Sunday, March 26th is dedicated to Outreach Sunday. Bring your Lenten box of change/dollar to help assist with filling the JAR. The donations will be used to purchase books for the Richmond area and provide grants worldwide. St. Philip's has received funds from CPC to assist with purchasing books for Barack Obama ES, Anna Julia Cooper School, and new hymnals for the church.

CPC are dedicated to the Ministry of the Written Word. The Church Periodical Club is an independent, affiliated organization of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, dedicated to the worldwide Ministry of the Written Word and to the Promotion of Christian Mission. It is the only organization in the Episcopal Church dedicated solely to providing free literature and related materials, both religious and secular, through grants to people all over the world who need and request them and who have no other source for obtaining them. Prayer books, books for seminarians, educational materials, medical textbooks, agricultural manuals and books for those in local and global mission are some of the publications the Church Periodical Club supplies. Please prayerfully consider to donate your change/dollars for this charity. Thank you.

Dear Beloved,

Your Rector, Treasurer and Vestries will have a retreat on Saturday, March 25th. Topics are expected to include reviewing the covenant and discussing goals for this year. The Vestry is passionate, excited and ready to make 2023 a great year and continue the positive energy they have become known for as a parish family. Please keep them in your prayer as they meet in service to God and our community.

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given the gifts of leadership and service to those in your Church who guide the care and keeping of our parish. Be present with those who serve on our Vestry, that their committed hearts may be fixed upon you. Grant them wisdom to notice the cares and concerns of this community, trust to follow your guidance when answers are not easy, and the knowledge and love of you to be ever-present in their discussions and decisions. Through Christ our Lord we offer our prayers to you. AMEN.

Almighty God, give us a new vision of you, of your love, of your grace and power; and then, give us a new vision of what you would have us do as your church in this congregation at this time. Give us an awareness that in the strength of your Spirit we can do it to your glory. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN

As we prepare for the Maundy Thursday liturgy, please join us for a light meal and fellowship on Thursday, April 6th, starting at 6:00PM in the Ruth Little Parish Hall and Holy Eucharist, Foot Washing and Stripping of the Altar at 7:00PM.

If you are able, please sign up for food to contribute. There is no charge for the meal, but we will take up a goodwill offering.

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah McDermott

This Week at St. Philip's Church

Friday, March 24

Rev. Marlene's Sabbath

Saturday, March 25

9:00 a.m. Vestry Retreat, Part II at St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Norwood Room

The Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 26; Outreach Sunday

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist/Rite I

9:30 a.m. Bible Study (Parish Hall)

10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist/Rite I; Indoor and Virtual Service

11:30 a.m. Fellowship & Refreshments (Stuffing Easter Eggs & Pizza Party)

5:00 p.m. Baptism Class with Godparents (Online)

Monday, March 27

7:00 p.m. N.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)

Tuesday, March 28

9:30 a.m. Worship Committee Meeting (Parish Hall)

7:00 p.m. Lenten Devotional Study with Rev. Marlene (Online)

Wednesday, March 29

12:00 Noon Circle of Love (Online)

Thursday, March 30

9:30 a.m. Clericus Meeting (Parish Hall)

6:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

Friday, March 31

Rev. Marlene's Sabbath

Saturday, April 1

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PDF Meeting (2nd Floor)

9:00 a.m. - Slave Trail Walk

The 2.1 mile walk follows the route taken by enslaved people destined for the slave market, starting in Manchester and ending at Lumpkin’s Jail. After the walk we’ll gather for a lunch to discuss what we’ve just experienced at St. Jame's Church. (You must sign up for this event) The second walk is on April 15th, with a few slots left.

Sunday, April 2

The Sunday of the Passion; Palm Sunday

9:30 a.m. Gathering at the Church entry way for Blessing of the Palms, Parade into the Church, Sunday School and Holy Eucharist/Rite II; Indoor and Virtual Service

Lenten Devotional Studies with

Rev. Marlene E. Forrest

We had a wonderful Lenten Study last week with 15 wonderful folks joining in to talk about the Healing Marks of Jesus. Please join us Tuesday’s at 7pm on Zoom.

Our Discussion Schedule is as follows:

March 28: Devotions 29-35

April 4: Devotions 36-40 and Wrap up

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89108198331

Dial by your location:  +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)  

Meeting ID: 891 0819 8331

Slave Trail Walking Tour

April Sat., April 1, and

Sat., April 15

If you did not have the chance to RSVP for April 15th, there are open registration slots for April 1st at 9:00am and a few registration slots left for April 15th at 9:00am.

