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SUMMARY:Sacred Waters Community Art Fair
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/sacred-waters-community-art-fair/
LOCATION:Sacred Waters Center\, 7550 E. State Route 106\, Union\, WA\, 98592\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events,Other Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Oberg":MAILTO:director@saintandrewshouse.org
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SUMMARY:African Transformative Conference
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/african-transformative-conference/
LOCATION:St. Columba’s\, Kent\, 26715 Military Rd S\, Kent\, WA\, 98032\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Adrienne Elliott":MAILTO:aelliott@ecww.org
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SUMMARY:Bishop LaBelle's Visitation to St. Paul's\, Mount Vernon
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/bishop-labelles-visitation-to-st-pauls-mount-vernon/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s\, Mount Vernon\, 415 S 18th St.\, Mount Vernon\, WA\, 98274\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bishop Visits
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SUMMARY:Contemplative Worship in the Spirit of Taizé
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/contemplative-worship-in-the-spirit-of-taize/2026-09-06/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s\, Seattle\, 111 NE 80th St.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Congregation Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Drewes":MAILTO:timd@saintandrewsseattle.org
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SUMMARY:Choral Evensong
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/choral-evensong/2026-09-06/
LOCATION:Epiphany\, Seattle\, 1805 38th Ave\, Seattle\, 98122
CATEGORIES:Congregation Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zach Hemenway":MAILTO:zhemenway@epiphanyseattle.org
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SUMMARY:Compline\, Sung by The Compline Choir
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/compline-sung-by-the-compline-choir-2/2026-09-06/
LOCATION:Saint Mark’s Cathedral\, Seattle\, 1245 10th AVE E.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cathedral Events,Congregation Event,Diocesan Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Jason Anderson":MAILTO:director@complinechoir.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260912T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260912T153000
DTSTAMP:20260716T172236Z
CREATED:20260716T172236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T172236Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring Discernment Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/exploring-discernment-retreat/
LOCATION:St. Mary’s\, Lakewood\, 10630 Gravelly Lake Dr SW\, Lakewood\, WA\, 98499
CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Michael Seewer":MAILTO:mseewer@ecww.org
GEO:47.1598433;-122.5214336
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260912T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260813T191156Z
CREATED:20260813T191156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T191156Z
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SUMMARY:The Art of Giving: Bring Home Art\, Put Faith Into Action
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/the-art-of-giving-bring-home-art-put-faith-into-action/
LOCATION:St. Alban’s\, Edmonds\, 21405 82nd Place W.\, Edmonds\, WA\, 98026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Congregation Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Shen Warner":MAILTO:11520christina@gmail.com
GEO:47.8052867;-122.3441738
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T231517Z
CREATED:20260407T231517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T231517Z
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SUMMARY:CCD Saturdays 2026-27 - Year A
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/ccd-saturdays-2026-27-year-a/2026-09-19/
LOCATION:Diocesan House\, 1551 10th Ave E\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Matt Koski":MAILTO:mkoski@ecww.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T163000
DTSTAMP:20260716T194035Z
CREATED:20260716T194035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T194035Z
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SUMMARY:College for Congregational Development - Saturday Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/college-for-congregational-development-saturday-sessions/2026-09-19/
LOCATION:Office of the Bishop\, 1551 10th Ave E\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Matt Koski":MAILTO:mkoski@ecww.org
GEO:47.6334595;-122.3204584
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20251119T195046Z
CREATED:20251119T195046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T195046Z
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SUMMARY:The Rev Ivar Hillesland's Visitation to St. Luke\, Sequim
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/the-rev-ivar-hilleslands-visitation-to-st-luke-sequim/
CATEGORIES:Staff Visits
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20251205T223324Z
CREATED:20251205T223324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T223324Z
UID:10014155-1789862400-1789948799@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Bishop LaBelle's Visitation to St. John the Baptist\, Seattle
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/bishop-labelles-visitation-to-st-john-the-baptist-seattle/
LOCATION:St. John the Baptist\, Seattle\, 3050 California Ave SW\, Seattle\, 98116
CATEGORIES:Bishop Visits
GEO:47.5759021;-122.3861784
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261017
DTSTAMP:20260413T185652Z
CREATED:20250710T170505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T185652Z
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SUMMARY:2026 Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/september-2026-camino-pilgrimage-to-santiago-de-compostela/
LOCATION:Porto\, Portugal\, Porto\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Pilgrimages
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Rev. Steve Danzy":MAILTO:frstevedanzey@gmail.com
GEO:41.1579438;-8.6291053
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928
DTSTAMP:20260701T170431Z
CREATED:20260701T170431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T170431Z
UID:10015020-1790294400-1790553599@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Province VIII Creation Care Network Conference
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/province-viii-creation-care-network-conference/
LOCATION:Episcopal Retreat & Conference Center\, 75 S 200E\, Salt Lake City\, 84000
