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 »
News Items at SsAM
News items, recent accomplishments, and praise.
SsAM and the COVID-19 Coronovirus Pandemic
3/28/2020: LINKS TO LATEST NEWS about COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Fr. David’s blog of 3/27/2020: How We Do Church in the Age of COVID-19 Fr. David’s blog of 3/20/2020: SsAM Continues During State of Emergency State of Delaware Episcopal Church in Delaware Video Streaming Church Services 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, every day, Monday through Sunday. Fr. READ MORE »
How We Do Church in the Age of COVID-19
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 3/27/2020: “If you are searching, you must not stop until you find. When you find, however, you will become troubled. Your confusion will give way to wonder. In wonder you will reign over all things. Your sovereignty will be your rest.” (Gospel of Thomas, saying 2) Part of my morning practice READ MORE »
Holy Week and Easter Celebrated by Video in Wilmington, Delaware
In spite of the current COVID-19 state of emergency, we will celebrate Holy Week and Easter. Tune in as we broadcast our annual observations of the glad entry of Jesus into Jerusalem (4/5), his last supper (4/9), his crucifixion (4/10), and his Easter Day resurrection (4/12). We will not gather together physically, but will in READ MORE »
Vestry View, March 25, 2020
In the midst of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, vestry members met a week ago using Zoom video-conferencing software from our homes. Most of us used the video capabilities from our home computers, but many simply called in using their telephones. Every vestry member attended, including our newest member, Gary Jolly. One unexpected benefit of READ MORE »
Friendship House Needs Specific Supplies
As of March 24, 2020, Friendship House is in need of doughnuts, bread to make sandwiches, sandwich-sized and snack-sized plastic baggies, coffee, sugar, and creamer. If you can help with this, please contact the church so we can arrange delivery. In an email sent on Tuesday, March 24, Executive Director Kim Eppehimer said: In light READ MORE »
Reflect at Home on Stations of the Cross
When regular attendance at worship may not be possible, we encourage you to share and use this resource for prayer at home. The audio compilation features the liturgy of the Way of the Cross from the Book of Occasional Services, alongside meditations on each station. Click here to visit the Episcopal Migration Ministries website and 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 »
Worship at SsAM: the Sunday Documents, Church News, and More
SERVICES – Services are streamed over Facebook. How to link to a Facebook Live video You do not need to have a Facebook account to link into a Facebook live video. Our diocese has a great explanation. Just search for Saints Andrew and Matthew. How to link to a Facebook Live video Sunday READ MORE »
Upcoming Events at SsAM:
With Governor Carney’s declaration of a state of emergency on March 12, 2020, the following upcoming events may be re-scheduled or held on-line. Please contact the church for the latest information about any of these upcoming events. ON-LINE CALENDAR: Click here to see our on-line calendar. DETAILS: Through April 10 — The Season of Lent. 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 »
Listen to Recent Sermons
Here are links to only the most recent recordings of sermons at SsAM, one sermon from each preacher. Click here to see all the sermons of 2020 and previous 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 READ MORE »
Welcome To SsAM: We usually worship together at 8:00 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 READ MORE »
Vestry View, February 19, 2020
At its productive meeting on February 12, 2020, the SsAM Vestry heard from four guests; went over reports from our rector, music director, and finance and property committees; moved forward on strategic initiatives, formed a nominating committee, planned the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, assigned vestry liaisons to various ministries, and set a June 14 date READ MORE »
SsAM 20th Anniversary Video
Here is the 35-minute-long SsAM 20th anniversary video, featuring Max Bell, Sandra Johnson, and Canon Casson in 2016. These three were actively involved when two churches — St. Andrew’s and St. Matthew’s — consolidated in 1996. You can also see other photos and videos about SsAM, the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in READ MORE »
Rob Gurnee, Executive Director, Lutheran Community Services, Wilmington, Delaware
“When you are really poor, when you do not have money for utility bills, rent, or groceries, you seldom think about politics, global warming, or the stock market. Worrying about society’s troubles is something of a luxury.” That was Rob Gurnee’s provocative comment when we talked to him at coffee hour on Sunday, February 16, READ MORE »
Worship Services at Regal Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Hockessin, Delaware
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 2/14/2020 — We need new SsAM volunteers to visit Regal Heights on the fourth Sunday of the month to offer brief worship services that includes the celebration of Holy Communion. This ministry takes about two hours a month including travel time. Our current dedicated and faithful volunteers have given their time READ MORE »
Personal Faith Development with Father David in 2020
In these early months of 2020, I am offering many ways for you and I to support each other in our personal faith development. It is vitally important that each of us find what works for us if we are to be active disciples of Jesus Christ in the world today. Part of my role READ MORE »
Greetings from the Holy Land
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 1/30/2020 — I am writing this reflection early on Thursday morning of our first week of pilgrimage in Israel/Palestine. We arrived safely after a long flight from Newark International Airport. We left the states on Sunday evening, January 26, and arrived here Monday afternoon. Emily, Audrey, and Canon Martha Kirkpatrick are READ MORE »
Young Acolyte In Training, January, 2020
Barbara Henry, right, teaches a new acolyte how to walk with a candle, holding it with hands apart to keep it upright. The candle holder will lean over easily if the hands are together. Click the photo to see it larger. Acolytes are youth and adults who assist in the celebration of the liturgies of READ MORE »
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