SEQUIM — Spiritual group Eckankar will host a talk, “Love Is Simple,” at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Sunday.
According to a news release: “How do you cultivate a loving perspective in your own life? Is it easier to give love than to receive it? Or the other way around? Have you ever been so filled with love that you became a magnet for love? What did it create — for you and those around you?”
The talk is free and open to the public.
Community Hu
SEQUIM — There will be a community HU song gathering in the Sequim Library’s meeting room, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The event is free and open to the public.
The HU song is an ancient invocation used to open the consciousness to the light and sound of God, resulting in mystical experiences, spiritual insights and states of enlightenment and inner peace, according to a news release.
For more information, email George Abrahams at justbe973@gmail.com or phone 360-809-0156.
Unity service
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will host guest speaker Cate Montana at its 10:30 a.m. Sunday service.
Her lesson is titled “The Fountain of Gratitude That Never Empties.”
Montana has a master’s degree in psychology and is author of “The E Word: Ego, Enlightenment & Other Essentials” and “Unearthing Venus: My Search for the Woman Within,” and co-author with Dr. Darren Weissman of “The Heart of the Matter.”
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available during the service.
Candlelight service
SEQUIM — A Christmas Eve candlelighting service will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
Music will include the Trinity Singers, bell choir and Carlos Xavier on the flute. The congregation will sing traditional carols, and the “Friendly Beasts” animal puppets will appear.
The service will conclude with the lighting of individual candles and the singing of “Silent Night.”
The church’s 10 a.m. service on Christmas Day will feature a carol sing and other music.
Interfaith Amigos
A book by the Interfaith Amigos — Imam Jamal Rahman, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Pastor Don Mackenzie — will be the topic of free weekly spiritual discussions across East Jefferson County in January and February.
To participate in the “Spiritual Read” series on “Finding Peace Through Spiritual Practice: The Interfaith Amigos’ Guide to Personal, Social and Environmental Healing,” visit www.spiritualread.org and select a local participating group to contact and join.
The three authors will make an appearance at Port Townsend High School, 1500 Van Ness St., from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12.
The event is free and open to the public.
The series itself will close with “Celebration of Our Journey” from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center, 3918 San Juan Ave., Port Townsend. The Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble will dramatize personal responses to justice and environmental actions raised in the Interfaith Amigos’ book.
Interfaith Minister Simon de Voil will provide music.
The Interfaith Amigos became known as such after 9/11 through their “innovative approaches to interfaith dialogue,” according to a news release. “They discovered shared basic beliefs in the same God and unity in the three Abrahamic faiths. They coalesced as the Interfaith Amigos to offer spiritual wisdom, humor and hope to overcome sectarian conflict and violence.”
The three present across the U.S. and globally in Canada, Japan and Israel-Palestine. They speak to spiritual communities, colleges, conferences and world religious organizations. They also have done TEDx talks, their own radio show and interviews with many media outlets, including The New York Times, CBS and BBC news.
Solstice ritual
PORT TOWNSEND — The public is invited to gather on the winter solstice to honor the dark and welcome the light, through silence, meditation, music, song and ritual Wednesday.
Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., Port Townsend, will host the free winter solstice ritual from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
