SUNDAY:
Second Installment of Special Rector's Forum Series
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God’s Revelation: Creation and Redemption
Remaining sessions: March 17 and 24 ~ 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall
God, by his Word, through his Word, spoke into existence all that is. In so doing, he clearly revealed himself to all mankind through that creation. But “His Story” was not yet complete. When the time was right, that same Word became flesh, dwelt among us, died, and rose again, opening a door we could not: our redemption. Join us for this special Rector's Forum series as Alan Runyan leads us in this journey from creation to the Cross.
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2024 Walk for Water
Saturday, March 23 ~ 9:00 a.m. at Riverfront Park
We had a fantastic turnout at last year’s Walk for Water at Riverfront Park––but let's try to top it! Take a moment right now to join our Walk for Water team so you can come out for an incredible day of fellowship and service that you will remember for years to come!
Every dollar helps Water Mission build safe water solutions for individuals and communities around the world, so let’s spread the word! Invite a friend, neighbor, or coworker to walk with us or to sponsor your walk! If you'd like, you may register for free with the code STPHILIPS24!
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REMINDER: Kids, bring your buckets with you to church on Sunday!
If you took home a bucket to collect coins for Water Mission, please bring them back to church with you on Sunday! We will be pouring them all together in one big bucket to take to the Walk for Water on March 23. Thank you for your help!
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Easter Flower Memorials and Thanksgivings | |
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Information due by Friday, March 22, for inclusion in the Easter bulletins
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.
Online or hard copy form is required
Donations may be made through our website or by check. Please be sure to fill out the form at the link below first; we are unable to use names written on envelopes, memo lines, and in online giving notes.
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Come Further Up, Come Further In
Monday, March 18 ~ 7:00 p.m.
Henry's on the Market
| Prayer, teaching, discussion, and fellowship for men of all ages! | |
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Theology on Tuesdays
Tuesday, March 19 ~ 7:00 p.m.
Henry's on the Market
| Conversations for young adults about life and God. | |
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Palm Cross Supper
Wednesday, March 20 ~ 6:15 p.m.
(following Wednesdays Alive!)
| During next week's fellowship supper, help assemble the palm crosses worn by all on Palm Sunday (March 24)! | |
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Pop-Up Concert
in celebration of Bach's birthday
Thursday, March 21 ~ 11:00 a.m.
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The 100th Anniversary of the Charleston Premiere of John Stainer's "Crucifixion"
Palm Sunday, March 24 ~ 5:00 p.m.
| On Palm Sunday evening, St. Philip's choirs will present Sir John Stainer's (1840-1901) Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer. Some of you may be familiar with this large work as it was once regarded as an "institutional piece" and part of a regular Holy Week tradition at St. Philip's and other churches in Charleston. This year marks the 100th anniversary of its Charleston premiere, which occurred at St. Philip's in March 1924. To further celebrate this venerable piece of the Anglican tradition, we will use Barry Rose's (b. 1934) orchestration composed for performance in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Mark your calendars for this once-in-a-lifetime event! | |
Other Upcoming Events and Registrations | |
Holy Week and Easter: Lay Servers Needed | |
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Serve a Meal to Citadel Cadets
Monday, March 25 ~ 5:15 p.m.
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Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, March 30 ~ 10:00 a.m. on the Parish House Lawn
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Holy Week Service Schedule | |
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Canterbury and St. David Choirs Sing for
St. David’s Society Annual Great Feast
by Zippy Hood, Director of Children's Choirs
On Thursday, March 7, our Canterbury and St. David choristers sang for the St. David’s Society’s Annual Great Feast––the 22nd time our singers have been in attendance since 2000!
Twenty-three talented musicians represented our church under the direction of Zippy Hood, accompanied by Paul Reese. The children opened with a traditional a cappella arrangement of William Byrd’s “Non Nobis Domine,” which is intended as a blessing prior to a meal. Then, they sang Mary Ann Cooper’s “What Wondrous, Marvelous Love,” which was also Sunday’s offertory anthem.
The St. David’s Society made a special request for the closing song: the Welsh National Anthem––sung in Welsh. This was quite a challenge for our singers, as Welsh is “one of the toughest Western European languages to master and is even harder than Swahili,” according to a 2016 study reported by the North Wales Daily Post, which further reported that “at 1,040 hours, learning Welsh takes nearly double the time than it does to become fluent in French, which at 550 hours is one of the easiest of languages examined.”
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Loaves and Fishes at
Tea Room Craft Night
When Caroline Fitzgerald and Molly Hare were planning Monday’s Tea Room craft night, they were hoping to have 10 to 15 sets of helping hands to assemble oyster beads––and when last-minute registrations pushed that number to 25, Caroline made plans to stretch the food, adding a salad and a few snacks to complement the pizza, and hoped it would be enough. But when the final participant walked through the Parish Hall doors and took a seat, there were 45 people sitting around the tables, smiling and laughing as they chatted and strung the beads––and they didn’t run out of food OR supplies!
“It looked like there weren’t going to be enough oyster shells,” said one participant, “but it actually took longer to string the beads than you’d think, so one or two per person worked out perfectly.”
Molly, who gave the ladies their instructions and a little something to talk about while they worked (the parable of the Pearl of Great Price from Matthew 13 and their own examples of a pearl of blessing from God), was thrilled with the turnout and the fellowship, saying, “What a glimpse of ‘on Earth as it is in Heaven’!”
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These beautiful oyster beads will be available for purchase at the Tea Room gift shop, which will be open daily April 22–26 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Do you have new or handmade boutique-style items you’d like to donate? Drop them by the church office any time before opening day. For gift shop ideas and volunteer sign-up, click the link below!
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Still Looking for Your Tea Room Letter?
Might be time to update your address with the church office!
