The next walk is on Friday, October 2 at 5:30pm. Walks begin in the SsAM parking lot, 713 N. Shipley Street. The genesis of these monthly walks came nearly six years ago when George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis. Recently there have been more killings in that city by law enforcement agents we call our […]
Letter Writing Campaign
Support Asylum Seekers! Should immigrants seeking asylum be incarcerated? Put in prison? SsAM members met on Sunday, August 10, 2025 to write letters to their federal representatives. You can too! Elizabeth “Ketty” De Los Santos, (in photo, right) a 59-year-old grandmother from Peru and a parishioner of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in White Plains, New […]
Poor People’s Marches
Poor People’s Assembly in Washington, D.C., Saturday, June 29, 2024. A “Moral Revival Mass Assembly” was called by the Poor People’s Campaign & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly for Saturday, June 29. Click here to visit the Poor People’s Campaign website. Delaware was one of 33 states across the nation to organize a poor people’s march for […]
Two Carnival Sunday Gents
Danny Schweers (beads, hat) and Anthony Jones (white cassock) made the Wilmington Street Scene more interesting on Carnival Sunday, February 11, 2024. Danny often greets worshipers as they arrive for the 10:30am Sunday service; Anthony often serves as eucharistic minister and acolyte. One likes hot mocha lattes; the other, cool sweet strawberry concoctions. Click here […]
Racial Justice and Reconciliation in Delaware
Racial and Social Justice Discussions Norwood Coleman presents videos and hosts discussions of topics related to peace, justice, and race. To ask for the Zoom login credentials, click here to use the Contact Us form on this website. At each session we plan to have a SsAM member who participated in the event as part […]
Books and Videos 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. Developing a SsAM Bibliography… We are developing a bibliography of books (and articles). This bibliography is part of that effort that began when 60 of us met on June 26, 2020 to discuss “Repairing […]
We Made A Promise
The SsAM Finance Committee has something to say about stewardship, about the promise made 26 years ago. Supporting our living history — our promise to each other and the community. Twenty-six years ago Episcopalians in downtown Wilmington made a promise to create a multi-racial congregation which welcomes all people who seek the love of God […]
Cynthia Primo Martin honored
We are delighted to announce that Cynthia Primo Martin, a long-time member of SsAM and daughter of the late Bishop Quintin E. Primo, Jr., was recognized in 2022 for the Alumni Wall of Fame at the University of Delaware. Click here to read more In July, 2021, we congratulated Cynthia Primo Martin on the publication […]
Imagine Racial Justice: An Interview with Canon Casson
Can you imagine this country being a model to the world for racial justice? In the September 20, 2020 edition of the Delaware Communion Magazine, the Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson was interviewed by Michael Redmond on the topic of racial justice, something for which Canon Casson has been hoping for many decades. He has not […]
Guiding Principles, Statements of Mission and Vision
The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM) is a nurturing faith community born out of the 1996 consolidation of two downtown churches. This multi-racial congregation welcomes all people who seek the love of God without regard to ability, age, economic circumstance, ethnic background, family configuration, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, political affiliation, educational achievement, […]
Litany of Reconciliation
Here is a Litany of Reconciliation crafted by the Rev. Chris Keene of Immanuel-on-the-Green in New Castle, Delaware. He prepared it for a Delaware Episcopal clergy Zoom meeting where white supremacy was the topic. Here it is as a congregational resource, and as a litany to pray when we gather. In hope that the arc […]
Black Lives Matter Banner Painting Photos
On Memorial Day, 2020, Mr. George Floyd died as a result of being pinned to the ground while handcuffed by a Minneapolis police officer for over nine minutes. The national outrage was swift as cities all over the country mobilized. Marches and protests began, demanding justice in response to the death of Mr. Floyd. In […]
