FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 2/21/2020: You, whatever your age, are invited to the next Tri-Parish Youth Event, Sunday, March 15, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Parish. On that day, our church and Immanuel Highlands Episcopal Church will join our friends at Trinity to fight hunger together. This event is open to everyone in READ MORE »
Sermon recordings of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
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 »
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 »
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 »
Many Gifts, Many Ministries
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG of 1/3/2020: A blessed New Year to everyone. This week I am sharing Richard Rohr’s daily meditation from New Year’s Eve. An Evolving Faith: The Work of Healing. Up to now, top-down religion has pretty much spoiled the show. We need trained experts, scholars, leaders, and teachers, but the truths of Christianity READ MORE »
The Artist’s Way
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG of 12/22/2019: While on retreat a couple of weeks ago I began the program, The Artist’s Way. This innovative and creative program has been around for over twenty five years and was created by Julie Cameron. Its primary purpose is to help individuals unlock the creative spirit that is in in each READ MORE »
The Gift of Silence During Advent
I encourage you to put aside time as we approach Christmas to ponder in silence the power of Christ’s birth. I realize that not everyone has the temperament or the desire to take time each day to dedicate time to silent prayer. We live such busy and hectic lives that often leave us tired and READ MORE »
Mary Foster Parmer on Creativity and Imagination
Each of us has the gift of creativity, essential to every ministry. Imagination is so important as we invite others to join us, as we practice hospitality, and as we connect to one another. Imagination is essential when circumstances challenge us to recreate our shattered lives. We seek and find the extraordinary in the ordinary. READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2018
Here are links to recordings of sermons at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, the most recent first. THE 1st SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, sermon by the Rev. David T. Andrews, Jr. Prepare for Sunday! There is much you can do every day to connect yourself to God and so READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2017
Here are links to recordings of sermons at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, the most recent first. 12/24/2017 The 4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT sermon by the Rev. David Andrews. Mary, mother of Jesus, is important for many reasons. One reason is that she said “Yes” to God, as READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2016
Instructions: PLAY: Click the triangle at the left of each recordings to start it. Or, click on the links or the thumbnail photos. Problems? Call Danny Schweers at 302 475-0998. FIND: To find a particular preacher or key word, use your Internet browser’s “FIND” command, or simply scroll down this page. DOWNLOAD: You can download READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2015
12/20/2015 sermon by the Rev. Canon Lloyd S. Casson. The light is almost here. Our world is dark. Fear, anger, anxiety everywhere. Something is going on. It’s been going on for thousands of years. Light has come into the world. Magnify the Lord! Rejoice! Let every heart prepare a place! 12/13/2015 sermon by the READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2014
Christmas Eve sermon, 12/24/2014 by the Rev. David Andrews. The Lord became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood. We do not boast of ourselves, but witness to God’s glory, that glad tidings went to shepherds, who brought them into Bethlehem. 12/21/2014 Fourth Sunday of Advent sermon by the Rev. David Andrews. Even though READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2013
Sermon, Christmas Eve, 12/24/2013 by the Rev. David Andrews. Christmas can be a time of joy and sorrow, but always a time for celebration. Sermon, Fourth Sunday of Advent: 12/22/2013 by the Rev. David Andrews. Like Joseph, let us listen for God’s word, hear its meaning, and act faithfully. Sermon, Third Sunday of Advent: 12/15/2013 READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2012
12/23/2012 by the Rev. David Andrews. Those who tell the Christmas story do not try to explain everything. 12/16/2012 by the Rev. Peter Huiner. In the weeks before Christmas, Episcopalians celebrate Advent. We study John the Baptist, that party pooper who wants us to turn around, who wants us to repent. Is that any way READ MORE »
SsAM Sermons 2011
12/24/2011 by the Rev. David Andrews. The old story of the first Christmas and today’s challenges. 12/18/2011 by the Rev. David Andrews. “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to God’s word.” On the occasion of a baptism. 12/11/2011 by the Rev. David Andrews. This is the day READ MORE »
