Today at 8:00 a.m.

Holy Communion: Rite I (in the church)

Tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.

Holy Communion: Rite I

12 noon

Good Friday Liturgy

6:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: Rite II (on the lawn)

9:00 a.m.

Holy Communion: Rite I (in the church)

11:15 a.m.

Holy Communion: Rite I (in the church)

Easter service bulletin: A printable version of our Easter bulletin will be emailed later this week to those who receive our weekly worship emails, which include the livestream link, announcements, and printable bulletin for the upcoming Sunday. If you would like to begin receiving these emails, please click the button below.

The Easter bulletin will also be posted to the news section of our website by Saturday afternoon.

We are pleased and honored to welcome the Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, as our preacher at both the 8:15 and 10:30 services on April 11. The 10:30 service will be a service of Holy Communion instead of the regularly scheduled Morning Prayer.

This will be one of Bishop Lawrence's final visitations with us as he looks toward a period of time working with the bishop coadjutor ahead of his retirement. The deadline to submit names for consideration to the Bishop's Search Committee is tomorrow, April 1.

St. Philip's Ministry to Children and Families has once again put together resources for you and your family so that you may understand more fully the meaning of this most important week.

Click the image or the button below to view the document, which contains several links with indoor and outdoor activities, fun facts, and more.

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."––Deuteronomy 6: 5-7

Tickets are $30 per person, and we will have a delicious lowcountry boil, plus roasted chicken, pimento mac and cheese, green beans, beer, wine, soft drinks, and water. Childcare is available by request during registration, and there is no charge for kiddos who would like a plate for themselves. Please register yourselves and any children attending by 5:00 p.m. on April 7.

We are planning a St. Philip's parish workday at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center on Saturday, May 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Lunch is provided!

Please sign up by Wednesday, April 28, so we know how many folks to plan for. Also, please bring gardening gloves and clippers for yourself if you have them handy!

Questions? Email Robby Marion or call (843) 296-4085.

At this time last year, we knew that Tea Room 2020 couldn't happen, but we had hopes that Tea Room 2021 would. We're not yet at the point of being able to pull this time of beautiful fellowship and teamwork off safely, though, so we must once again look ahead.

We will miss working in the kitchen and on the floor, selecting the meatiest bones when we make the okra soup at home, baking our favorite desserts, hosting the locals who come back year after year and the tourists who happen upon us, and taking a seat ourselves at one of the beautifully set tables inside or out and enjoying a delicious lowcountry lunch. And we'll of course miss seeing those fun-loving queens of the dessert room! But we look forward to enjoying all of those things at Tea Room 2022.

St. Philip's is hosting a table at Lowcountry Pregnancy Center's annual fundraising banquet! If you would like to reserve a seat with us, please contact Jane McGreevy at (843) 793-9832 or janemcgreevy@yahoo.com. You may also reserve your own seat or table or watch online; click the link below to register or learn more!

About the event: Keynote speaker Dr. Anthony Levatino and his wife, former nurse Cecelia, share what it was like to perform over 1,200 abortions and the toll it took on their family. Their story of their conversion to pro-life has educated and motivated audiences throughout the world.

St. Philip's is looking for occasional help with our audio system during Sunday morning services, special services, and special events. Would you like to learn a new skill while serving your parish? Contact Florance Anderson at fanderson@stphilipschurchsc.org to learn more.

Mere Christianity began as a series of radio talks during the darkest days of World War II in England. Lewis was asked by the BBC to do the talks because so many people were living in fear and anxiety and were feeling that the world was crumbling around them, that "the wheels had come off the bus." Our culture today is beset with many of those same anxieties, albeit for different reasons. Lewis's broadcast talks were then edited by Lewis and published in book form as Mere Christianity. The book is still remarkably fresh today and serves as an encouragement to the believer, a winsome challenge to the doubter, and an effective apologetic for the unbeliever.

Do you receive Fr. Brian's updates and weekly wrap-up emails? Click here to read his last wrap-up email, and if you'd like to join his email list, let him know!

You've got just one more Thursday lunch hour on your own, because the Rector's Bible Study resumes its regular schedule next week. See you (on Zoom) then as we dive back into St. Paul's letter to the Philippians!

As a plush unicorn sat forlornly against the wrought iron of our cemetery wall last Tuesday, some speculated that a tourist had dropped it and expressed hope that the rightful owner would return.

However, another theory emerged following reports of an unusual situation in North Carolina: a stray dog in Kenansville had repeatedly attempted to steal a stuffed unicorn from the Dollar General. The police officer who was called to the scene took pity on the dog and bought the unicorn for him before delivering him to the shelter, because t was clear that the dog had some sort of emotional tie to the stuffed unicorn––why else would he be so intent on getting ahold of it? Could it be that he was trying to replace the unicorn he'd lost on the streets of Charleston?

If you follow St. Philip's on social media, you've already heard the first part of this story. But if this was news to you, be sure to give us a follow right now so you can be among the first to hear if (when?) we confirm this connection! You'll also hear about schedule updates, furry office visitors, and the latest in the ongoing battle between our finance administrator and our almost-two-year-old sexton in training. What do you say?

Call Juanita Orvin, who will connect you with a prayer minister who will pray for your concerns over the phone.

juanitaorvin@gmail.com or (843) 884-4018

Call Suzanne McCord, head of the prayer chain, and she will pass your request on to members of the chain.

suzanne1959@gmail.com or (843) 224-1630

March 31 ~ Holy Wednesday service (8:00 a.m. in the church)

March 31 ~ No Wednesdays Alive! service or classes (Holy Week)

April 1 ~ Maundy Thursday (service at 6:00 p.m.)

April 2 ~ Good Friday (service at noon)

April 4 ~ Easter Day (services at 6:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:15 a.m.)

April 5 ~ Easter Monday (church office closed)

April 18 ~ 20s-30s Lowcountry Boil (4:00-6:00 p.m. on the Parish House Lawn)

April 24 ~ Annual Women's Gathering (Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant)

May 1 ~ St. Philip's Workday at Camp St. Christopher

May 9 ~ Diaper drive for Lowcountry Pregnancy Center

We pray for the sick: Katie Burris, Harry Carr, Sam Chesnutt, Patty Cox, Jerry Craig, Sarah Fayard, Elizabeth Flowers, Mary Forbes, James Gettys III, Robert Gould, Steve Green, Harry Gregorie, Jr., Jonathan Hanger, Clark Johnson, Joe Livesay, Connor Lowndes, Beverly Melvin, Deborah Pollak, Fran Sanders, Rose Tisdale, Mike Walsh, Carolyn Warlick, Lindsey Wing, and Charlie Yoho.

We pray for protection for Becca Baird, Chris and Julia Beasley, Graham Blunt, Henry Clayton, Ben Colyer, David Daughtridge, Hayes Fair, Andrew Kane, Horry Kerrison, Charles Kirkman, Frazier Kulze, John Mason, Zach McFadden, Philip Middleton III, Jackson Miller, Ned Montgomery, Edward Pritchard, and David Scott serving in our Armed Forces.

We pray for our home missions: Star Gospel Mission, Tricounty Family Ministries, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, St. John's Chapel, and the Open Door Ministry.

We pray for our world missions: For Suzy McCall and LAMB, for the medical missions to Honduras, for ministry to victims of genocide and AIDS in Rwanda, for Water Mission and the Global Water Center, and for St. Jean Baptiste, our sister church, and the schools in Haiti.