Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)

Seeking to know and love God in every person, here, now.

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      • Rev. James Bimbi, Interim Rector
      • Rev. Canon Lloyd S. Casson
      • Rev. Clay Brown
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      • D-L Casson, Church Administrator
      • David Christopher, Music Director
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    • Our Unique Approach to Music and Liturgical Design
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      • Jonathan Whitney
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Adult Education

Meditations and teachings plus upcoming Adult Education opportunities at SsAM — the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.

SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events

Worship God with us this Sunday, June 11 at 8:00 or 10:30 a.m. Click here to learn more about worship services at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM). Our 10:30 a.m. services are broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook, and are available afterwards on-demand, to watch as your schedule allows. Prayer Services READ MORE »

Vikings, Grimaces, and Cobble Stones

A reflection by Danny Schweers for June 2, 2023. As Vikings cheered, riders grimaced their way over the cobblestones and up Monkey Hill. The event was the Wilmington Gran Prix. This was the first day of bicycle racing, about five kilometers around Brandywine Park, ending at the top of Van Buren Street after it passes READ MORE »

Steps to Peace and Justice

Discussion Series on Peace, Justice, and Race, Third Wednesdays at 6:30pm via Zoom. by Norwood Coleman, Sr. For the next few months on the third Wednesday of the month, I plan to have videos and discussions of topics related to peace, justice, and race. Many of you who attended our previous Zoom sessions expressed appreciation READ MORE »

First Friday Walks for Justice and Peace in Wilmington, Delaware

The next walks are on Friday, June 2 and July 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the SsAM parking lot, 713 N. Shipley Street. Join us for this peaceful, prayerful walk through the center of Wilmington to promote an end to racial and social injustice. We gather in the SsAM parking lot with people from various READ MORE »

Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency at SsAM

Robert "Boysie" Lowery charcoal sketch by B. Ben Pearce, 1989

The “Boysie” Lowery Living Jazz Residency at SsAM is a two-week artist residency created to provide space to grow for the next generation of jazz artists who are both composers and performers. Residents experience an intense learning experience designed to help them find their sound, mature as musicians, and make lasting connections with like-minded peers. READ MORE »

Sickle Cell Disease Ministry

2023-06-02 — The SsAM team of fo0d coaches has been trained and will begin working with their families next week. Providing Healthy Food for Patients and families Managing Sickle Cell Disease is a collaboration between SsAM, the Food Farmacy at Lutheran Community Services, and the Congregational Health Network at Nemours Children’s Health. Interested? Please click READ MORE »

Get Fired Up!

A reflection for Pentecost by Christina Brennan Lee, May 26, 2023. Today we are blasé. Too many in our own SsAM real or virtual pews aren’t reading this E-Blast or Weekly Vision at all. We show up at our preferred appointed hour and go home, or watch online and don’t read what arrives in hand, READ MORE »

We Never Know

A reflection by Mary Lou Edgar for May 21, 2023. Mother’s Day is a day when I am incredibly grateful but also aware of all the mothers who have suffered extreme losses. The day after Mother’s Day, I woke up to realize that a dear friend, the former President of Neumann University, a person for READ MORE »

Self-Righteous Certitude

A reflection by Danny Schweers for May 14, 2023. Towards the end of his book, Spying on the South, Tony Horwitz says that self-righteous certitude is one of the great ills affecting our country, left wing or right wing. What appalled him was the self-congratulatory attitudes he encountered in people who were not only certain READ MORE »

Reflection: A Pause for Effect? Psalm 61:4

A Pause For Effect? Psalm 61:4, a reflection by Christina Brennan Lee

A reflection by Christina Brennan Lee for May 7, 2023. -Let me abide in your tent forever, find refuge under the shelter of your wings. Selah New RSV -I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah New KJV -I will dwell in thy Tabernacle forever, and READ MORE »

Peggy Shane Memorial Library

The Peggy Shane Memorial Library was dedicated on May 7, 2023. This is a curated selection of books that Peggy Shane read as part of a book group that continues to update the collection. If you have a book that you believe should be part of this collection, please click here to contact the church administrator. READ MORE »

