During his visitation to St. Paul, Bellingham, Bishop Rickel spoke on the story of Zacchaeus, the tax collector, from the Gospel of Luke. Listen to his exploration of what it means to lean in to Christ, ready for movement, with a heart that is ready to embrace change.
Watch the Rt. Rev. Gregory H. Rickel’s Address to the 106th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia on October 22, 2016 at the Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center.
Watch the video of Bishop Rickel’s Address to the 106th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Olympia. Listen to the audio recording of Bishop Rickel’s Address to the 106th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Olympia. October 22, 2016 Good People of the Diocese of Olympia, guests, and visitors. It is so very good to be together with you once again and especially for this our 106th Annual Convention. In preparing for this convention and especially for this address, I
Bishop Rickel speaks on the Parable of the Persistent Widow during his visitation to St. Clare, Snoqualmie. He speaks about our need to live out lives of prayer, faith, justice, and persistence.
During his visitation to Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, Bishop Rickel offered up the following message on the reading from the Gospel of St. Luke about embracing our neighbors – the poor and the marginalized – with thankfulness and standing against those voices who would demean or degrade them.
In every Letter of Agreement I have had with congregations, and now with the Diocese of Olympia I have asked that the “10 Rules for Respect” spelled out below be made part of the agreement. I first saw these in an article by Church of the Nazarene pastor Charles Christian. I think they are quite helpful in framing our communication and life together. I vow to do my best to follow them and invite you to do the same. We
“I am part of the Jesus movement because it is in Jesus where our nightmares can be transformed into the dream God has for us all.”
Blessings for the Journey: a Christmas message from Bishop Greg Rickel.
The text of a video Message to all congregations and members of the Diocese of Olympia encouraging participation throughout Lent and especially to gather funds for special missionary purposes. Giving back is something we especially focus on during the season of Lent. In fact our canons say this: Every congregation is encouraged to solicit Church School Lenten Offerings for special missionary purposes to be designated by the Bishop. This is that gentle encouragement. I want to remind you of two
