Sunday, March 31, 2019 The Fourth Sunday in COFFEE HOUR IS HOSTED by The Vestry, next week by Team A-D

SPECIAL AIM COLLECTION NEXT WEEK The Community Advocacy Committee has asked that the AIM collection on April 7�� be designated in honor of Dana Robertson's retirement. Dana has selected People's Settlement to receive the funds because his great, great aunt, Sarah Pyle, helped found the People's Settlement Association.

LENT @ SsAM "I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, and self denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a mark of our mortal nature, let us now kneel before the Lord, our maker and redeemer." (, page 265)

THE : Morning and Evening Prayer in the Chapel Tuesday - Friday @ 9:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

David Christopher @ Longwood Gardens TODAY at 3:00 P.M. In the Ballroom

Dana Robertson has retired The SsAM family is invited to a dinner to honor Dana Robertson TODAY at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Dana retired after 9 years as the Parish Administrator. His tireless, mostly behind the scenes, work has been invaluable to the daily operations here at SsAM. The dinner will be a pot-luck and we ask that you bring a dish to share. For a donation towards the food, put “Misc. contribution” in the memo line. We would like to give Dana a generous "purse" and if you can contribute, please write a check to SsAM with “Special contribution” in the memo line.

SPRING CLEANUP DAY @ SsAM - SATURDAY, APRIL 13 - 9:30 A.M. Many hands make light work. Whatever your skill and interest, there is a job for you, inside and out. Please come to put your talents to good use for two hours, then eat and have fellowship with your SsAM family and be home to enjoy your afternoon. Schedule: Work 9:30 till 11:30; Lunch. 11:30

PALM SUNDAY - THE PASSION ACCORDING TO LUKE- NEEDED If you wish to have a role in the Passion (April 14th), please let David Christopher or D-L Casson know. Scripts are on the Information Table outside the elevator (2nd floor). There is also a mandatory rehearsal on Saturday, April 13��. 8:00 participants will meet at 1:00 p.m. with Fr. David in Demby; 10:30 participants will meet at 12:15 p.m. with David Christopher in the Sanctuary.

EASTER FLOWERS Forms are available as an insert to this Weekly Vision and on the information tables so you can donate for Flowers. The deadline is April 14�� (Palm Sunday). The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew 719 North Shipley Street | Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (302) 656.6628 www.ssam.org The Rev. David T. Andrews, Jr, Rector ([email protected] or [email protected]) The Rev. Canon Lloyd S. Casson, Rector Emeritus ([email protected]) The Rev. Emily Gibson and The Rev. Peter Huiner, Associate

THE VESTRY Steven Jones - Sr. Warden, Nana Soto - Jr. Warden Linda Whitehead - Secretary, Bill Kauffman - Treasurer, Mary Morgan, Clerk of the Vestry Tom Angell, Jenna Christy, Norwood Coleman, Laura Eisenman, Rachel Gaskell, Patty Greene, Sam Lamptey, Sharon Leyhow, Carol Scott

PLEASE PRAY FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS IN THE ARMED FORCES on ACTIVE DUTY Major Shannon Brennan Entrekin Major Harvey C. Smith, III Petty Officer Yancey Barnes Sgt. Martin Emory Delaware National Guard Unit 1049 ESN Alexander Scott Gibson Sgt. Charles Sport, USMC Cpt. Tanisha Hanson Staff Sergeant Augustin Daniel Detres

