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A GROWING CONCERN: Fall chores abound for Peninsula gardeners

BOY, IT IS getting darker way too early and that has its own problems because I’ve got a big list of October jobs for you… Continue reading

‘Living Mindfully’ offered Sunday

Devan Miller will present “Living Mindfully” at 5 p.m. Sunday. Miller will speak in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Animal blessings to be offered at Trinity United Methodist

A blessing of the animals service will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The service will be in front of Trinity United Methodist… Continue reading

Pastor Beth Oling of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Port Angeles blesses Lille, a 17-year-old Havanese dog, at the annual Blessing of the Animals event at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon. Roxanne Grinstad is the dogs owner. About a dozen dogs and cats came for the special blessing. The church blesses animals to celebrate the Creation Season and St. Francis’ love of animals. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Blessing of the Animals held in Port Angeles

The Rev. Beth Oling, right, the pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Port Angeles, blesses Lille, a 17-year-old Havanese, during the church’s annual Blessing… Continue reading

Pastor Beth Oling of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Port Angeles blesses Lille, a 17-year-old Havanese dog, at the annual Blessing of the Animals event at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon. Roxanne Grinstad is the dogs owner. About a dozen dogs and cats came for the special blessing. The church blesses animals to celebrate the Creation Season and St. Francis’ love of animals. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Robert (Bob) Cameron

Interim pastor installed in Port Angeles

First Baptist Church of Port Angeles has installed the Rev. Bob Cameron as interim pastor following the resignation of Tim Hughes. Cameron… Continue reading

Robert (Bob) Cameron

ISSUES OF FAITH: Bloom where you are planted

Readings: Proper 23, Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary FIRST, SOME GOOD news (I think!) and a personal note to all those who walked… Continue reading

Bruce Domazlicky

OUUF speaker slated for Sunday

Bruce Domazlicky will present “Adam Smith Can Change Your Life” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Domazlicky will be the guest speaker at Olympic… Continue reading

Bruce Domazlicky
Doug Benecke will be joined by Sallie Harrison for special music at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Program set for weekend service

Doug Benecke will present “Blessed Vision: Opening to the sacred beauty of this moment” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Benecke will be the… Continue reading

Doug Benecke will be joined by Sallie Harrison for special music at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Speaker set at Unity in Port Townsend for weekend service

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Opening to Spiritual Vision” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

A GROWING CONCERN: For perfect planting, consider the whole story

AS WE MOVE into October and autumn, the leaves start to clog your gutters, the rains have returned (burn ban has been lifted!) and planting… Continue reading

Ralph Carson’s mug shot.

BACK WHEN: 88th anniversary of an OP murder mystery

THE BIBLE POINTS out one of mankind’s failings. “You lust and do not have; so you commit murder.” (James 4:2) All too often we see… Continue reading

Ralph Carson’s mug shot.

Animal blessings offered in Port Angeles

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will offer blessings to animals at 2 p.m. Sunday. The blessings will be offered rain or shine near… Continue reading

This is what a half-ton bin of wine grapes looks like. I will truck more than 80 to 90 of these over the next month. (Don Corson/for Peninsula Daily News)

ISSUES OF FAITH: Save your harvest from the coming storm

IT WAS A couple of years ago, but I still remember the call vividly. It was toward the end of harvest, like it is now,… Continue reading

This is what a half-ton bin of wine grapes looks like. I will truck more than 80 to 90 of these over the next month. (Don Corson/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Speaker set at Unity in Port Townsend for weekend service

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “St. Francis Celebration of the Animals” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.
Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let frost leave you out in the cold

NOW THAT AUTUMN is here, cold weather will soon be upon us, and Jack Frost will come to visit your yard. These first few frosts… Continue reading

Photo by Helen Shrewman
Prize riders Michelle Neville, on Ellie, (Spanaway) left, Mary Quinn, on Scarlet, (Tahoma) and Camille Rucker, on Fancy (Rainier) take a break along the trail at the Snack Water Stop (set up for the ride by Peninsula Chapt).

HORSEPLAY: Trail rides are an adventure for rider and horse

THE COWBOY SPIRIT was alive and well during the wildly successful Spirit Prize Ride at Sage Horse Camp last Saturday. Hosted by the HH Peninsula… Continue reading

Photo by Helen Shrewman
Prize riders Michelle Neville, on Ellie, (Spanaway) left, Mary Quinn, on Scarlet, (Tahoma) and Camille Rucker, on Fancy (Rainier) take a break along the trail at the Snack Water Stop (set up for the ride by Peninsula Chapt).

ISSUES OF FAITH: Ask yourself who you are listening to

AS A BISHOP in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I don’t publicly endorse or oppose political parties or candidates. When I was… Continue reading

The Rev. Glenn Jones

Unity in Olympics program scheduled

The Rev. Glenn Jones will present “Inner Peace, the Only Peace Possible” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Jones will be the guest speaker… Continue reading

The Rev. Glenn Jones

Yom Kippur services scheduled for Port Angeles

The Olympic B’nai Shalom congregation will observe Yom Kippur next week. All services will be conducted at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,… Continue reading