Here is a list of upcoming events at SsAM or recommended by us. In-Person Sunday Services Have Begun! Sunday Services now in person and also live (and on demand) on YouTube. The installation and testing of our new HVAC system is complete, as is the “deep COVID-level” cleaning our the church. You are invited to READ MORE »
Adult Education
Opportunities to learn and discuss at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
Get Involved with “Last Stop to Freedom”
Father David’s post of July 16, 2021 — Please join me in supporting the “Last Stop to Freedom” organization. “Last Stop to Freedom” is what Wilmington, Delaware was called by Harriet Tubman and the enslaved Africans who escaped with her leadership. The underground railroad brought the enslaved seeking freedom to Wilmington and then they were READ MORE »
Going Deeper: Clergy Spirituality and Leadership
Small Listening Groups with Father David; and, “Entering the Same Door, Differently”. Father David’s post of July 9, 2021 — This past week I have been participating in the second year of a two-year residency program created by the Shalem Spiritual Institute in Washington, DC. I am away this week at a retreat center on READ MORE »
Ubuntu
Father David’s post of July 23, 2021 — Two weeks ago, when I was attending the second residency program of the Clergy Going Deeper Program, the Rev. Dr. Michael Battle, a professor at the General Theological Seminary in New York City, presented on the topic “African Contemplative Spirituality for Leadership”. Dr. Battle’s name might be READ MORE »
Cynthia Is An Author!
Congratulations to Cynthia Primo Martin on the publication of her book, Handbook for Nonprofit Leadership: Recruiting, Training, and Engaging Trustees of Color. Her publisher claims the book “should be required reading for all Boards of Directors regardless of their size or current board composition.” The book is especially strong in its advocacy of diversity. Boards, READ MORE »
Adult Education Offerings: July to December, 2021
• “From Shared Trauma to Imagining the Future” Retreat • “Faith Talk About Race” 6-session program • “Deeper Relationships with God” 5-session small groups Last week I shared with the parish that a one-day retreat will be offered likely in July entitled, “Entering the Same Door Differently”, which will give participants time to share their READ MORE »
Monthly Walks for Justice and Peace
First Fridays at 5:30 p.m. Next walk is August 6, 2021. For over a year, members from SsAM and other churches have been showing up for silent Walks for Justice and Peace in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. These prayerful pilgrimages are hosted collaboratively with First & Central Presbyterian Church. We gather in front of the steps READ MORE »
Small Listening Groups to Begin Sept. 4
FR. DAVID’S POST OF 2021-06-18 — In my sermon this past Sunday, I invited members of SsAM to consider participating in one of the small listening groups that will begin September 4, 2021. This week I wanted to share more information so that you will have a better idea about what I have in mind. READ MORE »
Worship at SsAM: Sunday Leaflet, Church News, and More
SERVICE LEAFLET (Order of Worship) Leaflet for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 1, 2021 SERVICES IN PERSON AND VIA VIDEO In-person worship is offered on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Worship via video is also offered on Sundays. Also, Weekday and Saturday prayer services are via video. Click here for details Weekly News Weekly READ MORE »
Racial Justice and Reconciliation in Delaware
Newly Formed: The Racial Justice and Reconciliation Commission of The Episcopal Church in Delaware On May 25, 2020, the world witnessed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement. This brutal event reawakened many to the ongoing reality of racism within individuals and systems. In response to that tragedy, Bishop Brown created READ MORE »
“Seven times a day do I praise you, because of your righteous judgments.”
Father David’s post of April 2, 2021, Good Friday: “Seven times a day do I praise you, because of your righteous judgments.” This well-known scripture verse from Psalm 119:164 is the foundation for the seven times of prayer that St. Benedict of Nursia developed in his monastic rule in the 6th century. If you have READ MORE »
Preparing for Holy Week and Easter
FR. DAVID’S POST OF 3/26/2021 — Our Holy Week and Easter schedule has been set. Click here to see it! Let us all acclaim Jesus as the Messiah on Palm Sunday, desert him on Maundy Thursday, watch him die on Good Friday, and then proclaim his victory over death on Easter Sunday, the feast of READ MORE »
Thomas answered him — My Lord and My God! (John 20:28)
FATHER DAVID’S POST OF 4/9/2021 — Thomas’ confession of faith in the Risen Christ comes at the conclusion of the Gospel that we will hear read in Church this Sunday (April 11th). The Second Sunday of Easter is Doubting Thomas Sunday. This is the Sunday when many clergy take their Easter break and place the READ MORE »
The Communion of Saints
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 03/12/2021 — One year ago we began a year like no other. None of us knew a year ago that we would just now slowly begin to come out of a year of so much pain and misery. This has negatively impacted our relationships with one another and with God. So READ MORE »
Learning To See
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 3/5/2021 — Learning To See: Overcoming Confirmation Bias. I have on occasion shared the daily meditation from Fr. Richard Rohr. This week I wish to share in its entirety his reflection from this past Tuesday. Click here to read Richard Rohr’s meditation on Learning To See: Confirmation Bias. As you read READ MORE »
Racial Justice: Continuing the Conversation with Three Wilmington Churches
The members of three Wilmington Churches continue their collaboration on issues of racial justice on Sunday, March 7, at 3:00 p.m. Please join the conversation! FATHER DAVID’S BLOG OF 2021-02-26 – I look forward to Sunday, February 28, and our second 25th Anniversary event at 3:00 in the afternoon. This promises to be a powerful READ MORE »
Books About Race, Race Relations, and Racial History – A Bibliography
Here is a list of books, articles, and videos 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). This bibliography READ MORE »
Spiritual Practices In Lent
FATHER DAVID’S BLOG, 2021-02-19 — Our Lenten journey began this week on Ash Wednesday. For the next forty days, all of us are invited to take on the spiritual practices of self-examination and repentance; and of reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. We are also called upon to regularly confess our sins to God. READ MORE »
Observe a Holy Season Of Lent
How to Observe a Holy Lent during a Pandemic. I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a READ MORE »
Black History Month in Delaware
In February we celebrate the contributions of Black people. It is a time to reflect on the struggle for racial justice. Our theme in 2021 was “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Dr. Wesley Memeger, Jr., “Science Into Art” Click here to READ MORE »