CATEGORIES:Creation Care and Climate Justice Events,Diocesan Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Adrienne Elliott":MAILTO:aelliott@ecww.org
GEO:40.7678707;-111.8849388
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T160000
DTSTAMP:20260810T190011Z
CREATED:20260810T190011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T190011Z
UID:10015101-1790413200-1790438400@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Godly Play in a Day Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/godly-play-in-a-day-workshop/
LOCATION:Saint Mark’s Cathedral\, Seattle\, 1245 10th AVE E.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cathedral Events,Congregation Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canon Wendy Claire Barrie":MAILTO:wbarrie@saintmarks.org
GEO:47.6319323;-122.3213125
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T150000
DTSTAMP:20260729T211250Z
CREATED:20260508T204957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T211250Z
UID:10014946-1790416800-1790434800@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Anti-Racism Training
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/anti-racism-training-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Adrienne Elliott":MAILTO:aelliott@ecww.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T203000
DTSTAMP:20260827T161542Z
CREATED:20260827T161542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T161542Z
UID:10015120-1790449200-1790454600@ecww.org
SUMMARY:A Lecture On: White Christian Nationalism & the Other: Dusting Off the Niebuhrs for the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/a-lecture-on-white-christian-nationalism-the-other-dusting-off-the-niebuhrs-for-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Ballard First Lutheran Church\, 2006 NW 65th St\, Seattle\, 98117
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ballard First Lutheran Church":MAILTO:office@bflcs.org
GEO:47.6761485;-122.3826014
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260927T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260722T172020Z
CREATED:20260722T172020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260722T172020Z
UID:10015071-1790503200-1790514000@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Celebrating 100 Years
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/celebrating-100-years/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, Puyallup\, 210 Fifth St SW\, Puyallup\, WA\, 98371\, United States
CATEGORIES:Congregation Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Admin%2C Christ Church%2C Puyallup":MAILTO:office@episcopallup.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260927T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260927T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T184529Z
CREATED:20260408T184529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T184529Z
UID:10014576-1790521200-1790528400@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Soli Deo Gloria Organ Concert Series
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/soli-deo-gloria-organ-concert-series/2026-09-27/
LOCATION:First Lutheran Church of West Seattle\, 4105 California Ave SW\, Seattle\, WA\, 98116
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bryon Hansen":MAILTO:b.hansen@flcws.org
GEO:47.5661731;-122.387182
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261002T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261002T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T151223Z
CREATED:20260901T151223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T151223Z
UID:10015121-1790938800-1790960400@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Sacred Earth\, Sacred Duty
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/sacred-earth-sacred-duty/
LOCATION:Grace\, Lopez Island\, 70 Sunset Ln\, Lopez Island\, 98261\, United States
CATEGORIES:Congregation Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Rev. Myra Ryneheart Corcorran":MAILTO:vicargracelopez@gmail.com
GEO:48.5282573;-122.9089665
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261002T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261002T210000
DTSTAMP:20260728T212806Z
CREATED:20260728T212806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T212806Z
UID:10015077-1790969400-1790974800@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Saint Mark's Music Series: All Bach on the Flentrop Organ
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/saint-marks-music-series-all-bach-on-the-flentrop-organ/
LOCATION:Saint Mark’s Cathedral\, Seattle\, 1245 10th AVE E.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cathedral Events,Congregation Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Arts at Saint Mark's":MAILTO:mstephens@saintmarks.org
GEO:47.6319323;-122.3213125
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261003T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261003T150000
DTSTAMP:20260812T152328Z
CREATED:20260812T152328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T152328Z
UID:10015107-1791018000-1791039600@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Worship Amid Social Turmoil
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/worship-amid-social-turmoil/
LOCATION:Pacific Lutheran University
CATEGORIES:Other Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ecww.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2.1.26-Love-thy-neighbor.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="The Rev. Samuel Torvend":MAILTO:torvensa@plu.edu
GEO:47.1451931;-122.4436669
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261003T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261003T120000
DTSTAMP:20260625T190014Z
CREATED:20260602T222133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T190014Z
UID:10014979-1791023400-1791028800@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Ordinations
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/diaconal-ordinations/
LOCATION:Saint Mark’s Cathedral\, Seattle\, 1245 10th AVE E.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cathedral Events,Diocesan Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Michael Seewer":MAILTO:mseewer@ecww.org
GEO:47.6319323;-122.3213125
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTSTAMP:20260820T162610Z
CREATED:20260820T162511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T162610Z
UID:10015116-1791072000-1791158399@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Bishop LaBelle's Visitation to Trinity\, Seattle
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/bishop-labelles-visitation-to-trinity-seattle/
CATEGORIES:Bishop Visits
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261006T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261006T193000
DTSTAMP:20260813T190929Z
