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 »
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! Also, it is scheduled for the second Sunday for November and December, 2022. Children will have several activities around the theme of “Connections” before rejoining their families during the passing of the Peace. Parents/guardians – please stop by Crypt READ MORE »
Adult Education – Faith and Practice
I hope that you have seen the announcement about Adult Christian Education, also known as Adult Formation: “Episcopal-ness: From The Beginning. A five-Sunday look at the origin, faith, and practice of Episcopalians” began on Sunday, October 2, 2022, for the five Sundays of October, between the services, from 9:15am to 10:15am in the Auditorium. While READ MORE »
Feed The Hungry
Please bring food to SsAM to feed the hungry in our community. In September, the “Feed the Hungry Ministry” invites us to bring groceries to church to support the Sunday Breakfast Mission, a Delaware Institution that ministers to women and families, providing nourishment and shelter. The Sunday Breakfast Mission was started 125 years ago, in 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 »
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 »
Books and Videos About Race, Race Relations, and Racial History – A Bibliography
Here is a list of books, articles, and videos that enlighten us about race, race relations, racial history, and related topics. Developing a SsAM Bibliography… We are developing a bibliography of books (and articles). This bibliography is part of that effort that began when 60 of us met on June 26, 2020 to discuss 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 »
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 »
Father David’s Goodbye Post
December 24, 2021 / Christmas Eve Thank You from the Bottom of My Heart Father David’s Goodbye Post — After eleven years of praying and writing many of the lead reflections for the Weekly eBlast, this week’s reflection is my last. I wish all members of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew a blessed 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 »
Imagine Racial Justice: An Interview with Canon Casson
Can you imagine this country being a model to the world for racial justice? In the September 20, 2020 edition of the Delaware Communion Magazine, the Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson was interviewed by Michael Redmond on the topic of racial justice, something for which Canon Casson has been hoping for many decades. He has not READ MORE »
Father David Andrews to step down as SsAM’s Rector
May 21, 2021 Dear Friends, At a special Vestry meeting on Thursday, May 20th, I announced to the Vestry that I would be stepping away from full time parish ministry at the end of this year on December 31, 2021. I came to this decision after a great deal of prayer and conversation with my READ MORE »
Invitation to the Table
This is the table, not of the Church, but of the Lord. It is made ready for those who seek God, those who love God, and those who want to love God more. So come, you who have much faith, and you who have little, or are questioning faith. Come, you who have been here READ MORE »
