The Essence of SsAM Keziah Soto has created the piece above to be used in our 25th Anniversary celebrations in 2021. We are delighted to be able to share it with you. We applaud Keziah for submitting this work of art, in which we feel she has captured the essence of SsAM. Christmas Card Contest READ MORE »
News and Upcoming Events
Here are all the posts from The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Use the following links to see the posts in just one category:
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Peace Week Delaware
Peace Week Delaware isn’t just a week. It is a mindset, a way of seeing and of being that is open to opportunities for creating peace. Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative solutions. Peace Week Delaware promotes community solutions. What is Peace Week Delaware? It is nine days of READ MORE »
Advent Calendar for Community Food Banks
Each day in Advent, please set aside groceries for local community food banks using the calendar below. Then take your groceries to church every Sunday in Advent or wait to take everything in on Sunday, December 19. Or donate directly to your favorite food pantry. And say a prayer over every item, for the people READ MORE »
Four Steps To Quiet Stillness in Prayer
Father David’s post of 11/19/2021 — “Be still and know that I am God” — from Psalm 46 — is the Bible verse I say each morning at the beginning of my twenty-minute sit. I begin by saying each word slowly. Then I repeat the verse, removing words from the end of the verse READ MORE »
Angel Tree Gift Giving At Christmas
Angel Tree 2021 Donations Due By December 11 This year we will support the mothers and children from Friendship House’s Empowerment Center. We are asking 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. Please drop READ MORE »
Worship With Us In Person and Via Video
Praise God with us in-person this Sunday at 8:00 or 10:30 a.m. Or worship with us via YouTube video at 10:30 a.m. Video services are available on-demand after each broadcast. The Rev. Canon Lloyd S. Canon, Rector Emeritus, will preach on Sunday, November 21 on “The Cosmic Christ” as the last of our Season of READ MORE »
SsAM Presents: Upcoming Events
Here is a list of upcoming events at SsAM or recommended by us. 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Services are now in-person. They are also televised live and on demand afterwards on YouTube. As the Season of Advent begins, the Rev. Deacon Cecily Sawyer Harmon will preach on Sunday, November 28. Our new HVAC system READ MORE »
Chris White Art Gallery and Shipley Artist Lofts
“Held in Bloom” Paintings by Chloe McEldowney. Chris White Gallery, 701 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, Delaware. You are invited to see the paintings of local artist Chloe McEldowney. Of her work, she says, “For me, painting is the endless pursuit of understanding. On the surface, my paintings portray a singular figure, but my work 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 »
Prayer Services at SsAM
Every weekday at 8am, 5pm, and 8pm. Also on Saturdays at 8am and Noon. Prayer Services at SsAM via Video. Click here to see our Facebook Live page. You can watch these services (and our Sunday services) as they are broadcast, or you can play them on demand afterwards. You do not need to have 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 »
Parish Development Clinic, December, 2021
Father David’s post of 2021-11-12 — The Order of the Ascension is offering a three-session opportunity in December 2021 to reflect on several central issues and dynamics of every church. Participants will be from parishes throughout the country. There is no fee for the program offering through Zoom, but registration is required. There are a READ MORE »
Season of Creation
The Season of Creation is a spiritual journey into all aspects of creation – humans, other living creatures, and the natural environment. It is celebrated at SsAM at the 10:30 a.m. worship service on the last seven Sundays of Pentecost. It features guest speakers, storytellers and artists, contemporary liturgy, readings, dance, music, and other art 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 »
Network Delaware
Network Delaware works in the areas of leadership development, policy change (safe communities, reproductive justice, smart justice) and civic engagement. As of November, 2021, our own Drew Serres is the Executive Director. Are you looking to get more involved and learn how to make a difference in our community? Network Delaware is a community of READ MORE »
Feed The Hungry
Please make a donation to a local food pantry or bring your donations to church. Children and families in our community are going hungry. You can help! As the coronavirus hit our community, local food pantries sprang into action to ensure that children, families, and individuals would not go hungry. The virus presented challenges that READ MORE »
Monthly Walks for Justice and Peace in Wilmington, Delaware
First Fridays at 5:30 p.m. Next walks are December 3, 2021 and January 7, 2022. For over a year, members from SsAM and other churches have been showing up for silent Walks for Justice and Peace in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. These prayerful pilgrimages are hosted collaboratively with First & Central Presbyterian Church. We gather in 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 Currency of Relationship – We Are Connected
FATHER DAVID’S POST OF 10-8-2021 — Each one of us is a part of connected networks. This can be here at SsAM, it can be at our workplace, it can be with members of our families. We might not realize it but each one of us influences others in our network. For example, if I READ MORE »
The Currency of Truth — Many Voices
FATHER DAVID’S POST OF 10-15-2021 — As followers of Jesus, we are called upon to tell the truth. In the 14th Chapter of the Gospel of John, Jesus teaches his disciples: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Father Law says the READ MORE »
