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Convene 2025 – Register Today!
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May 31, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm | Everett Community College
Connect, Learn, and Convene with churches throughout Western Washington for a day of workshops and fellowship. There will be worship, exhibitors, lunch, four workshop sessions, and a plenary from the bishop. We are blessed to have an abundance of wisdom and gifts in our congregations! This is an opportunity to honor those gifts and learn from one another.
Convene 2025 is designed with everyone in mind: vestries, bishop’s committees, staff, clergy, members of convention, administrators, and anyone who wants to connect with others over ways to strengthen our congregations.
All are invited free of charge! Reserve your spot now on the Convene 2025 website. Childcare and lunch are provided. Bring a team if you can!
Here is a sample of a few workshops:
- Zimzum Discipleship: Making Space in our Busy Lives by Bishop Phil
- Gender Justice by Aaron Scott, Gender Justice Staff Officer for The Episcopal Church
- The Sacred Spiral of Organizing by Steve Jerbi from The Organizing for Mission Network
- Creation Justice Roundtable with Adrienne Ellott, John Kydd, and others
- Several Godly Play workshops and Formation Offerings
Plus, so many more!!! To see a full list of workshops, click on the Workshops tab at the link below.
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Zimzum Discipleship: Practices for a Christ-Center Life
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Join us on our new three-year discipleship series on zimzum discipleship, of intentionally making space to live as a faithful apprentice of Jesus. The first lesson on The Sabbath is now available on the home for our zimzum discipleship series, where you can also find resources, community, and more at the link below!
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Register Now for June’s Weeklong Session of the
College for Congregational Development!
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Registration is open for the June Week-long Session held on June 8th-13th at Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way. This year’s program focus will be on congregational identity, engagement with context and culture, and the intersection of our identity with the diversity of those we may want to serve. If you have any questions please contact Matt Koski, mkoski@ecww.org.
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Is your congregation offering a summer program for children, youth, or all generations together? Are you planning a Vacation Bible School, summer camp, or other whole-church program?
We want to know about it!
The Office of the Bishop will be gathering these details onto a single webpage so we can help you get the word out and promote what’s being offered in Episcopal churches throughout Western Washington. Fill out this form and let us know about the summer-happenings at your congregation!
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St. Luke’s, Seattle Is Raising the Roof With Your Help!
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St. Luke’s, Seattle reached an important milestone in their building project! Read more about the January 30 Topping Off Ceremony, their new affordable family housing units, and learn how you can be part of Building a Place Where Love Dwells!
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Appeal for Support from the Refugee Resettlement Office
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Helping a refugee family is the ultimate way to welcome the stranger and to serve those in need with love and compassion. Today, we ask for your consideration in responding to an urgent and profound opportunity.
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Live-Streaming Services
Across the Diocese
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As more of our churches have moved to live-streaming their services, we’ve created a directory of our churches with services times and links to where you can join for Sunday morning and weekday prayer.
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Compline, Sung by The Compline Choir
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Sundays, 9:30 pm | Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle
Sung prayers for the close of the day, offered every Sunday at 9:30 pm in person and via live-stream.
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Wednesday Workshop: Using Picture Books to Engage Children & Their Families
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May 21; 1:00 pm | Virtual Event | $10 Registration; Free with Forma Membership
Whether you’re looking for something new for your Sunday offering or hosting an intergenerational event, children’s picture books can provide the spiritual foundation for your program. Learn about how to find the best material and how to incorporate the books using wondering questions, scripture, and art response.
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Memorial Day Weekend at Huston
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May 24-26 | Camp Huston, Gold Bar | $75-250 Registration
A Memorial Day weekend get-away at Huston Camp & Conference Center for individuals, families, friends.
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Diocesan Youth Sailing Trip: 2025
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August 27-30 | Pudget Sound | $250 Registration
Come sail with us aboard the Adventuress!
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“Sacred Beauty” Photography Exhibit at St. Barnabas
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Now Through June 8 | St. Barnabas, Bainbridge Island
Nine stunning photographs by The Rev. Jim Friedrich of religious art and architecture are now on display in the St. Barnabas parlor through the Day of Pentecost, June 8.
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Sundays, 9:30 am | Redeemer, Kenmore
Join us as we explore peace and wholeness!
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Contemplative Worship in the Spirit of Taizé
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First Sunday of the Month, 5:00 pm | St. Andrew’s, Seattle
Join St. Andrew’s, Seattle for contemplative worship in the spirit of Taizé.
