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News from the Diocese of Olympia View as Webpage July 8, 2022 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ The Cheapest Way to Save Energy and Care for Creation – Insulation An Occasional Paper on Property Management in the Diocese of Olympia Series by The Rev. Dennis Tierney, Diocesan Property Manager. LEARN MORE Spirituality of Aging Lectures In a society that celebrates youthful energy and productivity, we have largely dropped any value for the distinctive features of the second-half of life. But clearly God made a world in which the process and experience of aging is a defining feature, which means God must […]

An invitation (please feel free to forward this email to others who may be interested) View this email in your browser Living Stones Prison Congregation seeks board members Greetings from the Living Stones Prison Congregation! Your incarcerated brothers have kept you and your congregations in their prayers throughout these past years of pandemic, and it has been an honor to serve and worship with them during this time. As on the outside, life – and ministry – within our state’s prisons has been challenging, and I write this to invite you to consider joining us in meeting those challenges. We seek individuals interested in serving […]

Reimagining-Flyer-Faith-Communites.pdf

Bishop Rickel’s Statement on the Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX May 25, 2022 Spanish Language Translation Forthcoming Traducción al español próximamente Dear Ones, 216 lives. Over the past decade, 216 children and their teachers have died in school shootings. Since 2012, 216 innocent lives have been lost in these horrific acts of violence. And with the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that number grew even larger as 21 more innocent lives were taken. Now, school shootings have claimed 237 lives. 237 lives that should still be here today. We are a people who pray, […]

SWATCH-April-2022.pdf