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~ the eSPIRE Newsletter ~
May 26, 2024
Trinity Sunday
no inSPIRE or eSPIRE newsletter next week
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Now in recess:
- Wednesdays Alive! service, supper, and class
- Rector's Bible Study
- Youth Group
- Sunday School
- The Rector's Forum
Nursery and children's church during the 10:30 service are offered year-round. The inSPIRE/eSPIRE is now on a biweekly summer schedule.
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Tonight: Adult Confirmation
6:00 p.m., reception in the Parish Hall to follow
| All St. Philippians and friends are invited to witness the confirmation, reaffirmation, and reception of our adult candidates this evening at 6:00 p.m. A reception in the Parish Hall will follow. | |
Saturday: Two Musical Events
Note: When parking in the lot on the corner of Church and Cumberland Streets, be sure to pay (using the app or text-to-pay) if the "church parking only" sign is not out.
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Lowcountry Sacred Harp 12th Annual Singing
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall
Beginners welcome! We will enjoy a pot luck meal between sessions (noon to 1:00 p.m.). Free to attend.
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Free Concert: "His Truth Is Marching On: A Celebration of Faith and Patriotism"
6:00 p.m.
The Choral Artists of Southern Nevada share the joy and beauty of inspirational and sacred choral music throughout the greater Las Vegas area and beyond.
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Monday, May 27: Memorial Day
Church office closed
In the event of a pastoral emergency, please contact the Rev. Bill Christian at (843) 327-0791.
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Charleston Men's Chorus Memorial Day Concert
Monday at noon
Experience a musical journey as the Charleston Men's Chorus delivers a performance that celebrates the spirit of patriotism and honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Featured Registration: VBS! | |
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Vacation Bible School (VBS)
June 17–20 ~ current 3K-5th-graders and volunteers (youth and adult)
Join us for a Jungle Journey through the Bible at St. Philip's Vacation Bible School (VBS) 2024! Our Good News Cruise begins in Genesis and ends in Revelation as we discuss why our God deserves all the glory forever (1 Timothy 1:17). Volunteers are also needed!
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Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes All Abilities Sports Camp
Saturday, June 1~ Charleston Baptist Church
Join the FCA for their first ever All Abilities Camp! Campers with disabilities (ages 6-21) will get the opportunity to hear the gospel, fellowship together, eat lunch, try out a variety of adaptive sports (Paralympic and Special Olympic-style), and have fun! Volunteers 15+ needed!
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Ladies' Summer Book Club
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning June 5 ~ McGreevy residence (downtown)
Ladies, join Jane McGreevy and Joanna Macmurphy for their summer book club! The group will be reading and discussing Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl.
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Shine the Light Campus Tour
Sunday, June 9 ~ 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Join us for a campus tour to see firsthand the restoration projects already underway and funded by the Shine the Light Capital Campaign. During the tour, we will also stop at the State Street building, which will house our school's first classrooms. Drinks and bites will be served!
Childcare is available (space limited).Summer
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Summer Blood Drive
Tuesday, June 25~ noon to 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall
Help us set 45 appointments!
Eat a good breakfast and a nice, big lunch and come on down to St. Philip’s to give the gift of life––one unit of blood can save up to three lives! Even if you're not eligible to donate, you can still help out by volunteering at the drive!
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Surprise Baby Shower at Senior Send-Off!
by Sarah Baldwin, Youth Leader
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Our last senior high night of the ’23-’24 youth group season was marked by surprises, laughter, tears, and amazing fellowship! Our sweet youth groupers threw me a surprise baby shower. I went home with bags of books for Baby Baldwin! My husband and I are so excited to read our son all the wonderful stories that we were gifted.
After the gifts, we had a classic boy-versus-girl relay race––baby shower style! Kids had to taste various baby foods and chocolate bars and guess what flavors they were. Did I mention the baby food and chocolate bars were in diapers?
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Diaper Drive and “Saturday Serve”
Bless Lowcountry Pregnancy Center
Last week’s diaper drive was a huge success! Thank you, St. Philippians, for answering the call to help out one of our home mission ministry partners, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center (LPC), which provides life-affirming reproductive health and family services in a compassionate Christian environment. And on Saturday, 12 St. Philippians headed over to the LPC office in North Charleston for the Home Missions Team’s May “Saturday Serve” offering.
After unloading donations from the diaper drive, the volunteers took a tour of the LPC facility, getting a feel for the comfortable, welcoming, and loving environment that LPC provides for their clients. They saw the parenting classrooms, ultrasound rooms (where many choose life after hearing baby’s heartbeat), counseling rooms (where many hear the gospel for the first time), and the baby boutique, where clients can shop for free baby essentials after attending a certain number of parenting classes––and where there was an abundance of items Baby Bloomers recently donated after our own Sandra Anderson just happened to mention LPC to the Baby Bloomers owner at a cocktail party!
| Pictured above: Sandra Anderson, Tara Eversmann, Kim Incampo, Jennie Richardson, Barbara Merritt, Alexandra Panaretos, Carter Light, and Ashley Davis, the only person outside of Gen Z who has figured out where to look when taking a selfie. | | | |
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In Honor of Monti Hanger
Churchgoers this past Sunday may have noticed that the Rev. Andrew O’Dell was wearing a beautiful new vestment during the processions: a white damask cope with a golden stole, embroidered with an Agnus Dei.
