What better way to beat the midsummer heat than a good old-fashioned ice cream social? You won’t want to miss this opportunity to catch up with friends you’ve been missing over the summer (or meet some new ones!) while the kids of the parish are having a blast on the waterslide and connecting with friends, too.

Ice cream lovers of all ages are welcome to attend! Please register at the link below before the end of the day tomorrow.

La Gonâve Haiti Partners 2023 Conference will be held at St. Philip’s July

27–29. Your presence and participation at the conference will strengthen the

connection with our world mission partner as we work together to forge ahead

despite the shadows of violence, economic despair, and political unrest in

Haiti. The $75 registration fee includes the Legacy Fund Reception (held at

the French Quarter Inn) on Thursday evening, light breakfast and lunch on

Friday and Saturday, plus dinner and networking on Friday evening. Conference

materials are also included. Learn more and register at the link below!

Handmade jewelry and other goods from Beatitudes, Inc., a faith-based non-profit organization, will be available for purchase during the conference and on July 30 before and after church in the Parish Hall. Beatitudes was formed originally to partner with the Pwoje Fanm women’s vocational program on the island of La Gonâve in 2003 as an offshoot of the Haiti ministry of a church in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

We are excited to offer choir camp for both newcomers and seasoned choir members in 2nd through 12th grades, plus a camp/beach retreat combo for 4th grade and up! If your child is thinking of joining the choir this fall, this is a great way to get a sneak peek into our program.

Our time at camp will be filled with music activities, games, and fellowship, with fun prizes to be won along the way. Lunch is included! Questions? Contact Zippy Hood.

St. Cecilia Camp

(rising 2nd–3rd graders)

August 3 ~ 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Canterbury/St. David Camp

(rising 4th–12th graders)

August 10 ~ 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Canterbury/St. David Beach Retreat

August 19 ~ 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. camp, beach time to follow 

Join the Home Missions Team and other members of your St. Philip’s family for a day at Hope to Home on the upper peninsula! Opportunities include delivering furniture to previously homeless people moving into their first apartment, organizing donations in the H2H warehouse in North Charleston, putting together kitchen and linen kits, repairing/refinishing furniture, decorating Bible verses to go in frames, and more! Volunteers should be 12 and older, please.

Earlier this month, Jesus Street Press of Charleston released Bazriel and the Frozen Bells of Noël, an angelic adventure into France during the time of the Impressionist painters. Written by St. Philippian Pringle Franklin, the hardcover book features 95 pictures from famous artists that represent the book’s two settings of Heaven and France in 1890. Monet, Renoir, Rembrandt, Pissarro, Cézanne, and Sisley are among the featured artists.

And St. Philip’s has found its way into the tale! In a note across from a full-page image of the striking oil painting by Charles DuPre DeAntonio, Franklin relates a curious connection between the bells of St. Nicolas Church in the story and those in our belfry: 



In an odd note of synchronicity, while I was creating my story about frozen church bells in France, the bronze beauties in the belfry of my home church were struck dumb. In June 2021, a wicked fork of lightning zapped the steeple of historic St. Philip’s Church (Anglican) in downtown Charleston. The wiring that controls the four bells was fried. From the biggest sister, with her robust figure of 1,102 pounds, to the tiniest girl, with her dainty 230-pound form, not one of the bells could ring.

On July 15, Sandra and Charles Anderson hosted a Generations Ministry summer party at their vacation home on Sullivan’s Island. What fun everyone had! To receive Generations Ministry emails and stay up-to-date on events, please email Sandra Anderson at sanderson727@gmail.com.

*Note: Childcare is not available for the summer series.

The Rev. Justin Hare’s July 16 sermon closely examined St. Paul’s message to the Romans: “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” He offered a mnemonic device he’s found helpful, one he learned from his college minister––the acronym ANTHEM:



A: Avoid. Avoid the situations and scenarios when your flesh rears its ugly head. Be aware of the patterns and places where it does that.

