Pastor Wenzek to give the SWCC lesson
Sunday’s sermon at South Whidbey Community Church is based on the book of Joshua, Chapter 2. Pastor Darrell Wenzek will speak on the topic, “Time to Get on the Right Side: Sometimes You Just Can’t Walk the Fence.”
Sunday worship at SWCC is from 10 to 11 a.m. and is preceded by an adult learning forum at 9 a.m., with Stan Walker leading a study in the book of First Corinthians, and Rick Zapata leading a study in the Book of Genesis: the life of Abraham. These are open classes, and everyone is invited. Home Bible studies are also offered; check the church website for times and locations.
All SWCC sermons and special adult-forum events are recorded, and are available on our website.
SWCC is a local independent, non-denominational church that gathers for worship at the Deer Lagoon Grange, 5142 Bayview Road.
For further information about the church and services, call 221-1220 or visit www.whidbeychurch.org.
Unitarians focus on justice for veterans
We sent them to war whole; they came back home broken. What do we owe our returning veterans?
At the Sunday service for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island, the speaker will be Steve DeAvilla, an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder and commander of the local chapter of Disabled American Veterans (DAV).
The collection taken at this service will benefit DAV Chapter 47.
All are welcome. Values-based children’s religious exploration classes and childcare will be provided. The service is at 10 a.m. at 20103 Highway 525, just north of Freeland. Check www.whidbey.com/uucwi for more information.
It’s a Mardi Gras party at Langley UMC
Langley UMC celebrates with a Mardi Gras party at 6 p.m. Wednesday,March 9. All are welcome to wear a colorful costume and enjoy a delicious pancake dinner in Fellowship Hall.
At 7 p.m. the party will be packed away until next year, and the group will move down to the sanctuary for a traditional Ash Wednesday service.
Call the church office at 221-4233 to reserve a spot at the pancake dinner. LUMC is located on the corner of Third Street and Anthes Avenue.
Benecke talks of ‘New Eyes’ at Unity
Songwriter Doug Benecke will present “New Eyes” at the Unity of Whidbey service on Sunday.
Our experiences of ourselves and our world are all too often products of our prejudices and self-limiting expectations. Our brains, our minds, our hearts — all endowed with vibrant capacities — can, through stresses and injuries, become less flexible and vital. Early spring calls us to a renewal that can happen in the “Sacred Now” as we open ourselves to it, restoring life to our spirits even as the sustaining earth awakens.
Benecke will lead an exploration of tools to work on the garden of self, with musical assistance from violinist Talia Toni Marcus. Sam Glass will be the platform assistant.
A Course in Miracles group meets from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
All are welcome. Visit Unity of Whidbey’s website at http://www.unityofwhidbeyisland.org for more information.
UMC presents special presentation on peace
Is peace possible in Israel/Palestine? Archbishop Elias Chacour is a Palestinian Israeli who says yes. The public is invited to hear the archbishop’s story of “Building Peace on Desktops” in a presentation by Rev. Joan Deming, a representative of Pilgrims of Ibillin, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, at Langley United Methodist Church.
The presentation is called “Is Peace Possible?” All are welcome.
Pilgrims of Ibillin supports the work of Archbishop Chacour and other peacemakers in Israel and the West Bank. This American nonprofit is dedicated to supporting organizations and individuals committed to achieving peaceful coexistence and mutual respect among Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities in the Holy Land.
Early learning is the topic of adult class
“Early Learning: Going beyond the ABC’s to support our youngest children” is the topic of the adult education class at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the Fireside Room at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Guest speaker Bess Windecker-Nelson works with families and children across the county in many different settings as a child-development and mental-health specialist, and as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is chairwoman of Partners for Young Children, Island County’s early learning coalition, and lives on South Whidbey with her family.
From birth to age 8, children are growing faster in every way than they will at any other point in their lives. The talk will cover how to support our youngest children as they learn and grow in every way.
Sunday service looks at God’s promises
On Sunday, March 6, the Christian Science service addresses how and why God’s promises make us free from the fear of tyranny, terrorism, sickness, sin and death. Our heritage as children of God can be expressed in harmony and freedom today.
“Citizens of the world, accept the ‘glorious liberty of the children of God,’ and be free! This is your divine right,” (“Science and Health”).
“Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God,” (“Science and Health”).
Services begin at 10:30 a.m. at 15910 Highway 525, just north of Bayview and across from Useless Bay Road. Everyone is welcome.
