Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)

Seeking to know and love God in every person, here, now.

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News Items at SsAM

News items, recent accomplishments, and praise.

Rejoice With Me!

A reflection by Danny Schweers, 18 September 2022.  At one point in my adult life — I was 28 years old — the Spirit said, “Rejoice with me!” I do not want to say that I heard those actual words or that I heard words at all but that was the meaning. I was called. READ MORE »

Power Outage

Reflection of 9-9-2022 by Christina Brennan Lee. On Tuesday, I woke with a good spark of energy. I had my first cup of coffee and tidied up the kitchen a bit. I went downstairs and started a load of laundry. Came back up and poured a second cup of coffee. Then to the laptop to READ MORE »

What Is Love?

by Mary Lou Edgar, September 2, 2022. Each of us has probably been in love at one time or another. Maybe it was when we were very young and the intensity of our first major infatuation disrupted everything else in our lives. Possibly it was after we completed a plan for our life and decided READ MORE »

A Busy Fall at SsAM

Fall 2022 will be busy 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 »

Reflection: To Do, To Be, or Not To Be

To Do is To Be ~ Socrates To Be is To Do ~ Plato To Be or Not to Be ~ Shakespeare We in western culture are a doing people. Independent, pull-ourselves-up-by-our-bootstraps kind of people, where asking for help is considered, at least internally, as a weakness. Who hasn’t grown up with the saying God READ MORE »

Volunteer with the Choir School of Delaware

The Choir School of Delaware is a local after-school program. The school offers a unique opportunity to minister to community youth. Our church members volunteer and invite you to volunteer as well. The Choir School supports local youth by providing musical training, leadership and language skills, academic support and college-bound mentoring. Needed: Mentors and Other READ MORE »

Put Your Name Forward for Diocesan Office

Diane Clarke Streett hopes you will consider running for a Diocesan office of leadership! Deadline for nominations is Friday, August 20, 2022. Click here to learn more on the Episcopal Church in Delaware website. As members of the Episcopal Church, we all share in its leadership and oversight, often by serving on parish and diocesan READ MORE »

General Convention 2022 in Baltimore

80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church

News from the 80th General Convention, 2022 Click here to see the YouTube video of Maryland Bishop Eugene Sutton’s challenge the Episcopal Church to “tear down the walls” of division across both church and community, to do it with love, truth-telling, reckoning, and reconciliation. Racial justice, reconciliation, and healing topped the agenda of the 80th READ MORE »

Reflection: What Does Freedom Mean?

by Mary Lou Edgar. Freedom. We hear it all the time, and especially now as we approach Independence Day and celebrate our freedom from the British in 1776. As a child of the ’60s, there was much music that made freedom a household word (Everyone Has Got to be Free, Born Free). At the heart READ MORE »

Reflection – Stitched Love

“There’s going to be a scar,” the doctor says. We are so grateful. We were so afraid. We expected the worst, now we have hope. We put ourselves in the doctor’s hands. Jesus told Thomas to touch his side, there where the spear went in; to touch his hands, there where they put the nails. 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 »

Johannes Chow wins Earth Day recognition

Johannes Chow, a 12-year-old seventh grader at Brandywine Springs School in Wilmington, was recognized for the video “We Have Only One World”. DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin recognized student winners from throughout the state who won this year’s Earth Day video contest hosted by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The contest READ MORE »

Reflection: The End of Separation

Reflection: The End of Separation, essay by Danny N. Schweers

On the Day of Pentecost, Christians celebrate the end of separation — separation from God and from each other. Pentecost is the day the Holy Spirit fell on the disciples of Jesus. We, like them, followers of God, are no longer separate from God. On this day the Holy Spirit began dwelling in every human READ MORE »

Reflection – May We All Be One

I was starting down a different path for this piece. And then the news of the school shooting in Texas hit and on the heels of the horror in Buffalo. Tuesday was the 199th mass shooting THIS YEAR, 2022, 27 of which were at schools. In 2021 there were 693, six-hundred ninety-three, mass shootings in READ MORE »

Dr. Joseph E. Johnson Recognized by City of Wilmington, Delaware

Highlands Elementary School has been re-named for Joe Johnson. Highlands Elementary School was re-dedicated and re-named for Joseph E. Johnson on Monday, May 23, 2022. Mayor’s Press Release The former school superintendent, Army veteran, civil rights activist, and long-time member of our church died in Wilmington on April 21, 2020, at the age of 85. READ MORE »

