I was very moved by the events of this past Wednesday, January 20, 2021, when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took the oath to be the next President and Vice-President of the United States. Two weeks ago we were reeling from the mob that tried and failed to take over the government of the United READ MORE »
Sermon recordings of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
Virtual Coffee Hour This Sunday
VIRTUAL COFFEE HOURS Sunday immediately following 10:00 a.m. worship. The Zoom code for Dec. 27 is 825 1254 7666. The passcode was emailed to members, but you can also text or call Danny Schweers at 302 475-0998 for the passcode. Unlike previous Sundays, the same Zoom login is being used for worship and coffee hour. READ MORE »
SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew
Our building is closed but we are busier than ever! 25th Anniversary Launch Party on Sunday, January 31, 2021, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Fun for the entire family! Music! Surprises! Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester will be our special guest. Please wear your 25th Anniversary Pin during the meeting. Connect via video or regular phone. Click here READ MORE »
The Good Book Club
We are reading the Gospel of Mark! Fr. David is inviting all members of SsAM to join him reading the Gospel of Mark during the session of Epiphany. The Good Book Club returns as we read the earliest and shortest of the four gospels through Shrove Tuesday, February 16. The Good Book Club is sponsored READ MORE »
A Day that Will Live in Infamy
On Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021, I celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany with Morning Prayer on Facebook Live. That afternoon, the U.S. House and Senate convened a joint session to certify the election of Joseph R. Biden and Kamala Harris as the next President and Vice-President of the United States. During Morning Prayer, at READ MORE »
Happy New Year 2021!
What a year 2020 was! Now we have so much to look forward to in 2021. The COVID vaccine is now available. In two and a half weeks, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the next President and Vice-President of the United States. And, on January 31, our 25th Year Anniversary READ MORE »
Opening Up the Sunday Scriptures
You are invited — Lectionary Study and Sermon Study, Tuesdays at 3:00 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 READ MORE »
Stewardship Webinars: Celebrating SsAM and Our Future
Here are the recorded videos of recent Stewardship Webinars and a Financial Town Hall. You can get the passcodes by calling or texting Danny Schweers at 302 475-0998. October 12, 2020 Stewardship Webinar about the State of SsAM This conversation is with Fr. David, Rachel Gaskell, and Peggy Shane, and is moderated by Michelle Smith. 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, Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.
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 »
All Things In Love
FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 10/23/2020: This week I wish to hold up the work of Patty Greene in her role as a vestry member and leading our stewardship effort for this year — All Things In Love. When Patty and I met this summer, one of my major concerns was how to communicate the importance READ MORE »
Transitioning from Pre-Recorded Worship to Live Streaming
FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 10/9/2020 — We hope to live stream our worship services via video soon! Since Easter Sunday we have been pre-recording our Sunday morning worship services. Pre-recording has allowed us to stay safe and healthy during this time of pandemic. Participants (choir, lectors, acolyte, priest and organist) schedule a good time to READ MORE »
The Country Is On Fire: Prayer Changes Things
ZOOM TIME OF PRAYER, Thursday, October 1, Noon. FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 9/25/2020 — This past week has been devastating for this country. Last Friday evening Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. On Wednesday of this week a grand jury in Kentucky did not indict the police officers READ MORE »
Howard Thurman Retreat and Follow-Up Discussion
You are invited to participate in an on-line spiritual retreat now and then to discuss the retreat with others at SsAM in October. The Salem Institute on-line retreat is offered free to encourage people spiritually as we fight for racial justice. Lerita Coleman Brown has created this retreat to explore Howard Thurman’s life and contemplative READ MORE »
Imagine Racial Justice: An Interview with Canon Casson
Can you imagine this country being a model to the world for racial justice? In the September 20, 2020 edition of the Delaware Communion Magazine, the Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson was interviewed by Michael Redmond on the topic of racial justice, something for which Canon Casson has been hoping for many decades. He has not READ MORE »
From Transaction to Transformation
FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 9/11/2020 — Let me begin by acknowledging how our world and our lives changed nineteen years ago today. The horrific events of September 11, 2001 are still very present in our memories and I invite us sometime today to stop whatever we are doing to stand or sit in silence and READ MORE »
Living from our Essence during COVID-19
Fr. David’s blog of 8/14/2020 — For several months I was offering Daily Morning Prayer on Facebook. Each morning at the time for intercessions I offered prayers for those who had died and would die as well as for those who had tested positive and were either in hospital or recovering from home. I would READ MORE »
To Make Ourselves At Home
Here is an invitation to participate in a program offered by my friends, the Rev. Robert Gallagher and Ms. Michelle Heyne from the Order of the Ascension. I hope all members of SsAM will take the time to read what Robert and Michelle are offering to parishes around the country at this time as we READ MORE »
Going Deeper: Clergy Spiritual Life and Leadership
— Fr. David’s Blog of 8/7/2020 — Last fall I applied to a two-year program entitled, “Going Deeper: Clergy Spiritual Life and Leadership” hosted by the Shalem Spiritual Institute (Shalem.org). I was accepted into the program and will be taking one week of continuing education the week of August 13 to 20. Because of the READ MORE »
