Episcopal Churchwide Trends: Membership, Clergy, and Transitions
May 29, 12:00 pm | Online Are you wondering about declining church attendance, changes in pledging, or the challenges with finding clergy to fill the open calls in your communities?…
Bishop Rickel’s 10 Rules for Respect
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…
Getting your Vestry/Bishop’s Committee Organized
A Vestry/Bishop’s Committee Notebook Want your Vestry or Bishop’s Committee to be more productive this year? You’re hoping that your monthly meetings can bear fruit for the mission of your…
Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Creating a Parish Conversation about Spirituality and Work
Over the years those learning the Gather-Transform-Send model in The College for Congregational Development have often wondered out loud about how congregations can explore and support the “Send” portion of…
How What We Do Affects or Involves Those Living in Poverty
Resolution 4 called for the people of The Diocese of Olympia to include as a part of all meetings held during the 2013 year, the question: How will what we…
Exploring the Creation of New Sunday Liturgies
How about getting together and working on this? These days I’m hearing more and more from congregations interested in launching new Sunday liturgies. What I tell them is that I’m…
Bishop Rickel’s 10 Rules for Respect
In every Letter of Agreement I have had with congregations, and now with the Diocese of Olympia I have asked that the “Rules for Respect” spelled out below be made…