CREATED:20260813T190929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T190929Z
UID:10015108-1791311400-1791315000@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Narrative Budget Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/narrative-budget-information-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ecww.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/well-and-jug-with-olive-branches.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018
DTSTAMP:20260109T181301Z
CREATED:20260109T181301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T181301Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Culture in Scotland w/ Revs. Hillary Kimsey & Ruth Anne Garcia
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/celtic-culture-in-scotland-w-revs-hillary-kimsey-ruth-anne-garcia/
CATEGORIES:Pilgrimages
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Rev. Hillary Kimsey":MAILTO:vicarstantonys@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261020
DTSTAMP:20251017T215732Z
CREATED:20251017T000321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T215732Z
UID:10013985-1791417600-1792454399@ecww.org
SUMMARY:Following in the Footsteps of Paul: A Pilgrimage to Greece and Turkey
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/following-in-the-footsteps-of-paul-a-pilgrimage-to-greece-and-turkey/
LOCATION:Greece and Turkey\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Cathedral Events,Diocesan Events,Pilgrimages
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Very Rev. Steve Thomason":MAILTO:sthomason@saintmarks.org
GEO:39.074208;21.824312
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012
DTSTAMP:20260518T163100Z
CREATED:20251119T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T163100Z
UID:10014112-1791676800-1791763199@ecww.org
SUMMARY:The Rev Cn Cristi Chapman's Visitation to St Aidan\, Camano Island
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/the-rev-cn-cristi-chapmans-visitation-to-st-aidan-camano-island/
LOCATION:St Aidan\, Camano Island\, 1318 SR 532\, Camano Island\, 98282
CATEGORIES:Staff Visits
GEO:48.238986;-122.411117
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012
DTSTAMP:20251119T195047Z
CREATED:20251119T195047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T195047Z
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SUMMARY:The Rev Ivar Hillesland's Visitation to Transfiguration\, Darrington
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/the-rev-ivar-hilleslands-visitation-to-transfiguration-darrington/
LOCATION:Transfiguration\, Darrington\, 840 Commercial Ave.\, Darrington\, WA\, 98241\, United States
CATEGORIES:Staff Visits
GEO:48.2527169;-121.6058962
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012
DTSTAMP:20251205T223531Z
CREATED:20251205T223531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T223531Z
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SUMMARY:Bishop LaBelle's Visitation to Holy Spirit\, Vashon
DESCRIPTION:Greetings\, Diocese of Olympia. The holiday season is upon us. You know this\, of course\, because it’s been upon us since probably early October when at least I first saw those holiday M&Ms in their red-and-green variety encouraging me to buy them even before the Halloween candy was gone. And yet here we are just beginning this season of Advent\, of watching and waiting as we prepare for the coming of the Christ child again and as we prepare for the coming of Christ into our midst a second time. A number of years ago now\, I came across a book and a website about the Advent conspiracy. It’s online at adventconspiracy.org. There were three pastors who got together who wanted to make this time of Advent more meaningful for their parishioners. And so they began to question all that surrounds the consumerism within our culture\, and wondered if we could get back to the real meaning of this time. They suggest that we focus on four things during this season of Advent. First\, that we worship fully\, recognizing that this season is an invitation for us to watch and wait for the coming of Christ\, and that we can watch and wait more fully when we engage with the living God and starting our practice there rather than trying to figure out what’s on our list and checking it twice. The second thing they encourage us to do is to spend less\, to take less money and put it towards those gifts that are really unimportant. You know those ones\, where you’re buying something willy-nilly to stuff into a stocking or those gifts for your friends\, brothers\, sisters\, aunt or uncle\, and this random person twice removed. It gets kind of crazy how long that list really gets\, isn’t it? And they recognize that many in our culture will end this season with credit card debt or needing to pay back things that they bought that they thought someone might like\, but really didn’t. Their third thing that they encourage us to do is to give more\, which is not the same thing as spending less mind you\, because what they encourage is that we\, in our gift-giving\, really dig into the relationship of those gifts to give something that encourages and builds our connections with others. Things that take time and energy to invest in and think about\, rather than just buying another sweater for somebody. To say maybe what could we do together to deepen our connections and to find new ways to learn from each other. Finally\, they encourage us to love all recognizing that how much money we spend during this time\, we could be giving gifts that might help impact those around the world who might be needy. They encourage you to maybe give the gift of water to a community or maybe an animal through Heifer International\, or finding other ways to connect through gift-giving on behalf of others\, to give things to people who might really need it. Those things would indeed help us to get ready for the coming of Christ. It would be a conspiracy against all that our culture holds dear\, and yet would bring us closer to the real meaning of this time. So\, I encourage you this Advent to think about maybe doing just one or two of those things. To find new ways to worship or to spend less\, to give more\, to love all. And through that process\, draw closer to the one who is coming again\, the one for whom we long for and wait\, the one who comes to set us free and to bring peace for us and for all the world. May this season of Advent be a blessing to you and to those that you love. And may we truly be ready to greet the Christ child when he comes once more into our midst.
URL:https://ecww.org/event/bishop-labelles-visitation-to-holy-spirit-vashon/
LOCATION:Holy Spirit\, Vashon Island\, 15420 Vashon Hwy SW\, Vashon\, WA\, 98070\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bishop Visits
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