NEWS BRIEFS: Volunteer hospice in Port Angeles to offer grief group starting in May . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County is offering a free six-week grief support group series from May 9 to June 13.

The group will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each Monday at Hospice House, located directly behind the main office at 540 E. Eighth St.

The program is open to the public. Registration is required, as group size is limited.

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County provides free services to terminally ill patients and their ­families.

To register for the series, phone the hospice office at 360-452-1511.

For more information about Volunteer Hospice, call the office or see www.vhocc.org.

‘Story of His Glory’ topic of course

SEQUIM — Sequim Worship Center, 640 N Sequim Ave., will have a nine-week course, “The Story of His Glory,” from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday.

The cost is $10, which includes a workbook.

The class will use a variety of audio-visual elements to examine “the critical questions of who God really is, who we are, what God’s plan is and how we fit into it,” according to a news release.

The nine-week study period will include the Monday of Memorial Day weekend, May 30.

For more information, email Clallam.Christians@gmail.com.

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.

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