by Steven Jones, March, 2020. The Episcopal Church in Delaware announced this month the formation of the task force responsible for implementing the 233rd Annual Convention’s Resolution 001: Supporting Producers of Locally Grown Food. This resolution emerged during the Season of Creation and the desire of our parish, Saints Andrew and Matthew (Wilmington), to improve READ 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:
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SsAM and the COVID-19 Coronovirus Pandemic
3/28/2020: LINKS TO LATEST NEWS about COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Fr. David’s blog of 3/27/2020: How We Do Church in the Age of COVID-19 Fr. David’s blog of 3/20/2020: SsAM Continues During State of Emergency State of Delaware Episcopal Church in Delaware Video Streaming Church Services 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, every day, Monday through Sunday. Fr. READ MORE »
How We Do Church in the Age of COVID-19
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 3/27/2020: “If you are searching, you must not stop until you find. When you find, however, you will become troubled. Your confusion will give way to wonder. In wonder you will reign over all things. Your sovereignty will be your rest.” (Gospel of Thomas, saying 2) Part of my morning practice READ MORE »
Fr. David’s COVID-19 Update of March 24, 2020
FR. DAVID’S BLOG — What does Governor Carney’s shelter-in-place order mean for SsAM? We are offering on-line Eucharist this coming Sunday, March 29, at 10:00 a.m. and Morning Prayer every day at 7:00 a.m., Mondays through Sundays! Adult studies are continuing! Virtual Worship: Sunday Services, Morning Prayer Virtual Worship this Sunday, March 29, at 10:00 READ MORE »
Holy Week and Easter Celebrated by Video in Wilmington, Delaware
In spite of the current COVID-19 state of emergency, we will celebrate Holy Week and Easter. Tune in as we broadcast our annual observations of the glad entry of Jesus into Jerusalem (4/5), his last supper (4/9), his crucifixion (4/10), and his Easter Day resurrection (4/12). We will not gather together physically, but will in 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 »
SsAM Continues During State of Emergency
FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 3/20/2020; updated 3/27: I wish to review what is happening at the moment and plans for worship that will take effect this Sunday, March 22. How one week has dramatically changed our lives with the spread of the Coronavirus here in Delaware and across the country and the world. We live READ MORE »
Reflect at Home on Stations of the Cross
When regular attendance at worship may not be possible, we encourage you to share and use this resource for prayer at home. The audio compilation features the liturgy of the Way of the Cross from the Book of Occasional Services, alongside meditations on each station. Click here to visit the Episcopal Migration Ministries website and READ MORE »
Bishop Brown Announces Task Force on Sustainable Local Food
The mission of the task force is to actualize Resolution 001 of the 233rd Annual Convention, to support producers of locally-grown food. SsAM member Steven Jones has been appointed chairperson. Jones will be putting together a diocesan-wide, five-person task force with the goal of implementing a plan for Camp Arrowhead and Memorial House that meets READ MORE »
POSTPONED: Rise Against Hunger Event on March 15, 2020
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 2/28/2020: I invite you to participate in Rise Against Hunger, an important outreach event to help alleviate world hunger. This effort is a collaboration between the youth groups of SsAM, Trinity Episcopal Parish, and Immanuel Highlands Episcopal Church. This event is open to all members of READ MORE »
Worship at SsAM: the Sunday Documents, Church News, and More
SERVICES – Services are streamed over Facebook. How to link to a Facebook Live video You do not need to have a Facebook account to link into a Facebook live video. Our diocese has a great explanation. Just search for Saints Andrew and Matthew. How to link to a Facebook Live video Sunday READ MORE »
Upcoming Events at SsAM:
With Governor Carney’s declaration of a state of emergency on March 12, 2020, the following upcoming events may be re-scheduled or held on-line. Please contact the church for the latest information about any of these upcoming events. ON-LINE CALENDAR: Click here to see our on-line calendar. DETAILS: Through April 10 — The Season of Lent. READ MORE »
Carnival Sunday and Shrove Tuesday Photos, February 23 & 25, 2020
CARNIVAL SUNDAY FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST AND SERMON, Sunday, February 23, 2020, 10:30 am. Carnival Sunday is celebrated at the 10:30 a.m. service on the Sunday before the start of Lent. It is an occasion for us to worship with great festivity in the spirit of the Mardi Gras and Caribbean Carnival traditions. In this joy-filled, 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 »
Carnival Sunday – February 23, 2020
Here are links to Carnival Sunday photos and videos. At the 10:30 a.m. service on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, we celebrate Eucharist in the tradition of Carnival and Mardi Gras with colorful beads, scarves, and boas, with silly and outlandish hats, with masks and more. It is a time to be joyous before the READ MORE »
Welcome To SsAM: We usually worship together at 8:00 and 10:30am Sundays.
WE ARE CHILDREN: Our ministry to children. YOUTH & YOUNG FAMILIES: Our ministry to teens and their families. ADULTS: Adult Education and other opportunities. CLERGY: Our ordained ministers. STAFF: Our professional staff. VESTRY: Our current and past Vestry members. MEMBER PHOTOS: Our members are varied in many, many ways. WHAT WE DO: We worship. Sundays 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 »
SsAM 20th Anniversary Video
Here is the 35-minute-long SsAM 20th anniversary video, featuring Max Bell, Sandra Johnson, and Canon Casson in 2016. These three were actively involved when two churches — St. Andrew’s and St. Matthew’s — consolidated in 1996. You can also see other photos and videos about SsAM, the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in READ MORE »
Rob Gurnee, Executive Director, Lutheran Community Services, Wilmington, Delaware
“When you are really poor, when you do not have money for utility bills, rent, or groceries, you seldom think about politics, global warming, or the stock market. Worrying about society’s troubles is something of a luxury.” That was Rob Gurnee’s provocative comment when we talked to him at coffee hour on Sunday, February 16, READ MORE »
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