SAINT MATTHEW'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
36 NEW CANAAN RD
WILTON, CT 06897
HOW WE LIVE OUR FAITH IN ACTION
About
Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself? We will, with God's help.
St. Matthew’s lives out its faith through generous service, mutual care, and active engagement with the wider community, even as people wrestle with what long term, boots on the ground commitment looks like today. Even with smaller numbers and worries about financial pressures, members remain deeply committed, sharing time, talent, and treasure to sustain the parish and to keep finding new ways to put faith into action. Our desire is to be even more involved in our community through mission and action.
Serving Our Neighbors
Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? We will, with God's help.
Members of our Mission Team and Social Justice group regularly organize and support outreach efforts. In 2025-26 we held diaper, backpack, sweatshirt, food, and sock drives. Annually we (and our interfaith partners) package meals for “Rise Against Hunger,” a community-wide event that draws hundreds to our building, creating tens of thousands of meals. Partnerships with non-profits like Open Doors, Circle of Care, and Wilton Social Services are ongoing in financial and human support. Pop-up or one time mission opportunities at a moment’s notice draws strong participation and generous financial giving, allowing the parish to respond quickly to immediate needs.
Caring for One Another
Parishioners of St. Matthew’s support each other spiritually, emotionally, and practically through prayer, presence, fellowship, and help in times of need. Individuals serve in many ways: in worship as liturgical assistants, altar guild, ushering, and singing in the choir; various fellowship and mission committees, vestry, delivering a hot meal, and countless behind the scenes tasks. Many see this shared work as a tangible expression of faith.
Many in our congregation understand part of St. Matthew’s calling as being a communal container for suffering—holding pain, doubt, and fear together in prayer, vigils, marches, silence, and shared action rather than in isolation.
Social Justice
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being? I will, with God's help.
St. Matthew’s engages social justice concerns and civic life, seeking to protect the vulnerable, speak for the voiceless, and advance justice locally and beyond. Our small–– but mighty––Social Justice group has offered prayer services, a weekly social justice prayer, educational forums, and special programs to help the parish reflect on the Gospel and what it requires in a complex, anxious world. About twenty parishioners have participated in “Sacred Ground,” the Episcopal Church’s curriculum on becoming the Beloved Community. We also sponsored a Witness Stone, honoring a formerly enslaved person who was employed at St. Matthew's.
Caring for Creation
Will you cherish the wondrous works of God, protect and restore the beauty and integrity of all creation? We will, with God’s help.
Members of the Social Justice group led a series of nine forums after Sunday services in Spring 2025 using the “Love God, Love God’s World” curriculum from The Episcopal Church. Outcomes of those learnings have included encouraging parishioners to bring their own coffee mugs for coffee hour to reduce the use of paper cups; our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Lenten Soup Suppers have used dishes and silverware instead of disposable products. Energy efficient fixtures and bulbs were upgraded throughout the campus, resulting in significant energy and dollar savings. In February, St. Matthew’s applied to the State of Connecticut for permission to install a solar energy system. If accepted, installation will begin late spring or early summer of 2026.
