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 »
Invite, Welcome, Connect!
If you are already a member of our church, consider the ways you can invite others to worship and serve God, how to welcome them when they visit our church, and how to connect with them when they return. Click on any of the headlines or thumbnail images below to see recent posts about SsAM’s Invite-Welcome-Connect program.
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 »
Memories of the First 25 Years of SsAM
As part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM), in 2021 members shared some of their memories of our church’s first twenty-five years. She Said, “Please Come Back” by Pat Saunders It was December 30, 2006. I had moved to Wilmington three days before, and because it READ MORE »
Children, Youth, and Young Families
Gateway to the Future – SsAM Youth Programs Sunday, August 29 at 3:00 p.m. The promise of an engaging, challenging youth program at SsAM gets closer to a post-pandemic reality at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2021. The SsAM of the Future subcommittee of the 25th Anniversary Committee will hold its initial session — READ MORE »
Prayer Services at SsAM
Every weekday at 8am, 5pm, and 8pm. Also on Saturdays at 8am and Noon. Prayer Services at SsAM via Video. Click here to see our Facebook Live page. You can watch these services (and our Sunday services) as they are broadcast, or you can play them on demand afterwards. You do not need to have 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 »
In-Person Sunday Services Have Begun
In-person worship services have begun on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.! The Sunday services are also broadcast on YouTube. After each broadcast, the services are available on-demand for you to watch when your schedule allows. The installation and testing of our new HVAC system is complete, as is the “deep COVID-level” cleaning. Click here to see 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 »
SsAM 25th Anniversary Continues!
Re-Imagining Youth Programs: A Zoom Exercise on Sunday, August 29 at 3:00 p.m. The promise of an engaging, challenging youth program at SsAM gets closer to a post-pandemic reality at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 29. This Zoom meeting will include a presentation that summarizes the comments harvested from our young people and their parents READ MORE »
Photos: People in Church after 15 Months Away
On Sunday, June 6, 2021, seventy-seven people came to the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware to worship God. This is news because the numbers attending SsAM in-person have been zero for most of the last 15 months. We have been worshiping via video, not in person. We continue to READ MORE »
Way of Love Pentecost Revival Weekend
Father David’s post of May 14, 2021 — In 2021, the Season of Pentecost begins on Sunday, May 23. The Day of Pentecost is also known as Whitsunday and many of us will wear red on that day, to remind us of the fire of the Spirt. Pentecost, the coming of the Spirit of God, 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 »
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 »
Vaccinations And Ashes
The Importance of Getting Vaccinated: The vestry of SsAM and I strongly recommend that you schedule a COVID-19 vaccination when you can. We are a community of faith that knows the love of Jesus and that love calls us to reach out and care for one another. The 11th Guiding Principle approved in 1994 by READ MORE »
Happy 25th Anniversary, SsAM!
Father David says, “Greetings from our new home on Rodney Street in the City of Wilmington. Emily and I have been in our new house for four days and we are busily unpacking boxes and making this house feel like a home. All the books are unpacked, and my home office has begun to take READ MORE »
25th Anniversary Launch Party
Over 140 members and well wishers attended the launch party for our 25th Anniversary. On January 31, 2021, Pat Hampton and Lou Soukup talked about how two churches consolidated in 1996. Our rector and rector-emeritus both remembered their earliest times. The Rt. Rev. Kevin S. Brown, Bishop of Delaware, and U.S. Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester READ MORE »
