Grandparents, come pray for your grandchildren before the Rector's Bible Study! Resources and suggested prayers available. Prayer requests accepted.

Would you like to learn how to arrange flowers the way our Flower Guild members arrange the glorious floral gifts that adorn the altar each week? Come to one of the fundamental workshops coming up this week and next! New members, anyone thinking of becoming a member, and anyone interested in learning more about the Flower Guild are all invited to learn some techniques and enjoy some fellowship with fellow flower enthusiasts. No experience necessary!

Call or email Sarah Stuhr if you have any questions: (843) 559-3342 or sarahstuhr@bellsouth.net

Join the Home Missions Team and other members of your St. Philip’s family 9:00 a.m. to noon at the H2H warehouse on the upper peninsula. Opportunities to help out include delivering furniture to previously homeless people moving into a new home, organizing donations (many of which will be from Sunday's drive!), 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. 

Serve a Meal to Citadel Cadets

at St. Alban’s Chapel

Monday, October 16 ~ 5:45 p.m.

The Lowcountry Walk for Life

Saturday, November 4 ~ 10:00 a.m.

at Wannamaker County Park

Understanding Spiritual Warfare

Wednesday, October 11, 18, and 25 ~ 7:00 p.m. in Philadelphia Alley

Join Frenchie Richards after worship and supper for an exploration of spiritual warfare based on Ephesians 6:10–18.

Charleston Men's Chorus Fall Concert

Sunday, October 15 ~ 4:00 p.m.

Join the Charleston Men's Chorus and their special guests, Charleston Southern University's Bel Canto, for an unforgettable afternoon of musical splendor.

Altar Guild Training Sessions

for new and seasoned Altar Guild members

Monday, October 16, at 10:30 a.m. OR 4:30 p.m.

Dessert and Discussion: Sharing Your Faith Traditions with Children and Grandchildren

with the Rev. Brian K. McGreevy and others

Tuesday, October 24 ~ 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall

Acolyte Training and Lunch

All 4th–12th graders invited!

Sunday, October 29, following the 10:30 a.m. service

55+ Outing to Crèche Festival and Middleton Place

Thursday, November 30 ~ meeting at 8:30 at the church

This Morning: Morning Prayer

Wednesdays at 8:00 a.m. in the Chapel

This Morning: Moms' Book Study

Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. in the youth room

The Rev. William K. Christian III is preaching at our services of Holy Eucharist at 8:15 a.m. and Morning Prayer with the children's choirs at 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, begin at 9:30 a.m.

Since Paul Reese joined the ministry team in August and played his first Sunday service on September 3, we've seen him in a number of different music department roles: organist, pianist, violinist, conductor, precentor at Evensong ... the list probably goes on!

And in fact, the list definitely got a little longer last week, when Paul pulled out an air compressor, some caulk, a drill, and a hammer and went to work on the front door of the church office, which had had some trim knocked off during a run-in with a stroller a few days earlier (don't ask whose–it's a secret). The large cracks on each side of the door had been there for years, but Paul went ahead and tended to them while he was in the area. Most church organists take care of things like this, right?

If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you already knew about this little-known music department duty. But if you don't, why don't you 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 somewhat odd office happenings?

Important Dates

October 4 ~ Monthly Men's Lunch (12 noon in the Parish Hall)

October 5 ~ Grandparents@Prayer Drop-In (in the chapel)

October 6 ~Fundamental Flower-Arranging Workshop (10:00 a.m.)

October 7 ~ St. Philip’s Day at Hope to Home

October 10 ~Fundamental Flower-Arranging Workshop (5:30 p.m.)

October 11, 18, and 25 ~ Understanding Spiritual Warfare with Frenchie Richards (7:00 p.m. in Philadelphia Alley) 

October 16 ~ Service Opportunity: St. Alban’s Chapel at The Citadel

October 16 ~ Altar Guild Training (10:30 a.m. OR 4:30 p.m.)

October 24 ~ Dessert and Discussion: Sharing Your Faith Traditions with Children and Grandchildren (7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall)

October 28 ~ Parish Fall Festival (3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.)

October 29 ~ Acolyte Training and Lunch

November 4 ~ Lowcountry Walk for Life (10:00 a.m.)

November 14 ~ ECW Fall Dinner with Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing

November 30 ~ 55+ Outing (Crèche Festival at Mepkin Abbey, Middleton Place)

January 18–20, 2024 ~ Mere Anglicanism Conference

July 19–28, 2024 ~ Pilgrimage to Ireland

We pray for the sick: Tim Bass, Cathy and Don Blackwell, Jean Carlton, Morris Cave, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Silas Cressman, Cullen Crowley, Clare and Mike Esposito, Sally Fayard, Mary Forbes, Steve Graudin, Dara Heikes, Susan Hemminger, Emily Hepworth, George Hooks, Fred Jumper, Ken King, Marvin Kirkland, Robert Kizer, Wes Lewis, Nancy Love, Rena Mack, Ann Marion, Allison and Doug McAdams, Rene Meyer, Eric Panizza, Lou Parker, Meredith Repik, Fran Sanders, Pete Sperr, Margaret Swanson, Ginny Townsend, Lindsey Wing, and Libby Wright.

We grieve with and pray for Sunny Walker and family on the death of her mother, Barbara Ann Walker, on September 30.

We pray for our expectant parents: Jill and Alton Phillips, Liesl and Luke Cressman.

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Graham Blunt, William Bruce, Robert Cale III, Henry Clayton, David Daughtridge, Paul Economy, 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, and David Scott serving in our Armed Forces.

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:

O Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; 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:

• Isaiah 5:1–7
• Psalm 80:7–19
• Matthew 21:33–44