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND THOSE IN NEED OF YOUR DAILY PRAYERS A. Marcy Francis Howard Estilow Omar Drummond Please contact the Church Alison Edwards James Fridie Pat Hampton Office if names are to be Ana & Orlen Washington Joan Janerette Pattie Richmond added or removed from Ashlee Pitts Joe Johnson Patty Gross the prayer list. If a Berta Hamilton Josephine Morgan Pete Emory pastoral visit is requested Beth Haas Juanita Gibbs Rick Harvey please let D-L Casson Bill Christopher Karen Edgar Robert Eugene Patterson know. Thank you. Bill Gibson Lenford Barnes Rosie Castelli Bob Richmond Kerry Farrell Rudd Family/Florence Collins Please let the church Bunny Miller Kiera Jones Sam Casson office know if you or a Burney Miller Kevin Holt Sean Perry loved one are ill. Byron Warner & Family Kevin & Glendora Daye Shaalih Brock Carl Golden, Jr. Kim Eppehimer & Family Sherlee Love-Saunders Carmen Brown Leann Brock Susan Losee Nunan Carmen Williams Leona Jenkins Susan Murphree Carol Shackleton Lesley Lind North Susan Thomas-Holder Charlane Jones Lu Soukup Teri Bruton Charlie Gibb Mac Angell Terry Scanlon Chavon Jones Madeline Johnson Thomas Roberts, Jr. (Mr/Mrs.) Christina Emory Marca Piehuta Thomas Swaim Christof Dorsey Marcus Williams Tiffany Roberts Constance Gray Marcy Perkins Tino Cruz David Goins Marty DeBerardinis Tonya Richardson David Lockhard Mary Anne Edwards Van Count Roan Donna Johnson Mary Ellen Knothe Vanessa Casson Callahan Ed Fielding Matt Shipp Virgil Brown & Family Edythe Bryant Nancy Soukup Wallace Bryant Elizabeth Miller Mona Ridout Walt Cheatham Elmore Walker, Sr. Monica Parker Will Sherk Gerald B. Rogers Nancy Miller William Emory Gloria Leyhow Natasha Brown Williams Yolanda Lewis-Greene Henry Murphy Honesty A DINNER WITH WIL HAYGOOD, Author, The Butler Prayer, to be genuine, must be real. God is not interested in Mon. April 29�� 6 - 9 p.m. DuPont Country Club. Vicky how "spiritual" we can look and sound. Prayer is meant to be White: 302-831-6250 or library.udel.edu/annual_dinner grounded in the reality of our daily lives; it is meant to touch every part of us. To be genuine and effective, it must be honest Children of Palestine: Heartbreak and Hope and real. Br. David Vryhof Tuesday, April 2ⁿ� 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Meeting Room/Rodney Chapel - Westminster MONDAY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Presbyterian Church 1502 West 13th Street, Wilmington Delaware H.S. Seniors are invited to apply for one of following Dispatches - Children of Gaza, is a documentary which five scholarships sponsored by The Monday Club: Senator focuses on the lives of a few children in Gaza whose lives Herman M. Holloway Sr., Dr. Woodrow Wilson, James H. Sills, were devastated when Israel launched a military attack Jr., Delaware State University and The Monday Club on their homes and how they have been struggling to Scholarship. Each scholarship is $1,500 and the purpose of deal with the fallout of their physical injuries and these scholarships is to assist students in furthering their psychological scars. The documentary gives the children education at a four-year college or university. You must be a of Gaza an opportunity to speak out themselves and to resident of the State of Delaware and attend a secondary tell their own stories. Sponsored by Pacem in Terris and school in Delaware to apply. Applicants of African- American, the Palestine-Israel Human Right Initiative; co-sponsored Hispanic, or Native American descent are encouraged to apply. by Westminster and SsAM. Applications are on the 2ⁿ� floor information table near the elevator. The deadline is Friday, May 3��. DELTECH’S SUMMER CAMPS Check with the Church Office for detailed information DONATIONS NEEDED FOR THE and applications for summer camps for ages 5-7, 8-10, CHRIS WHITE GALLERY/SHIPLEY LOFTS 11-13 and 14-17. Financial aid is available. The Chris White Gallery (Gallery) is a two-story exhibition space that is housed on the first floor and basement of Shipley WILMINGTON CHILDREN’S CHORUS CAMP @ SsAM Artist Loft, an artist apartment project begun and sponsored July 22 - 26�� by SsAM. The Gallery serves both the resident artists of Shipley Join the Wilmington Children’s Chorus for a week full of Artist Lofts and the greater Wilmington art community as a music, friends, and fun! Campers will enjoy daily choral place for the presentation and appreciation of contemporary rehearsals and musicianship classes in ear-training, music arts. The Gallery is participating in the Community Thrives' theory, and percussion. Afternoons are reserved for a four-week fund raising challenge. Your contribution will help different type of fun, with daily excursions to go bowling, cover the cost of a Teacher/Artist/Curator and to further our swimming, and enjoy a movie! Early registration and vision for a thriving community-based arts community in financial aid applications are due by May 31st! Materials Wilmington. You may make your on-line contribution are on the information desk of available from at:https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/chris-white- https://www.wilmingtonchildrenschorus.org/events/su community-development-corporation-delaware mmer-day-camp/