N: No. Ferociously say no. Be ready for sin and adamantly opposed to it.

T: Turn. Turn your mind from the promise of temptation to a superior promise in the Gospel. Know the promises of Jesus. 

H: Hold. Don’t give up. Hold the line; hold the promises of God before your eyes.

E: Enjoy. Enjoy the superior satisfaction found in God alone.

M: Move. Move into action. Use your gifts and find a work that gives glory to God.

The ECW (Every Church Woman) is looking for a few volunteers to serve on the New Mothers Committee. This committee helps women of St. Philip's transition from “expecting” to “mothering” by providing a meal, prayers, and encouragement. The new mothers and fathers always appreciate any break they can get! Please contact Gigi Dobbins at gigimccartydobbins@gmail.com if you’d like to help!

Looking for a way to keep your brain engaged and fellowship with other St. Philippians this summer? Come join Jane McGreevy and Joanna Macmurphy on Wednesday evenings for a summer book club. We are going to read Rosaria Butterfield’s “The Gospel Comes With a House Key.” If you would like to participate, please email Jane at janemcgreevy@yahoo.com. We meet at 6:30 p.m. at Joanna’s house (284 Coinbow Circle in Mt. Pleasant).

Questions? Call Joanna at (843) 607-6763 or Jane at (843) 793-9832. 

The Rev. Brian K. McGreevy is preaching at our services of Holy Eucharist: Rite I at 8:15 a.m. and Morning Prayer: Rite I at 10:30 a.m.

Windsor the part-time office helper packed a lot into her visit last week: she inspected the new production printer, oversaw salary negotiations between finance administrator Juli Garland and sexton-in-training Cecilia Walchesky (who happens to be Windsor's housemate), and got St. Philip's new Threads account set up.

Oh, you don't know what Threads is? That's ok––it seems like no one really does, and Windsor clocked out before she could tell us.

So how about we learn together? Download the Threads app for iPhone or Android and give St. Philip's a follow! And if you're not already following us on Facebook and Instagram, click the links below so that you can be among the first to hear about upcoming events, schedule changes, and the comings and goings of our part-time office helpers (since they will probably show up more there than on Threads...maybe?).

Important Dates

July 22 ~ St. Philip’s at Water Mission (10:00 a.m. to noon)

July 26 ~ Mere Anglicanism registration opens

August 3 ~ St. Cecilia Choir Camp

August 5 ~ Hope to Home Workday

August 10 ~ Canterbury and St. David Choir Camp

August 19 ~ Canterbury and St. David Beach Retreat

August 27 ~ “Goodbye, Summer!” Summer Send-Off

September 1 ~ ADOSC Night at the Riverdogs

January 18–20, 2024 ~ Mere Anglicanism Conference

We pray for the sick: Sallie Barrera, Tim Bass, Babbie and Noel Casey, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Silas Cressman, Cullen Crowley, Sally Fayard, Mary Forbes, Dana Heikes III, Susan Hemminger, George Hooks, Marvin Kirkland, Robert Kizer, Wes Lewis, Rena Mack, Alan McNeel, Rene Meyer, Elaine Pendarvis, Eli Penn, Mer- edith Repik, Sally Rhett, Fran Sanders, Joanna Sparks, Pete Sperr, Margaret Swanson, Jenny White, and Lindsey Wing.

We grieve with and pray for Josh Warlick and family on the death of his father-in-law, Johnny Anderson, on July 10.

We grieve with and pray for the family of Richard Mortimer Cutler Jr., who died on July 13.

We pray for our expectant parents: Sallie and Sam Barrera, Elizabeth and William Bryan. 

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Graham Blunt, Robert Cale III, Henry Clayton, David Daughtridge, Noah Flowe, 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 Joey Villeneuve.

We pray for our home and world missions: Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 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.

Collect for Sunday:

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion, we beseech thee, upon our infirmities, and those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, mercifully give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Readings for Sunday:

• Romans 8:18–25
• Psalm 86
• Matthew 13:24-30, 34-43