The Joy of Palm Sunday

A reflection by Danny Schweers for April 2, 2023. “Poignant” may be the word I am looking for to describe the triumphal entry by Jesus into Jerusalem just a week before he was crucified. I recognize the joy in the story but I cannot hear it without also anticipating the suffering that follows. The people READ MORE »

Open Heart Surgery

A reflection by Danny Schweers — After open heart surgery yesterday, my friend is doing well, thank God! Even at 84, he was fit enough to qualify for the procedure, perhaps because he has been a runner and a distance walker. At the same time, I pray for all those not doing well after their READ MORE »

Depending On Faith Alone

A reflection by Christina Brennan Lee for March 5, 2023. For the Sunday and also the Daily Lectionary (appointed readings), we are given an Old Testament passage, a Psalm, an Epistle (a New Testament Letter which can be left out), and, of course, a reading from the Gospel. They are generally arranged with a common READ MORE »

Choosing What To Do

A reflection by Mary Lou Edgar for the First Week of Lent 2023. It seems impossible that it is already Lent. The year is going by quickly or possibly I am just getting older. I have been reading a great deal by Richard Rohr and although I am struggling a bit as it is new READ MORE »

The Best Words

A reflection by Danny N. Schweers for February 19, 2023. My wife’s dog waits at the front gate, her gaze fixed on the empty driveway, intently watching for the joyous moment when her mistress will return. Unlike her dog, my wife’s husband exhibits no such display of longing and devotion. He is not kneeling in READ MORE »

An Accounting

Reflection by Christina Brennan Lee on the Rev. Absalom Jones for 10 February 2023. You must before your God appear to give an account of your transactions, and how you spent your time, when here.” ~ The Rev. Absalom Jones On Cedar Beach Road (DE Route 36), just 0.2 miles from Delaware Route 1, near READ MORE »

The Extraordinary Life of Rosetta Henderson

An interview with Rosetta Henderson and a digital exhibit exploring her life and accomplishments is now at the Hagley Museum and Library. This January 2023 addition to the museum’s archives is part of the its oral history project recognizing Black STEM Pioneers in Delaware. With advanced degrees in chemistry, Henderson pursued a career in research READ MORE »

Reflection – This Is For The Birds!

A reflection by Christina Brennan Lee on 2023-01-24. I’ve wanted a bird feeder for as long as I’ve lived in my current home, over 14 years. I love waking to the sound of birdsongs when I have the window open and throughout the day. I’ve had feeders in various places I’ve lived and they always READ MORE »

Reflection on Winter – A Time to Slow Down

A reflection for February 5, 2023 by Mary Lou Edgar. It is hard to believe that we are in the middle of winter. We have had many nice days and although there have been – and will be – some very cold days, it is a time to enjoy some of the changes that the READ MORE »

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Worship Services

We will be delighted if you worship with us in-person or via video this Sunday. Click here to learn more!

Visit Us

719 N. Shipley Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
with free parking weekends and evenings next to the church at 713 N. Shipley Street. Click here to learn more about parking and directions.
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9:00 to 4:30
Friday, 9:00 to 1:00

OUR MISSION

To be an inclusive Christian community which worships God, follows Christ in all aspects of our lives, and serves the Greater Wilmington area through actions and ministries which promote peace, justice, reconciliation and empowerment for all people.

Contact Us

PHONE: 302 656-6628

EMAIL: Click here to use our email form.

FACEBOOK: Click here to see our Facebook page. You need a Facebook account to see it.

YOUTUBE: Click here to see our YouTube Channel. Some smart TV sets will allow you to stream YouTube, so you can watch in your den or living room. Search for “Saints Andrews and Matthew”.

Are You New to SsAM?

If you are new to SsAM, please click here to see the Welcome to SsAM booklet in PDF format. The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew is a dynamic and diverse congregation in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.

Our Vision

The Episcopal Church of Sts. Andrew and Matthew seeks to be a dynamic, spiritual center that is active in the pursuit of peace and justice in the community and a place where all God’s people are honored.

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Donations Are Welcome, and a Necessity
Our ministries are dependent on financial donations. Click here to make a secure credit-card donation on-line or to learn

Our main focus is ministry, not money!
We offer a host of ministries for which you can volunteer. You can participate in worship services, help make the church hum, or offer your time and talent to the local community.

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