What you may not know is that this beautiful vestment was a gift to St. Philip’s from Callie McLaurin in honor of Monti Hanger. Callie and Monti faithfully headed up the Compassion Committee for 15 years before handing the reins over to Sherrie Wallinger and Jane Galis in December 2023.
Callie let the clergy know in December that she wanted to give the church a gift in Monti’s honor, and she learned that a cope (which she shared was a new noun for her––and probably most people reading this) would be special. The clergy and others collaborated on a design, and since it was custom-made, it took several months to produce.
“This cope is given in honor of Monti and my love for her,” said Callie. “Being new at St. Philip’s and in Charleston, she gave me a blessed start.”
Thank you, Callie, for your generous gift, and our utmost thanks to you and Monti for your years of selfless service to the ill, home-bound, and grieving people in our St. Philip’s family.
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Chamber Music Video
If you missed last Thursday's pop-up chamber music concert, you needn't fret––we've got a recording of the music department's set available for viewing in the St. Philip's Music YouTube channel!
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Weekly Service Information | |
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Midweek Morning Prayer
Wednesdays at 8:00 in the Chapel
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This Sunday's Service and Class Information | | |
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The Rev. William K. Christian III is preaching at our services of Holy Eucharist at 8:15 a.m. and Morning Prayer at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School and the Rector's Forum are in summer recess. Nursery and children's church during the 10:30 service are available year-round. | |
Yes, That's What People Who Study Mollusks Are Called...You Didn't Know? | |
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Just what was this snail doing hanging out on Juli's window yesterday (and the day before...and possibly for even longer than that)? Well, we're not malacologists, and we're not 100% sure where snails keep their eyes or how to tell where they're looking, but surely Mr. Snail has either been keeping watch over Juli's office (perhaps even while she was in Scotland) or he's been keeping an eye (and somewhat safe distance) from the bird feeder that sits in the Tea Garden courtyard outside of Juli's window.
Either way, it sounds like we've got yet another eager beaver looking for some part-time work. But...why did he wait until EVERYTHING went into summer recess before coming around here looking for a job?
If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you already knew about Mr. Snail's job search. But if this is news to you, why not take a minute right now to give us a follow so that you, too, can be among the first to hear about schedule changes, special events, and all the latest staff news?
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IMPORTANT DATES
May 22 ~ Adult Confirmation (6:00 p.m.), reception to follow
May 25 ~ Lowcountry Sacred Harp Annual Singing (9:30 a.m.)
May 25 ~ Concert - Choral Artists of Southern Nevada (6:00 p.m.)
May 27 ~ Memorial Day (church office closed)
May 27 ~ Charleston Men's Chorus concert (noon ~ note time correction)
June 1 ~ Lowcountry FCA All Abilities Camp
June 9 ~ Shine the Light campus tour (4:00 p.m., limited childcare spots available)
June 11 ~ Theology on Tuesdays (7:00 p.m. at Henry's on the Market)
June 17–20 ~ Vacation Bible School (VBS)
June 25 ~ Red Cross Blood Drive
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We pray for the sick: Virginia Barnwell, Elizabeth Bowles, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Mary Forbes, Myron Harrington, Dana Heikes III, Marvin Kirkland, Rena Mack, John Macmurphy, LaVonne Marshall, Sarah Marshall, Eric Panizza, Lou Parker, Elise Mack Rivers, Barbara Sainsbury, Fran Sanders, Esther Spade, Pete Sperr, and Libby Wright.
We pray for our expectant parents: Sarah and Wyatt Baldwin, Olivia Hipp and Jon Black.
We pray for protection for those serving in the armed forces: Becca Baird, Janie Baird, Henry Clayton, David Daughtridge, Eric Gaines, Andrew Kane, Quin Kane, Horry Kerrison, Frazier Kulze, John Mason, Philip Middleton III, Jackson Miller, Edward Pritchard, Nathaniel Rollings, David Scott, and Asada Williams.
We pray for our home and world missions: Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Hope to Home, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, Star Gospel Mission, 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.
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Collect for Sunday:
Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity: We beseech thee, that thou wouldst keep us steadfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities, who livest and reignest, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Readings for Sunday:
- Romans 8:12-17
- Psalm 93
- John 3:1-16
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ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH
142 Church Street | Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 722-7734, www.stphilipschurchsc.org
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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