This year's Annual Parish Meeting will take place virtually on Zoom at 1:00 p.m. on March 7. Members of the congregation are invited to register for the meeting and learn more at the link below. Registration is required to ensure those in attendance are eligible to vote as Members in Good Standing.

All who register will also receive information about this Sunday's practice session, which will allow parishioners to practice joining the meeting and voting.

On Sunday evening, February 21, a crowd gathered in front of Bill and Carolyn Warlick’s home to bear witness to the faithfulness of God in bringing Bill and Carolyn through a long and unbelievably challenging time. We were there to praise God for his goodness in the incredible healing He has worked already and for the ongoing healing that He is still working in Carolyn. We were there as the body of Christ, rejoicing together in the goodness of our great God!

The journey started on an ordinary Saturday morning this past November, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The sun was shining and Bill and Carolyn were thinking about all the things on their to-do list. But then suddenly, while eating lunch, Carolyn experienced terrible chest pain, and the next thing they knew, Bill was racing her to the ER. No one could have ever guessed that it would be 85 days before Bill would be able to bring her back home!

All children ages three and up are invited to sing with the children's choirs of St. Philip's! Our youngest singers learn in a music readiness program of singing, listening, and moving to music in a Christian environment, and while they draw on those fundamentals as they progress through the program, singers of all experience levels are welcome to join at any age. Come sing with us as we look forward to our concert in the church in April!

Beginning today OR tomorrow, all 20- and 30-somethings are invited to meet in the Parlor for a book study led by St. Cecilia Choir parent Leah Simmons! The groups will be studying Joanne Ellison's Making Space for God: Repositioning Your Life for Kingdom Living. The times are especially convenient for parents of choristers, but all young adults are welcome!

A note about childcare: Children ages three through high school are encouraged to sing in choir, but childcare for ages 3-3rd grade is available Wednesdays for children not in choir. Children of all ages are welcome to remain under parental care during either session.

One of the things that COVID-19 has made us keenly aware of is our longing for real community. And the Scriptures are clear: we need one another because as Christians, we belong to one another. At St. Philips, we want to create places where no matter where you are in your journey of faith, you can connect and grow in community.

To that end, we are launching several different groups for those in their twenties and thirties. Some groups will follow a certain book; others will simply discuss the previous sermon together and apply it practically to our lives. In each, however, there is an emphasis on building spiritual friendships: getting to know one another better, bearing one another’s burdens, and growing in our faith, all in a place of welcome and hospitality. No matter your season of life––whether you're new to the faith or the church or you've been coming to church for a while, whether you're in a hard or time-consuming season with kids or you're single with a bit more time on your hands––we’d love to have you join us! Information about time, location, and leaders/hosts of each group are at the link below; registration is coming soon!

Zoom56 is up and running! Led by John Kerrison and Dan Russler, the group met for the first time this past Sunday and will continue to meet virtually on Sunday mornings during Lent at 9:15 a.m. Don't miss this opportunity to gather again with your friends to read and discuss the Bible! Click the link below to register for the group.

St. Philippians, together, we can provide safe water and the opportunity to experience God's love to a hurting and suffering world. Truly, we can transform lives by giving the gift of safe water and the Living Water of Jesus Christ.

Here's how we can help!

Feel free to call or email me with questions or concerns: (843) 697-0818 or jillasettle@gmail.com.

Now is the time to add your voice to the St. Philip's Choir! All voice parts are needed as we prepare music for Evensong and for our residency at St. Paul's Cathedral in London next summer. We have plenty of room to spread out in the Parish Hall as we rehearse safely in our masks. Please join us! New singers, please let Pat Gould know to expect you: (843) 364-9552 or pgould@stphilipschurchsc.org.

All parishioners are invited to come along on this exciting adventure––you could even come along as a new choir member! Click the link below to learn more.

Reservations for this Sunday's services of Holy Communion at 8:15 and Morning Prayer at 10:30 a.m. open today at 9:00 a.m.

