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 »
Stewardship Posts
Stewardship is the active care of those things put into our hands by God; our time, talent, and treasure.
Stewardship Webinar Video Recording: Celebrating SsAM and Our Future
The two Stewardship Webinars of October, 2020 can be seen here. The passcodes for these webinars were in the email blast to members on Friday, October 23. You can also get the passcodes by calling or texting Danny Schweers at 302 475-0998. Here are the links to the two webinars. October 12, 2020 Stewardship Webinar READ MORE »
Pledge Form
If you want to make your pledge to SsAM for 2021, you can use this on-line form, which does NOT ask for bank account or credit card information. Your pledge is only seen by two people at the church, the church administrator and our webmaster. The Four Pillars of SsAM: Inclusive, Responsive, Generous and Sustainable READ MORE »
Apostles in Mission (AIM) Fund
Funds are regularly collected during worship services by our Community Advocacy Committee to help people locally, sometimes nationally, and even internationally. Click here to make a secure on-line donation. You can also mail a check to SsAM, 719 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. Note: AIM Fund. October, 2020: AIM Contribution to Episcopal Relief and READ MORE »
Please Make A Donation
You can make a one-time donation or set up a donation that repeats weekly or monthly. A click on the button will bring you to a secure on-line form. Click here to learn more about donations in general, including texting a donation, COVID-19 Giving Incentives, Special Gifts and Bequests, Remembering SsAM in Your Will, and READ MORE »
Undee Sunday at SsAM
Undee Sunday, Every November When the winter and cold temperatures approach, our homeless friends need long underwear. In response, the Community Advocacy Committee has UNDEE SUNDAY every November. Along with your pledge of talents and dollars during the stewardship season, please think of giving this small token of love to our needy friends. Please bring READ MORE »
Vestry View of August 19, 2020
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11 At its last meeting, the Vestry of Saints Andrew & Matthew made the hard decision not to approve additional funding for the Music Ministry. READ MORE »
ECW is Supporting The Way Home Project.
As of August 14, 2020, the SsAM Episcopal Church Women ministry has been asked by the State ECW to participate in collecting items for “The Way Home Project” and United Thank Offering (UTO). “The Way Home” is a project to assist incarcerated persons who are being released from prison. The request is for monetary donations READ MORE »
Vestry View of August 8, 2020
“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” —Zechariah 4:6 One repeated yet miraculous event — at our church and elsewhere — is that people are inspired to serve one another out of love. They volunteer to serve in positions READ MORE »
Vestry View of July 15, 2020
by Danny Schweers, Vestry Member. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. — Matthew 18:20 — At our last meeting on Wednesday, July 8, every vestry member was there! And, our faith assures us that Jesus was there us, too! — even though we were meeting virtually via READ MORE »
Vestry View of July 4, 2020
We have been gathering together! Yes, there is something odd about celebrating Independence Day while staying isolated in our dwellings, hardly daring to venture outside, wary of anyone coming within six feet of us, our church closed. Even so, we at SsAM can celebrate some recently successful gatherings. A Conversation About Racism, Sunday, June 28 READ MORE »
Finance Town Hall, Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.
SsAM’s Finance Committee will hold a town hall meeting on Sunday, August 2, at 11:15 a.m., immediately following the worship service. Details are to come! This meeting will be held using the Zoom.us video-conference application. Members of SsAM will be emailed login instructions. You will be able to participate with a regular dial-up phone or READ MORE »
Guiding Principles
Living History: The GUIDING PRINCIPLES of the EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SAINTS ANDREW AND MATTHEW (Adopted at the Joint Vestry Meeting, May 14, 1994; that is, at a time just before the two churches consolidated — St. Andrew’s and St. Matthew’s — two churches with histories going back for decades.) We will create a new Christian READ MORE »
Vestry View of May 23, 2020
by Danny Schweers, Vestry Member When you assemble, let each one have a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. — 1 Corinthians 14:26 Our last vestry meeting was one of unending song, teachings, and of many revelations. Did some speak in tongues? If I could READ MORE »
Stronger Ties in a Time of Social Distancing
Click here to see the most recent issue of the Vestry View. VESTRY VIEW OF 4-29-2020 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds READ MORE »
Vestry View, April 15, 2020
A Way Forward — On April 15, 2020, your SsAM vestry passed a balanced operating budget for calendar year 2020. This revised operating budget is based on recommendations from the COVID-19 Taskforce and the Finance Committee. We estimate our income for 2020 will be 13% less than last year, for a total of $628,013. So READ MORE »
Vestry View, April 1, 2020
Our vestry meeting on March 25, 2020, was unlike any other vestry meeting I have ever attended because each one of us took lots of time to talk about our own lives and not church business. We sensed that, in this time of pandemic, connecting to each other was fundamental to church business. We talked 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 »
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 »