List of Resources – Policy for the Protection of Children & Youth
DIOCESE OF OLYMPIA POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH List of Resources Diocesan Resources Intake Officer: The intake officer for the Diocese of Olympia is The Rev Canon Dr Marda Steedman-Sanborn. She can be reached at msanborn@ecww.org. Bishop: The Right Rev. Phil LaBelle is the Bishop of the Diocese. Reporting: https://www.atg.wa.gov/child-abuse-neglect for information on reporting child…
2026 Congregational Leadership Reports
The Congregational Leadership Report has been prepared and is ready for your congregation to fill out at the below online portal. This form is vital for us at the diocese to keep our records up to date for your congregation’s contact information, mailing information, and keeping up to date the “who’s who?” on staff at…
St. Peter’s Church, Seattle, Adds Its Voice to Protests Against Mass Detention on Day of Remembrance
(From left): John, Deacon Polly, Karyn, Bruce, Adrienne, Ashley, Tricia. Photo by Eugene Tagawa As befits a church whose doors closed for three years when its Japanese American congregation was forcibly incarcerated during WWII, members of St. Peter’s Episcopal Parish in Seattle helped raise awareness that injustice is again in our midst. On February 19,…
New Clergy Calls in the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia
The Rev. Nat Johnson has been called to serve as pastor at Church of the Apostles (COTA), Seattle. Nat will begin that call on March 25, 2026.
Lent: A Message from Bishop LaBelle
https://vimeo.com/1166138896?fl=ip&fe=ec Hello, dear friends in the Diocese of Olympia. We’re about to embark on the holy season of Lent, and on Ash Wednesday, clergy will invite us to the observance of a holy Lent in the name of the church, calling us to self-examination and repentance, prayer, fasting, and self-denial, then by reading and meditating…
Zimzum Discipleship: Practices for a Christ-Centered Life – Lesson 5, Imperfection
Hi, I’m Phil LaBelle, the bishop of the Diocese of Olympia, and this is the fifth in a series of videos on Zimzum discipleship. My first Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain with my family, we walked along the French Way, beginning in the Pyrenees on the French border. It’s about 500 miles across,…
Zimzum Discipleship: Imperfection – Small Group Session 1, General Overview
Gathering Opening Prayer: Holy One, you created us in your image and invited us to become fully who you have made us to be. We have often thought that meant we needed to find perfection as fallible human beings, yet you desired us to grow into maturity. Help us to know that in you we…
New Clergy Calls in the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia
The Rev. Bill Stanton has been called to serve as priest-in-charge at St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods, Freeland. David will begin that call on March 23, 2026.
Newly Revised Commission on Ministry Documents Available
The Commission on Ministry has revised and finalized two manuals available for those who are considering discernment. Then manuals align with the two newly re-organized stages of discernment, namely “Exploring Vocations” (formerly “Phase 1”) and “Diocesan Discernment” (formerly “Phase 2”). Exploring Vocations: Engaging Ministry Manual: This manual covers the “Exploring Vocations” phase of the discernment process….
Exploring Vocations: Engaging Ministry Manual
This manual covers the “Exploring Vocations” phase of the discernment process. This was formerly known as “Phase 1”. As was communicated in 2025, this portion of the discernment process has been redesigned to provide a curriculum for exploring one’s sense of call and how it is expressed in a ministry context, which is completed within…