Our Environmental Justice Ministry in Wilmington, Delaware is work which grew out of Michele Roberts’ preaching at SsAM during the Season of Creation several years ago. An official description of Delaware Concerned Residents for Environmental Justice appears below. Several SsAM members are a part of this statewide group. Environmental justice advocacy is needed now more READ MORE »
A Letter from Brighton Kaoma, Environmental Activist, 2020
Many of you may remember Brighton was our preacher during the Season of Creation and for the Environmental Justice Forum in 2018. Here is a letter he sent in August, 2020. Dear Michele, The Roberts Family, and Friends, I hope this message finds you in a good state of mental and physical well being. I READ MORE »
A Toxic Relationship
About 2,000 official and potential Superfund sites — sites contaminated by extremely hazardous chemicals — are located within 25 miles of the East or Gulf Coast. Delaware is in the red zone. As sea levels rise, many of these toxic sites are at risk of flooding. Millions of people live near these sites, and flooding READ MORE »
An Opportunity to Connect Communities, Support Creation and Strengthen our Food Ways
by Steven Jones, March, 2020. The Episcopal Church in Delaware announced this month the formation of the task force responsible for implementing the 233rd Annual Convention’s Resolution 001: Supporting Producers of Locally Grown Food. This resolution emerged during the Season of Creation and the desire of our parish, Saints Andrew and Matthew (Wilmington), to improve READ MORE »
Bishop Brown Announces Task Force on Sustainable Local Food
The mission of the task force is to actualize Resolution 001 of the 233rd Annual Convention, to support producers of locally-grown food. SsAM member Steven Jones has been appointed chairperson. Jones will be putting together a diocesan-wide, five-person task force with the goal of implementing a plan for Camp Arrowhead and Memorial House that meets READ MORE »
SsAM i AM – Rethinking Stewardship One Pillar At A Time
As 2020 begins, we are looking again at our church’s four guiding principles, the four strategic principles set by our Vestry in 2014, the four pillars guiding our stewardship: To strengthen and grow Youth and Young Families; To create a sustainable financial picture; To provide engaging worship that is rich and meaningful and brings people READ MORE »
The Creation, the Garden of Eden, and Laws: Rabbinic Teachings
Rabbi-in-Residence Douglas Krantz is teaching adults about the Old Testament at 12:00 p.m. in Crypt Hall. Dec. 1, CREATION, Genesis 1:1 – 2:3 Rabbis, we learned, make their own comments about the Torah, and study the collected comments of other rabbis, all the multiple interpretations. Creation is the great gift. When the Book of Genesis READ MORE »
Season of Creation
The Season of Creation at SsAM October 13 through November 24, 2019 The Season of Creation is a spiritual journey into all aspects of creation – humans, other living creatures, and the natural environment. It is celebrated at SsAM at the 10:30 a.m. worship service on the last seven Sundays of Pentecost. It features guest READ MORE »
Environmental Justice Weekend, Oct. 19-20, 2019.
We learned about • UN Sustainable Development Goals. • UN Commission on the Status of Women and how the focus on women and children fits with our work for Environmental Justice. • Local Collective of Community Environmental Activities. • Formation of Delaware Concerned Residents for Environmental Justice and how to plug in locally. • History READ MORE »
Care For Creation!
It is natural for us to care first for ourselves. As Christians, we are called to care for others as well — not only our families, but our neighbors as well, even our enemies. We are also called to love creation and care for it. All The “Caring for Creation” Posts Click here to see READ MORE »
Solar Panels at SsAM? Post 2
by Danny Schweers, Vestry Member, August 17, 2019. This week we got our first looks at the benefits and costs of installing solar panels on the roof of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM). D-L Casson, the new Parish Administrator at SsAM, found a Rooftop Solar Report from Delmarva Power. That report, READ MORE »
Solar Panels at SsAM? Post 1
Shall our church install solar panels on its roofs as a means of generating electricity? by Danny Schweers, Vestry Member, August 12, 2019 In late June, I emailed our junior warden, Nana Soto, saying, “I know the vestry has been talking about replacing all the roofs. That would be the perfect time to look into READ MORE »
A Time To Be Intentional About Local Food
Environmental stewardship is a heady subject. To me it infers the nurturing of the very system that maintains our physical well-being. Odds are, because you are reading this, you probably agree that the system needs improvement. There is nothing more sacred, humbling and frustrating than being in service to creation care. What is exciting is READ MORE »
Care for Creation by Buying Locally-Grown Food
The Episcopal Church in Delaware “recognizes that improving the economic well-being and vitality of its family-farming communities within the State of Delaware could, in part, be driven by increasing the purchasing, serving, and promoting of local food grown in the Delmarva region…” which is why its delegates passed the Support Producers of Locally Grown Food READ MORE »
Michele Roberts Testifies Before Congress in 2019
Michele Roberts testified before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies of the House of Representatives on February 26, 2019, at 9:55 a.m. She was part of a panel representing the National Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform. Click here to see all the Environmental Justice Ministry posts on this website. Click READ MORE »
SsAM at Environmental Meeting in 2013
Paulyne Webster and Ann Tate in 2013 participated as delegates to a meeting in DC on environmental issues. Maria Cabrera, Wilmington City Council at Large, is also in the photo. Click the photo to see it larger. Once the large image appears, you can right-click on it to download it to your computer. Click here READ MORE »