Upcoming Events
Diocesan service of healing for those affected by HIV/AIDS to be held at Still Hopes, November 19
"Healing,
Hoping, Loving, Living—A Service for All of Us Affected by
HIV/AIDS" will take place on Sunday, November 19, at 3:30
p.m., at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on the campus of the
Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community in West Columbia.
Bishop Henderson will be the celebrant. Homilist is Still
Hopes chaplain, the Rev. David Stewart. Music will be
performed by the St. Cecilia's Choir from St. Bartholomew's,
N. Augusta. The service is sponsored jointly by Still Hopes
and Upper South Carolina's HIV/AIDS Committee.
Interested people are invited to come to a meeting of the
HIV/AIDS Committee prior to the service, at 2:00 p.m. in the
library of the Still Hopes mansion.
Did you know that the state of South Carolina is currently
10th in nation (per capita) in new AIDS cases?
Richland County is # 1 among SC's 46 counties in new HIV
cases, and Edgefield County is 7th.
Advent Quiet Day to be offered at Good Shepherd, Columbia, December 2
The Daughters of the King from St. Timothy's and Good Shepherd, Columbia, will co-sponsor an Advent Quiet Day on Saturday, December 2, at Good Shepherd. Registration begins at 9 a.m., meditations at 9:30. Lunch will be served ($5.00 donation). for more information, please call the Church of the Good Shepherd, 803.779.2960.St. Philip's, Greenville, invites all to meditative prayer walk, December 3
On Sunday, December 3, at 5:30 p.m., the people of St. Philip's, Greenville, will host a meditative prayer walk on a pathway around church lit by luminaries. Following the walk, refreshments will be served. Download the invitation. And how about directions to St. Philip's?
Advent silent retreat at Augusta's Convent of St. Helena, December 8-10
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Retreat leader Rosina Ampah |
"Preparing for the Light and Warmth of New Life," led by
the Rev. Canon Rosina Ampah, OSH, December 8-10, beginning at
5:00 p.m., Friday the 8th, with Evening Prayer and running
through Sunday lunch.
Advent is the time to prepare spiritually and emotionally to
welcome God coming to us in newness and gentleness. It is a
time to look for Christ in the past year, as well as being
open to the One who always comes in surprising and
life-giving ways. Preparing for Christ's coming opens wide
the door for the One who awaits our invitation to be present
in our lives more and more bountifully. Cost: $160 including
lodging, meals and program; $80 commuters. Register at 706.798.5201, ext 1, or via e-mail to
augustaconvent@comcast.net
SAVE THE DATE: February 10, 2007&—"Visions of Flowers" is calling you!
Visions of Flowers: Flower Arranging
Seminar and Demonstrations will be hosted by Trinity
Cathedral, Columbia, February 10, 2007, 9:30 a.m. – 3:00
p.m. For more information, contact Betty Lane,
803.782.4413.