Exciting News: We will regather for in-person worship on Pentecost Sunday: May 23, 2021. One service at 10:30 a.m. On Tuesday, May 4, Governor John Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) announced major changes to Delaware’s COVID-19 restrictions. Last week, the bishop announced that congregational and choir singing is now allowed as 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
Mother’s Day Bake Sale, Curbside Saturday, May 8, 11–3, 719 N. Shipley Street. Drive up to the curb in front of our church between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2021 to buy some delicious baked items for Mother’s Day. Click here to learn more about this Mother’s Day Bake Sale, especially READ MORE »
SsAM 25th Anniversary Continues!
Future events are in the works to celebrate our 25th anniversary. If you missed them, here are some video links to explore. Please click the links below to watch videos about our community partners. Lutheran Community Services/Faith Center – Rob Gurnee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9yxzbQVTSQ (2020 Slideshow with COVID updates) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ooaxEJ4Cg (food pantry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCsOAFskw0&t=5s (Room at the Table breakfast video) READ MORE »
Prayer Services at SsAM
Every weekday at 8am, 5pm, and 8pm. Also on Saturdays at Noon. 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 can find the Zoom login info for Compline in the Friday email blast 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 »
Sunday Coffee Hour at 11:00 a.m.
VIRTUAL COFFEE HOURS on Sundays immediately following 10:00 a.m. worship. The Zoom login info was in last Friday’s E-Blast, but you can also text or call Danny Schweers at 302 475-0998 for the info. Have you missed seeing people at SsAM? Coffee Hour goes from 11:00 a.m. to Noon, sometimes later! For some Coffee Hours, READ MORE »
Monthly Walks for Justice and Peace
First Fridays at 5:30 p.m. Next walk is May 7. Since June 19, 2020, 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 of 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 »
Worship at SsAM: the Sunday Documents, Church News, and More
SERVICES VIA VIDEO Our Sunday services of worship and weekday Morning and Evening Prayer services are via video. Click here for details SERVICE LEAFLET (Order of Worship) Leaflet for the Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 9, 2021 Weekly News Mini WV 5.7.21doc OUR LITURGY UNFOLDED Liturgy Palm Sunday to Easter 2021 RECTOR’S REFLECTION E 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 »
Zoom Tips from Sylvia Banks
A lot of us have been using Zoom since the pandemic hit. The ability to see each other is the primary reason the 25th Anniversary Steering Committee chose Zoom as the platform for our events. Here are a few tips for how to use Zoom. First, click on the Zoom link found in your invitation. READ MORE »
Happy New Year 2021!
What a year 2020 was! Now we have so much to look forward to in 2021. The COVID vaccine is now available. In two and a half weeks, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the next President and Vice-President of the United States. And, on January 31, our 25th Year Anniversary READ MORE »
We will gather together in-person again when it is safe to do so!
We are a resurrection people, living faithfully in hope and belief in God who is making all things new. No pandemic will ever stop the people of Jesus Christ from expressing the merciful, hope-filled, life-changing truth of God’s healing love.” —The Rt Rev Kevin S. Brown, XI Bishop of Delaware The Episcopal Church of Saints READ MORE »
Advent Calendar from Friendship House
Barbara Henry and Danny Schweers invite you into their home every evening in December to open the Advent Calendar from Friendship House. Here are fun, interactive activities that will get you and your family into the holiday spirit and involved in the community. Friendship House serves the homeless in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, a ministry strongly READ MORE »
Angel Tree Gift Giving Christmas 2020
In 2020 we supported the mothers and children from Friendship House’s Transitional Housing at Christmas. The Angel Tree project at Christmas, 2020, was another success. Ten children received at least four gifts from eight individual members of SsAM who took the gifts right to Epiphany House on Union Street. In addition, 27 church members purchased READ MORE »
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, READ MORE »
Transitioning from Pre-Recorded Worship to Live Streaming
FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 10/9/2020 — We hope to live stream our worship services via video soon! Since Easter Sunday we have been pre-recording our Sunday morning worship services. Pre-recording has allowed us to stay safe and healthy during this time of pandemic. Participants (choir, lectors, acolyte, priest and organist) schedule a good time to READ MORE »
