‘Change and Resistance’

Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship welcomes the Rev. Amanda Aikman as guest speaker at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Aikman is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and playwright who has won more than a dozen national sermon contests.

Her message, “Change and Resistance,” looks at the dance of change and resistance in our lives, from politics to arts to intimate relationships.

OUUF is a congregation embracing “justice, equity, and compassion in human relations” at 1033 N. Barr Road, between Sequim and Port Angeles. Coffee and fellowship follow the service.

Enrichment and play are provided children.

Series examines role of church in Nazi Germany

Roland Blaich, Emeritus Professor of History at Walla Walla University, offers a free, four-part lecture series over three days — 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3 — at Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane.

Blaich will guide attendees through history and events that took place during the Nazi reign and how the Christian church was affected.

The first lecture is “The Christian Church in Nazi Germany: An Overview”; the second, “Being Christian in Nazi Germany”; the third, “German Adventist and the Nazi State,” and the fourth, “The Christian Church and the Nazi State: The Case of the Methodist Church.”

At Walla Walla University, Blaich chaired the Department of History and Philosophy and taught courses in modern European history, German history, and church history. His research in church-state relations in Nazi Germany appeared in several historical journals.

For more information, contact Jay at 360-683-7373 or sequimadventist@sequimsdachurch.org.