• Church choir practice starts at 9:30 a.m.
• Children/Youth Sunday School & Conversations in Faith start at 9:45 a.m.
• Worship Service starts at 11:00 a.m.

Ursula Goodenough and Sara Rutledge after monitoring nesting birds on Martha's Vineyard, summer 2024

Dear friends,

In early February, near Charles Darwin's birthday, many liberal churches join in the observance of Religion and Science Sunday. We celebrate the ways our spiritual practice is informed and inspired by the natural and social sciences. 

Put another way, we read Mary Oliver poems and go for walks.

In our service, I'll draw from a dear friend who is a scientist, a novelist with a sense of wonder, an old scriptural admonition, and conversations with many of you. 

With aloha,

Jeremy 

Text: Mark 12.28-31

An Invitation to New Members &

Friends Classes

Learn more about Circular - who we are, our history, our ministries and ways you can become connected and/or officially join our congregation. This is a class that is offered a few times during the year. Our next classes will be Sunday,

February 2, 9, and 16.

Please request to be added to the February class by clicking on this link, scrolling down to New Members/Friends Class group, and click on "Join Group"; or email evelyn@circularchurch.org.

We meet before worship on Sundays at 9:45 am. Childcare is available.

Conversations in Faith 

Conversations In Faith Series

Sundays, 9:45-10:45

Wingard Room

Childcare Provided

In this series, we will watch and discuss lectures featuring 

Dr. John Dominic Crossan and powerful visual teachings from his many archeological visits across the Holy Land. Dr. John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity and former Catholic priest who was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar, and emeritus professor at DePaul University.

For questions or to be added to the CIF list, please contact evelyn@circularchurch.org

Fellowship Hour after Sunday Worship

Join us after the worship service for Fellowship Hour! Enjoy a warm cup of coffee or a refreshing glass of lemonade, paired with tasty chocolate mousse-filled cake, ham delights, fresh fruit, and roasted nuts. Skip Edmonds will be your host. We look forward to seeing you!



To volunteer your help or learn more about Fellowship Hour and hospitality at Circular Church, contact Skip Edmonds at skipedmonds@gmail.com or 843-922-1873.

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The youth are in need of a snack!

The youth are hungry for both knowledge and snacks! While they are upstairs learning and having good conversations, they work up quite the appetite. We need donations of shelf-stable teen-friendly snacks, such as granola bars, individual bags of cookies, crackers or fruit snacks, shelf-stable juice boxes or bottles, etc. 

Drop them at the church office, or bring them on Sunday and hand them off to Sassy Maynard or Miles Jones. Questions? Email Sassy at sassy@circularchurch.org

There is excitement and energy in the choir this year! If you have ever wanted to check out the Circular Choir, now is the time to join us. The choir rehearses at 9:30 each Sunday (there are no weekday rehearsals!), and we sing for the 11:00 services.

All levels of musicianship are welcomed - we have singers who don't read music, as well as professional musicians. With Debbie Devore as our Interim Choir Director, we are learning and singing music from a wide range of traditions and genres, and having fun doing it!

Come join us on a Sunday morning and experience the "choir family."

Deborah Devore, Interim Choir Director

Judy Hammett, Music Program Director: judy@circularchurch.org

Use this link to sign up and get the zoom link for tonight's and February 26th conversation.

CCB Training for Group Leaders Feb. 9 and 23

After church on Sundays Feb. 9 and Feb. 23rd, Kathryn and Ted will provide CCB training for leaders of groups and committees. We’ll cover group membership, messaging, and calendars. We can add volunteer schedule management in this or a separate training for those who manage volunteer schedules. If you have a laptop or tablet, you may find it helpful to bring it with you so you can follow along on your own device.

Sign up on this link to attend.

Please sign up in the app or the link above. Email kathryn@circularchurch.org to help with planning.

Charleston Area Justice Ministry -

Network Meeting - February 10th

Circular Network Members are reminded to attend the CAJM Network Meeting at St. James Presbyterian on Monday, February 10 at 6:30pm.

CAJM Events: 

Watch for the public meetings where CAJM shows officials community interest in Police Reform, Environmental Justice, Housing Affordability, and Education.

Members will be inviting you to the May 5th Nehemiah Action, where CAJM and like minded friends confront officials who are asked to commit to specific reforms. The meetings are exciting, and they show the importance of CAJM's work and your presence at the Action.

3rd Sunday Book Club

Please join us for our discussion on the book The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, authored by Maria Similios. Sue Groff will lead us at 70 Bull Street (the Hudgins’ house) after church, starting at 1pm on Feb. 16.

Come early for snacks - all are welcome! 

SAVE THE DATE: March 7-9

Circular Spring Camping

Hunting Island State Park

Join us for our Spring camping trip to Hunting Island State Park March 7-9. This state park, located south of Charleston, near Beaufort, is a new camping spot for Circular and will be an adventure for all. Feel free to arrive at any time during the weekend for overnight camping or just come for a Day Trip and enjoy the beauty Hunting Island has to offer. Registration to begin mid-February. Click here to learn more about the park: https://southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island

We will have the primitive campsites for our tent campers - there is no fee for primitive camping this trip. If you're an RV camper and would like to join us, there are still some RV slots available in the park - reserve soon as these tend to fill up. You can reserve an RV site at: https://reserve.southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island/camping/ 

No experience required! Are you a camping guru or never been but interested in learning how to camp? All are welcome - overnighters and day trippers! Church camping trips are an excellent way to camp with seasoned campers who can show you the ropes (and some neat tricks we've learned along the way). Meet others from Circular or just spend some fun times with church friends.

Circular's Ethic of Care

It is our hope that these practices will keep our community safe, healthy, and well.

• staying home and tuning in via YouTube if we are sick or symptomatic 
• masking if we have recently been sick or are unsure 
• attending to the needs of others who may mask or need space 
• greeting each other with smiles, bows, and fist bumps

Circular has added high quality filters, deionizers and ultraviolet lights to reduce airborne microbes for the health of all who enter here.

Our senior pastor is immunocompromised and sits on the dais apart from others following his doctors’ advice. After service, he greets people in masks in the sanctuary or unmasked outdoors.

Connecting with Circular Members and Friends

We have had numerous requests to have the ability to get contact information for Circular members and friends on the church app. Finally you can!!

Here are the steps:

• Open the Circular Church mobile app on your phone device. Click here for instructions on downloading the app to your device.
• On the toolbar at the bottom of the home page tap "Connect".
• Tap "Members and Friends Directory (Sign in Required)" then tap "participants" on top menu bar. Search/scroll for members, and then tap to see a person's profile.

Please let Ted or Kathryn know if you have questions.

Circular History

If you have an interest in Circular's history, here are a couple of resources that might have information about Circular and its grounds that you might be interested in. Simply click on the links below

Interviews with Church Elders (1994) (Go to "Your Videos" in the left toolbar OR type in "Interview" in the search bar at the middle of the page after you tap this link)

Graveyard Tour with Bill Simpson (2021)