CELEBRATE WITH US THE HOLY EUCHARIST - To worship God in the Anglican Tradition- WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Morning 8:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Contemplative Service (no music) 10:30 AM Holy Eucharist with Music Podcast (available after service) Wednesday 12:15 PM Healing Service with Eucharist CHILD CARE IS NOT PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. READ MORE >> Important Links: Worship Services, Meditations and Articles Worship this Week Archive of Sermons Fr. Terry Hosting"Faithfully Memphis" Archive of Fr. Terry's Meditations and Articles

WORSHIP In this section, you will find a videos of recent sermons given on Sundays at St. Philip. G o to the link podcast page and select the sermon. BECOME A PART OF OUR WORSHIPPING FAMILY We invite all to join us as we celebrate the Lord's grace and love. Celebrate with us the Holy Eucharist. All baptized Christians are welcome and we welcome all people to altar to receive a priestly blessing. May the Peace of the Lord that passes all understanding and circumstances of this life be with YOU! St. Philip Episcopal Church's prayer is that you will find hope and peace. May you find comfort in these words that echo throughout the worship services: “Keep calm and carry on.” “Take heart, do not be afraid.” Pray for protection, healing and restoration. Fortify yourself with spiritual readings and study. Stand firm in our faith. Reach out to those in need. Allow your hearts and homes to be a temple of God. Prepare a place for a sacred space. As Easter People, celebrate Easter – Alleluia! Be patient!

Celebration of Life & Life Everlasting of Hester May Boyd September 10, 1923 - February 4, 2021

2024 Camp Able St. Philip Day! The Emmanuel Center The Emmanuel Center served more than 2,000 people each year through programs that inspire spiritual, physical, and educational growth. They provided recreational activities and continued learning and developing programs that include spiritual direction, social service programs, educational enrichment, and organized sports. This has been an amazing community outreach ministry in our city. The Emmanuel Center was an oasis of hope amongst an area with many statistics. Their statistic, moreover, was at a 100% high school graduation rate with kids going on to do great things! For more information, you can check out their website. Click the link "Emmanuel" . St. Philip continues to provide the Emmanuel Center with baskets full of cleaning supplies and other household goods for new families that move into their neighborhood. St. Philip maintains a "blue barrel" in the Parish Hall where food and non-food items are collected for this ministry. If you would like to give funds, please make your check out to St. Philip and write "Mid-South Food Bank" in the memo line. We will forward the money to this worthy cause. Parish Discretionary Fund The Discretionary Fund is received the first Sunday of each month during the Worship times. The loose offering and other gifts so designated are given to St. Philip’s Discretionary Fund for the purpose of helping persons in times of serious need. Regardless of their circumstance, this Parish takes seriously the words of our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 25: "Lord, when did we see you. . ." The Parish Discretionary Fund is administered by our Rector Father Terry Street. If you wish to contribute by check, please make it out to St. Philip and designate: “St. Philip’s Discretionary Fund.” You may contribute to this fund at any time. Your funds are always in great need. Your checks may be mailed to the church office. Please indicate "Church Discretionary Fund" in the memo line. Thank you for your continued and generous support. Also, you can contribute with a debt or credit card to this much needed ministry by clicking here . Choose "Church Discretionary: Charity Giving" in the dropdown menu. The Manna House of Memphis Ministry A long time and essential ministry that has the active support of St. Philip Episcopal Church is the Manna House of Memphis. The parish has donated much money, time, food, and articles of clothing. Each year, we have a time when we collect coats, socks, shoes and underwear so that the "guests" of Manna House can have warmth from the colder temperatures outside. Manna House of Memphis offers hospitality to homeless and poor guests. Hospitality includes welcoming of guests, and the offering of basic services such as clothing, hygiene items, showers, and serving coffee or other beverages. Staff and volunteers seek to interact with their guests and will learn their names and their stories. Manna House is grounded in the spirit of the Catholic Worker Movement and thus seeking to welcome all guests from the streets with a spirit of hospitality that respects their dignity as human beings. In offering hospitality, Manna House affirms that hosting guests involves not only provides needed material goods, but more importantly honors guests’ humanity and personhood. As stated on MHM website: “We are not a social service agency; rather we are persons welcoming other persons to share ourselves, our gifts, and gifts we have received from others. We seek to know our guests as persons with names, histories, and hopes. We seek to be stewards of God’s graciousness, not possessors of power and privilege dispensing charity from above. We seek to build relationships and we are not out to “save” people or remake them in our own image. We recognize and repent of our racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism, and we seek to create a community of hospitality in which all are welcomed as children of God.” The mission : Hospitality to homeless and poor persons in the city of Memphis; Advocacy for persons on the streets; Opposition to violence–on the streets, by the police, through imprisonment, executions & war; Witness to the reign of God. If you want to learn more about the Manna House of Memphis, donate money or become a volunteer for this worthwhile ministry, we invite you to visit their WEBSITE: https://www.mannahousememphis.org/ Relief for Victims of the Recent Natural Disasters Considering a way to assist the victims of the recent natural disasters in the U.S. and abroad? Episcopal Relief and Development is working in these areas to provide help to those impacted. You can donate through St. Philip by noting "Relief Fund" in the memo line of your check and placing it in the offering plate. You can also donate directly to the Fund via their website . 2023 Camp Able St. Philip Day!

