Join the SsAM Choir to record “Gabi, Gabi” for the upcoming Diocesan Convention! “Gabi, Gabi” is an African Song of Praise in the Zulu language that roughly translates as “Praise the Father, Liberator Lord. He frees all the captives, and gives the hungry bread.” Rehearsal/Recording Session Saturday, November 14 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. READ MORE »
Canon Casson Scholarship Application for SsAM Students
The Community Advocacy Committee sponsored scholarships for students entering college in the fall of 2020 or those who are already enrolled. Scholarships will be awarded again in 2021! The Canon Lloyd Casson Scholarship Program is open to members of our parish.The scholarship program is funded through the Apostles in Ministry (AIM) Fund. The AIM collections READ MORE »
Carnival Sunday and Shrove Tuesday Photos, February 23 & 25, 2020
CARNIVAL SUNDAY FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST AND SERMON, Sunday, February 23, 2020, 10:30 am. Carnival Sunday is celebrated at the 10:30 a.m. service on the Sunday before the start of Lent. It is an occasion for us to worship with great festivity in the spirit of the Mardi Gras and Caribbean Carnival traditions. In this joy-filled, READ MORE »
Our Liturgy Unfolded – The Season of Advent
Join us as we prepare for the birth of Jesus during the season of Advent! Advent, from the Latin adventus, means “coming”. Advent, a quiet time of watching and waiting, consists of the four Sundays before Christmas when we anticipate Christ’s coming into the world. It is a time of preparation. Advent is the first READ MORE »
Children’s Chapel
[During the COVID-19 pandemic, Children’s Chapel has been temporarily suspended.] Children’s Chapel is a worship, music and learning experience for children at the 10:30 service. Each Sunday, the children begin with their families in church and are led by the crucifer to the Education Suite immediately following the Gospel reading. Click here to see the READ MORE »
The Migrants’ Way of the Cross, Oct. 27, 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2019 was the Sunday when we celebrated the human family at SsAM as part of the Season of Creation. We used The Migrants’ Way of the Cross, a ritual that is the result of a partnership between the Office of the Latino/Hispanic Ministries of the Episcopal Church and Forward Movement. Some of READ MORE »
Tina Betz, Director of Children’s Chapel Music
Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Wilmington, Tina Betz is known for her role in coordinating and raising funds for numerous large-scale events and community arts projects, such as the DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Community Celebration, the City’s Independence Day celebration, Art-On-The-Town. She also developed innovative and READ MORE »
Adult Formation Fall 2019 – Winter 2020
Adult Formation Program 2019-2020
Soul of the City Community Fun Fest
Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc. and The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew hosted this annual celebration. Soul of the City is the ultimate downtown “block party,” featuring crafts vendors, food trucks, family fun activities, and live performances by CCAC students, faculty and alumni along with regional artists. Soul of the City honors the READ MORE »
Grant Wareham, Organist
Rising Stars of the Organ Friday, November 8, 2019 – 7:30 p.m. PROGRAM Pageant … Leo Sowerby Romantisch, Op.142 no.3 … Sigfrid Karg-Elert Organ Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Felix Mendelssohn Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music … Richard Wagner Symphonie No. 2 pour orgue: III. Scherzo … Louis Vierne Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue, READ MORE »
Music Schedule – Fall 2019
Choral and Organ Music with the SsAM Adult Choir, SsAM Treble Chorister Chapel Choir, and The SsAM Drumming Circle. Sunday, September 1 – 12th Sunday after Pentecost Isabel Gray, soloist SERVICE – Powell PSALM 112 – Chant setting by Stephen Elvey OFFERTORY SOLO – Come Ye Blessed … John Prindle Scott COMMUNION – HYMNS Sweet, READ MORE »
Choir Member Resources
Materials for SsAM Choir Members CHORAL AND ORGAN MUSIC LIST Music List – September through November 2019 SsAM ADULT CHOIR SCHEDULE 2019-2020 SsAM Choir Schedule TREBLE CHORISTER SCHEDULE Fall 2019 Schedule Revised Recordings of upcoming music Behold, the Tabernacle of God … William Harris St. Clement’s Philadelphia Gloria (Mass in G) … Franz Schubert Atlanta READ MORE »
Organ Events 2019-2020
ALL UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS at SsAM have been cancelled or postponed! We’ll post more information when it becomes available! Presented by the Friends of the Katherine Esterly Organ Click this link for a downloadable PDF of the above flier Friday, November 8, 2019 7:30 p.m. Organ Recital – Grant Wareham Grant Wareham is a recent READ MORE »
Chorister Training Program
The Chorister Training Program The Chorister Training Program at SsAM provides a wonderful opportunity for children in grades 3 through High School to develop their musical, vocal and leadership skills within the context of an Anglican style choral program. It is an excellent opportunity for children who enjoy singing in school choir or who play READ MORE »
Life in Palestine: A conversation with Dr. Michael Connor
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Delaware Churches for Middle East Peace, Delaware Episcopalians for Middle East Peace, Pacem in Terris and Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights are co-sponsoring a conversation with Dr. Michael Connor on Wednesday, July 10th at 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Church, 1301 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, DE 19806. Dr.Michael Connor Program – READ MORE »
Adult Formation – April 2019
Adult Formation April 2019
The President of the House of Deputies responds to the Lambeth decision
In a recent article by Mary Frances Schjonberg (Episcopal News Service), Same-sex spouses not invited to next year’s Lambeth Conference of bishops, we learned that the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is not inviting same-sex spouses to the 2020 Lambeth Conference of bishops. The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies of READ MORE »
Disciple III Bible Study
Led by SsAM parishioners, the second eight-session module of Disciple Bible Study will begin on Wednesday, March 13th at 6:00 p.m. We will continue our study of The Prophets, resuming with lesson #9, entitled “God will not abandon.” Wednesday lessons continue until May 8th. If you are interested and need a study manual, please contact READ MORE »
Convention Wrap – Up
Click here to view the Delaware Communion Wrap-up, which provides a wonderful overview of our 2019 Annual Diocesan Convention: https://delaware.church/234conv/ After you get to that Web page, click on the graphic below “Convention Wrap-Up” and the on-line magazine will appear. .
A litany: remembering victims of gun violence
Litany from Bishops Against Gun Violence 11.8.18