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Prayer gathering for peace slated

Bahá’is of Sequim and Port Angeles will host “Prayers for Peace” from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The community gathering will… Continue reading

Ankur-Shah-Delight

Sunday program set for OUUF

Ankur Delight will present “The 5th Agreement, Intergenerational Trauma, and How To Love A Dictator” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Delight will be… Continue reading

Ankur-Shah-Delight
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “The Paralyzed Man” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port Townsend,… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

Premdaya Wajida Mathieu will present “Close Your Eyes. Fall in Love. Stay There.” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Mathieu is the guest speaker… Continue reading

Eamon Myers, age 10 of Port Angeles, feeds some of the Shetland Sheep at the 42nd annual Shepherd’s Festival, held Monday at the Sequim Prairie Grange — both inside and out. It included many vendors with sheep, goats, llamas and related products. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Shepherd’s Festival

Eamon Myers, age 10, of Port Angeles feeds some of the Shetland Sheep at the 42nd annual Shepherd’s Festival, held Monday at the Sequim Prairie… Continue reading

Eamon Myers, age 10 of Port Angeles, feeds some of the Shetland Sheep at the 42nd annual Shepherd’s Festival, held Monday at the Sequim Prairie Grange — both inside and out. It included many vendors with sheep, goats, llamas and related products. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Dahlias a blooming bounty

DAHLIAS ARE MY absolutely favorite summer (and into autumn) flower. They are very perennial while offering more than 100 blooms per mature plant. With that… Continue reading

Kendra Fors
Peninsula Junior Rodeo’s participants in Sequim’s Irrigation Festival Grand Parade included Kenzie Fors (wearing cowboy hat) and Skylar Burgett (helmet).

HORSEPLAY: 130th Sequim Irrigation Festival parade

I LOVE A parade: The tramping of feet, I love every beat … mostly, I love seeing horses in parades! The sight always takes me… Continue reading

Kendra Fors
Peninsula Junior Rodeo’s participants in Sequim’s Irrigation Festival Grand Parade included Kenzie Fors (wearing cowboy hat) and Skylar Burgett (helmet).

ISSUES OF FAITH: Requiem for my dad

A READING FROM the Gospel According to John: [To the disciples, Jesus said], “I have said these things to you while I am still with… Continue reading

Prayer gathering for peace slated

Bahá’is of Sequim and Port Angeles will host “Prayers for Peace” from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 31. The community gathering… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik

Sunday program set for OUUF

Joseph Bednarik will present “Hallowed Ground at the Point of Departure” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Memorial Sunday: Loving Remembrance” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Fortune, Misfortune…Which?” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the minister of record at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Fortune, Misfortune … Which?” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the minister of record at Unity… Continue reading

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Fortune, Misfortune…Which?” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the minister of record at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.
The Hanshaw family is struggling under the weight of emotional and financial stressors brought by the recent diagnoses by doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital that have finally answered the question of why Ember, center, has always been frail. Shown with Ember are her parents, Jennifer and Tim Hanshaw, and 9-year-old sister Lena, who shares a hereditary condition with her father and sister. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim fifth-grader fights rare cluster of life-threatening diagnoses

Conditions affect one in more than 100 million, doctors say

The Hanshaw family is struggling under the weight of emotional and financial stressors brought by the recent diagnoses by doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital that have finally answered the question of why Ember, center, has always been frail. Shown with Ember are her parents, Jennifer and Tim Hanshaw, and 9-year-old sister Lena, who shares a hereditary condition with her father and sister. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

A GROWING CONCERN: Yard chores to prepare for the summer time

NOW THAT MAY and late spring is upon us, how about a list of chores that will have your garden, lawn and yard looking spectacular… Continue reading

M.E. Bartholomew

Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship plans service

M.E. Bartholomew will present “Finding Your Pathway to Calm” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bartholomew will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian… Continue reading

M.E. Bartholomew
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “The Spiritual Power of Kything” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

ISSUES OF FAITH: Invest in people, not things

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER was recently married. I was reminded of the movie, “Father of the Bride.” My little girl, all of a sudden, was officially… Continue reading

Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson

Unity in the Olympics service slated

The Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson will present “Mercy Triumphs!” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Burson-Johnson, the spiritual director at the Center for Spiritual Living… Continue reading

Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson
A group of people play American Mahjong at the Harmony Center of Sequim in the activities room, which is large and well-lit, with Wi-Fi, a 70-inch television, folding tables and chairs. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
A group of people play American Mahjong at the Harmony Center of Sequim in the activities room, which is large and well-lit, with Wi-Fi, a 70-inch television, folding tables and chairs. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

A GROWING CONCERN: Fall for these summer foliage plants

IN KEEPING WITH the other week’s article, let us add to our list of great summer plants. All of these selections are for their foliage.… Continue reading