Pride 2025: A Message from Bishop LaBelle
https://youtu.be/q7j3iNjNufY Greetings, Diocese of Olympia. We’re in the midst of Pride Month, a time when we give thanks for our LGBTQ siblings and all the diversity that they bring to…
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…
Talley Breedlove – Seattle Service Corp Intern
Talley Breedlove is a Seattle Service Corps Intern and has been working at St. Luke’s Edible Hope Kitchen since this past September. She is leaving us this month and this…
Two important resolutions from our Convention going to General Convention
Last fall, our Diocese overwhelmingly passed two resolutions regarding Palestinian rights. One is a resolution for General Convention that condemns Israel’s occupation and oppression of Palestinians and urges our government…
Justice Interrupted: Remembering Executive Order 9066 and the Legacy of St. Peter, Seattle
In 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which laid the groundwork for the wrongful internment of countless Japanese-American citizens. The parishioners of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Seattle, a…
Mass Meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign, Seattle – Mashyla Buckmaster
Mashyla Buckmaster of Chaplains on the Harbor, Westport, spoke about her experience with homelessness at the Mass Meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign in Seattle on November 6.
Mass Meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign, Seattle – Aaron Scott
Aaron Scott of Chaplains on the Harbor, Westport, spoke at the Mass Meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign on November 6 in Seattle.
Bishop Rickel Extends Invitation to Mass Meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign
Bishop Rickel extends an invitation to attend a Mass Meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign with the Rev. William Barber and presents a brief history of the movement. The meeting…
The Diocese of Olympia’s Legal Defense Fund
Bishop Rickel reflects on the establishment of a legal defense fund for members of our community facing deportation and other legal issues.
A New Work in Multicultural Ministry – Part 2
Bishop Rickel speaks with the Rev. Canon Arienne Davison about the reasons behind the Diocese of Olympia’s shift from Anti-Racism Training to Intercultural Development Training. *Transcripts available upon request.
