy of the Palms

10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: Rite I and Liturgy of the Palms *

5:00 p.m. Charles Wood's St. Mark Passion: A Passion Oratorio

*Nursery available

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion: Rite I

Wednesdays Alive! service/supper/class in recess during Holy Week

6:00 p.m. Holy Communion: Rite I

Rector's Bible Study in recess on Maundy Thursday

12 noon Good Friday Liturgy

5:00 p.m. Fellowship Supper

6:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross (on the lawn)

Church office closed on Good Friday

6:30 a.m. Holy Communion: Rite II (on the lawn)

7:30 a.m. Fellowship Breakfast (Parish Hall)

9:00 a.m. Holy Communion: Rite I (in the church)*

11:15 a.m. Holy Communion: Rite I (in the church)

The church office will be closed Easter Monday and Tuesday

Holy Week Family Resources

Parents, look on the table in the downstairs entrance to the Parish House for Holy Week Family Resources provided by St. Philip’s Ministry to Children and Families!

Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” ––John 4:13-14

On a windy, sunny, gorgeous Saturday, 140+ St. Philippians walked for water. The seventeenth annual Walk for Water supporting Water Mission, one of St. Philip’s home and world mission ministry partners, raised almost $500,000.00 by almost 5,000 walkers, of whom we made up two percent.

As I was carrying the St. Philip’s banner into Riverfront Park that morning, one of George Greene’s grandsons saw me, gave me the thumbs up, and said, “That’s the best team!” Both he and we may be biased.

Supporting the Greene family’s mission of providing safe drinking water to those in need, we walked, talked, carried buckets, and acknowledged just how good we have it.

Holy Week

• Wednesdays Alive! service/supper/class in recess 4/5
• Rector’s Bible Study in recess 4/6
• Church office closed on Good Friday

Easter and Easter Week

• No Sunday school, adult forums, or children’s church Easter Day
• Nursery available at 9:00 a.m. Easter service only
• Church office closed Easter Monday and Tuesday
• no inSPIRE/eSPIRE mailed/emailed the week after Easter
• Wednesdays Alive! service/supper/class in recess 4/12
• Rector’s Bible Study in recess 4/13

Are you feeling joyful at this moment? You may feel like there is not much to be joyful about in today’s world. So much that we hear or read about in the news today is frightening: war, inflation, viruses, the border, post COVID-19 pandemic challenges, gasoline prices, food prices, crime, attacks on police officers, racism, gender identification, government corruption and many other issues in today’s culture.

Even though we live in a fallen world today and have to face an occasional challenge, we still have much to be joyful about. But where do we find joy? We find it from the assurance that our faith, which comes from our Creator’s grace, is the hope that we can look forward to a better life. This is the gift of peace that we can pay forward  brought about by the freedom we enjoy from our salvation. A freedom that insulates us from the daily cares others must face.

Grandparents, Join the Andertons in Their Sullivans Island Home for a Wine and Cheese Reception!

Sunday, April 23, 4:00–6:00 p.m.

Come enjoy wine and refreshments at the home of Amy and Joe Anderton on Sullivan’s Island while you learn about the 2023-2024 plans for Generations Ministry, including quarterly speakers, small-group options, fellowship events, resources, and outreach opportunities! Bring your requests for speaker topics as well as suggestions for how the Generations Ministry team can better equip grandparents to nurture the faith of their grandchildren. Parents, you are welcome to come learn about the ministry and bring your own parents even if they do not attend St. Philip's Church. All are welcome! Please let us know your plans at the link below.

Generations Ministry was developed at St. Philip's Church in 2018 to encourage, empower, and equip grandparents in their God-given role of passing faith in Jesus Christ to their children, grandchildren, and future generations. 

Camp Jubilee Registration Open Now!

TONIGHT: Wednesdays Alive!

TOMORROW: Rector's Bible Study

Rector's Bible Study will be in recess April 6, April 13, and April 27 (Tea Room)

The Rev. Justin C. Hare is preaching this Sunday at our services of Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist: Rite I at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Pets, Paws, and a Parade on St. Patrick's Day

Our part-time office helper, Gus, finally showed up to work on Friday, March 17, after several weeks of working remotely. Since it was almost spring, he spent most of his time in the Tea Garden courtyard readying it for the new season, reminding the squirrels, lizards, and birds that they were not welcome and replenishing his supply of buried bully sticks.

He was pleasantly surprised at about 11:00 when two of his coworkers, Zippy Hood and Chris Walchesky, appeared on the Queen Street sidewalk just outside the Tea Garden gate, and he ran down the pathway to greet them. They stayed there for a few minutes just to give him pets through the gate and work on his trick repertoire (Miss Zippy is trying to teach a southpaw that his right paw is also a perfectly suitable offering when someone requests a paw). Coincidentally, very shortly after that, several men in green jackets, led by pipers and flag bearers, came parading down Queen Street. How exciting—and loud!

If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you already knew about Gus's St. Paddy's Day visit. But if this is the first you're hearing about it, why don't you take a moment right now to like and follow us on Facebook and Instagram so that you, too, can be among the first to hear about upcoming events, schedule changes, and all the details about our furry helpers?

Important Dates

March 31 ~ Lowcountry Pregnancy Center Annual Banquet

April 2 ~ St. Mark Passion: A Passion Oratorio (5:00 p.m.)

April 2–9 ~ Holy Week and Easter (service schedule)

April 7–11 ~ Church office closed

April 8 ~ Easter Egg Hunt

April 12 ~ Monthly Men’s Lunch (noon in the Parish Hall)

April 12 ~ Wednesdays Alive! in recess

April 13 ~ Rector’s Bible Study in recess

April 16 ~ Youth Confirmation Sunday

April 23 ~ Rector’s Forum in recess

April 23 ~ Generations Ministry Wine & Cheese for Grandparents (off-campus)

April 27 ~ Rector’s Bible Study in recess

April 24-28 ~ Tea Room

April 28–29~ Southeastern Intentional Grandparenting Conference

May 1~ Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes Annual Fundraising Banquet

May 9 ~ Generations Ministry Dessert and Q&A with Jeff Miller

May 11 ~ ECW Spring Social (6:00 p.m.)

May 12 ~ Seniors’ Excursion to Millford Plantation (note date change)

June 19-22 ~ Vacation Bible School (VBS)

June 26–30 ~ GrandCamp 2023

We pray for the sick: Johnny Anderson, Arthur Applegate, Tim Bass, Elizabeth Bowles, Tory Bowles, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Cullen Crowley, Sally Dunbar, Sally Fayard, Mary Forbes, Robert Gould, Dana Heikes III, Susan Hemminger, Susan Keenan, Marvin Kirkland, Robert Kizer, Thomas Legaré, Libby LeLand Puckette, Wes Lewis, Rena Mack, Elaine Pendarvis, Eli Penn, Bill Phillipps, Valerie Rouillard, Fran Sanders, Pete Sperr, Margaret Swanson, Jenny White, and Lindsey Wing.

We grieve with and pray for Pat Gould and family on the death of her son, Robert Eugene Gould, on March 28.  

We pray for our expectant parents: Kimbrell and Bruce Blackwood; Elizabeth and William Bryan; Torrey and Ryan Knapp; Ainsley and Dominic Monda; and Demontre and Minka Parish.

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Graham Blunt, Robert Cale III, 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: Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, Star Gospel Mission, 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, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Readings for Sunday:

• Matthew 21:1-11 
• Philippians 2:5-11 
• Matthew 27:1–27:66