Blessed Are The Peace Makers
St. Augustine’s in Freeland will host its fourth annual commemoration of the life and nonviolent witness of Martin Luther King, Jr. The event is slated for 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19. “Blessed Are the Peace Makers,” is sponsored and organized by St. Augustine’s Episcopal Peace Fellowship.
The service will be preceded by a complimentary sandwich meal beginning at noon.
Featured speaker for the program will be Bishop Greg Rickel. He was raised in Arkansas and formerly was rector of a historically African-American parish in Austin.
This year’s event will focus on Dr. King’s prophetic call for economic justice.
Readings of excerpts from Dr. King’s speeches and letters of civil rights volunteers will be interspersed with a narration describing the Poor People’s Campaign and the issue of economic injustice.
Karl Olsen of Trinity Lutheran will lead the gathering in singing.
The songs will be Southern-based African-American Gospel music common to black churches and the Civil Rights Movement. The Trinity Lutheran youth choir will also perform at the gathering.
Help feed the needy
The Interfaith Coalition of Whidbey Island is holding its Feed the Need food bank collection drive Jan. 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can donate items such as boxed cereals and pastas, as well as canned items such as meats, vegetables, fruit, hearty soups, chili, stew, ravioli, spaghetti, peanut butter and jelly, to any of the three drop locations: the Oak Harbor Help House pantry at the old Ford car lot on Highway 20 and Pioneer Way, Gifts from the Heart pantry at Prairie Center Red Apple, 408 S. Main St., Coupeville or the Good Cheer pantry at the Star Store, 201 First St., Langley. The Interfaith Coalition is a nonprofit organization of local congregations networking to love and serve our neighbors in need. Please call 675-2881 for more information.
Sign up for Tall Timber Camp
Whidbey Presbyterian Church is accepting registration for Tall Timber Family Camp to be held on Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 at Tall Timber Ranch in the mountains near Wenatchee.
With a great variety of activities in the snow, or inside the lodge, it always proves to be great fun for the whole family. Call 679-3579.
All invited to Hymn Sing
People of all ages are invited to join Family Bible Church for a Hymn Sing which is to be held Saturday, Jan. 24, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The church is located on 2760 N. Heller Rd. Please call 679-1585 if you have any questions.
Young adults get night out
Young Adult Night Out with a meal and childcare to be held Saturday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. at Whidbey Presbyterian Church, 1148 SE Eighth Ave. It’s an evening of minimal programming with unstructured casual visiting, connecting, and fun. Reservations necessary, call the church office at 679-3579.
Unitarians study nature of truth
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island will hold its Sunday Service Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. at 20103 Highway 525, Freeland. Is truth objective and knowable, or is it relative, slippery and constantly changing? How can we search for truth if we are not sure of its nature?
Speaker Mark Brown was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1969 and has served as a vicar and a a member of an ecumenical Campus Ministry team.
All are welcome. Children’s classes and childcare provided. Call 360-321-8656, or visit www.whidbey.com/uucwi.
Church Library group meets
The North Puget Sound Chapter of the Pacific NW Association of Church Libraries has rescheduled to Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. at the United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington St. The program will be a discussion of “The Shack” by William P. Young.
The group will also continue planning activities for the annual conference to be held at The Firs in Bellingham on Aug. 7 and 8. All are welcome to attend and to bring a bag lunch.
Call 360-929-6091, or email bbolt@comcast.net.
Church worships and recycles
The Coupeville United Methodist Church, with Pastor Jin Ming Ma, welcomes all community members to its Sunday worship at 608 N. Main St. Contemporary service at 8:45 a.m., adult and children’s Sunday School at 10 a.m., and traditional service at 11 a.m. Recycle for missions.
Bring your used printer cartridges, either ink jet or laser, to the church office. They will be “re-manufactured,” with profits to benefit Katanga Methodist University in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Call 678-4256.
Youth Groups still meeting
Although the youth director at Coupeville United Methodist Church is on a leave of absence, the youth groups are still meeting and having fun at the church. The senior high group meets on Sundays at 6 p.m., and the junior high group meets on Mondays at 6 p.m. Call Beth at the church at 678-4256 for more information.
