Community events
Retreat on grief
The Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will host a series of retreats focusing on dealing with the grieving process. Retreat leaders include physicians, chaplains and representatives from Hospice of Spokane.
The retreat will be offered Feb. 2-4, April 27-29 and June 1-3, from 7 p.m. Friday through 1 p.m. Sunday. Participants are welcome to attend once or multiple times.
Each retreat is $130 per person or $220 per couple, which includes meals. Call (509) 448-1224 to register or visit www.ihrc.net.
Priest speaks on Islam
The Rev. Patrick Baraza will present a two-part lecture on understanding Islam on Thursday and Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at Country Homes Christian Church, 8415 N. Wall St.
Baraza, a Catholic priest, is a visiting professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University. He has been stationed in Kenya, the Middle East and the Philippines.
The lectures are free. Call (509) 466-3414 for more information.
Apartheid lecture, film
Weldon Merritt, an American observer of the reconciliation at the end of apartheid in South Africa, will speak Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Unity Church at 29th Avenue and Bernard Street.
“Long Night’s Journey into Day,” a film about the end of apartheid, also will be shown. The evening will be preceded by dinner at 5:45 p.m.
The cost of the meal is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and $2 for children. Admission to the program is by donation. Call (509) 838-6518 for more information.
Images of Holy Land
The Rev. Arthur Houk will show pictures of his three trips to the Holy Land, including Jericho, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth, on Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Arden Faith Baptist Church, 673 Arden Hill Road in Colville.
Call (509) 684-3983 for more information.
Soul power workshop
Mary Manin Morrisey of the Living Enrichment Center in Wilsonville, Ore., will present a workshop called “The Four Shamanic Canons” on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at The Unity Center, 4123 E. Lincoln Road.
The workshop will cover the “Four Universal Practices” that become portals to the soul.
The suggested donation is $25. Call (509) 489-6964 for more information.