AUTUMN IN THE DIOCESE OF OLYMPIA for YOUNG ADULTS… Starting Tuesday… Join young adults from across the Diocese for a rich, guided conversation about the complicated ways relationships and faith intersect. Video shorts, provocative questions, and small group reflection will round out our time together. Many thanks to our support team: Rose Hazard, the Rev. Hillary Kimsey, and Michael Klucas, with additional assistance and insight from: the Rev. Canon Carla Robinson, the Rev. Daren Chidester, and the Rev. Edmund Harris. Two consecutive Tuesday evenings: November 1 & 8 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. via Zoom Register below for free to get the […]

View as Webpage October 28, 2022           Encountering Jesus in the Garden: The 112th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia Water. Soil. Seeds. Growth. As the seasons change, as the fruit within our own hearts and communities begins to ripen and mature, Jesus calls on us to encounter him in the garden. As we look for ways to heal our planet, to heal our relationship to creation and become faithful stewards of this place we call home, Jesus calls on us to encounter him in the garden. And as we celebrate our rich and vibrant […]

Universal Safe Church Training Now Available Online Dear Clergy and Lay Leaders in the Diocese of Olympia, In accordance with The Episcopal Church’s Safe Church, Safe Communities program, Universal Training is now offered for certification for Children/Youth and Vulnerable Adults. Universal Safe Church training fosters a culture of safety and inclusion for all people and covers a broad overview of issues of vulnerability, power, and healthy boundaries. Universal Safe Church training is designed to equip all people to live out their Baptismal Covenant. Learn More The required nine courses for universal Safe Church training are listed below. All nine trainings […]

  An appeal from the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Help for the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza   August 16, 2022 Dear Ones,   Members of the Diocesan Committee on Justice and Peace in the Holy Land received news from John Lent, Executive Director of American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, about the situation in Gaza and in particular the Ahli Arab Hospital, long supported by AFEDJ, following the recent bombings. John writes: The Jabaliya Refugee Camp near Ahli Arab Hospital was struck and children were killed there. Ahli Hospital has been treating wounded children and […]

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