SsAM, the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, welcomes you! Looking for something in particular on this website? Please use the search box in the above masthead. It will search only this website, not the entire Internet. Come to God’s Table! Come, you have much faith, and you who have 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.
SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events
Upcoming events at SsAM or recommended by our church. Potluck “Fun-Raiser” Friday, September 30, 6-8pm, in Crypt Hall. Our new program year is beginning at SsAM, so let’s have some fun! All are welcome. If you would like to come for this potluck, please let us know by us know no later than September 23. READ MORE »
First Friday Walks for Justice and Peace in Wilmington, Delaware
The next walk begins on Friday, October 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the SsAM parking lot, 713 N. Shipley Street. These walks are a public display of our belief that society needs to be more just in terms of race, sex, economics, and more. We begin at the SsAM parking lot and then walk to READ MORE »
Prayer Services at SsAM
Every weekday at 8am, 5pm, and 8pm. Also on Saturdays at 10:30am. Prayer Services at SsAM are via Video. Click here to see our Facebook Live page. You can watch these services as they are broadcast, or you can play them on demand afterwards. You do not need to have a Facebook account to see READ MORE »
Chris White Art Gallery and Shipley Artist Lofts.
Solo exhibit by Roderick Hidalgo • Opening, Friday, October 7, 5-9pm • Closing, Friday, November 4, 5-9pm “Serious Play” solo art exhibit by Roderick Hidalgo at the Chris White Gallery, 701 N. Shipley Street, at the other end of the block from our church. This exhibit was curated by Andy Vible. Three members of our READ MORE »
Reflection: What is The Daily Office?
Click here to see our schedule of Prayer Services via Facebook. by Christina Brennan Lee. What is The Daily Office? A place I used to go to before I retired. Well, yes and not quite! If you were present during our Annual Meeting in 2022, or, perhaps watched it on SsAM’s YouTube Channel (or are READ MORE »
Friendship House, Ministry to the Homeless, Wilmington, Delaware
Recent News 2022-09-02 — The Hope Center, which Friendship House had been part of, is featured in an Emmy-award nominated film. There are several scenes in the film of the exterior of our church where Friendship House hosts one of its Empowerment Centers. Click here to watch the 17-minute movie on YouTube. 2022-06-14 — Sharon READ MORE »
Children’s Chapel begins October 9 at 10:30am.
Children’s Chapel Planning for 2022-2023: On Sunday, October 9 at 10:30 a.m., Children’s Chapel will begin! Recently, Carey Corbin, Celia Corbin, Noel Williams, Mary Lou Edgar, and Moni Edgar met to begin planning a Sunday liturgy for SsAM’s young people. After discussing what the committee members found to be special in the Children’s Chapel before READ MORE »
A Busy Fall at SsAM
If you did not hear Father Jim’s sermon on the last day of July, he announced that he is looking forward with pleasure to serving as our church’s interim rector through the rest of 2022 and into 2023. This was greeted by applause. He made other announcements well worth mentioning. He announced that the members READ MORE »
25th Anniversary: Memories of the First 25 Years of SsAM
Time Capsule The time capsule from the Tenth Anniversary was opened in 2021 and the contents were displayed in Crypt Hall for several months. As of August 5, 2022, folks have been working on collecting items for the new time capsule and we are ready to order the capsule itself whenever the contents are ready. READ MORE »
The Importance of Children
by Mary Lou Edgar. As I was thinking about what I wanted to say, the word “importance” kept coming back to me. Most of us profess to believe that children are important. But there are times when I wonder. My career as a social worker focused on children. I have five children of my own. READ MORE »
Spiritual Music in Wilmington, Delaware
Here are some details about the sacred music being performed in Wilmington, Delaware, much of it choral. In particular, we call your attention to the Choir School of Delaware and the Wilmington Children’s Chorus. Wanted: Alto, Tenor and Bass staff singers beginning September, 2022 at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew. Sunday services READ MORE »
Support For Ukraine
Episcopal Migration Ministries Episcopal Migration Ministries welcomes refugees, educates communities, and mobilizes congregations to advocate for the protection and rights of all migrants. Click here to visit the Episcopal Migration Ministries website. Relief and Development As we pray for an end to violence and for those fleeing Ukraine, please also pray for Episcopal Relief & READ MORE »
Results of Bishop Brown’s Vitality Workshop
Pursue Vitality, Not Growth A summary of Bishop Brown’s “Congregational Growth and Vitality Workshop” of 2022 by Danny Schweers. As we look to the future of our church, let us think about how we can encourage vitality and liveliness in our church rather than growth in numbers. If we want our church to thrive, we READ MORE »
Carnival Sunday at SsAM
CARNIVAL SUNDAY FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST AND SERMON, The Sunday before Ash Wednesday, 10:30 am. Every year, God willing, our church celebrates Carnival Sunday at the 10:30 a.m. service on the Sunday before the start of Lent. It is an occasion for us to worship with great festivity in the spirit of the Mardi Gras and READ MORE »
SsAM’s Bathroom Ministry
Thanks to Michele Roberts, we connected with The World Council of Churches to tell the story of our “bathroom ministry.” Click here to see the feature article on the World Council of Churches website. “Whether people have access to a safe and clean toilet has wide-reaching consequences for their dignity, health, access to education, and READ MORE »
SsAM’s Christmas Story 2021
Thanks to our church members’ generosity (and Santa’s Helper, Eudel Drain), we delivered boxes of Undees to Friendship House along with an amazing number of Angel Tree gift cards and gifts just before Christmas of 2021. We also learned that a member of SsAM was inspired by Canon Casson’s sermon on Sunday, December 19, and READ MORE »
Remembering Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The day after Christmas in 2021, a long life of service came to an end. Many people in our church looked for and found video and written records of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s peace-making ministry in South Africa and around the world. BBC-Africa Click here to watch BBC-Africa’s three-minute video, “Looking back at the life of READ MORE »
Angel Tree Gift Giving At Christmas
Angel Tree Donations in 2021 In 2021, we supported the mothers and children from Friendship House’s Empowerment Center. We asked members of SsAM to participate by donating either $25 or $50 gift cards from either Visa or Walmart so that the mothers and older children can purchase gifts. In 2020 we also supported the mothers READ MORE »
25 Years at SsAM: The Two Rectors Talk
Father David’s post of October 29, 2021 — My heart is full after the conversation between Canon Casson and me last Sunday afternoon. It would have been very easy for the two of us to have continued sharing beyond the hour and fifteen minutes. I would be remiss if I did not thank Jonathan Whitney READ MORE »
