The Bishop Transition Committee invites those who plan to attend the Ordination and Consecration of The Rev. Dr. Philip N. LaBelle to RSVP using the General RSVP link below. For diocesan clergy, please use Clergy RSVP link below, which includes Friday clergy events. See the invitations to these blessed services, to take place at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, WA on Saturday, September 14, 2024, also linked below. If you plan to travel overnight for the event, please see the
Celebrating the Ministry of Bishop Skelton
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In Gratitude for the Ministry of The Most Rev. Melissa Skelton as Bishop Provisional of the Diocese of Olympia Please Join Us September 1st | 4:30 pm – 6:30pm St. Mark’s Cathedral | 1245 Tenth Avenue East, Seattle WA Choral Evensong with Gift Presentation Reception to Follow Officiant: The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, Cathedral Dean Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Phil LaBelle, Bishop-Elect
Updates from the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Olympia – Successful Canonical Consent for Bishop-Elect Philip N. LaBelle
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Dear People of the Diocese of Olympia, We are pleased to announce that the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia has received notification from the Presiding Bishop’s Office that Bishop-Elect Philip N. LaBelle has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process detailed in Canon III.11.3. The consents received have been certified by The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, registrar of the General Convention. In giving consent to his ordination and consecration, standing committees and bishops exercising jurisdiction in The
The Diocese of Olympia Elects The Rev. Philip N. LaBelle as Its Ninth Bishop
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SEATTLE, WA (May 18, 2024): The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia has elected The Rev. Philip N. LaBelle as its next bishop. Bishop-Elect LaBelle currently serves as rector of St. Mark’s Church in Southborough, Massachusetts. While in the Diocese of Massachusetts, he co-led the Mission Strategy Committee, served on the Executive Committee and Diocesan Council, and directed the Fresh Start program. Bishop-Elect LaBelle will be consecrated and installed as the ninth bishop of Olympia on September 14, succeeding Bishop Greg Rickel,
Thank Bishop Skelton
Daily Psalm and Prayer – September 5, 2024
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Image Credit: The Harvesters | Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish | 1565 Psalm 37, Part I1 Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; *do not be jealous of those who do wrong. 2 For they shall soon wither like the grass, *and like the green grass fade away. 3 Put your trust in the Lord and do good; *dwell in the land and feed on its riches. 4 Take delight in the Lord, *and he shall give you your heart’s desire. 5 Commit your way
Daily Psalm and Prayer – September 4, 2024
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Image Credit: Mourning Woman | French | 16th century Psalm 381 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath. 2 For your arrows have already pierced me, *and your hand presses hard upon me. 3 There is no health in my flesh,because of your indignation; *there is no soundness in my body, because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities overwhelm me; *like a heavy burden they are too much for me to bear. 5 My wounds
Daily Psalm and Prayer – September 3, 2024
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Image Credit: The Old Chapel at Châtillon-d’Azergues | Jean Jacques de Boissieu, French | 1799 Psalm 261 Give judgment for me, O Lord,for I have lived with integrity; *I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered. 2 Test me, O Lord, and try me; *examine my heart and my mind. 3 For your love is before my eyes; *I have walked faithfully with you. 4 I have not sat with the worthless, *nor do I consort with the deceitful. 5 I have hated
Daily Psalm and Prayer – September 2, 2024
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Image Credit: Evening Snow | Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese | 1797–1861 Psalm 251 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;my God, I put my trust in you; *let me not be humiliated,nor let my enemies triumph over me. 2 Let none who look to you be put to shame; *let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes. 3 Show me your ways, O Lord, *and teach me your paths. 4 Lead me in your truth and teach me, *for you are the God
Daily Psalm and Prayer – August 31, 2024
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Image Credit: Tablet with Chariot Scene | New Kingdom | ca. 1400–1390 B.C. Psalm 201 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble, *the Name of the God of Jacob defend you; 2 Send you help from his holy place *and strengthen you out of Zion; 3 Remember all your offerings *and accept your burnt sacrifice; 4 Grant you your heart’s desire *and prosper all your plans. 5 We will shout for joy at your victoryand triumph in
Updates from the Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness
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From Don Fornoff, Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness: Your Bishop’s Taskforce wants you, our dear parishioners and our beloved church communities, to do all they can to serve and assist the unhoused in returning to full strength of being in community. That is why I search for and research news and information to keep us up to date on thoughts and happenings about those who have fallen to the side of the economic road- being unhoused or heading rapidly in
Daily Psalm and Prayer – August 30, 2024
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Image Credit: Harvest Scene | Winslow Homer, American | ca. 1873 Psalm 161Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you; *I have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord,my good above all other.” 2All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land, *upon those who are noble among the people. 3But those who run after other gods *shall have their troubles multiplied. 4Their libations of blood I will not offer, *nor take the names
Daily Psalm and Prayer – August 29, 2024
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Image Credit: The Three Trees, after Rembrandt | Captain William E. Baillie, Irish | After Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch | 1758 Psalm 18:1-201 I love you, O Lord my strength, *O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven. 2 My God, my rock in whom I put my trust, *my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge;you are worthy of praise. 3 I will call upon the Lord, *and so shall I be saved from my
Daily Psalm and Prayer – August 28, 2024
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Image Credit: Chasse of Champagnat | French | ca. 1150 Psalm 119:1-241 Happy are they whose way is blameless, *who walk in the law of the Lord! 2 Happy are they who observe his decrees *and seek him with all their hearts! 3 Who never do any wrong, *but always walk in his ways. 4 You laid down your commandments, *that we should fully keep them. 5 Oh, that my ways were made so direct *that I might keep your statutes! 6 Then I should not
Daily Psalm and Prayer – August 27, 2024
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Image Credit: David in Prayer | Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch | 1652 Psalm 61Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath. 2Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked. 3My spirit shakes with terror; *how long, O Lord, how long? 4Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *save me for your mercy’s sake. 5For in death no one remembers you; *and who will give