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~ the eSPIRE Newsletter ~
August 4, 2024
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost: Proper 13
no inSPIRE or eSPIRE next week
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TONIGHT: Final Endless Summer Youth Group
6:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall
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The final summer youth group is tonight! ALL rising 6th–12th-graders will be enjoying games, fellowship, prayer, and teaching. We won't be eating supper, so please eat beforehand. Questions? Contact David Gilbert.
Regular youth group meetings resume Friday, September 6 (middle school), and Sunday, September 8 (high school).
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Sunday: Adult Forum Summer Series Continues
9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall
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Steve Graudin and Guv Gottshalk’s summer adult forum video-based series, “Life Changing Prayer: Approaching the Throne of God” by Jim Cymbala, founder and pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church in Brooklyn, NY, will extend one extra week, wrapping up on August 11 instead of August 4. All are welcome!
Please note that this series will not be streamed or recorded for copyright reasons.
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Come Further Up, Come Further In
Monday, August 5 ~ 7:00 p.m. in the Whiskey Room at Henry's on the Market
Men of all ages are invited for fellowship, prayer, teaching, and discussion for next Monday at 7:00 p.m. at Henry’s on the Market. Contact Mark Finlay at markjfinlay@icloud.com if you have any questions.
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Hope to Home Volunteer Opportunity
Tuesday, August 6 ~ 9:00 a.m. to noon in the Upper Peninsula warehouse
Help make kitchen kits for displaced or formerly homeless individuals and families who have recently secured housing! No heavy lifting involved, just a great time of fellowship and laughter while blessing those in need! Email H2H's volunteer coordinator, Stacy Daffin, to sign up!
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Theology on Tuesdays
Tuesday, August 6 ~ 7:00 p.m. at Henry's on the Market
Young adults, come enjoy pizza (provided along with water) and beverages of your choice if you'd like (cash bar) while Justin Hare tackles some of the questions you all haven't been able to get to the past few rounds. Park for free in the church lot on the corner of Cumberland and Church Streets––and bring a friend!
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Other Upcoming Events and Registrations | |
Gentlemen rehearse in the choir room ahead of the 10:30 service on July 28, the men’s open choir Sunday. The ladies' turn is August 11! | |
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Ladies, It’s Your Turn To Try the Choir!
Sunday, August 11 ~ 9:00 a.m. in the Choir Room
ALL interested ladies are invited to come to the choir room (second floor of the church office building) at 9:00 a.m. for a 45-minute rehearsal and vesting, followed by a quick run-through in the church prior to the 10:30 a.m. service. Registration is preferred to help us plan, but walk-ins will be warmly welcomed! Questions? Contact Paul Reese.
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Back-to-School Blessing
Sunday, August 11 ~ During the 10:30 service
Please join us as we bless and commission our teachers and students as they prepare for the new school year. This includes students of all ages (from preschool through college and beyond!) and people who teach in any educational setting as staff or volunteers.
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Parenting at St. Philip's: A Fellowship Event
Sunday, August 25 ~ 4:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall
Parents of children and youth 0-18 are invited for a time of encouragement, community, and mingling over heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and sodas. We will also hear from Justin Hare, David Gilbert, Dorothy Lancaster, and Zippy Hood about ministry opportunities and ways to stay connected this year. Limited childcare will be available for children 5th grade and under.
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A Revolution at St. Philip’s: Past and Present
by Barbara Bellows Rockefeller,
Classical Christian School Planning Committee
| “Nothing is more self-evident, than that we are a system of beings, related to, and dependent upon one another. We cannot subsist, in any order, or with any comfort, without one another’s concurrence and support.”––The Reverend Robert Smith, 1768. | |
The American Revolution liberated the colonies––but devastated the Anglican Church in America. One of the first casualties of the conflict was the St. Philip’s School. The Bishop of London and its founder, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), immediately cut off all their vital support. South Carolina’s disestablishment of the provincial Anglican Church in 1778 slashed public contributions. Private donations dried up with the exigencies of war. Teachers and clergy unwilling to denounce the King, titular head of the Church of England, were banished from the province. The parish school fell into total disarray.
At the time the British occupied Charleston in 1780, their commander denounced “the neglected and deplorable state of the education of the youth in the province” due to the “late usurpation” by the American rebels. Attempts were made by the occupiers to restart what was by then being called the Provincial Free School, but only if Loyalists could be found to teach the principles of Grammar, Greek, and Latin.
When victory came at last for the Americans in 1782, St. Philip’s parish was saved from the utter disintegration visited upon so many Anglican churches because its rector, the Reverend Robert Smith, unlike the majority of the Anglican clergy in America, had sided with the patriot cause. Having himself been banished during the British occupation, he eventually returned home to a hero’s welcome from his greatly reduced congregation.
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Shine the Light Campaign Report
by Maybank Hagood, Shine the Light Campaign Co-Chair
Campaign Background: Our Shine the Light Campaign is St. Philip’s first capital campaign in twenty-five years. St. Philip’s is undertaking a significant effort to preserve our historic Gospel assets and equip our campus for God’s call to St. Philip’s to be a light to our community and the world. Our last campaign, the 5th Century Fund, allowed us to renovate the Parish House and church offices, two facilities vital to our current daily ministries and operations. Today, our Shine the Light Campaign envisions a complete restoration of all facilities at our campus.
