After the service, head over to the Parish Hall for fellowship and a delicious lunch: BBQ provided by Jimmy Hagood and Chef Connie Stahl's cole slaw and potato salad––and her famous chocolate chip cookies, of course! The young and the young at heart will love the chicken nuggets, too! The men’s ministry of St. Philip’s is once again helping with set-up and clean-up; if you can help, please contact Justin Ray at justin@sunrayflooring.com or (843) 224-1167.

It’s been almost a year and a half without Sunday School, the Rector’s Forum, or in-person C.S. Lewis classes, but we are getting back to our pre-pandemic normal! Read all about it in the fall discipleship brochure, which should’ve already arrived in your mailbox! Copies are also available in the church office––or view/download a digital copy at the link below!

Didn't receive your copy? Please let us know so that we can check your address in our system!

Parents, are you wondering what to expect or where to go for Sunday School as we start back? Here is the info you need!

Volunteers working with children under the age of 12 have been asked to wear masks for the time being, since the COVID-19 vaccine has not yet been made available to them. It is up to the discretion of parents whether or not the children themselves wear masks.

We are so grateful for our amazing team of Sunday School teachers! We give special thanks to David Gilbert with the high-schoolers; Al Phillips and his sons Ashton and George leading Confirmation; John Kerrison, Dan Russler, and Brad Wallace with 5th and 6th grades; Liza Layfield, Kate Mettler, Kristin Miller, Catherine Ray, and Elizabeth Scott with 3rd and 4th grades; Marnie Kerrison, Ainsley and Dominic Monda, and Roberta O’Shea with 1st and 2nd grades; and Octavia Barrett, Leah Mantini, Hagood and Whitney Morrison, Ryan Terrell, and Liz Werntz with 4k and 5k. We also want to thank our nursery coordinator, Morgan Bearsch, for assembling a wonderful team to care for the youngest members of our congregation!

Please communicate to our teachers who will be picking your child up at 10:15 or whether you will be picking up after the service because they will be staying for Children’s Church (room 109, ages 4k–grade 3). And if you haven’t yet registered your child for Sunday School, please take a few minutes to register now––you can save yourself some time on Rally Sunday and help us plan!

Questions about Sunday School? Please contact Dorothy Lancaster, Director of Ministry to Children and Families, at (854) 429-1940 or dlancaster@stphilipschurchsc.org.

Lewis’s book The Abolition of Man is widely considered to be his most prophetic and perhaps even his most important nonfiction work. Lewis himself called it “almost my favorite among my books.” One example of its significance is the fact that National Review selected it as seventh on its list of “The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century.” Lewis believed that the Western world was in the process of rejecting the natural law foundation of objective right and wrong and the existence of Truth, which would eventually amount to the collapse of society and usher in a dystopian reality in which Christianity was marginalized. In the foreword to his novel That Hideous Strength, Lewis says it is a fictionalized story that seeks to illustrate the main points he makes in The Abolition of Man. Join us as we unpack the important themes in these eerily relevant books and reflect on what they mean for us today in terms of living boldly for Christ in an increasingly secular age. Questions? Contact the Rev. Brian McGreevy at (854) 429-1938 or bmcgreevy@stphilipschurchsc.org.

Sunday Morning Coffee Ministry: The “Perky People” are setting their fall schedule, and they need a few more helpers to join the team! Volunteers work in pairs on a rotating schedule to get the coffee ready on Sunday mornings. No experience or special coffee knowledge needed. If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Irene Rowe at artisanpaint@gmail.com or (843) 568-1999.

Rally Sunday: St. Philip’s Men’s Ministry is once again helping with set-up, serving, and clean-up at our parish luncheon on September 12, Rally Sunday! Please email Justin Ray (include your mobile number, please) at justin@sunrayflooring.com if you can help. Call (843) 224-1167 if you have questions.

Flower Guild: Would you like to be a part of the team that prepares the glorious gifts to God that grace the altar each week? You’re in luck––the Flower Guild wants you to be a part of their team, too! You will be taught everything you need to know, including the art of flower arranging––no experience necessary! Contact Sarah Stuhr at sarahstuhr@bellsouth.net or (843) 559-3342.

New Mothers Committee: The ECW is looking for a few volunteers to serve on the New Mothers Committee. This committee helps women transition from “expecting” to “mothering” by providing a meal, prayers, and encouragement. If you would like to help, please contact Gigi Dobbins at gigimccartydobbins@gmail.com.

