First Fridays at 5:30 p.m. starting in the SsAM parking lot 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 Rodney Square. These walk sbegan in response 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.
Scholarships Available for SsAM Members
Deadline: July 15, 2022 The Community Advocacy Committee is again sponsoring scholarships for students entering college in the fall of 2022 and for those who are already enrolled. Apply For A Scholarship The Canon Lloyd Casson Scholarship Program is open to members of our parish. The scholarship amount is now $1,000 each, which students use READ MORE »
SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events
Here is a list of upcoming events at SsAM or recommended by our church. Worship This Sunday You are invited to praise God with us in-person and via video this Sunday. Click here to learn more. We worship at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. The latter service is broadcast live and is available afterwards on-demand, to READ MORE »
Music Concerts in Wilmington, Delaware
Postponed: Music of America Concert by Delaware Choral Arts Due to illness, the DCA concert scheduled for May 29 has been postponed. The new date and how the purchased tickets will be swapped or refunded will be available in the next few weeks. This concert was to be a special tribute to Marian Anderson with 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 »
Chris White Art Gallery and Shipley Artist Lofts.
Chris White Gallery Reception, Let Me Tell You: Works by Women Artists, Taking Up Space on Friday, June 3, 5-8pm The second and last reception for the exhibit, “Let Me Tell You: Works by Women Artists, Taking Up Space”, is at the Chris White Gallery, 701 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, Delaware, just at the other 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 »
The Rev. James M. Bimbi, Interim Rector
We welcome the Rev. James M. Bimbi as our Interim Rector. On Sunday, February 27, 2022, it was announced that the Rev. James M. Bimbi will serve as Interim Rector of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew until a new rector could be called. To learn more about the clergy transition process, click 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 »
25th Anniversary: 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), 29 members shared their memories of our church’s first twenty-five years. Older posts are first; newer at the bottom, all written in 2021. She Said, “Please Come Back” by Pat Saunders It was December 30, 2006. I had 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 »
Worship at SsAM: Sunday Leaflet, Bulletin, Church News, and More
SERVICE LEAFLET Easter VII – 2022 Sunday, May 29, 2022 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES In-person worship is offered on Sundays at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Worship via video is also offered on Sundays for the 10:30 a.m. service and on-demand afterwards. Also, Weekday and Saturday prayer services are via video. Click here for details Weekly READ MORE »
Children, Youth, and Young Families
Gateway to the Future – SsAM Youth Programs A church-wide Zoom meeting was held on Sunday, August 29, 2021 to determine the future of youth programs at SsAM. Comments harvested from our young people and their parents on Youth Programs were shared. That was followed by an interactive discussion of the topic. Strengthening youth and READ MORE »
New Carillon at SsAM
In August, 2021, the bell tower was cleaned and a digital carillon was added. The carillon is all new, pre-programmed with about 200 hymn tunes plus different sounds, including bells, chimes and bagpipes. The carillon can be custom programmed and timed remotely from a tablet and played wirelessly in real time from the organ console. READ MORE »
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 »