Our church family uses close to 75% of the entire block bordered by Queen Street, Church Street, Cumberland Street, and State Street. What a blessing! We also have our own parking lot and use of the county parking garage for worship services (into perpetuity). In addition to the physical restoration of our historic campus, a portion of the Shine the Light funds is to go towards mission, and we announced in May our plans to establish a classical Christian school. We own the 15,000 square-foot building on the corner of State and Cumberland Streets, and our plan is to convert it from an income-producing property to another Gospel asset, as it will house the school and will also provide flexibility during our campus renovation. The Classical Christian School planning committee is diligently researching and preparing, and there will be much more to share this fall.
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Sunday School begins on Rally Sunday, September 8! | |
Registration for all 2024-2025 children and youth Sunday morning opportunities, from nursery through 12th grade, is now open!
Parents, please register your children for Sunday school (including youth and Confirmation classes), children's church, and nursery all in this one convenient location! This will help ensure the safety of your children while they are on campus and allow you to receive important communication and updates about the classes. Please include food allergies under medical notes.
Nursery: Available for children ages 3 and under during Sunday School (9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m.) and year-round during the 10:30 a.m. service. Room 108.
Children's Church: Available year-round during the 10:30 a.m. service for ages 4–3rd grade. Room 109.
Sunday School: Available for all ages, infants–12th grade (including 7th-grade Confirmation class). 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. (Rally Sunday through mid-May)
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Fall Prevention Reminders!
A note from Parish Nurse Susan Keller
- Secure all rugs and mats with non-slip backing or pads
- Be sure no rugs have uneven or raised edges
- Keep common pathways free of clutter
- Always be aware of where your pets are
- Install grab bars by toilets and in showers (now there are some that can be secured to the wall without drilling)
- No walking in socks on slippery floors!
- Be aware of side effects of any new medications
- Turn on a light before getting out of bed or have a night light
- Stay in shape! Core and muscle strengthening are the best for balance
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Sponsor a Citadel Cadet!
Provide a “home away from home” for international and out-of-state cadets
This program is intended to improve cadets’ quality of life by providing the international and out-of-state cadets a means to connect with vetted, local volunteer families that will provide them with a place to go to during times of general leave and/or furlough. Most cadets requesting sponsors will be 4th Class cadets (freshmen), but international students from all classes may also request sponsors.
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Pray for our travelers!
As our St. Philip's brothers and sisters wrap up their Celtic pilgrimage and make their way back home, please lift them up in prayer:
O God, our heavenly Father, whose glory fills the whole creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go: Preserve those who travel, especially those on the Celtic Christianity pilgrimage; surround them with thy loving care; protect them from every danger; and bring them in safety to their journey’s end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Teaching Position Open at St. Philip’s Preschool
St. Philip’s Preschool has an opening for a teaching position! This is a five-day, 8:15 until 12:15 commitment, from August through May. Please email preschool co-directors Lee Moore (lmoore@stphilipschurchsc.org) or Angela Clark (aclark@stphilipschurchsc.org) or call (843) 722-7610 if you would like to apply.
St. Philip’s Preschool offers a safe, loving, Christ-centered learning environment with a craft/activity-based curriculum for children ages three months through three years.
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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 10:30 a.m. Sunday School is in summer recess. Guv Gottshalk and Steve Graudin's summer adult forum series begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Nursery and children's church during the 10:30 service are available year-round. | |
Because "Director of Music and Organist and Party Planner" and "Associate Director of Music and Organist and Carpenter" Don't Fit on the Back of the Bulletin...Or In This Headline, Really. | |
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You may look at a title like "Director of Music and Organist" or "Associate Director of Music and Organist" and think to yourself, "That guy probably plays the organ and is in charge of music!" (Or is a close associate of the guy in charge of music.)
But you'd be only partly right. Because while Chris Walchesky and Paul Reese DO both play the organ and handle music "stuff" at St. Philip's, there is just so much more to their jobs! You probably know that they plan out extras like the praise team summer reunion two weeks ago or the open choir invite coming up on the 11th, but did you know that Paul Reese handles various carpentry needs around the office and that Chris Walchesky can throw a birthday celebration with as much enthusiasm and gusto as one Dwight K. Schrute?
If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you DID already know that there's more to the music department than music. 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 church office news?
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IMPORTANT DATES
August 11 ~ Women's Choir Sunday (all women of the parish are invited to sing with the choir!)
August 25 ~ Parent Fellowship (parents of children/youth 0–18) ~ 4:00 p.m.
September 8 ~ Rally Sunday (Sunday school, Rector's Forum, 10:30 a.m. service only, lunch to follow)
September 11 ~ Monthly Men's Lunch (noon in the Parish Hall)
September 11 ~ Wednesdays Alive! service, class, supper resumes (5:30 p.m.)
September 12 ~ Rector's Bible Study (noon in the Parish Hall)
September 21 ~ Saturday Serve: Star Gospel Mission
September 24 ~ Fall blood drive (registration open)
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We pray for the sick: Lisa Allis, Harold Arnold, Elizabeth Bowles, Judith Carr, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Mary Forbes, Larry Fowler, Emily Meyer Hall, Ricky Hanckel, Marvin Kirkland, Rena Mack, LaVonne Marshall, Sarah Marshall, Alice Stender Powell, Newton Quantz, Bill Rigsbee, Fran Sanders.
We pray for our expectant parents: Laura and Bucky Parks, Ruben and Katie Pérez-Phillips.
We grieve with and pray for Tamara Dallery and family on the death of her mother, Evelyn Stanley, on July 22.
We grieve with and pray for the family of Frances Kay Bartlett, who died on July 24.
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 merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we beseech thee, that we may run without stumbling to attain thy heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Readings for Sunday:
- Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15
- Psalm 78:14–26
- John 6:24-35
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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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