PORT ANGELES — The city is accepting applications to fill vacancies on the Planning Commission.
Members of the commission review and make recommendations to the City Council on land development actions, including preparation of the city’s comprehensive plan.
The commission also may make recommendations to individual city departments for adoption of land-use controls.
The commission has specific authority vested by the City Council to act as a hearings board and approval body for certain land-use issues.
Planning commissioners are appointed to four-year terms, with a limit of two consecutive terms.
The commission meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in City Council chambers.
To apply, download an application at www.tinyurl.com/nvmhfa3 or pick one up from the City Manager’s Office in City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.
For more information, contact City Clerk Jennifer Veneklasen at 360-417-4634 or jvenekla@cityofpa.us.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday.
Stations of the Cross
SEQUIM — Throughout the Lenten season, members of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church walk the Stations of the Cross at noon each Friday.
Walking the Stations of the Cross refers to a devotional depiction of the final hours of Christ.
The object of the Stations is to help the faithful make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer while tracing the last steps of Jesus, according to a news release.
The church is located at 525 N. Fifth Ave.
The public is welcome.
The Celtic Way
PORT ANGELES — St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 510 E. Park Ave., will host a Celtic spirituality workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Tom Cashman is the presenter.
He has been a spiritual director for 28 years, working with clergy and people of all traditions.
Cashman has been an adjunct professor for Celtic spirituality and has led multiple trips and pilgrimages in the United Kingdom.
Registration is $30 for the day, including breaks.
Bring a sack lunch.
Scholarships are available.
For questions or to register, phone 360-457-4862.
For more information, visit www.standrewpa.org.
Lenten talks set
PORT ANGELES — For the season of Lent, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 510 E. Park Ave., will host a series of five soup suppers followed by a program on living fully each day of one’s life.
Beginning this past Thursday and continuing every week, attendees will gather for a meal of soup and bread at 6 p.m. in the parish hall.
At about 6:45 p.m., conversations will begin with guest presenters, or “conversation starters,” regarding the challenges experienced by attendees or family members while aging.
The evenings will conclude at about 7:30 p.m.
There is no charge for the meal or programs.
All are welcome to come for the soup supper, with RSVPs urged via 360-457-4862.
Men’s breakfast
FORKS — Congregational Church will host a monthly meeting of the Men’s Christian Fellowship group at 8 a.m. Saturday.
This is a nondenominational event for all Christian men in the community who want to make the community a better place to live.
Pastor Warren Johnson will cook breakfast for a donation.
This month’s breakfast will be biscuits, sausage and gravy, scrambled eggs, coffee and juice.
Peter Breed will make a presentation about his recent trip to Swaziland.
The church is located at 280 S. Spartan Ave.
For information, contact the church at 360-374-5319.
Unity speaker
PORT ANGELES — This Sunday, the speaker at Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. worship service will be Gayle Nelson, whose lesson will be “The Lord’s Prayer in Correlation to the Chakras.”
Nelson is a pranic (vital energy) healer and instructor assigned to Alaska, Washington and Mount Shasta, Calif.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available.
Fellowship time follows the worship service.
The public is welcome to all activities at the church, located at 2917 E. Myrtle St.
Taize services
SEQUIM — All are welcome to the ecumenical Taize service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., at 7 p.m. Monday.
There will be a meditative, candlelit atmosphere that includes singing simple, repetitive songs during the hourlong service.
Taize will continue to be held the fourth Monday of each month.
OPAA speaker
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Art Association will present local photographer Ernst-Ulrich Schafer as this month’s special presenter during its next meeting Thursday.
The event will be at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.
The social time begins at 9:30 a.m., with the business meeting at 10 a.m.
Schafer will present tips on the best way to photograph personal art so it looks good when entering art shows or seeking gallery representation, according to a news release.
The public is welcome.
RSVP needed for Sequim pruning class
SEQUIM — New Dungeness Nursery, 4911 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will hold a rose pruning class at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27.
The free class features older rose plants to show what and why one should be pruning.
Presenter Doug Cockburn is a certified horticultural professional with more than 40 years of experience in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
The public is invited to the class.
RSVP to 360-681-0132 or cockburndoug@gmail.com.
Speaker series
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild will present its monthly speaker series and business meeting in the community center of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Mary Hunchberger, director of college advancement from Peninsula College, will talk about the scholarship recipients in the School of Nursing the guild has supported.
The public is invited.
A short recess will follow her presentation before the business meeting.
Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
Phone 360-683-7044 for more information.
