A message from Tea Room Co–Chairs Amanda Ayers and Hope Gamble: Tea Room is just around the corner, and we are writing to request a little bit of help ... we need volunteers! We have lots of spots to fill, but one significant and specific need we have is in helping with set-up and tear-down.

Typically Snyders delivers and unloads all of our tables. However, this year they are booked solid and not able to deliver. That means that we are having to take a U-Haul up to pick up all of our rentals and unload the truck on our own. 

This is where you come in! We need help with set-up at 10:00 on Friday, April 21, and takedown at 3:00 on Friday, April 28, and we would love to have many people there to make the move quick and easy!

Other pressing needs:

• Gift shop attendants
• Mid-week waitstaff

Please feel free to email or call co-chairs Amanda Ayers (843-696-1852) and Hope Gamble (843-568-7705) with any questions or concerns. Thank you!

And we always need dessert, of course!

Proceeds from the Tea Room benefit St. Philip's foreign and home missions, St. Philip's choirs, and youth ministries.

Tea Room Week Schedule Changes

• No Rector’s Forum or Sunday School this Sunday, 4/23
• Wednesdays Alive! service only (no supper or class) 4/26
• Rector’s Bible Study in recess 4/27

THIS SUNDAY: Grandparents, Join the Andertons in Their Sullivan's 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. 

Friends, this Friday the 21st will be the final day to register to sit at the St. Philip's sponsor table at the Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes Spring Banquet on May 1! Come and see how God is moving in the lives of coaches and athletes in the Lowcountry and around the world and find out how you can be a part of that mission through Lowcountry FCA! 

There will be a silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by the program starting at 6:30 p.m. with keynote speaker Marcellus Casey, Chaplain to the Kansas City Chiefs, 2023 Super Bowl Champs! Dinner will be served, and while there's no cost to attend, there will be an opportunity to donate.

Questions about registration or St. Philip's partnership with Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes? Contact Jill Settle. Ready to register? Fill out your information at the link below and list "St. Philip's/Jill Settle" as your table host.

This past Saturday morning, Suzanne and Gerry McCord’s foyer group, along with several members of the St Philip’s Home Mission Team, had a blast volunteering at the Hope to Home Ministry (H2H), a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to collect new or gently used donated home goods and to purchase items such as mattresses and pillows, and then deliver these essential home furnishings to displaced or formerly homeless individuals and families who have recently secured housing. H2H transforms their empty living space into a comfortable “home,” extending the love and hope of Jesus through delivering provisions, praying with recipients before leaving, and personally giving them a Bible. H2H follows up after delivery to be sure recipients are already connected to a church or, if they are not, offering contact information on nearby churches.  

Our group met at the H2H warehouse in Charleston, learned more about the ministry, and then selected the area in which we each wanted to serve that day. Some of us helped load trucks with household furnishings from the donations stored in the warehouse and then delivered them to families. Some helped repair broken or “well loved” furniture to get it ready for next week’s deliveries, while others helped unpack and sort donated items and place them in their designated section of the warehouse. Another job was to go “shopping” in the warehouse to collect the donated items on a list then place them into individual kitchen and linen kits for future deliveries.

The rain on Holy Saturday didn’t stop our youth from hiding a thousand eggs (yes, you read that right!) for our eager egg hunters to find––they simply hid them in the Parish House instead of on the Parish House lawn!

The egg hunters gathered in the Parish Hall for snacks and an Easter message from the Rev. Justin C. Hare before their parents set them loose on their mission to collect all the eggs––a mission they completed in record time!



Our egg hunters had a blast, and the parents appreciated the messages they found on some of the eggs, such as one with a pig that read, “This little piggy loves Jesus!” Visit our Facebook page for more adorable pictures!

On Sunday, April 16, the Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, Bishop Emeritus of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, confirmed 30 of our young brothers and sisters in Christ. Congratulations, confirmands! May God strengthen you for witness and ministry through the power of the Holy Ghost, and daily increase in you his manifold virtues of grace: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and godly strength, the spirit of knowledge and true godliness, and the spirit of holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.

The next generation is facing a different set of cultural challenges than their parents or grandparents did. As Christians, we are called to share our faith with those coming along behind us. These new uncharted waters can make this task seem daunting. Parents and grandparents, come discover how we can engage in these conversations and share our biblical beliefs in a helpful and uplifting way.

Seniors of St. Philip’s, please join us for a special outing to Millford Plantation in Pinewood, SC! (While most guests will be 65+, we will be happy to welcome anyone who’d like come!)

Schedule: The bus will depart from St. Philip’s promptly at 8:45 a.m. and will return at about 4:30 p.m. Parking for your vehicles will be available in the church lot. 

Cost: $145 per person. This includes bus fare, lunch at Summerton Diner, entrance fee for our group’s private tour of Millford Plantation, and all gratuities. 

Questions?  Kitti Mullins: kittimullins@aol.com or (843) 224-9595

The Rev. Bill Christian: bchristian@stphilipschurchsc.org or (854) 429-1939

This event is capped at 40 guests, so register soon!

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.

Register Today for Camp Jubilee!

The Rev. William K. Christian III is preaching at our services of Holy Eucharist: Rite I at 8:15 a.m. and Morning Prayer: Rite I at 10:30 a.m.

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Important Dates

April 23 ~ Rector’s Forum, Sunday School in recess

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

April 24-28 ~ Tea Room

April 26 ~ No supper or class following Wednesdays Alive! service

April 27 ~ Rector’s Bible Study in recess

April 28–29~ Southeastern Intentional Grandparenting Conference

April 30 ~ Shine the Light Capital Campaign Launch (9:30 a.m. presentation, noon celebration lunch)

May 1~ Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes Annual Fundraising Banquet

May 3 ~ Adult Confirmation (6:00 p.m.), reception following

May 4 ~ Grandparents@Prayer Drop-In (11:00–11:45 in the Chapel)

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

May 17 ~ Senior Recognition Sunday

June 19-22 ~ Vacation Bible School (VBS)

June 26–30 ~ GrandCamp 2023

We pray for the sick: Johnny Anderson, Sallie Barrera, Tim Bass, Elizabeth Bowles, Tory Bowles, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Cullen Crowley, Sally Fayard, Mary Forbes, 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, Fran Sanders, Joanna Sparks, Pete Sperr, Margaret Swanson, Jenny White, and Lindsey Wing.

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

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Graham Blunt, Robert Cale III, Henry Clayton, 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:

O God, whose blessed Son did manifest himself to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open, we pray thee, the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Readings for Sunday:

• Acts 2:14a, 36-47 
• Psalm 116:11–16 
• Luke 24:13-35