Bishop’s Homelessness Task Force: A Few Thoughts for You
From Don Fornoff, The Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness: Many thanks to those who stopped by the Task Force presentation and booth at Convene. Thanks to Tina Polf, Jean Swift,…
Stories from the Refugee Resettlement Office, An Advent Appeal: Zahra
Meet Zahra, an Afghan refugee and sole support for her family. In 2021, she and her husband arrived in the United States with their four children and were successfully resettled…
The Purpose of the Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness
From Don Fornoff, Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness: The Task Force has been working as a group since November 2018 to ensure that the churches of the Diocese of Olympia…
Episcopal Diocese of the Southern Philippines Visit Recap
In late September and early October, our diocese was honored to host Bishop Ernie Moral, his wife Shirmen Moral, and Gideon Bustamante, Regional Development Officer at Episcopal CARE Foundation Inc.,…
Advent 2023: An Advent Message and Appeal from Bishop Skelton
Greetings, People of the Diocese of Olympia. I have an idea. During the season of Advent, the season of waiting and looking forward to the coming of Jesus born in…
Thanksgiving 2023: A Message from Bishop Skelton
Greetings, everyone. Praise God from whom all blessing flow Praise God all creatures here below Praise God above the heavenly host Praise God and Word and Holy Ghost. You probably…
Celebrating the Life of The Rev. Canon Jerry Shigaki
On November 18, members of the Diocese and Seattle’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community gathered with family at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle to celebrate the life of The…
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023: A Message from Bishop Skelton
Greetings, People of the Diocese of Olympia, Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance – a time when we honor the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost…
Staff Transitions in the Office of the Bishop
It is a time of transition within our Diocese, and we have a new staff transition to announce. April Caballero, Executive Assistant to the Office of the Bishop, has submitted…
Clergy Transitions in the Diocese of Olympia
It is a time of transition within our Diocese, and we have a new clergy transition to announce. The Rev. Nat Johnson (they/them) is excited to begin ministry with the…
