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~ the eSPIRE Newsletter ~
June 9, 2024
Third Sunday After Pentecost: Proper 5
no inSPIRE or eSPIRE newsletter next week
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Tonight: Ladies' Summer Book Club Begins
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
NEW LOCATION: Philadelphia Alley at 6:30 p.m.
| Ladies, join Jane McGreevy and Joanna Macmurphy for their summer book club! | |
Sunday: Special Presentation by Penn Hagood
St. Philip's All Saints' Window
9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall
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“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”––John 12:21
This Sunday, come and see how St. Philip’s All Saints’ stained-glass window details God’s salvation story as it symbolically glorifies the high altar, its traceried glass bringing sonorous color and splendid light to the most sacred part of the church.
“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!”
––John 1:29
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Sunday: Shine the Light Campus Tour
4:00 p.m.
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Join us for a campus tour to see firsthand the restoration projects already underway and funded by the Shine the Light Capital Campaign. During the tour, we will also stop at the State Street building, which will house our school's first classrooms. Drinks and bites will be served! Childcare is available (space limited). | |
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Theology on Tuesdays
June 11 ~ 7:00 p.m. at Henry's on the Market
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Special Presentation: Come and See Uganda––
Without Actually Going There!
Sunday, June 23 ~ 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall
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St. Philippians of all ages are invited to witness an unforgettable presentation given by Jayne and Tom Gurley, Fred Willis, and Tammy and Guv Gottshalk, who will be sharing the impact of the Gospel of Jesus Christ upon a nation! Hear their personal stories and see pictures and videos from their recent mission to Uganda––and enjoy a brief safari!
Come introduce yourself or your family to world missions and discover why Jesus commands us to “GO” to all the nations (Matthew 28:19-20).
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Summer Blood Drive
Tuesday, June 25~ noon to 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall
Help us set 45 appointments!
Eat a good breakfast and a nice, big lunch and come on down to St. Philip’s to give the gift of life––one unit of blood can save up to three lives! Even if you're not eligible to donate, you can still help out by volunteering at the drive!
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Planning Underway for Classical Christian School as Shine the Light Campaign Seeks to Reach Phase One Goal
by Ben Hagood, Classical Christian School Planning Committee Chair
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“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” ––Psalm 127:1
Buoyed by much prayer, the Classical Christian School Planning Committee was delighted to accept the charge of the Vestry to plan a classical Christian school dedicated to raising up students to be ambassadors of Christ steeped in the best traditional and classical learning.
During the Committee’s second meeting on Thursday, May 30, members were excited to receive the Shine the Light Campaign update that $773,000 had been raised since plans for the school were announced on May 5 and that pledges and contributions received to date are $14.73 million. The congregation is now $1.67 million away from reaching the first goal of the campaign––raising $16.4 million for restoration of the historic campus, including expansion of the Parish House. Once this first goal is met, all additional funds will support the school and the upfit of the church’s building at Cumberland and State Streets to house the school.
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Summer Outreach Opportunities
for Individuals and Families
Compiled by the Home Missions Team
Summer is the perfect time to break from the busyness of the year and enjoy serving individually or as a family to help others. Browse the Home Missions page of our website to help find a local ministry partner for whom you’d like to volunteer a time or two or much as your time allows this summer. Specific individual volunteer opportunities are listed under each ministry partner.
Families are also encouraged to research our ministry partners to learn ways our church is helping the underserved in the community, and then design a family project around a ministry you select together. Click the link below to see some additional ideas for serving as a family.
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House of Prayer:
June Prayer Points
by Frenchie Richards, St. Philip’s Prayer Ministry
“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” ––Isaiah 56:7
“The effective fervent prayers of a righteous man avails much.” ––James 5:16a
Answered Prayers (Thank You, Lord):
1. For the increase in the financial gifts for the Shine the Light Campaign.
2. For safe travels for the Uganda team: Jayne and Tom Gurley, Tammy and Guv Gottshalk, and Fred Willis.
3. For the continued blessing that Theology on Tuesdays has been for our young people. For Justin and Brian’s leadership.
