NEWS BRIEFS: Deadline today for Port Angeles writing workshop scheduled in April . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Friday, March 13, 2015

PORT ANGELES — The deadline is today for submission of a work in progress for an April writing workshop.

John and Jan Straley are the 2015 writers-in-residence at Peninsula College.

John Straley will lead a writing workshop from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. April 30 on the Peninsula College campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

The workshop, which will be limited to 12 participants, is open to anyone in the community, but priority will be given to Peninsula College students.

Participants do not have to be experienced, published writers, but they do need to submit a work in progress to Matt Teorey at mteorey@pencol.edu.

Prose is limited to 1,500 words. The limit for poetry is 50 lines.

Straley is an award-winning Alaskan author of several books, including The Big Both Ways, Cold Storage, Alaska and The Woman Who Married a Bear, which won the Shamus Award in 1993.

He was the writer laureate of Alaska in 2006.

Jan Straley is an associate professor of marine biology at the University of Alaska, Southeast, who has published a number of scholarly articles on her study of whales.

For more information, contact Teorey by email or at 360-417-6269.

Men’s group to host meal this Saturday

FORKS — The Christian Men’s Breakfast Group will meet at First Congregational Church, 280 S. Spartan Ave., at 8 a.m. Saturday.

The Rev. Warren Johnson will provide a breakfast for a small donation.

The menu includes French toast, link sausage, eggs, juice and coffee.

Pat Soderlind, property manager of the Peninsula Housing Authority, is a special guest who will follow-up on the discussion from the last breakfast.

Men’s chorus

SEQUIM — Christian Edition, an internationally known and acclaimed men’s chorus, will present a concert at Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane, at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

The concert is free, though a love offering will be collected.

For more information, visit www.christianedition.com or phone Jay Richmond at 360-683-7373.

Unity speaker

PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will hold a 10:30 a.m. service Sunday with guest speaker Otto Gershon.

The lesson is “The Messiah in Jewish Passover.”

“Israel has a central role in the Bible. The only role that is more central is that of the Messiah,” a news release reads.

“In the traditional Passover seder, both of these roles come together in a remarkable way that is filled with insight and hope.”

Gershon is a biblical scholar who has been teaching from the Bible for 30 years and has been leading a Messianic Jewish Fellowship for the past 15 years.

Child care is available during the service.

A brief time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

All are welcome to attend all church activities.