NEWS BRIEFS: Unity speaker slated for Sunday in PA … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday service speaker will be the Rev. Donna Little.

Her lesson at the church at 2917 E. Myrtle St. is titled “Who Do We Say We Are?”

Little is a resident of Sequim and is a licensed and ordained Unity minister.

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

Child care is available during the service.

Spiritual classes

The Interfaith Community of Clallam County announced its schedule for the 2018 Spiritual Read Port Angeles and Sequim.

Starting Sunday, the public is invited to join the free events. Sign up is required for the groups and can be completed by emailing interfaithclallamcounty @gmail.com.

Your request and contact information will be directed to the facilitator for that group, event organizers said.

For those held in someone’s private home, call the associated number to get location details.

Attendees can gather valuable insights and practical advice about how to experience more joy and compassion in daily life through discussion of the book “The Book of Joy,” by Douglas Abrams, the 14th Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

There will also be practices each week to engage in to explore the concepts presented by passages in the book.

A gathering will culminate the read March 24, where all groups will join to share discoveries and joy.

More groups might be added, event organizers said.

Each group will have a syllabus with suggested reading schedule and questions.

• Sequim: Sundays, 3 p.m. to 4:30pm, Nuffer home. Call 360-477-3939.

• Mondays, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. The first meeting for this group will be Tuesday.

• Fridays, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.

• Port Angeles: Mondays, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Center for Spiritual Living Port Angeles, 254 N. Bagley Creek Road.

• Tuesdays, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., North Olympic Land Trust, 602 E. Front St.

• Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Eash home, call 360-477-0681; 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St.; and Peninsula College Longhouse, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

• Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Port Angeles Library, 2210 W. Peabody St.; and 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave.

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