Clergy Background Checks
Clergy in the Diocese are required to have a background check on file to be updated every five years. Please note that only the Rector/Vicar/Priest-in-Charge, Administrator, or Sr. Warden may…
Zimzum Discipleship: The Sabbath – Small Group Session 3 – Tech Sabbath
Gathering Opening Prayer: Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we,…
Zimzum Discipleship, Lesson 1: The Sabbath
Hi, I’m Phil LaBelle, Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia, the Episcopal Church in western Washington. Last month, I introduced the idea of Zimzum Discipleship to you with a call…
Zimzum Discipleship: The Sabbath – Small Group Session 2 – Delight in the Sabbath
Gathering Opening Prayer: Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we,…
Zimzum Discipleship: The Sabbath – Small Group Session 1, General Overview
Gathering Opening Prayer: Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we,…
Zimzum Discipleship: The Sabbath – Additional Resources, May 2025
Books The Sabbath: Its Meaning for the Modern Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week by…
Sacred Waters Open House
For those who made the journey to The Sacred Waters Center on April 26, it was an incredible gift of connection, celebration, and making new friends. As some said, it…
Updates from the Bishop’s Task Force to the Unhoused
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash From Lizbeth Adams, Co-Chair, Bishop’s Task Force to the Unhoused: Kindle in our hearts, O God, the flame of that love which never ceases,…
Clergy Transitions in the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia
The Rev. McKenzi Roberson, who has been called to serve as curate at St. Peter’s, Seattle. McKenzi will begin that call on August 1, 2025.
St. John the Baptist in West Seattle Announces Solar Initiative to Celebrate Earth Day
St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, located adjacent to West Seattle High School, will be joining the ranks of other local, recently installed solar projects, such as South Seattle College…
