Election Services, Vigils, and Events
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Updates from the Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness
From Don Fornoff, Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness: The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness is a federally coordinated project that addresses homelessness on the national level. Its directions also help local and state efforts. On September 23, 2024, the USICH released a new series called “Ending Homelessness Before It Starts: A Federal Homelessness Prevention…
St. John’s, Gig Harbor: Values in a Season of Political Conflict
St John’s, Gig Harbor has shared the following document with the wider diocese: “Values in a Season of Political Conflict.” VIEW DOCUMENT
Election Resources from St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods, Freeland
The community at St. Augustine’s in the Woods, Freeland, has collected videos of their parishioners reading prayers from the Novena for the election produced by Forward Movement. The novena and the videos for each of the nine days are on their landing page linked below. VIEW MORE
Updates from the Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness
I have recently been reading news and opinion articles relating to the unhoused, none of them particularly positive. Many E-news readers have probably seen them. National studies show the number of homeless continues to rise. Why? There is, of course, no one answer. Those who have lived the experience of suffering homelessness reveal a vicious…
Celebration of New Ministry at St. Michael’s South Sudanese, Auburn
On Sunday, September 29, we celebrated the new ministry at St. Michael’s South Sudanese Church in Auburn, WA. Bishop LaBelle joined The Rev. Mary Bol and our new congregation in the Diocese of Olympia in this joyous and momentous occasion!
Ordination to the Diaconate
On Saturday, September 28, Bishop LaBelle ordained Anna Lynn to the Order of Deacons at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. It was the first ordination service for our new bishop and another joyous celebration in the life of our Diocese.
Clergy Transitions in the Diocese of Olympia
The Rev. Meredith Harmon has been called as rector of Holy Spirit, Vashon Island.
Updates from the Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness
From Don Fornoff, Bishop’s Task Force on Homelessness: Last week, I wrote about an ecumenical organization in Fairfax County, Virginia, of which I was personally familiar. I reached out to the founder to find out its origins and confirmed that FACETS’s base is the faith community. The County government knows that and counts on the…
Bishop LaBelle’s Seating Sermon: Sunday, September 15, 2024
Bishop LaBelle’s Seating Sermon Catherine of Genoa — John 15:5-17 Back in the era when I took the General Ordination Exams—or “GOEs,” for those in the know—the last part of the four day written exam was often called “Coffee Hour Questions.” This closed book section was used to see if the ordinand had the chops…