St. Philip’s has purchased automatic external defibrillator (AED) devices to help save lives should an emergency occur at our church. Doug Ringer, a licensed instructor, will be facilitating a class to train members of the congregation in the use of these machines and in basic CPR technique. The video-driven class (date/time to be determined) is a single session that will last approximately 3.5 hours.

If you are interested in serving our church by learning to apply these life-saving skills, please contact Doug at (423) 827-6596 or ringdoug@gmail.com.

Theology on Tap is a twice-monthly gathering of young adults in Charleston who long for meaningful conversation about life and God, and it’s now available as a podcast!

Although this series is geared toward those in their 20s and 30s, people of all ages will enjoy 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 subscribe on iTunes––it will be available on Google soon. And if you’re a young adult who’s free every other Tuesday beginning September 14, come join us in the Whiskey Room at Henry’s on the Market. 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!

Do you have a favorite hymn? Or is it hard to pick just one? On October 3, the St. Philip’s Choir is available to sing all of your favorites so you don’t have to choose!

Each request is $10, which will support the choir as they prepare for their residency at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London next summer. Would you like something special? You may request a particular descant or organ accompaniment for a donation of $25. Of course, any amount over that is greatly appreciated! And the choir tithes, so ten percent of donations received will be given to the church.

(2nd floor of the Ministries Hall, Church Office Building) 

Questions? Contact Pat Gould at (843) 364-9552 or pgould@stphilipschurchsc.org.

We never know how bad the effects of a natural disaster will be, so we must prepare ahead of time. South Carolina Emergency Management Division has put together a comprehensive guide to show you how to prepare for an emergency and what to do when one is upon you. Take some time to look it over right now and take the steps necessary to keep you and your loved ones safe.

National Dog Day was August 26, so all of our office helpers had the day off, of course. But that meant that when they came into work the next day, they were feeling very ... energetic.

The technical term for this state is "the zoomies," and the only way to get rid of them and ensure a productive work day is to chase a ball and/or friend for several minutes. Be careful that you don't overexert yourself and end up snoring through the rest of your day like Gus almost did! At least he was awake long enough to oversee the final communications with the printer folks, and we are pleased to announce that our replacement production printer was delivered last week! Thank you for your hard work, Gus! And thank you to Windsor, who went straight to work on the organ after getting out her zoomies––no nap required.

If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you already knew the importance of getting out the zoomies. 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 get this type of info?

Call Juanita Orvin, who will connect you with a prayer minister who will pray for your concerns over the phone.

juanitaorvin@gmail.com or (843) 884-4018

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

Sep. 12 ~ Rally Sunday (no 8:15 service; parish lunch following 10:30 service)

Sep. 16 ~ Rector’s Bible Study resumes (12:00 noon, Parish Hall)

Sep. 21 ~ Blood Drive (12:00–6:00 p.m., Parish Hall)

Sep. 22 ~ Wednesdays Alive! service, supper, class resume

Oct. 1-3 ~ Women’s Retreat at Camp St. Christopher

Oct. 3 ~ Hymn Sing (5:00 p.m. in the church)

Oct. 10 ~ Choral Evensong (5:00 p.m. in the church)

We pray for the sick: Elizabeth Bowles, Judith Carr, Sarah Clarkson, Charles Cornwell, Gerry Dickinson, Sally Fayard, Elizabeth Flowers, Mary Forbes, Lisa Frampton, Juli Garland, Dave Gund, Mary Anne Hanckel, Susan Hemminger, Maude Hornsby, Claudia Kolster, Joe Livesay, Connor Lowndes, Sarah Marshall, Brumby McLeod, Beverly Melvin, Mike Mullins, Juanita Orvin, Olivia Palmer, Isla Pearce, Bill Sammons, Fran Sanders, Jay Schrimpf, Elizabeth Scott, Larry Scoville, Lynne Scoville, Anne Shaver, Rose Tisdale, Hope Walters, Carolyn Warlick, Liz Williams, Lindsey Wing.

We grieve with and pray for: Nancy Wilson and family on the death of her sister, Louise Rhett Perry, on August 20.

We pray for our expectant parents: Jon and Olivia Hipp Black, Justin and Molly

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, Charles Kirkman, 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.