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Sundays, 5:30 pm | Epiphany, Seattle
Join Epiphany, Seattle every Sunday at 5:30 pm for Choral Evensong, followed by a reception.
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Becoming Good Ancestors: Building an Island of Sanity in a World Falling Apart
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May 24, 9:30 am | Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church
A workshop devoted to how we may respond to crises that threaten human and ecological life on
our precious planet.
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Choral Evensong & Recital
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May 29, 7:00 pm | St. Luke’s Memorial, Tacoma
The choirs of St. Luke’s Memorial and St. John’s, Gig Harbor, with organist Michael Plagerman, will sing Choral Evensong for the Feast of the Ascension, followed by a short organ recital by Michael Plagerman.
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May 31, 4:00 pm | Church of the Ascension, Seattle
Please join us for an afternoon of service, prayer and music.
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Caring for God’s World: St. Thomas Church’s 2025 Summer Camp
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June 23, 9:00 am | St. Thomas, Medina
Children ages 4 thru 5th grade, join us from June 23-27 for a week of creation care camp at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina!
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Vacation Bible School 2025: Camp Firelight
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July 7-11 | St. Andrew’s, Seattle
Join Saint Andrew’s, Seattle, for Vacation Bible School 2025!
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2025 TENS Pledge Campaign Materials Ready to Use TODAY!
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Did you ever have news that was so exciting that you could not wait to share it with others? The Good News that fills our spirits with joy is about the radical abundance, abiding love, and healing power that Jesus shares with us when we respond to his call to follow him. All of the gifts that we have been given are ready to burst forth to serve our neighbors and share our love with a world in need
The Diocese of Olympia’s annual membership in TENS (The Episcopal Network for Stewardship) means every congregation in the Diocese has full and FREE access to their 2025 pledge campaign resources. 2025 password is Luke1:46 (no spaces, case sensitive).
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Indigenous Artist-in-Residence Program
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Late Summer/Early Fall 2025 | Holden Village, Lake Chelan
This program is a two- to four-week self-guided on-site residency at Holden Village located in the valley of the North Cascade Mountains for Indigenous artists working in a variety of mediums. The program blends opportunities for independent creative work in a private studio space with engagement with the Village community. The application period is open now and will close on May 15 for residencies in late summer & early fall of 2025. Learn more at the link below.
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Seattle Symphony’s Haydn the Creation
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June 5, 7, & 8; 7:30-10:00 pm | Benaroya Hall, Seattle
Experience Haydn The Creation with Full Orchestra, Chorale and Three Soloists.
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June 7, 8:00-10:00 pm | Seattle First Baptist Church
Join the Seattle Choral Company for their 43rd season finale, Asian Voices, celebrating the talents of today’s Asian choral composers from America and the Pacific Rim.
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The Diocese of Olympia takes its responsibility for the safety of its people seriously. The Safe Church, Safe Communities training program is now online and teaches how to identify and prevent abuse within the church community. This training is required for all canonically resident and licensed clergy and for non-clergy who have a key to the church facility, including, but not limited to: vestry and bishop’s committee members; church staff; Eucharistic ministers/visitors; and anyone who works with minors in any capacity. Any other interested parishioners are encouraged to take this free training. Certification is valid for three years and then a renewal is required. If you have any questions, please reach out to: safechurch@ecww.org.
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ITEMS AVAILABLE / SEEKING ITEMS
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Christ Church Seattle is renovating, and we would like to find a new home for our pews. There are 24 plus 2 pew frontals. The pews are solid oak, with kneelers, 34 inches tall, 22 inches deep, and 130 inches (almost 11 feet) long. Free, but you’ll need to move them. Please contact cwpratt@proton.me for more info.
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Seeking Wonder, Love, & Praise Hymnal
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The St. John’s, Olympia Music Director, Steve O’Connor, has requested 20 pew-edition copies of the Wonder, Love, & Praise hymnal. They are hoping to beg or borrow (permanently) extra, unused copies that might be knocking around somewhere, if at all possible. They would like to offset the cost and potential waste of ordering brand-new copies if there are a number of them not being used at another church. They are willing to pick them up in the Olympia/Tacoma/Federal Way/Puyallup/Gig Harbor etc. areas.
Contact information:
Anna Okrasinski Maddox
Parish Administrator
anna@stjohnsoly.org
360-352-8527
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The following job opportunities are now open at churches and organizations across Western Washington.
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