Silent Walk for Justice and Peace, 5:30pm on Friday, February 3
Join us for this peaceful, prayerful walk through the center of Wilmington to promote an end to racial and social injustice. We gather in the SsAM parking lot with people from various faith communities to share in this active, visible commitment to justice and peace in our community. We walk in silence, carrying battery-powered candles, ending at Rodney Square. It is a very moving experience. Please join us – and share this invitation with people you know who are dedicated to this purpose. After the walk ends, people are invited to the Chris White Gallery, at the corner of 7th and N. Shipley Streets, for refreshments and conversation. Click here to learn more about these prayerful Walks for Justice and Peace.
Ordination to the priesthood of the Rev. Deacon Kevin Clayton Brown, Saturday, February 4, 11am
By the Grace of God and with the consent of the people The Right Reverend Kevin S. Brown, Eleventh Bishop of Delaware will ordain Kevin Clayton Brown to the Sacred Order of Priests in Christ’s one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church Saturday, the fourth day of February in the year of our Lord 2023 at eleven o’clock in the morning at SsAM. Your prayers and presence are requested. Reception to follow. If you plan on attending the reception, please click here to send an email to our church administrator, letting her know how many will be coming.
Worship God with us on Sunday, February 5 at 8am or 10:30am! Our newly-ordained priest, the Rev. Clay Brown, will celebrate and preach.
Our 10:30 a.m. service will be broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook, and it is available afterwards on-demand, to watch as your schedule allows.
Prayer Services Six Days A Week via video. Click here to see our ambitious schedule of on-line Prayer Services which are offered morning, noon, late afternoon, and at night via video.
All Our Events are listed on our On-Line Calendar! Click here to see our on-line calendar. All the events are there, hour by hour!
Mask-Wearing is Optional, Vaccines are Encouraged.
Black Expressions Book Club with the Route 9 Library, February 8 at 4pm
The next book discussion of Elie Mystal’s ”Allow Me to Retort : A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution” will be Wednesday, February 8 at 4pm. You may come in person to Route 9 for the discussion or join us via Zoom. Books are available for checkout at Route 9; just come to the circulation desk and ask for a copy to checkout. The book is also available for an electronic checkout in Hoopla. See Charisse Rodgers if you have questions. Click here to register for this LibCal event.
Wilmington Children’s Chorus Teaching Fellowship. Applications due Feb. 10.
The Wilmington Children’s Chorus is accepting applications for its inaugural Daniel L. Ridout Jr. Teaching Fellowship. Its aim is to provide practical professional experience and mentorship to music education and choral conducting professionals who are at the beginning of their career and who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. This position (full-time/exempt) will be a member of the Wilmington Children’s Chorus staff for the 2023-2024 concert season (August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024). Salary range: $40,000 to $50,000 Benefits: Medical, vision, dental, and 401(k). Application Deadline: February 10, 2023. Click here to learn more about this teaching fellowship.
Spirituals 2023, a free Delaware Choral Arts concert, 3pm on Saturday, February 11, 2023
This concert of spirituals, presented by Delaware Choral Arts, features the Wilmington Children’s Chorus (Kimberly Doucette, Conductor and Artistic Director). Here at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Click here to visit the DCA website.
Children’s Chapel meets on second and fourth Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in Crypt Hall. Our next meeting is February 12.
Children have several activities before rejoining their families during the passing of the Peace. Click here to learn more about Children’s Chapel
Carnival Sunday at the 10:30am service on February 19
Every year, God willing, our church celebrates Carnival Sunday at the 10:30 a.m. service on the Sunday before the start of Lent. It is an occasion for us to worship with great festivity in the spirit of the Mardi Gras and Caribbean Carnival traditions. Click here or the graphic to learn more about Carnival Sunday.
Jazz Vespers at Hanover Presbyterian Church, Sunday, February 19, 3pm
As part of its celebration of Black History Month, Hanover Presbyterian Church presents a Jazz Vespers service at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 19. Guest Musicians are Shannon Booth-Johnson, Gus Mercante, Martin Hargrove, Brian Gray, Michael Hunter, Rev. Brooke Scott, and and The Hanover Choir. Click here to learn more about the church and this concert.
We are collecting hats, gloves, and scarfs in February.
Please bring hats, gloves and scarfs to church. These donations replace the Christmas gifts our church collected in the past for the Sunday breakfast.
We are also collecting soup (dried or in cartons or cans) as well as cans of chili and stew to feed the hungry.
Please bring your donations to church when you worship in person, or drop them off during the week. Donations will be distributed to local pantries at the end of the February.
Our Episcopal Church Women encourage you to donate clothing.
Donate clothing for men, women, babies and children all year long. Gently used clean or new items only. Take to: Friendship House Clothing Bank (1503 Jessup Street, Wilmington) or Sojourner’s Place Clothing Closet (2901 Governor Printz Blvd, Wilmington. For details, contact Ernestine Brock-Walker (302-540-2717) or Mary Morgan (302-345-2246).
Three Ash Wednesday Services at 7:30am, Noon, and 7:30pm, February 22
Ash Wednesday is the first of the forty days of Lent, named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on the foreheads of worshipers at Ash Wednesday services. The dark ashes are a sign of penitence and a reminder of mortality, and may be imposed with the sign of the cross. Ash Wednesday is observed as a fast in the church year of the Episcopal Church.
Wednesday Nights in Lent with Father Jim beginning February 22 at 6pm
Join the Rev. James M. Bimbi for a Lenten journey in the holy land as we read and reflect on the material in the book “River through the Desert.” Click here to learn more about this Lenten study group that meets for six Wednesdays at 6pm.
Holy Week, April 2-9
Holy Week in 2023 starts with Palm Sunday and ends with Easter Sunday. Click here to learn why Holy Week is significant and how our church recognizes that significance.
IN CONCERT: “Credo” by Margaret Bonds, Sunday, 3pm, on May 21, 2023
With text from the poem by civil rights author W.E.B. Du Bois, “Credo” by Margaret Bonds is presented by Delaware Choral Arts. Also on the bill are “Songs of Peace” by Will Todd and “The Chariot Jubilee” by Robert Nathanel Dett. Here at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Click here to visit the DCA website.
Book Now for Camp Arrowhead This Summer
Camp Arrowhead is located on the shore of the Rehoboth Bay in Lewes, Delaware. It is a co-ed residential summer camp serving students entering grades 2-11, a Day Camp program for local children entering grades 2-5, and a Retreat Center from mid-August to June. Pick up application and financial aid materials from the Church Office or click here to visit the Camp Arrowhead website.
General Convention of the Episcopal Church, July of 2024
Our interim rector, the Rev. James M. Bimbi, and our parish administrator, D-L Casson, were elected deputies to the 81st General Convention to be held in 2024. Nana Soto and Jenna Christy were elected as alternates. Click here for details of General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
Feed The Hungry!
Our church is encouraging everyone to join us in donating to local food pantries. Click here to learn more about our Feed The Hungry campaign.
Make a Donation!
Like most organizations dependent on donations, we ask for your support. Click here to make a donation.
Make an Announcement!
If you have a ministry announcement you want to appear in the Friday eBlast, Weekly Vision, or here on the SsAM website, please submit it in writing to the Church Administrator, preferably by email. You can also click here to use the Contact Us form on this website. This policy does not apply to pastoral announcements such as prayer requests or news of deaths. Telephone calls for those are encouraged at 302 656-6628.
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