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What is the Vestry? The Vestry is a group of elected congregational leaders within the congregation of an Episcopal church. Its basic responsibility is to: Help define and articulate the mission of the congregation; Support the mission by word and deed; Elect a rector when the need arises; Ensure effective organization and planning; Ensure adequate resources in leadership and in financial stewardship; Manage resources effectively; Determine that appropriate programs, policies, and procedures have been developed and are followed; Assess its own performance. It has some similarities to a board of directors, but it is important to remember that this ministry of leadership is exercised within a church. The success of a congregation is not measured in terms of numbers of members or size of the endowment, but rather in the degree to which it is working toward fulfillment of the mission of the Church. Vestry Current Vestry The Rev. Terry Street, Rector Geoff Albert, Sr. Warden Bill Rogers, Jr. Warden Tom Maslowski Bryan Mitchell Shannon Mullins Joey Solomito Greg Temple Monica Vunk Jessica Heckle (Treasurer)

If you are a female member of the church, you are a member of the Episcopal Church Women of St. Philip ! Please join us for our monthly luncheon meetings, held on the first Sunday of each month excluding the summer months about 12:00 PM (after second service) in Bernard Hall. Look for dates and times in our weekly newsletter. Ongoing Events & Ministries: Emmanuel Center "Welcome" Baskets Thistle & Bee Ministry Collections Pickle Making Parties Spring & Fall Bake Sales Coffee Hour Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Lenten Soup Suppers Camp Able: St. Columba Receptions: Bishop's Visit, Confirmations, Baptisms, Weddings etc. Annual Christmas Exchange Decorating Chrismon Tree and More! Margaret Smith ECW President 2024 - 2027 Lunch for Campers & Staff at Camp Able - St. Columba!

The Evangel *The Evangel is published monthly, except in July Articles, news events, updates on your organization and more should be submitted to the Parish office. Have an article or an update, send it via email: office@stphilipmemphis.org * As soon as we have information about when we can start full worship and activities again, we post the new monthly newsletter on this page. For the present time, we have posted our latest newsletter and will post Weekly Parish Updates and archive of newsletters and updates on the two subpages in this section.

Sermons - Audio & Video Click the BLUE links below to play Epiphany Sunday 1/7/24 "Arise and Shine" Video Fifth Sunday in Lent 3/17/24 "Dying to Live" Video Second Sunday of Epiphany 1/14/24 "Can Anything Good Come Out of Nazareth? " Video Palm Sunday 3/24/24 "Jesus, the Passion-King" Video Third Sunday of Epiphany 1/21/24 "God may be mess'in with you" Video Maunday Thursday 3/28/24 "They Will Know that We Are Christians by Out Love" Video Sunday of Epiphany 1/28/24 "Bishop's Visit " Video Good Friday Service 3/29/24 "The Greatest Story Ever Told: What Sweet Love Is This?" Video Fifth Sunday of Epiphany 2/4/24 "He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up" Video Easter Vigil 3/30/24 "Alleluia! Christ is Risen" Video Last Sunday of Epiphany 2/11/24 "The Light of the Transfiguration" Video Easter Day 3/31/24 "Alleluia! Christ is Risen" Video First Sunday in Lent 2/18/24 "No Sympathy for the Devil" Video Second Sunday of Easter 4/7/24 "The Peace of the Lord Be Always With You!" Video Second Sunday in Lent 2/25/24 "Thou Shalt Not Make God into Thine Own Image? " Video Third Sunday of Easter 4/14/24 "Touch Me and See" Video Third Sunday in Lent 3/3/24 "Housecleaning The Temple" Video Fourth Sunday of Easter 4/21/24 "We Are Sheep" Video Third Sunday in Lent 3/3/24 "Housecleaning The Temple" Video Fourth Sunday of Easter 4/21/24 "We Are Sheep" Video Third Sunday in Lent 3/3/24 "Housecleaning The Temple" Video Fifth Sunday of Easter 4/28/24 "" Video