We are celebrating our faith via video until we can gather together again in downtown Wilmington, Delaware at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew. [Updated 7/31/2020] Sunday Worship on Facebook and YouTube Our Sunday Worship services are posted on both Facebook and YouTube. You can see them any time after 10:00 a.m. each READ MORE »
Financial Town Hall Meeting, Sunday, August 2, 11:15 a.m.
Please join us for a Finance Committee update! Town Hall Meeting – August 2, 2020 Discuss: Where We Are Now and Where We Are Going? on Zoom at 11:15 AM (following 10 AM Service) We hope you will join us to discuss the changes and challenges we face during the pandemic. We will share our READ MORE »
Honoring John Lewis
We encourage you to honor the legacy of John Lewis by participating in one or more of these forums. Delaware Attorney General discusses reducing racial disparities in the state’s criminal justice system on Tuesday evening, August 4 at 6:00 p.m. YWCA Delaware joins our church, the Delaware Racial Justice Collaborative, and many others in presenting READ MORE »
New Leadership for Youth & Young Families and for Pastoral Care Ministries
— Fr. David’s Blog of 7/24/2020 — Michelle Smith has accepted my invitation to assist with Youth & Young Families (YYF). Three others have agreed to assist with Pastoral Care: Eudel Drain, Leslie Clouser, and Lynne Rosa. I wanted to alert you to these changes while I am away. More news about the future of READ MORE »
Books About Race, Race Relations, and Racial History – A Bibliography
Here is a list of books and articles that enlighten us about race, race relations, racial history, and related topics. Click here to make a recommendation. Let us know, too, if you want to join SsAM’s Book Discussion Group. Developing a SsAM Bibliography… We are developing a bibliography of books (and articles). In his reflection READ MORE »
Exodus, COVID-19, and Reimaging the Church
— Fr. David’s Blog of 7/17/2020 — Read the Bible in a disciplined manner and ask how God wants us to re-imagine ourselves. One of my spiritual practices is that of sacred reading or Lectio Divina. This ancient practice is a powerful way to enter into the story of scripture by first reading a piece 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 »
SsAM Prayer during COVID-19 Pandemic
Oh God, you have promised that when two or three are gathered in your name, you are in the midst of them. During this period of social distancing, we, your people at SsAM, are not able to gather physically, but are still gathering in the Spirit. We are praying for the safety and well-being of READ MORE »
To Make Ourselves At Home
— Fr. David’s Blog of 7/10/2020 — This is an invitation to participate in a program offered by my friends, the Rev. Robert Gallagher and Ms. Michelle Heyne from the Order of the Ascension. I hope all members of SsAM will take the time to read what Robert and Michelle are offering to parishes around READ MORE »
What Does Freedom Mean?
“Speaking of Freedom” A Letter to the Church from the Revs. Kelly Brown Douglas, Stephanie Spellers and Winnie Varghese July 4, 2020 Our church encourages you to read what three women, all of them Episcopal priests —two of African descent and one of South Indian descent — have to say about what freedom means to 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 »
Moving Forward
— Fr. David’s Blog of 7/3/2020 — Nearly 60 members and friends of SsAM met on-line last Sunday to discuss “Repairing The Breach: A Conversation About Racism” with Fr. David, Canon Casson, and Rabbi Douglas Krantz. I was very moved by the strong attendance and insightful commentary. As was said often during this Zoom video-conference READ MORE »
SsAM and the COVID-19 Coronovirus Pandemic
7/12/2020: LINKS TO LATEST NEWS about COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Our church has no plans to re-open soon. Meanwhile, we continue to gather by video and phone. Fr. David’s blog of 5/29/2020 — When will we be together again? When will regular worship services resume. State of Delaware State of Delaware “My Healthy Community” Episcopal Church READ MORE »
Worship at SsAM: the Sunday Documents, Church News, and More
SERVICES VIA VIDEO Our Sunday services of worship and weekday Morning and Evening Prayer services are on YouTube and Facebook Live. Click here for details SUNDAY LEAFLET (Order of Worship) Leaflet for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 2, 2020 Weekly News Mini WV 7.31.20 OUR LITURGY UNFOLDED Our Liturgy Unfolded Pentecost RECTOR’S REFLECTION E READ MORE »
Five opportunities to live into a Rhythm of Prayer
— Fr. David’s Blog of 6/26/2020 — What demands are you coping with today? Here are five opportunities to live into a Rhythm of Prayer. Since the beginning of our being apart in March, all of us have had to lean into a new normal: online worship, working from home, not being able to go READ MORE »
News of Our City, Wilmington, Delaware
Our city is still vibrant even during the coronavirus emergency. Here are 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. God willing, we will be thriving in this city for READ MORE »
Respectful Communications Guidelines
Aretha Franklin sang about RESPECT; we recommend you abide by these guidelines in your communications (from Eric Law, Holy Currencies). R = take Responsibility for what you say and feel without blaming others. E = Use Empathetic listening. S = be Sensitive to differences in communication styles. P = Ponder what you hear and feel READ MORE »
From Visitor To Acolyte
Click the triangle below to watch an inspiring six-minute video in which Silas, who was homeless, tells his story of finding a spiritual refuge at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, a place where he could belong and serve. Click the square icon in the lower right to see READ MORE »
Photos, Walk for Justice and Peace
Some one hundred people — in person, masked, and and social distanced — stood outside First & Central Presbyterian Church on Friday, June 19 — Juneteenth — and then walked silently and prayerfully to our church. Our hope was to shine a light on the recent death of George Floyd at the hands of police READ MORE »