4. For the Home Mission’s Team’s Lowcountry Pregnancy Center outreach. Thanks for the donated diapers and wipes and for the volunteers at the Saturday Serve.
5. For the new classical Christian school plans.
6. For our clergy, staff, and Vestry.
7. For the increased attendance on Wednesday night services this year.
8. For our prayer teams and intercessors.
9. For all the new members confirmed, reaffirmed, or received at the May 22 adult confirmation service.
10. For the successful Foundations and Gifts classes. For Andrew’s leadership.
11. For the Finlays’ prayer mission work in Washington, D.C., and abroad.
12. Thank you for the thousands of young people recently baptized in Huntington, California.
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Congratulations, Confirmands!
Our 64 adult confirmation, reaffirmation, and reception candidates were welcomed into the St. Philip’s family at a beautiful service of confirmation on Wednesday, May 22. The Rt. Rev. Chip Edgar III, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, served as preacher.
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Weekly Service Information | |
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Midweek Morning Prayer
Wednesdays at 8:00 in the Chapel
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The Rev. Brian K. McGreevy is preaching at our services of Holy Eucharist at 8:15 a.m. and Morning Prayer at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School and is in summer recess. All adults are invited to a special presentation about the All Saints' Stained Glass Window with Penn Hagood at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Nursery and children's church during the 10:30 service are available year-round. | |
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Almost every time we look out Juli Garland's office window, we get entertained by one of God's beautiful creatures: we see cardinals, orioles, blue jays, and even non-Major League birds like chickadees, mourning doves, and Carolina wrens! And there was that snail that showed up for work two days in a row and then––as best we can tell––skipped town.
We see squirrels quite a bit, too, but they tend to fade into the scenery because they barely ever seem to look up from their foraging. Except for one particularly acrobatic squirrel who has spent hours over the past couple of days stretched to his maximum, hind footsies (biological term) coiled around the metal stand of the bird feeder while his hands and mouth worked simultaneously to steady the feeder and vacuum up the seeds, nuts, and dried mealworms that Miss Juli lovingly fills it with.
If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you already knew about about our acrobatic rodent sciurine visitor. But if this is news to you, why not 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 all the latest church office wildlife news?
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IMPORTANT DATES
June 9 ~ Special Presentation by Penn Hagood: St. Philip's All Saints' Window (9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall)
June 9 ~ Shine the Light campus tour (4:00 p.m., limited childcare spots available)
June 11 ~ Theology on Tuesdays (7:00 p.m. at Henry's on the Market)
June 17–20 ~ Vacation Bible School (VBS)
June 23 ~ Special Presentation: Come and See Uganda (9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall)
June 25 ~ Red Cross Blood Drive (noon to 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall)
July 10–August 7 ~ Endless Summer Youth Group (Wednesdays 6:00–8:30)
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We pray for the sick: Virginia Barnwell, Kay Bartlett, Elizabeth Bowles, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Sheppard Davis III, Mary Forbes, Emily Meyer Hall, Myron Harrington, Dana Heikes III, Lindsay Long, Marvin Kirkland, Rena Mack, LaVonne Marshall, Sarah Marshall, Eric Panizza, Elise Mack Rivers, Barbara Sainsbury, Fran Sanders, Esther Spade, Pete Sperr, and Libby Wright.
We grieve with and pray for the family of Louis T. Parker, who died on May 27.
We pray for our expectant parents: Sarah and Wyatt Baldwin, Olivia Hipp and Jon Black.
We pray for protection for those serving in the armed forces: Becca Baird, Janie Baird, Henry Clayton, David Daughtridge, Eric Gaines, Andrew Kane, Quin Kane, Horry Kerrison, Frazier Kulze, John Mason, Philip Middleton III, Jackson Miller, Edward Pritchard, Nathaniel Rollings, David Scott, and Asada Williams.
We pray for our home and world missions: Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Hope to Home, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, Star Gospel Mission, 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.
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Collect for Sunday:
Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; 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:
- 2 Corinthians 4:13-18
- Psalm 130
- Mark 3:20–35
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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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