A Newly Formed Ministry: Meet The Need. In order to better serve our community, the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of SsAM and the church’s Community Advocacy Committee joined together in September, 2022 to promote a new ministry called “Meet the Need”. Under this ministry we will coordinate in-kind contributions at SsAM. Please support both groups, READ MORE »
Stewardship Posts
Stewardship is the active care of those things put into our hands by God; our time, talent, and treasure.
Friendship House, Ministry to the Homeless, Wilmington, Delaware
Recent News 2022-09-02 — The Hope Center, which Friendship House had been part of, is featured in an Emmy-award nominated film. There are several scenes in the film of the exterior of our church where Friendship House hosts one of its Empowerment Centers. Click here to watch the 17-minute movie on YouTube. 2022-06-14 — Sharon 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 »
Pledge Form, On-Line Payment Link
If you want to make your pledge to SsAM for 2023, you can use the on-line form found below. It does NOT ask for bank account or credit card information. Your pledge is only seen by one person at the church, the church administrator. If you would prefer a paper pledge card, please click here 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 »
Scholarships Available for SsAM Members
Our last deadline was July 15, 2022. Look for our next round in the summer of 2023! The Community Advocacy Committee sponsors scholarships for students entering college and for those who are already enrolled. Thanks to the generosity of those who contributed to our AIM Fund, our church was able to award $1,000 scholarships to READ MORE »
Environmental Justice Ministry
Environmental Justice Ministry at SsAM Our Environmental Justice Ministry in Wilmington, Delaware is work which grew out of Michele Roberts’ preaching at SsAM during the Season of Creation several years ago. An official description of Delaware Concerned Residents for Environmental Justice appears below. Several SsAM members are a part of this statewide group. Environmental justice 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 »
SsAM’s Bathroom Ministry
Thanks to Michele Roberts, we connected with The World Council of Churches to tell the story of our “bathroom ministry.” Click here to see the feature article on the World Council of Churches website. “Whether people have access to a safe and clean toilet has wide-reaching consequences for their dignity, health, access to education, and READ MORE »
Community Advocacy
Mid-Term Elections, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 There are many new options available for Delawareans to cast their ballot in the 2022 primary and general elections. Click here to see how the League of Women Voters explains everything that is new in a 4-page guide, “How to Vote in Delaware, What’s New in 2022.” 2022-01-14 — READ MORE »
Please Support Our Efforts
Learn more about donations in general, including making a pledge or a secure on-line donation, texting a donation, special gifts and bequests, remembering SsAM in your will, and more… For the 2023 pledge form, click here. For other details about making a donation, click here.
Setting Markers and Keeping Faith
Reflections on the closing of the Church of the Nativity by Lola Michael Russell of the Bishop’s staff One of the most powerful moments of our recent Diocesan convention was when the bishop announced that the Church of the Nativity, New Castle, had made the decision to close. The Rev. Margi Pumphrey, resource priest, and READ MORE »
Angel Tree Gift Giving At Christmas
Angel Tree Donations in 2021 In 2021, we supported the mothers and children from Friendship House’s Empowerment Center. We asked members of SsAM to participate by donating either $25 or $50 gift cards from either Visa or Walmart so that the mothers and older children can purchase gifts. In 2020 we also supported the mothers READ MORE »
Code Purple Ministry
Every winter, SsAM offers its auditorium space to accommodate the homeless community on nights the city declares a Code Purple Alert. This year is different! Code Purple is declared any time the actual temperature is 20°F or below or the wind chill is 15ºF or below. Click here to see how Code Purple is being READ MORE »
Undee Sunday at SsAM in Wilmington, Delaware
Undee Sunday happens every November at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, Wilmington, Delaware when we collect thermal underwear for the homeless. November 14, 2021 was our most recent Undee Sunday. With the winter and cold temperatures approaching, our homeless friends are in dire need of long underwear. Along with your pledge READ MORE »
Holy Currencies at SsAM for 2022
Explore with us the Holy Currencies of Time and Place, Relationships, Truth, Wellness, Money, and Gracious Leadership. Holy Currencies is a way of thinking about the dynamic exchange of all our resources, not just money – the inward flow to renew and strengthen internal relationships and to increase the graciousness of leadership – and the READ MORE »
The Last Four Holy Currencies: Wellness, Gracious Leadership, Time and Place, and Money.
Father David’s post of 10/22/2021 — Having already written about the currencies of Truth and Relationships, this week I wish to briefly summarize the other four currencies. The Currency of Wellness In order for the currencies to flow and to be effective, it is important that we take care of our souls and bodies with READ MORE »
Help residents of Wilmington, Delaware affected by flooding
Sept. 8, 2021 — Here are resources on how Delawareans can donate and volunteer to help those in need. The aftermath of Hurricane Ida resulted in record floods in Wilmington, Delaware, displacing more than 200 people. The flooding hit the city’s Riverside and 11th Street Bridge neighborhoods the hardest – largely the city’s Black neighborhoods. The READ MORE »
New Carillon at SsAM
In August, 2021, the bell tower was cleaned and a digital carillon was added. The carillon is all new, pre-programmed with about 200 hymn tunes plus different sounds, including bells, chimes and bagpipes. The carillon can be custom programmed and timed remotely from a tablet and played wirelessly in real time from the organ console. READ MORE »
All Things In Love
FR. DAVID’S BLOG OF 10/23/2020: This week I wish to hold up the work of Patty Greene in her role as a vestry member and leading our stewardship effort for this year — All Things In Love. When Patty and I met this summer, one of my major concerns was how to communicate the importance READ MORE »
