Lifestyle Stories - Whidbey Island

Dietitian offers help on gluten intolerance

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

The Gluten Intolerance Group on Whidbey would like to invite all interested people to a special presentation by natural health nutritionist and registered dietitian Beverly Kindblade.

Quakers hold worship service | RELIGION NOTES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Whidbey Island Quakers meet every Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist building, located at 20103 Highway 525, two miles north of Freeland.

Slow down and Taize yourself | RELIGION NOTES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Taize is back on the first Wednesday of each month, beginning Sept. 5. St. Hubert Catholic Church will host a monthly Taize Prayer Service from 7 to 8 p.m.

Missionaries to the Congo appear | RELIGION NOTES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Come meet missionaries from the Congo at Langley United Methodist Church.

Try dancing for universal peace | RELIGION NOTES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

All are welcome to join Dancers of Universal Peace in a community dancing experience where participants will be immersed in simple sacred phrases and movements inspired by the world’s spiritual traditions. Children are welcome.

How the Bible came into being | RELIGION NOTES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

There are many theories about how the Bible came to being; II Peter 1:19-21, gives important information on the subject. Pastor Darrell Wenzek’s 10 a.m. sermon Sunday, Aug. 26, is entitled “The Authority of the Word.” He will look at some of the theories on inspiration and show how Peter offers key information.

Turn drama into peace | RELIGION NOTES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Unity of Whidbey will hear speaker Rev. Ruth Gabriel address “The Divine Balance” at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 at 5671 Crawford Road.

Back to school: good news for some, not so for others | WHIDBEY RECIPES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Back in one of my other lives, I looked forward eagerly to the beginning days of the new school year. I was a teacher, then, and couldn’t wait to meet my new batch of students. My own kids, of course, were moaning and groaning about having to give up their too short summertime fun and put on those stiff new “back-to-school” shoes and clothes.

Dog days of August mean it’s time for zucchini sneaking | WHIDBEY RECIPES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Aug. 8, National Sneak Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day, came and went and I’ll wager you missed your big chance to ditch your excess zucchini; if you had any, that is.

Discover one definition of soul | RELIGION NOTES

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

In Science and Health, Mary Baker Eddy defines Soul, as God (one of the seven synonyms for God). With God as the source and supply of qualities inherent in Soul, one can’t lose or misplace any part of Soul’s natural attributes.

Community makes all the difference | Faithful Living

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

I grew up in a modest-sized coastal community in California. Had you asked me then what I thought of my community, I would have responded with positive comments. I would have said that my community was filled with people who knew who I was, were interested in me and participated in my life. Members of my community cared for their family members and friends. They used their interests and skills to generously contribute to people around them.

Kingdom Hall rises quickly in Oak Harbor

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Coupeville church announces fall schedule | Religion Notes

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

The Coupeville United Methodist Church announces its fall schedule, which will start on Sunday, Sept. 9. The fall schedule includes two services, one that is traditional and includes choir and organ music, and one that is more contemporary and informal.

Don't gamble in the game of life | Religion Notes

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

“Gambling — don’t trust your life to luck,” is the next audio chat to be given at the Christian Science Reading Room, Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. The chat, conducted by John Minard, a Christian Science healer, will show how God’s love can change your focus from luck to trust in God’s divine law of good.

Conversation speaks to faithful bonds | Faithful Living

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

I love meeting new people. I love casual, spontaneous conversation even more, when you take the time to stop what you are doing and thinking, to look someone squarely in the eyes and gift them with your full attention for a few minutes.

Letters link across the miles | Faithful Living

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

My son will live here at home another month before returning to college, but we’ve started gathering essentials to outfit his first apartment. While moving personal items to the attic this week, I came across a box labeled “family correspondence — college years.” The enclosed letters are a great representation of my parents and the ways both chose to communicate with me. Newspaper articles and news about family and friends came from my mom. Dad contributed carefully crafted words, representing deep thought and sentimentality. Today I treasure everything about those letters, just as I did 35 years ago when I was a young college student, wanting to know what was going on back home.

Learn to self-publish in a weekend on Whidbey

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Madrona Workshop Troupe, a newly formed collaborative resource for writers who wish to become authors, will debut with a two-day self-publishing “Weekend on Whidbey” Aug. 18 and 19 in Coupeville.

Green Page

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Gluten Free Foodies

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:51 PDT

Joining Their Journey

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