Childcare during the 10:30 service is available for infants and young people through age five, with limited capacities within each age group. You may register at the link below after first registering to attend the 10:30 service, or you may call the church office at (843) 722-7734 to reserve space.

A note about the February 21 10:30 a.m. service: Whether the cause of the power outage that interrupted the livestream was the Rev. Bill Christian's rousing sermon, the Rev. Jeff Miller's "jinx" during the announcements,* or a Dominion Energy power supply issue, we may never know, but we do know that the resulting damage was minimal, and we should be up and running as usual this Sunday.

Mere Christianity began as a series of radio talks during the darkest days of World War II in England. Lewis was asked by the BBC to do the talks because so many people were living in fear and anxiety and were feeling that the world was crumbling around them, that "the wheels had come off the bus." Our culture today is beset with many of those same anxieties, albeit for different reasons. Lewis's broadcast talks were then edited by Lewis and published in book form as Mere Christianity. The book is still remarkably fresh today and serves as an encouragement to the believer, a winsome challenge to the doubter, and an effective apologetic for the unbeliever.

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Are you wondering why your friends are never free to meet you for lunch on Thursdays? Join the Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller and all the people that are already in the know tomorrow at noon on Zoom and see for yourself! Make a little lunch, grab your Bible and a comfortable seat, and click the link below a little before noon tomorrow, because this is the way to spend your Thursday lunch hour in Charleston––or wherever you are!

Sexton Ben Singleton already has part-time help in the form of assistant sexton Eric Pickford, but it's always a good idea to have another helper on deck! Enter sexton-in-training Cecilia Walchesky, who helped prep the sanctuary between Ash Wednesday services last week. "She's a very good, hard worker," said Singleton of Walchesky, who will turn two in April. "She has a good head on her shoulders and a good work ethic."

This news was released last week over social media. If you'd like to be among the first to know about part-time staff updates, schedule changes, four-legged office visitors, and other important news, take a minute to click the buttons below to like or follow St. Philip's now!

Call Juanita Orvin, who will connect you with a prayer minister who will pray for your concerns over the phone.

juanitaorvin@gmail.com or (843) 884-4018

Call Suzanne McCord, head of the prayer chain, and she will pass your request on to members of the chain.

suzanne1959@gmail.com or (843) 224-1630

February 28 ~ Practice session for Annual Parish Meeting (1:00 p.m. on Zoom)

March 7 ~ Annual Parish Meeting (1:00 p.m. on Zoom)

March 20 ~ Walk for Water (Riverfront Park OR place of your choice)

April 18 ~ 20s-30s Lowcountry Boil

April 24 ~ Annual Women's Gathering (Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant)

We pray for the sick: Katie Burris, Harry Carr, Glenn Corley, Elizabeth Flowers, Mary Forbes, Edward Good, Robert Gould, Jonathan Hanger, Clark Johnson, Joe Livesay, Connor Lowndes, Beverly Melvin, Leon Patat III, Reid Patrick, Deborah Pollak, Edward Pritchard, Jr., Mike Walsh, Carolyn Warlick, Lindsey Wing, and Charlie Yoho.

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Chris and Julia Beasley, Graham Blunt, Henry Clayton, Ben Colyer, David Daughtridge, Hayes Fair, George Hoefer, Andrew Kane, Horry Kerrison, Charles Kirkman, Frazier Kulze, John Mason, Philip Middleton III, Jackson Miller, Ned Montgomery, Edward Pritchard, and David Scott serving in our Armed Forces.

We pray for our home missions: Star Gospel Mission, Tricounty Family Ministries, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, St. John's Chapel, and the Open Door Ministry.

We pray for our world missions: For Suzy McCall and LAMB, for the medical missions to Honduras, for ministry to victims of genocide and AIDS in Rwanda, for Water Mission and the Global Water Center, and for St. Jean Baptiste, our sister church, and the schools in Haiti.