Father David’s post of April 2, 2021, Good Friday: “Seven times a day do I praise you, because of your righteous judgments.” This well-known scripture verse from Psalm 119:164 is the foundation for the seven times of prayer that St. Benedict of Nursia developed in his monastic rule in the 6th century. If you have READ MORE »
Adult Education
Opportunities to learn and discuss at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
Preparing for Holy Week and Easter
FR. DAVID’S POST OF 3/26/2021 — Our Holy Week and Easter schedule has been set. Click here to see it! Let us all acclaim Jesus as the Messiah on Palm Sunday, desert him on Maundy Thursday, watch him die on Good Friday, and then proclaim his victory over death on Easter Sunday, the feast of READ MORE »
SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew
Upcoming Events: Our building is closed but we are busier than ever! Our next 25th Anniversary Event is Sunday, April 18, at 3:00 p.m. Having looked at SsAM’s past, our celebration continues in April and May with a look at our present, specifically our program partners. April 18, 2021 – Community Partners: Friendship House and READ MORE »
Thomas answered him — My Lord and My God! (John 20:28)
FATHER DAVID’S POST OF 4/9/2021 — Thomas’ confession of faith in the Risen Christ comes at the conclusion of the Gospel that we will hear read in Church this Sunday (April 11th). The Second Sunday of Easter is Doubting Thomas Sunday. This is the Sunday when many clergy take their Easter break and place the READ MORE »
Monthly Walks for Justice and Peace
First Fridays at 5:30 p.m. Next walk is May 7. Since June 19, 2020, members from SsAM and other churches have been showing up for 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 »
The Communion of Saints
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 03/12/2021 — One year ago we began a year like no other. None of us knew a year ago that we would just now slowly begin to come out of a year of so much pain and misery. This has negatively impacted our relationships with one another and with God. So READ MORE »
Learning To See
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 3/5/2021 — Learning To See: Overcoming Confirmation Bias. I have on occasion shared the daily meditation from Fr. Richard Rohr. This week I wish to share in its entirety his reflection from this past Tuesday. Click here to read Richard Rohr’s meditation on Learning To See: Confirmation Bias. As you read READ MORE »
Racial Justice: Continuing the Conversation with Three Wilmington Churches
The members of three Wilmington Churches continue their collaboration on issues of racial justice on Sunday, March 7, at 3:00 p.m. Please join the conversation! FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 2021-02-26 – I look forward to Sunday, February 28, and our second 25th Anniversary event at 3:00 in the afternoon. This promises to be a powerful READ MORE »
Books About Race, Race Relations, and Racial History – A Bibliography
Here is a list of books, articles, and videos that enlighten us about race, race relations, racial history, and related topics. Click here to make a recommendation. Let us know, too, if you want to join SsAM’s Book Discussion Group. Developing a SsAM Bibliography… We are developing a bibliography of books (and articles). This bibliography READ MORE »
Spiritual Practices In Lent
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG, 2021-02-19 — Our Lenten journey began this week on Ash Wednesday. For the next forty days, all of us are invited to take on the spiritual practices of self-examination and repentance; and of reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. We are also called upon to regularly confess our sins to God. READ MORE »
Observe a Holy Season Of Lent
How to Observe a Holy Lent during a Pandemic. I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a READ MORE »
Black History Month in Delaware
In February we celebrate the contributions of Black people. It is a time to reflect on the struggle for racial justice. 2021’s theme is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Dr. Wesley Memeger, Jr., “Science Into Art”. This documentary hosted by Dr. READ MORE »
Faith and Doubt Are Not Opposites
2021-02-05 Father David’s Blog: Last week’s 25th Anniversary Zoom Launch was a wonderful way to begin this year of celebration. It was a welcome relief from all the bad news that we have experienced in the last year: COVID-19, economic collapse, and a racial reckoning to name a few. As we begin this year of READ MORE »
Worship at SsAM: the Sunday Documents, Church News, and More
SERVICES VIA VIDEO Our Sunday services of worship and weekday Morning and Evening Prayer services are via video. Click here for details SERVICE LEAFLET (Order of Worship) Leaflet for the Second Sunday after Easter – April 11, 2021 Weekly News Mini WV 4.11.21doc Re-gathering letter 11.18.20 R. Gaskell OUR LITURGY UNFOLDED Liturgy Palm Sunday to READ MORE »
Opening Up the Sunday Scriptures
You are invited — Lectionary and Sermon Study, Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m., through February 23, 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. He sees this as an opportunity READ MORE »
SsAM and the COVID-19 Coronovirus Pandemic
2021/02/26: LINKS TO LATEST NEWS about COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Our church is planning to re-open. 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 pre-recorded Sunday 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 »
The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage
Fr. David encourages you to read this essay by Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister: In all my years of traveling around the world, one thing has been present in every region, everywhere. One thing has stood out and convinced me of the certain triumph of the great human gamble on equality and justice. Everywhere there are READ MORE »
Grounded in the Eucharist and Prayer
FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 10/30/2020 — Liturgy and music are so important to our life together. This week I wish to expand on what I said at our recent stewardship webinars. The world in which we live is coming apart. We need only look around and see examples of this fracturing taking place: the devastating READ MORE »
A Conversation about Police Reform and Race
We held a parish-wide conversation about racism in the community on October 25, 2020 Police reform had been the subject of discussion for several weeks by a small group including myself (Fr. David), Canon Casson, Rabbi Krantz, Bebe Coker, and Sam Van Horne. We spent a great deal of time reflecting on the role of READ MORE »
