Worship God with us this Sunday at 8:00 and 10:30am. Our 10:30 a.m. services are broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook, and are available afterwards on-demand, to watch as your schedule allows. Prayer Services Three Times Every Weekday, Monday through Friday at 8am, 5pm and 8pm via video. Click here to see our ambitious schedule READ MORE »
News Items at SsAM
News items, recent accomplishments, and praise.
Advent and Christmas – Our Liturgy Unfolded
We prepare for the birth of Jesus during the Season of Advent and celebrate it during the twelve days of Christmas. The seasons of the church year are helpful ways of focusing our attention on different aspects of our Christian story. The practice of keeping the church year dates back to 5th century Jerusalem. As READ MORE »
Welcome To SsAM. You are invited!
SsAM, the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, welcomes you. Come to God’s Table! Come, you have much faith, and you who have little, or are questioning faith. Come, you who have been here often, and you who have not been for a long time or ever before. Come, you READ MORE »
Children’s Chapel
Children’s Chapel continues Sunday, December 10 and 24 at 10:30am. Children have several activities before rejoining their families during the passing of the Peace. Children’s Chapel is held every other Sunday when possible. Parents/guardians – please stop by Crypt Hall before the 10:30 service to complete a brief registration form and to meet the Children’s READ MORE »
Chris White Art Gallery and Shipley Artist Lofts.
Sunday, December 10, Noon to 4pm — Coffee Hour at the Gallery followed by an Open Figure Drawing opportunity. Coffee, tea, and refreshments are served at noon at the other end of the block from church, 701 N. Shipley Street. Then members of the public are invited to draw from a live clothed model at READ MORE »
A Feast of Carols
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 7pm — A Feast of Carols The choir of Grace United Methodist Church joins our choir in a festive anticipation of Christmas. Free parking next to SsAM. Free will offering. Reception follows. Click here or the image to see it larger in a new tab.
First Friday Walks for Justice and Peace in Wilmington, Delaware
The next walks are on first Fridays, December 1 and January 5, 5:30pm and begin in the SsAM parking lot, 713 N. Shipley Street. Join us for a peaceful, prayerful walk through the center of Wilmington to promote an end to racial and social and other injustices. We gather in the SsAM parking lot with READ MORE »
Offspring of Inspiration
A reflection by Danny Schweers for December 10, 2023. In my wife’s studio, geometry and color catch my eye. A glance is all it takes. Out comes my camera. As usual, the finished photo barely resembles the brief vision that inspired it. As philosophers have long observed, images cannot capture reality any more than words READ MORE »
Wonderful Time of the Year?
Reflection by Mary Lou Edgar for November 26, 2023. Thursday was Thanksgiving and for most of us that is the beginning of the holiday season. It is sometimes hard to remember that with all the Christmas decorations coming out in October, but I like to remember the holidays of my childhood. Thanksgiving was so important READ MORE »
Stewardship Means Invite Welcome Connect
Invite-Welcome-Connect: The Body of Christ consolidated at SsAM. A stewardship witness by Pat Hampton for November 26, 2023. The Invite-Welcome-Connect Ministry is a major tenet of our Christian belief and faith. Another definition is stewardship, which is the main work of the church. We are the church, both individually and collectively. Thus, we don’t just READ MORE »
Youth and Young Families (YYF) and Children’s Chapel at SsAM
November 2023 article from Bishop’s Office — The Church of Sts. Andrew & Matthew in Wilmington (SsAM) regains momentum with Youth & Young Families (YYF). Emphasizing the importance of children feeling loved and valued in the life of the church, the Rev. Patrick Burke said that young people at SsAM are invited to participate in READ MORE »
Justice Quilt Project, 2023.
The Racial Justice and Reconciliation Commission (RJRC) of the Episcopal Church in Delaware created the Justice Quilt Project. Each parish was invited to create a small quilt that best represents a message of justice and hope to Becoming Beloved Community. The Beloved Community begins within the heart of each human being with the vision of READ MORE »
UTO — United Thank Offering
SsAM’s United Thank Offering (UTO) program runs through Sunday, November 26, 2023. You may contribute to UTO three ways: by check (payable to SsAM with UTO on the memo line); online by clicking here and using the UTO line; and by filling a traditional “blue box” found in the narthex (front entry to the church READ MORE »
Community Advocacy
Stewardship includes Community Advocacy Click here to read Alice Smith’s summary of our efforts as of November 20, 2023. Undee Sundays in November The Community Advocacy Committee collects long underwear for our traditional “Undee Sunday” drive. You may purchase a set of long underwear and leave it in the church office or you can write READ MORE »
Jonathan Whitney Trio at SsAM
Jonathan Whitney participates in many special music events at our church, a church he and his family call their own. In this video, we see Tom Palmer, keyboard; Rob Swanson, bass; and Jonathan Whitney, percussion. They performed on September 17, 2023 at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM) at a welcome reception READ MORE »
Announcing and Introducing the Reverend Patrick Burke, SsAM’s incoming Rector!
Upcoming: Installation of Father Patrick, Wednesday, January 31, 5pm The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows will be our preacher. She is an American Anglican bishop in the Episcopal Church. In October 2016, she was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, and she was consecrated on April 29, 2017. She is the first African-American woman READ MORE »
Prayer Services at SsAM
Every weekday at 8am, 5pm, and 8pm. 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 need a Facebook account to see these broadcasts. If you do not have a READ MORE »
Epilepsy Foundation 5K Runners in 2023
Above is a photo of the participants in the Epilepsy Foundation 5K run on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Glasgow Park in Newark, Delaware. (Click on it to see it larger in a new window.) The run/walk/roll was a lot of fun! We look forward to participating again next year! Below are “The Six” as READ MORE »
Sickle Cell Disease Ministry
2023-06-19 — Shine the Light on Sickle Cell. During the last 18 months, SsAM members and others have met, emailed, shared a Zoom call, or worked together on a project related to the Congregational Health Network for patients and families managing sickle cell disease at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware. Click here to see READ MORE »
Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency at SsAM
The “Boysie” Lowery Living Jazz Residency at SsAM is a two-week artist residency created to provide space to grow for the next generation of jazz artists who are both composers and performers. Residents experience an intense learning experience designed to help them find their sound, mature as musicians, and make lasting connections with like-minded peers. READ MORE »
