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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
A Family for Every Child
Reflection by Mary Lou Edgar for November 5, 2023. Here it is November. Halloween has passed, Thanksgiving is coming, and Christmas is looming. In addition to all this, we celebrate National Adoption Month. Most of you know that this is a time near and dear to Dan’s heart and my own. All year, we focus READ MORE »
Charisse Rodgers – From Baptism to Service
Good morning, My name is Charisse Rodgers and I am a cradle Episcopalian. I was Father (now Canon) Casson’s first baptism at St. Matthew’s! I enjoyed growing up at St. Matthew’s and remained active in Episcopal Church activities even while in college. I picked a college house at the University of Pennsylvania that was close 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