Tea Room co-chairs Amanda Ayers and Jorie Stryker mailed you a letter and volunteer form last week––did you get them? If not, please email Alice Smith with your address so we can make sure we have it correct it in our database––especially if you've moved recently!
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Welcome to the Team, Katharine DeAntonio!
The clergy and vestry of St. Philip’s are pleased to announce that Katharine DeAntonio has joined the St. Philip’s team as Administrative Assistant to the Director of Music and Organist! Katharine’s predecessor, Denise Pickford, who has worked in the music department since 2017, joined the finance department in January and will be there full-time beginning April 1.
About Katharine: Katharine DeAntonio was a member of the St. Cecilia and Canterbury Choirs as a child and has been a member of the adult choir for several years since joining St. Philip’s with her family. She is currently studying art and pursuing her degree at the University of Virginia online. Katharine is excited to become a part of the music ministry team and do her part to bring beauty to the worship at St. Philip’s.
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Pray for the People of Haiti
by Susan C. Keller,
World Missions Committee Chair
Our Lord loves the people of Haiti. Brothers and sisters, please pray for them. The tragic situation of gang warfare, which has been worsening month by month since July 2021 with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, has now reached new levels of chaos, violence, and disarray. 80% of the capital city is now controlled by criminal groups. Schools and businesses are closed. Hospitals are overwhelmed. Police stations have been torched and the police are desperate for help.
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House of Prayer:
March Prayer Points
by Frenchie Richards,
St. Philip’s Prayer Ministry
“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” ––Isaiah 56:7
Give thanks with a grateful heart for our risen Lord.
Answered Prayers (Thank You, Lord):
1. For our new Vestry members. 2. For the increase in Shine the Light donations. 3. For the many newcomers joining St. Philip’s. 4. For the wonderful children’s and adult choirs and for our music team: Zippy, Chris, and Paul. 5. For the many visitors coming through the Open Door Ministry. 6. For the great attendance at the Foundations and Gifts classes. 7. For the successful outreach ministries locally and abroad. 8. For the wonderful updates at the annual meeting and for the Rector’s Address.
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Regular weekly events and services | |
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Midweek Morning Prayer
Wednesdays at 8:00 in the Chapel
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Wednesdays Alive!
come-as-you-are service of midweek Holy Communion followed by supper and C.S. Lewis class
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Tonight's Supper: Taco Bar
Next Week's Supper (Palm Cross Supper): Bowtie Chicken and Veggie Bake
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The Rector's Bible Study
Thursdays at noon in the Parish Hall
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This Sunday's Service and Class Information | | |
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The Rev. Justin C. Hare is preaching at our services of Holy Eucharist at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school for children of all ages begins at 9:15 a.m., and adult classes, including the Rector's Forum and the Hares' parenting class, begin at 9:30 a.m. | |
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The diocesan convention was last weekend in Bluffton, and what an exciting time it was (and not just because it fell on Father Brian's birthday––which he shares with three other diocesan priests!)! Bishop Edgar welcomed new clergy members (including our own Doug Ringer, who was ordained as a vocational deacon earlier this year), and three St. Philippians were elected to various diocesan committees: Bob Kunes to the Standing Committee, Joanna Macmurphy to the Diocesan Council, and Fr. Brian to the Ecclesiastical Court. AND the diocese rolled out a beautiful new diocesan seal!
But perhaps the most exciting thing to come out of the convention was the knowledge that if you want your rector to be on duty as assistant event photographer (under Suzanne McCord), you need only ask––although it does help to be a little pitiful and mention how none of the clergy sent pictures last year. It was so fun to see the convention through the eyes of our rector, whose pictures included a group pic of the Sisters of St. Mary (Anglican nuns), and a great pic of the crowd, stage, and the big screen, which was showing our new seal!
If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you already knew this exciting assistant event photographer news. But if you hadn't heard, 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 the most exciting office news?
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IMPORTANT DATES
March 20 ~ Palm Cross Supper (following 5:30 service)
March 21 ~ Pop-Up Chamber Music (11:00 a.m.)
March 23 ~ Walk for Water (9:00 a.m. at Riverfront Park)
March 24 ~ Palm Sunday (services at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m.)
March 24 ~ John Stainer’s Crucifixion (5:00 p.m.)
100th Anniversary of first Charleston performance
March 25, 26, 27 ~ Holy Week Eucharist services (8:00 a.m.)
March 25 ~ Serve a Meal to Citadel Cadets
March 28 ~ Maundy Thursday (service at 6:00 p.m.)
March 29–April 2 ~ Church office closed
March 29 ~ Good Friday (Good Friday liturgy at noon and Stations of the Cross at 6:00 p.m.)
March 31 ~ Easter Day (services at 6:30, 9:00, and 11:15 a.m.)
April 4 ~ Lowcountry Pregnancy Center Annual Banquet with Eric Metaxas
April 22 ~ Lowcountry FCA Spring Banquet
April 22–26 ~ St. Philip’s Tea Room
May 4 ~ Anglican Women’s Gathering (Pawleys Island)
May 5 ~ St. Philip’s Cinco Carnival
June 17–20 ~ Vacation Bible School (VBS)
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We pray for the sick: Jimmy Bowes, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Steve Darling, Mary Forbes, Myron Harrington, Marvin Kirkland, Rena Mack, Eric Panizza, Lou Parker, Fran Sanders, Esther Spade, Pete Sperr, and Lindsey Wing.
We pray for our expectant parents: Becca Baird and Louis Duffie, Sarah and Wyatt Baldwin, and Katy and Andrew Brown.
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, Julia Middleton, 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, Hope to Home, 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.
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Collect for the Fifth Sunday in Lent:
Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; 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:
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- Psalm 25:3–9
- John 12:20-33
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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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