You are invited to our 25th Anniversary Launch Party on Sunday, January 31, 2021, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. via video. Fun for the entire family! Music! Surprises! Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester will be our special guest. Please wear your 25th Anniversary Pin during the meeting. Didn’t get one in the mail? Contact us! This will READ MORE »
Worship With Us Via Video
Use Facebook to join us for worship this Sunday at 10:00 a.m.! Coffee Hour follows using Zoom. On Sunday, January 3, we go back to pre-recorded services on Facebook starting at 10:00 a.m. Click here to visit our Facebook page. Coffee Hour starts on Zoom after worship ends. Zoom connection details are in the Friday READ MORE »
Virtual Coffee Hour This Sunday
VIRTUAL COFFEE HOURS Sunday immediately following 10:00 a.m. worship. The Zoom code for Dec. 27 is 825 1254 7666. The passcode was emailed to members, but you can also text or call Danny Schweers at 302 475-0998 for the passcode. Unlike previous Sundays, the same Zoom login is being used for worship and coffee hour. READ MORE »
SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew
Our building is closed but we are busier than ever! 25th Anniversary Launch Party on Sunday, January 31, 2021, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Fun for the entire family! Music! Surprises! Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester will be our special guest. Please wear your 25th Anniversary Pin during the meeting. Connect via video or regular phone. Click here READ MORE »
Racism In America – The History We Did Not Learn In School
Sundays at 1:00 p.m., through January 24, 2021. You are invited to develop a better understanding of how America’s race relations developed. You can find the Zoom.us login info in the email blast from SsAM on Thursday, December 31, but you can also text or call Danny Schweers at 302 475-0998. Call if you need READ MORE »
The Good Book Club
We are reading the Gospel of Mark! Fr. David is inviting all members of SsAM to join him reading the Gospel of Mark during the session of Epiphany. The Good Book Club returns as we read the earliest and shortest of the four gospels through Shrove Tuesday, February 16. The Good Book Club is sponsored READ MORE »
A Day that Will Live in Infamy
On Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021, I celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany with Morning Prayer on Facebook Live. That afternoon, the U.S. House and Senate convened a joint session to certify the election of Joseph R. Biden and Kamala Harris as the next President and Vice-President of the United States. During Morning Prayer, at READ MORE »
Pledge Campaign at 78% and 69%
121 pledges from families and individuals have been made to SsAM’s 2021 pledge campaign. That’s 78% of the 155 pledges we hope to receive — over 3/4 of the way to that goal as of Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Our dollar goal — $559,000 — is much higher than previous years in hopes that we READ MORE »
Pledge Form
If you want to make your pledge to SsAM for 2021, you can use this on-line form, which does NOT ask for bank account or credit card information. Your pledge is only seen by two people at the church, the church administrator and our webmaster. Click here to see how our pledge campaign for 2021 READ MORE »
Feed The Hungry
Please make a donation to a local food pantry! Children and families in our community are going hungry. You can help! So says our church’s Advocacy Committee. The number of Americans facing hunger is going up every day. The coronavirus pandemic has turned food-insufficiency into hunger all across America. Locally, more than 121,000 Delawareans are READ MORE »
Monthly Walks for Justice and Peace
First Fridays at 5:30 p.m. Date of next march has yet to be confirmed. Since June 19, 2020, SsAM and other churches have been sponsoring silent Walks for Justice and Peace in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. These prayerful pilgrimages are hosted collaboratively with First & Central Presbyterian Church. We gather in front of the steps of READ MORE »
Happy New Year 2021!
What a year 2020 was! Now we have so much to look forward to in 2021. The COVID vaccine is now available. In two and a half weeks, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the next President and Vice-President of the United States. And, on January 31, our 25th Year Anniversary READ MORE »
Finance Committee
SsAM’s Finances for 2021 For 2021, SsAM’s budget will be divided into three parts: Operating Budget, Capital Budget, and Outreach and Volunteer Budget. Operating Budget Covers the day to day costs of running the church and rectory. Examples: paying utilities, the costs to hold services in-person and on-line services, the office expenses and personnel associated READ MORE »
Member Photos by Sharon Bryant
Sharon Bryant loves to photograph the people she loves. She has such a big smile and, because her affection is so apparent, nearly everyone is comfortable in front of her smartphon. Like the rest of us, she has missed being in church while the COVID-19 pandemic raged. Here are a few of her images from READ MORE »
We will gather together in-person again when it is safe to do so!
We are a resurrection people, living faithfully in hope and belief in God who is making all things new. No pandemic will ever stop the people of Jesus Christ from expressing the merciful, hope-filled, life-changing truth of God’s healing love.” —The Rt Rev Kevin S. Brown, XI Bishop of Delaware The Episcopal Church of Saints READ MORE »
Opening Up the Sunday Scriptures
You are invited — Lectionary Study and Sermon Study, Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m., through January 19, 2021. Father David’s vision for this lectionary/sermon discussion is to meet weekly (via Zoom) to read the appointed scriptures for the coming Sunday and also to reflect on the sermon from the previous week. I see this as an READ MORE »
Undee Sunday Results 2020
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic, in 2020 we were able to exceed last year’s contribution to the Friendship House Clothing Bank. The Community Advocacy Committee thanks all of you who helped make Undee Sunday a tremendous success. Forman Mills donated 100 sets of thermal underwear for children, women and men. Dariel Janerette worked with Luvenia, Manager, READ MORE »
Michelle Smith Elected to Diocesan Council
At the 236th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Delaware, Michelle Smith was elected to Diocesan Council, an important decision-making body. Bishop and Council prepares the budget and works on programmatic issues for the diocese between diocesan conventions. They are responsible for the diocesan properties of Camp Arrowhead and Memorial House. Much of the READ MORE »
SsAM and the COVID-19 Coronovirus Pandemic
12/11/2020: LINKS TO LATEST NEWS about COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Our church has no plans to re-open soon. Meanwhile, we continue to gather by video and phone. State of Delaware State of Delaware “My Healthy Community” Episcopal Church in Delaware — COVID-19 Response #18: Suspension of In-Person Public Worship Video Streaming Church Services We are broadcasting READ MORE »
Advent Calendar from Friendship House
Barbara Henry and Danny Schweers invite you into their home every evening in December to open the Advent Calendar from Friendship House. Here are fun, interactive activities that will get you and your family into the holiday spirit and involved in the community. Friendship House serves the homeless in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, a ministry strongly READ MORE »
