Learn 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 of more »
News Items at SsAM
News items, recent accomplishments, and praise.
Welcome To SsAM: We worship together 8 and 10:30am Sundays.
WE ARE CHILDREN: Our ministry to children. YOUTH & YOUNG FAMILIES: Our ministry to teens and their families. ADULTS: Adult Education and other opportunities. CLERGY: Our ordained ministers. STAFF: Our professional staff. VESTRY: Our current and past Vestry members. MEMBER PHOTOS: Our members are varied in many, many ways. WHAT WE DO: We worship. Sundays more »
Bishop, Rector, and Deacon: They Invite, Welcome, and Connect
In this video, Deacon Paula Waite (St. John the Baptist, Milton) and Father David Andrews (Sts. Andrew and Matthew, Wilmington) join Bishop Brown to talk about their success using the evangelism tools provided by the Invite-Welcome-Connect ministry. It has energized their parishes! Bishop Brown encourages everyone to click here to register for the Second Annual more »
Listen to Recent Sermons
Here are links to the most recent recordings of sermons at SsAM, one sermon from each preacher. Click here to see all the sermons of 2019 and recent years. You can find videos of entire Sunday services on the Friends of SsAM Facebook page. DOWNLOAD: You can download these sermons to your desktop. Click on more »
From Visitor To Acolyte
Click the triangle below to watch an inspiring six-minute video in which Silas, who was homeless, tells his story of finding a spiritual refuge at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, a place where he could belong and serve. Click the square icon in the lower right to see more »
Community Fun Fest Photos, 2019
Here are over 100 photos by Ken Francis of the Soul Of The City Community Fun Fest, Sept. 28, 2019. Click on any thumbnail to see it larger in a slideshow. To download an image to your computer from the slideshow, right-click on it. To return here, click on the “x” in the upper right more »
SsAM I AM 2020: A Pastoral Perspective
Rethinking Stewardship One Pillar at a Time For the last several weeks, the Sunday sermon has focused on the Four Pillars of SsAM. A few years ago, the vestry developed these four strategic goals as part of the mutual ministry review. Last year while I was on sabbatical, the vestry re-engaged with the strategic plan more »
SsAM I AM – Third Town Hall Meeting
What questions do we have about creating a sustainable financial picture for SsAM? Members of SsAM met after the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday services on September 28, 2019 to create a set of questions about how our church’s finances can be more sustainable. These questions will be put to the Finance Committte, which will 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 more »
Children, Youth, and Young Families
Children’s Chapel: This 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 Children’s Chapel in the Education Suite immediately following the Gospel reading. Chapel begins with a structured liturgy designed especially for children including: more »
SsAM i AM – Rethinking Stewardship One Pillar At A Time
As 2019 comes to a close, 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 more »
Special Music Events 2019–2020
Sunday, October 27, 2019 (7:00 p.m.) JAZZ VESPERS Celebrating the Season of Creation Featuring the Whitney Project Tom Palmer, Keys Rob Swanson, Bass Joe Anderson, Trumpet and E.V.I. Jonathan Whitney, Drums Friday, November 8, 2019 (7:30 p.m.) Rising Stars of the Organ Series ORGAN RECITAL – Grant Wareham Click here for more information Free Will more »
Worship at SsAM: the Sunday Documents, Church News, and More
SUNDAY SERVICES 8:00am: Holy Eucharist (Spoken). 10:30am: Choral Eucharist. Click here for directions and parking information. Click the links below to share in the SsAM worship experience: WEEKLY VISION NEWSLETTER (Our Sunday Bulletin with Announcements) Weekly Vision 10.13.19ppp LEAFLET (Order of Worship) Season of Creation 1 – 2019 – In the Beginning OUR LITURGY UNFOLDED THE SEASON 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 more »
SsAM I AM – Second Town Hall Meeting
What ways can the ministry of Youth and Young Families support and encourage our young people to grow in faith and maturity as children of God? This was the question asked of our members who attended the second SsAM I AM town hall meetings on Sunday, September 22, 2019. People put forward suggestions in brain-storming more »
Children and Youth Serve as Greeters and Ushers at SsAM
Whenever possible, we encourage children and youth to actively participate in our worship services as readers, greeters, acolytes, ushers, etc. Click the image to see it larger. Click here to learn more about children, youth, and young families at SsAM.
SsAM I AM – First Town Hall Meeting
On Sunday, September 8, 2019, parishioners gathered for the first of three town hall meetings to focus on the guiding principles of the parish and the stewardship theme for this year, SsAM I AM. We began by focusing on two pillars: To provide engaging worship that is rich and meaningful and brings people back; and more »
Children’s Chapel
Children’s Chapel began Sunday, September 15, 2019. 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 Children’s Chapel registration more »
News of Our City, Wilmington, Delaware
Here are links to some news items of interest to anyone connected to downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Our church, and the churches from which we were formed, go back many, many decades here in the heart of the city. 9/30/2019 MAKERS ALLEY OPENS A BLOCK FROM SsAM — Makers Alley, downtown Wilmington’s first beer garden, is more »
Youth & Young Families at SsAM
Youth & Young Families 2019-2020 by the Rev. David Andrews As we have done the last couple of years, we are partnering with Trinity Episcopal Parish and Immanuel Highlands Episcopal Church. Our Youth and Young Families (YYF) ministry is in transition as many of our older youth are now in college and so this is more »
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