This past Sunday, September 8, 2019, parishioners gathered for the first of three town hall meetings that will focus on the four pillars of the parish and the stewardship theme for this year, SsAM I AM. We focused on two pillars: To provide engaging worship that is rich and meaningful and brings people back; and more »
News and Upcoming Events
Here are all the posts from The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Use the following links to see the posts in just one category:
Upcoming Events
News Items
Youth & Young Families
Capital Campaign posts
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Soul of the City Community Fun Fest
Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc. and The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew host this celebration, now in its 4th year. Soul of the City is the ultimate downtown “block party,” highlighting crafts vendors, food trucks, family fun activities, and live performances by CCAC students, faculty and alumni along with regional artists. Soul of more »
SsAM i AM – Rethinking Stewardship One Pillar At A Time
As 2019 comes to a close, we are looking again at our church’s four guiding principles, the four strategic principles set by our Vestry in 2014, the four pillars guiding our stewardship: To strengthen and grow Youth and Young Families; To create a sustainable financial picture; To provide engaging worship that is rich and meaningful more »
Caring For Creation
All The “Caring for Creation” Posts Click here to see the Caring for Creation blog on this website. Buy Locally Grown Food Click here to see what SsAM and Province III of the Episcopal Church is trying to accomplish by encouraging institutions to buy food locally. Solar Panels at SsAM? Click here to follow our more »
Choir Member Resources
Materials for SsAM Choir Members Music List – September through December 2019 SsAM Choir Schedule Treble Chorister Schedule
Organ Events 2019-2020
Presented by the Friends of the Katherine Esterly Organ Friday, November 8, 2019 7:30 p.m. Organ Recital – Grant Wareham Grant Wareham is a recent graduate of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. While at Rice, Grant served as Moseley Memorial Organ Scholar and assistant organist at St Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Houston, and more »
Children’s Chapel
Children’s Chapel begins Sunday, September 15! Children’s Chapel is a worship, music and learning experience for children at the 10:30 service. Each Sunday, the children begin with their families in church and are led by the Crucifer to Children’s Chapel in the Education Suite immediately following the Gospel reading. Childrens Chapel registration 2019 2020 more »
News of Our City, Wilmington, Delaware
Here are links to some news items of interest to anyone connected to downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Our church, and the churches from which we were formed, go back many, many decades here in the heart of the city. 9/9/2019 TRANSFORMATION OF RODNEY SQUARE UNDERWAY — City officials broke ground today for a multi-million-dollar, multi-year reconstruction more »
Youth & Young Families at SsAM
Youth & Young Families 2019-2020 by the Rev. David Andrews As we have done the last couple of years, we are partnering with Trinity Episcopal Parish and Immanuel Highlands Episcopal Church. Our Youth and Young Families (YYF) ministry is in transition as many of our older youth are now in college and so this is more »
Special Music Events 2019–2020
Sunday, October 27, 2019 (7:00 p.m.) Jazz Vespers Friday, November 8, 2019 (7:30 p.m.) Organ Recital – Grant Wareham Saturday, November 23, 2019 (7:30 p.m.) Durufle “Requiem” and Kodaly “Laudes organi” Delaware ChoralArts with Alan Morrison, Organist Sunday, December 22, 2019 (7:00 p.m.) Messiah Sing-Along Sunday, January 5, 2020 (4:00 p.m.) All-Chopin Concert Mark Blaschke, more »
Listen to Recent Sermons
Here are links to the most recent recordings of sermons at SsAM, one sermon from each preacher. Click here to see all the sermons of 2019 and recent 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 on more »
Environmental Justice Ministry
Our Environmental Justice Ministry in Wilmington, Delaware is a lesser-known ministry at SsAM, work which grew out of Michele Roberts’ preaching at SsAM during the Season of Creation several years ago. An official description of Delaware Concerned Residents for Environmental Justice appears below. The portion of the group which includes SsAM members is co-chaired by more »
Solar Panels at SsAM? Week 2
by Danny Schweers, Vestry Member, August 17, 2019. This week we got our first looks at the benefits and costs of installing solar panels on the roof of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM). D-L Casson, the new Parish Administrator at SsAM, found a Rooftop Solar Report from Delmarva Power. That report, more »
Solar Panels at SsAM? Week 1
Shall our church install solar panels on its roofs as a means of generating electricity? by Danny Schweers, Vestry Member, August 12, 2019 In late June, I emailed our junior warden, Nana Soto, saying, “I know the vestry has been talking about replacing all the roofs. That would be the perfect time to look into more »
Katy and Lu Soukup, Conversations After Church
As people are leaving church, they are surprisingly willing to have a conversation, as though they want to bask in the afterglow of the church service a little longer. Here we see Katy Soukup (left) and her mother, Lu. Talking with them, we learned that the Soukup family is full of photographers. Lu’s husband was more »
Rabbi in Residence Douglas E. Krantz
I am grateful to my colleague, the Reverend David Andrews, for his friendship and for offering me the opportunity to serve as Rabbi in Residence of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew. These are challenging days in our lives here in Delaware and in our country. I am touched deeply by my awareness more »
Calec Perez Cruz, Acolyte, Graduate
Calec Perez Cruz received a white alb and was robed as an adult acolyte at the annual meeting on Sunday, June 16, 2019. He was also recognized for having graduated from high school. Ten years ago, all the acolytes at SsAM were men, a small group who called themselves “the old geezers”. Some had served more »
Don’t Have To Believe Much To Be An Episcopalian
Fr. David came across this quote by Rachel Held Evans and wants you to see it. Ms. Evans was a popular American Christian columnist and author, who died May 4, 2019 in her 38th year. “My mother always said you don’t have to believe much to be an Episcopalian. Indeed, when it comes to a more »
Pentecost 2019 Photos at SsAM
Here are twenty photos by Danny Schweers of the Pentecost celebration at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew at the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, June 9, 2019. Click on any of the thumbnail images below to see it in a slide show. Once you are in the slide show, you can right more »
Vestry Candidates
Our vestry candidates introduced themselves to the congregation at both the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday services. Mary Morgan and Dan Young spoke on June 2; Danny Schweers and Peggy Shane on June 9. Our Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 19 at a single service held at 9:30 a.m. Click the more »
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