Reflection – We All Deserve A Chance

by Mary Lou Edgar. Many of you know that I worked in adoption and foster care for my entire career. May is Foster Care Month and I thought I would share how my work relates to my spiritual life. I knew I wanted to adopt children when I was very young. I thought about it READ MORE »

National Issues and the Episcopal Church

Women’s Health May 7, 2022 — Since 1967, The Episcopal Church has maintained its “unequivocal opposition to any legislation on the part of the national or state governments which would abridge or deny the right of individuals to reach informed decisions [about the termination of pregnancy] and to act upon them.” In light of the READ MORE »

Reflection – Listen to the Word Proclaimed

Imagine yourself at the theater, you’ve settled into your seat, ready for the curtain to open. You have your script of the play open and ready to follow as the curtain reveals the actors, and the dialogue begins. The lines on page one move quickly and as the actors are speaking, there’s an uneven rustling READ MORE »

Josh Martin Honored

Joshua W. Martin III

Joshua W. Martin III, a long-time member of our church, was featured in the Spring, 2022 issue of Delaware Lawyer. The article, written by David B. Brown, begins with Josh learning about life by shining shoes at his father’s barber shop. Much later in life he was appointed to the Delaware Superior Court and then READ MORE »

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NEWS

Worship God with us in downtown Wilmington, Delaware

You are invited to worship God with us in person on Sunday at 8:00 or 10:30 a.m. in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Our 10:30 a.m. service … [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 … [Read More...]

SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events

Worship God with us this Sunday at 8:00 or 10:30am. Click here to learn more about worship services at the Episcopal Church of Saints … [Read More...]

First Friday Walks for Justice and Peace in Wilmington, Delaware

The next walks are on Friday, October 6 and November 3, and begin at 5:30 p.m. in the SsAM parking lot, 713 N. Shipley Street. Join us for … [Read More...]

Chris White Art Gallery and Shipley Artist Lofts.

EXTRANJERA/O at the Chris White Art Gallery, Friday, October 6, 5-9pm. Click here for details of this celebration of Hispanic Heritage … [Read More...]

Children’s Chapel

Children’s Chapel continues Sunday, October 8 & 22 at 10:30am. Children have several activities before rejoining their families during … [Read More...]

Season of Creation

SsAM celebrates the Season of Creation beginning October 15. It is celebrated at our 10:30 a.m. service during the last seven weeks of … [Read More...]

Environmental Justice Ministry

Environmental Justice Forum, Sunday, October 15, 10:30am to 2:00pm Are you interested in learning about environmental justice, but aren’t … [Read More...]

Used Book Sale, Saturday, October 21, 2023, 10am to 3pm

Used books at good prices in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Proceeds will be donated to the Scholarship Fund at Camp Arrowhead. Sponsored … [Read More...]

Let us again be as children

When I have something to say that I think will be too difficult for adults, I write it in a book for children. Children are excited by new … [Read More...]

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Worship Services

We will be delighted if you worship with us in-person or via video this Sunday. Click here to learn more!

Visit Us

719 N. Shipley Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
with free parking weekends and evenings next to the church at 713 N. Shipley Street. Click here to learn more about parking and directions.
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9:00 to 4:30
Friday, 9:00 to 1:00

OUR MISSION

To be an inclusive Christian community which worships God, follows Christ in all aspects of our lives, and serves the Greater Wilmington area through actions and ministries which promote peace, justice, reconciliation and empowerment for all people.

Contact Us

PHONE: 302 656-6628

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Are You New to SsAM?

If you are new to SsAM, please click here to see the Welcome to SsAM booklet in PDF format. The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew is a dynamic and diverse congregation in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.

Our Vision

The Episcopal Church of Sts. Andrew and Matthew seeks to be a dynamic, spiritual center that is active in the pursuit of peace and justice in the community and a place where all God’s people are honored.

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Donations Are Welcome, and a Necessity
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Our main focus is ministry, not money!
We offer a host of ministries for which you can volunteer. You can participate in worship services, help make the church hum, or offer your time and talent to the local community.

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