FRIENDSHIP HOUSE - HIGHMARK WALK NEEDS YOU! WILMINGTON CHILDREN’S CHOIR INTERNSHIP Please support Friendship House as a walker (or virtual walker) Interns are part of the teaching team during the summer at the Highmark Walk on Saturday, June 8�� - Frawley Stadium. camp by giving instructional and logistical support to the In 2016 and we raised $20,000 with 200 walkers. The second camp staff members. They also assist in rehearsals by year, we raised $40,000 and had almost 400 walkers, and last singing with appropriate vocal technique. Applications year we had 400 walkers and raised over $60,000! 100% of are available from the Church Office. the money raised by our walkers goes to Friendship House. Our goal this year is $50,000!Please see Sharon Bryant or D-L EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF DE. 5K RUN/WALK Casson to sign up. http://friendship-house.org/wordpress/. Saturday, June 1�� at Rockford Park. 9:00 A.M. https://runsignup.com/Race/DE/Wilmington/EFD5K Weekly Vision Deadline - Wednesday at 12:00 noon - 302.656.6628 [email protected] SUNDAY MARCH 31, 2019 THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2019 The Rev. David T. Andrews, Jr. Celebrant 7:00a FH AA meeting The Rev. Emily Gibson, Preacher 9:00a Morning Prayer 6:00a Friendship House Breakfast 12:00n AA 8:00a CHAPEL SERVICE 5:30p Evening Prayer 9:00a AA 6:30p Chorister rehearsal 9:15a /Scripture discussion 7:30p SsAM Adult Choir rehearsal 10:30a Holy 10:30a Child Care & Sunday School FRIDAY APRIL 5, 2019 11:30a Coffee Hour - Vestry 7:00a FH AA meeting 12:00p Sermon/Scripture discussion 9:00a Morning Prayer 3:00p David Christopher Concert - Longwood Gardens 5:30p Evening Prayer 6:00p Retirement Celebration for Dana Robertson 8:00p AA meeting

MONDAY APRIL 1, 2019 SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2019 7:00a FH AA meeting 9:00a YWCA Dialogue to Action 12:00n AA 10:00a ECW 7:30p DCA rehearsal 3:30p FH breakfast preparation

TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2019 SUNDAY APRIL 7, 2019 7:00a FH AA meeting The Rev. David T. Andrews, Jr., Celebrant 9:00a Morning Prayer The Rev. Canon Lloyd S. Casson, Preacher 12:00n AA 6:00a Friendship House Breakfast 5:30p Evening Prayer 8:00a CHAPEL SERVICE 6:00p Drumming Circle - Jonathan Whitney 8:00a Holy Eucharist 6:00p Network Delaware Candidate School 9:00a AA 7:00p Meditation & Centering Prayer - Canon Casson 9:00p Sermon/Scripture 7:00p Children of Palestine @ Westminster Church 10:30a Child Care & Sunday School 10:30a Holy Eucharist WEDNESDAY APRIL 3, 2019 11:30a Coffee Hour - Team A-D 7:00a FH AA meeting 12:00p Sermon/Scripture discussion 9:00a Morning Prayer 12:00n AA 12:30P Healing Service 5:30p Evening Prayer 6:00p Disciple III Bible Study 6:00p Wardens; Executive Committee

Holy Week and Easter at SsAM Sunday Morning, April 14: Palm and / the Passion from the of Luke. Monday April 15: The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Sanctuary at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16: Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m. , Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel; in the Sanctuary at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 17: Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m. in the Chapel; Holy Eucharist and Healing Service at 12:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary and Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Thursday, April 18: Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m. , Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel; 7:00 p.m. Foot Washing, Holy Eucharist, and Stripping of the . , April 19: Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m. in the Chapel; Good Friday including the Solemn and Communion from the reserve Sacrament at 12:00 noon in the Sanctuary and Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Music for Good Friday at 7:00 p.m. (St. Mark's Passion by Charles Wood). Saturday, April 20: Daily office for at 9:00 a.m. in the Chapel. 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (by appointment) - the Rite of Reconciliation with Fr. David in the Chapel. Sunday, April 21: Easter at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.