Churches sponsor Ash Wednesday service

Three Sequim churches sponsor an Ash Wednesday service at noon Wednesday, Feb. 17, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 Blake Ave.

Pastors from the participating churches are Bill Gordon, Trinity United Methodist Church; Jack Anderson, Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church; and Robert Rhoads, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, which leads to Easter.

Call 683-5367.

Calvary Chapel parenting seminar

Calvary Chapel Sequim, 91 S. Boyce Road, will host a parenting seminar called "Cooperation, Consequences and Keeping Your Sanity" from 8:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20.

Jon Sanné, children’s pastor at Calvary Chapel Olympia, will show parents practical solutions for long-term changes in themselves and their children ages 2-18. He offers seven categories of consequences, providing parents with tools to be effective.

Similar programming for children is offered to reinforce the adult program. Teens are invited to sit in with their parents. Take-home manuals are available along with follow-up materials and videos from the National Center for Biblical Parenting, designers of the seminar.

Cost is $20 per adult or $30 for a family with lunch and nursery care provided.

Parents can register by calling Calvary Chapel

Sequim at 683-5995 or by visiting www.christchurch.org. More information is available by calling the National Center for Biblical Parenting at 800-771-8334 or visiting www.biblicalparenting.org.