This Week at St. Philip's Church

no inSPIRE or eSPIRE this week

TOMORROW:

The ECW Fall Dinner for Every Church Woman

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Watch live
About Valerie Shepard

Wednesday:

Bonus Session with Valerie and Walt Shepard for All Adults

Enjoy coffee and a danish while you listen––and bring a friend!

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Wednesday: Wednesdays Alive!

Worship and Supper Only

C.S. Lewis class resumes next week

This Week's Supper: Connie's Kitchen Cornucopia

Next Week: Pork Tenderloin

Thursday: Rector's Bible Study

St. Paul's Letter to the Romans

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Friday at 6:00: Middle School Youth Group

Sunday at 6:00: High School Youth Group

This Week's Service Information

In-Person Christian Formation and Worship

Sunday School for children of all ages begins at 9:15 a.m. The Rector's Forum begins at 9:30 in the Parish Hall, and Molly and Justin Hare's parenting class, "Forming Faith in Families," begins at 9:30 in the Chapel. The Rev. Andrew O'Dell's Foundations class (registration now closed) meets in Philadelphia Alley at 9:30.


We are offering in-person worship with services of Holy Communion at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Childcare during the 10:30 service, including Children's Church for children ages four through 3rd grade, is available in the Parish House (on the corner of Church and Cumberland Streets). 


Watch 10:30 service live or view a past service

Just Around the Corner: Theology on Tap

Young Adults: Tuesday, October 25, at 7:00 p.m. at Henry's on the Market

Just Around the Corner: Water Mission Volunteer Opportunity

Wednesday, October 26, 9:00 a.m.–12 noon at Water Mission in North Charleston

The Home Missions Team is looking for 5–10 people for a Water Mission service opportunity on Wednesday, October 26.


Volunteers will help set up for the 2023 Walk for Water Open House, which will be hosted on the following day. Tasks involve moving furniture and preparing office space to welcome guests for the open house.


Please contact Jill Settle if you can make it or have any questions: (843) 697-0818 or jillasettle@gmail.com.

Ongoing Registrations

Lowcountry Walk for Life

Lowcountry Pregnancy Center

November 5 ~ Wannamaker Park

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Seniors' Excursion:

Nights of a Thousand Candles

December 1 ~ Brookgreen Gardens

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Mere Anglicanism

Telling a More Beautiful Story:

Lessons from C.S. Lewis on Reaching a Fractured World

January 26–28, 2023 ~

Charleston Music Hall

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Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Biblical Jordan

With the Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller

June 7–18, 2023

Learn More

Important Dates

October 18 ~ ECW Fall Dinner with guest speaker Valerie Elliot Shepard

October 19 ~ "Passing on the Legacy of Faith to the Next Generation" with Valerie and Walt Shepard (10:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall)

October 26 ~ Water Mission Service Opportunity

October 28-30 ~ Parish Retreat at Kanuga (no Sunday school or adult classes)

November 5 ~ Lowcountry Walk for Life

November 6 ~ Choral Evensong with the choirs of St. Philip’s and Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant (5:00 p.m.)

December 1 ~ Seniors Excursion: “Nights of a Thousand Lights” at Brookgreen Gardens

January 26–28, 2023 ~ Mere Anglicanism Conference

June 7–18, 2023 ~ Holy Land Pilgrimage

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We pray for the sick: Arthur Applegate, Jean Carlton, Walker Crosby, Lidia DiPaolo, George Rawling Evans, Sally Fayard, Elizabeth Flowers, Mary Forbes, Zelphia Galantis, Robert Gould, Susan Hemminger, Molly Hughes, Robert Johnson, Susan Keenan, Robert Kizer, Gene Martini, John Murray, Marijane and Kenneth Nichols, Bill Phillipps, Libby LeLand Puckette, Valerie Rouillard, Fran Sanders, Sydney Severance, Pete Sperr, Margaret Swanson, Judy Vandiford, Lindsey Wing, and Harrison Woods.


We grieve with and pray for Mollie Coleman and family on the death of her husband, Chisolm Larkin Coleman, on September 28.


We pray for our expectant parents: Boykin and Thomas Anderson; Carter and Foxy Foxworth.


We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Chris and Julia Beasley, Graham Blunt, Henry Clayton, Ben Colyer, 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, David Scott, and John Self.


We pray for our home and world missions: Star Gospel Mission, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, 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.

Sunday's Readings

Collect for Sunday:

Almighty and everlasting God, who in Christ hast revealed thy glory among the nations: Preserve the works of thy mercy, that thy Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of thy Name; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


Readings for Sunday:

  • Psalm 121
  • Gen 32:3–8, 22–31
  • Luke 18:1–8
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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