Our church is looking for four new Vestry members to serve three-year terms beginning in June, 2021. Is that you? Someone you know? The Vestry is an elected 12-person ministry, the legal representatives of the parish with regard to all matters pertaining to its property and finances. They also set policies and goals for the READ MORE »
Vestry View
News of the SsAM Vestry as it sets the budget, oversees personnel and property, and sets policies for the church. Click any headline or thumbnail below to see that article. And please, pray for us!
We will gather together in-person again when it is safe to do so!
We are a resurrection people, living faithfully in hope and belief in God who is making all things new. No pandemic will ever stop the people of Jesus Christ from expressing the merciful, hope-filled, life-changing truth of God’s healing love.” —The Rt Rev Kevin S. Brown, XI Bishop of Delaware The Episcopal Church of Saints 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Stewardship Rodeo
VESTRY VIEW, JANUARY 22, 2020: The Vestry’s turn at the Stewardship Rodeo has begun. At their meeting on Wednesday evening, January 15, members of your Vestry gallantly entered their first round of the Line Item Roping, Bucking Endowment Riding, and Budget Bull Riding competitions. It wasn’t pretty. Again and again, we tried to ride but READ MORE »