St. Philip’s and St. Jame's parishioners are invited on April 1 and 15 for a walking tour of the slave trail from Manchester to Lumpkins Jail (about 2.1 miles). The Rev. Ben Campbell social justice advocate and author of Richmond’s Unhealed History will serve as the tour guide.

The 2.1 mile walk follows the route taken by enslaved people destined for the slave market, starting in Manchester and ending at Lumpkin’s Jail. After each walk we’ll gather for a lunch to discuss what we’ve just experienced. Afterwards we will go back to St. Jame's Church (April 1st) and St. Philip's Church (April 15th) for about an hour to share lunch and have discussion. 

There is a 25-person limit for each walk, and we will be partnering with St. Jame’s Church, so space is limited. Please sign up here https://doers.org/slave-walk-sign-up/  as soon as possible. Information about carpooling from the end point back to Manchester will follow.

There is no charge for the walk or for lunch.

For more information about the Slave Trail, see virginia.org/listing/richmond-slave-trail/226/

St. Francis Food Pantry

We are currently not accepting any clothes at this time. Our St. Francis Pantry, which provides free food to some 65 families every other week, is earnestly in need of Canvass or plastic tote bags and Paper Grocery Bags.

Please ask for these items when you shop and bring them to church to help feed the hungry. Thanking you in advance, your St. Francis Food Pantry team.

VCU Child Development Center

In Collaboration with Child Savers:

Child Development Associate (CDA) Training

Are you interested in working in child care? Apply for the CDA training course through the VCU Child Development Center.

Training Details:

·      12-week training which includes

120 hour in-seat instruction as well as 3-5 hours daily hands-on classroom training

·      WIOA and TANF recipients earn $!5.00/hr.

·      All materials for the training provided

·      No cost to participants

·      Certificate valid in all 50 states

Qualifications:

·      Must be 18 years of age or older

·      Must pass background checks

Classes begin March 30. Applications are available here.

For more information, please contact Carolyn Lanier at laniercd2@vcu.edu

^{VCU Child Development Center, 1128 Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA 23284} 

^{Visit our website at: https://cdc.soe.vcu.edu/}

Ways to Donate to St. Philip's

Your financial gifts to St. Philip’s are of vital importance to support our ongoing ministries and our outreach to the most vulnerable among us. Please continue to offer your faithful gifts by:

Check - Send to PO Box 27492, Richmond VA 23261

Credit Card or Bank Account - Click here

Online Banking & Electronic checks - Set up payment with your bank

PayPal - Click here to donate or go to our website and click GIVE

Text - Text GIVE to (833) 959-2287

Sunday Services are held weekly at 8 and 10:30 am. 

The 10:30 service will continue to be livestreamed on Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube. Please note our new Zoom link for the 10:30 am service. Do not use the old expired link. Thank you.

A few guidelines:

• Masks are required to be worn by all.
• Bible study takes place at 9 am, immediately following the 8 am service, and will continue to serve those that call in.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to the office at (804) 321-1266 or office@stphilipsrva.org. We look forward to seeing you at St. Philip’s!

Prayer List

Please keep these members of our community in your prayers: 

Marc Albertson, Trey Bankhead, Jean Boone, Cynthia Bentley, Shirley Brown, Sheila Carter, Janette Davis, Francis Dye, Mary Carter, Marilyn Chalmers, Alexander Corbett, Alice Flannigan, Eudora & Lewis Forrest, Marvis Hazel, Eva Hicks, Ester Hyatt, John Jenkins, Kevin Jiggetts, Francine L. Johnson, Alaina LaVonne, Mary Little, Steven Little, Barbara Lowe, Kay Mack, Christian Miller, Robinette Miller, Edmund Moore, Romaine Morgan, Lela Morris, Tonjia Philips, Tara Plummer, Hortense Powell, Henry Robinson, Brady Whaley, Clementine Washington, Louise White, and Cynthia Smith Williams. 

Rev. Marlene works Monday-Thursday. She can be reached by phone

(804) 356-8216 or email revmarlene@stphilipsrva.org.

THE PHYSICAL CHURCH OFFICE

OPEN HOURS

Monday - Thursday, 9 am - 4 pm

Friday, 9 am - 1 pm

If you have a pastoral care need or an emergency and cannot reach Rev. Marlene directly, contact the Senior Warden, Melissa Greene

(804) 658-7306 or click here to Email Sr. Warden

To schedule a meeting with Rev. Marlene, please call, email, or use this link:

Rev. Marlene E. Forrest, Rector

revmarlene@stphilipsrva.org

Diem Miller, Office Manager

office@stphilipsrva.org

MINISTER OF MUSIC: Dr. Willis L. Barnett

OFFICE MANAGER: Diem Miller

VERGER: Nathaniel Lewis

SEXTON: Richard LeTang