House of Bishops Meeting, Day 5

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On Monday, we started our work with Morning Prayer and Bible Study and then began a plenary on economic and environmental realities in this region. We had special attention paid to migration and immigration. You can find much more about this on the daily account at this link

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House of Bishops, Day 4

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House of Bishops, Day 3

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House of Bishops, Day 2

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Today the topic was liberation theology and as you can see from the daily account, we had some very good presenters for this. We also worship each day, most often several times. We had morning prayer and bible study this morning, Eucharist just before noon, and evening prayer this evening. I sing in the choir, or something approximating singing, aptly led by someone many of you know, Dent Davidson. That part of these events is always a joy to be part of. Read more »

House of Bishops in Quito Ecuador, Day 1

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Reflections on 9/11, 10 years after

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Proper 11

Proper 10

Trinity Sunday

Pentecost, St. Augustine's

Holy Cross, 7th Sunday of Easter, June 5, 2011

The Closing of St. Georges', Seattle and the Dream of a Mission Center

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St. George Episcopal Church, located at 2212 NE 125th in Seattle, Washington (Lake City), held a final worship service on May 15, 2011. Over 200 people, present and past members, clergy and friends celebrated the ministry that was St. George's. The leadership of the congregation has been working with the Canon to the Ordinary over the past several months to resolve issues of funding and administration. After a truly valiant effort, it became apparent that the people of St. George could not continue into the future in the same way as they had over the past several years. Read more »

A New Canon for Stewardship and Development for Olympia

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A Chance for a New Creation: An Interview with Bishop Greg Rickel

This interview was done with good friend, former parishioner, and author Greg Garrett. I share the link here.

Blessings,

+Greg

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Regional Confirmations, St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Sermon by Bishop Greg Rickel

Sermon, Confirmations
St. Mark's Cathedral
May 28, 2011
The Rt. Rev. Gregory H. Rickel

Certainty can be a wonderful station in life. To be certain is to be assured, sure, clear, without doubt. Certainty can make you sleep at night. Of course certainty can also help you miss things, it can be, and most often is delusional because, certainty is not a reality for most of us, most of the time. Read more »

The Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation, Confirmed, not Conformed

22 teenagers were confirmed in this very moving service after preparing since early Fall.

Church of the Resurrection, Easter 4, May 15, 2011

Seminary of the Southwest, Commencement Address, May 10, 2011

A New Website and a New Blog!

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Here we are! A new website for the diocese and a new blog! As with all new things, especially of this magnitude and work there will be problems. But I am also convinced there is much to gain with all of this. I want to commend Kerry Allman, our Internet and Social Network Strategist who led this project, and Norah Joslyn, for she helped incredibly in getting it to this point. Read more »