Governance Overview
Provides a narrative overview of the diocesan governing bodies and the role of each. Governance Overview
Ed Barton
Ed Barton Diocesan Treasurer Ed Barton has a 30-year career in tax compliance, turnaround management, and financial and executive management, and has successfully worn numerous hats throughout his journey. Currently, Ed serves as a partner in Centerbridge Law Group, PLLC, and Centerbridge Accounting & Tax, LLC, where he focuses on business consulting, tax and estate…
Generic HYC/JYC Registration
A generic permission and medical form for HYC and JYC registration. Generic HYC/JYC Registration
Bishop’s Society Registration Form
Have you made provisions in your estate plans to include a bequest to your congregation, the Diocese, or any Episcopal Institution? If so, you qualify to be a member of the Diocese of Olympia’s Bishop’s Society. Anyone who has made arrangements for a legacy gift to their church or any Episcopal ministry qualifies. The diocese…
HYC/JYC Housing Spreadsheet
This is a spreadsheet we suggest to use to collect the needed information from HYC/JYC host families. The specific information asked for helps our office to successfully place youth in a host home from your church. HYC/JYC Housing Spreadsheet
Youth Event Liability Waiver
Liability waiver form for youth events in the Diocese. Youth Event Liability Waiver
2025 Season of Creation Resources & Events in the Diocese of Olympia
From September 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Christians all over the globe celebrate the Season of Creation (SoC). This year’s theme is Peace With Creation. Congregations are invited to engage with the Season of Creation in their worship, formation, and…
Zimzum Discipleship: The Transformational Power of Story – Small Group Session 1, General Overview
Gathering Opening Prayer: Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives…
Zimzum Discipleship, Lesson 2: The Transformational Power of Story
https://youtu.be/u1BK5Q8cDUc I’ve always loved stories. As the youngest kid in our family, it was my older sisters who would often read to me at night. I remember in particular a book about a dog who wanted to be hatched, like the chicks that he sees in the farm yard, the ones that his farm owner…
The Diocese of Olympia Celebrate Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom. It commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, TX, learned of the Emancipation Proclamation, which formally ended their enslavement.
This year, on June 21, the Black/African American Circle hosted a Juneteenth celebration at St Mark’s Cathedral. African drumming and dancing by VCBynum Arts & Education and by the Awal Alhassan & Sohoyini West African Dance Company brought an international flair to the celebration. Drawing from his Kenyan heritage, The Rev. Paul Karume, vicar of Goshen All Saints Church in Tacoma, preached on the theme “Don’t be afraid. God has got your back.”