We're looking forward to a fabulous evening eating unlimited pasta, playing bingo, and enjoying time with our parish family this Sunday––all while helping to fund the youth mission to Honduras this summer!

Each registration includes unlimited pasta bar for dinner, a variety of Italian sweets for dessert, tea, lemonade, and one bingo card. To increase chances of winning one of our fantastic prize baskets, additional bingo cards are available for purchase for $5 each at registration, and they will also be available the night of, along with raffle tickets for some big-ticket items and wristbands for beer and wine ($10). 

• $25 for adults (age 13+)
• $5 for children (age 5-12)
• Free for children 4 and under
• Max total per household is $60

Do you have questions or a prize to donate? Please contact David Gilbert at (843) 708-3795 or dgilbert@stphilipschurchsc.org!

God is my witness. I cannot express how glorious the St. Philip’s Honduran mission trip March 3–8 was for all of us. Our group experienced love, joy, hope, and faith from everyone we met. It was more than we could ever expect––all through God’s work. It is almost impossible to describe in detail the feelings and blessings that are personally received until you witness and participate––first-hand––God’s work in action. 

The group consisted of Connie and Jeff Rink, Hannah and Caleb Young, Justin Fouts (soon to be son-in-law of Jeff and Connie), Marlene Baber (Jeff’s wonderful dental hygienist), Caroline Falcone (delightful and loving friend of Mims Weldon), and yours truly. There may have been a slight bit of doubt on the “calling” for some of us; however, once together, the Lord made it perfectly clear that we were all supposed to be on this mission, and oh how He was right. When you are blessed to hear God’s call, you just know. You may not be able to explain the feeling to others, but if you have experienced a call, you know it is a feeling like no other. This mission was the Lord’s trip, and we were his happy servants. “Who is the man that fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose” (Psalm 25:12). 

Several Canterbury Choir members had a joyous weekend in Myrtle Beach, collaborating with 200 church singers from across the Southeast at the Festival By the Sea March 3–5. The festival choir had to learn seven new pieces within a few weeks’ time, and then worked over the weekend on a variety of musical skills under the direction of Dr. Lawrence Abernathy, Washburn University’s Director of Choirs and a University of South Carolina alumnus.

The festival provided an opportunity for our Canterbury families to fellowship and get to know each other in a more intimate setting, and our beautiful choir children showed the face of the Lord wherever they went, representing St. Philip’s to its highest caliber. Outside of our intense rehearsals, our members enjoyed indulging in mini-golf, pool/beach time, and gathering for a pirate dinner show. Everyone they encountered, from the festival conductor to the waiter at the dinner show, noticed that there was something uniquely different about our group. I truly believe it’s because our children are being rooted in a Jesus-centric church that speaks the truth of our God. “For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth” (Psalm 33:4).  



Going forward, I am excited to be a part of the regrowth of our children’s ministry, to be on the lookout for more engagements to do together, and to encourage each of our families that we are one body in Christ Jesus, our rock and our redeemer.  

If you would like to make a contribution to the Easter Flower Fund as a memorial or in thanksgiving for a loved one, please fill out the online form at the link below.

Printed forms are available in the church office or in the narthex, but the online form is highly recommended for accuracy.



Donations may be made through our website or by check. Please be sure to fill out the form first; names written on envelopes, memo lines, and in online giving notes cannot be used. 

Answered Prayers (Thank You, Lord):

1. That the Parish Annual Meeting was well attended.  

2. For the abundant financial blessings in 2022.

3. For the new Vestry members.

4. For the continuing successful attendance of young people at the Theology on Tap ministry.

5. For the children’s choirs (100 children are involved!).

Prayer Points for Local Needs

1. For Bishop Chip Edgar: that he would have the wisdom needed to lead this diocese.

2. For our clergy and their families: for good health, protection, and fresh vision for 2023. For upcoming eye procedures to go well for Brian.

3. For our Vestry: for wisdom, discernment, and protection for them and their families. For an easy transition for the new members.

4. For Generations Ministry: for Grandparents@Prayer in the Chapel on the first Thursday of the month to be well attended. 

5. For a good turnout for the Walk for Water outreach.

6. For the Italian Bingo Night fundraiser for the youth group going to Honduras to be successful.

7. For the capital campaign for the church and properties to go well. That we would easily reach our goal.

8. For protection for our children in the things they are hearing, being taught, and seeing that are contrary to the Word of God. Have mercy, dear Lord. For godly school boards, school principals, and teachers, that they would allow only appropriate material to be taught.

9. For God’s choice for the upcoming election for the Mayor of Charleston. 

10. For excellent plans for the Union Pier development. May it be balanced and those working on it to be in unity and wise. 

Other Opportunities for Grandparents

Camp Jubilee Registration Open Now!

TONIGHT: Wednesdays Alive!

C.S. Lewis class in recess this week

TOMORROW: Rector's Bible Study

The Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller will be preaching this Sunday at our services of Holy Communion at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

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Important Dates

March 19 ~ Italian Bingo Night (5:00 p.m.)

March 22 ~ SC Prayer Breakfast (Columbia)

March 26 ~ Guest preacher Ken Boa

March 31 ~ Lowcountry Pregnancy Center Annual Banquet

April 2 ~ St. Mark Passion: A Passion Oratorio (5:00 p.m.)

April 2–9 ~ Holy Week and Easter (service schedule)

April 8 ~ Easter Egg Hunt

April 16 ~ Youth Confirmation Sunday

April 23 ~ Generations Ministry Wine & Cheese for Grandparents (off-campus)

April 24-28 ~ Tea Room

April 28–29~ Southeastern Intentional Grandparenting Conference

May 1~ Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes Annual Fundraising Banquet

June 19-22 ~ Vacation Bible School (VBS)

June 26–30 ~ GrandCamp 2023

We pray for the sick: Arthur Applegate, Tim Bass, Elizabeth Bowles, Tory

Bowles, Diane Christensen, Karen Collins, Cullen Crowley, Sally Dunbar, Sally Fayard, Mary Forbes, Robert Gould, Dana Heikes III, Susan Hemminger, Susan Keenan, Marvin Kirkland, Robert Kizer, Claudia Kolster, Thomas Legaré, Libby LeLand Puckette, Wes Lewis, Rena Mack, Elaine Pendarvis, Eli Penn, Bill Phillipps, Valerie Rouillard, Fran Sanders, Pete Sperr, Margaret Swanson, Jenny White, and Lindsey Wing.

We grieve with and pray for Ashley Davis and family on the death of her mother, Karen Clarno Davis, on March 9. 

We pray for our expectant parents: Kimbrell and Bruce Blackwood; Elizabeth and William Bryan; Torrey and Ryan Knapp; Ainsley and Dominic Monda, Demontre and Minka Parish; Scottie and McCoy Penninger.  

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Graham Blunt, Robert Cale III, Henry Clayton, Ben Colyer, David Daughtridge, 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.

We pray for our home and world missions: Star Gospel Mission, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, Lowcountry Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 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:

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which giveth life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Readings for Sunday:

• Ephesians 5:1-14 
• Psalm 23 
• John 9:1-38