Clark County
TODAY
ST. LUKES-SAN LUCAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH will host its monthly Taizé service, “Gifts from the Field: Poems of Pablo Neruda,” at 6 p.m. at 426 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. The service will include chants, poetry and meditation. A community folk song circle will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at the church. * 360-696-0181.
SUNDAY
COLUMBIA PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER will begin its annual celebration with dinner at 5:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 426 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. The topic of special guest speaker will be Conrad P. Hackett, demographer, Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C., is “Myths and Misperceptions about Religion.” Keith Hackett, executive director of the center, is retiring and the counseling center will be closing. Tickets are $20. * Reservations: 360-696-1615.
WEDNESDAY
BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND TALK, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Yoga Samadhi, 177 W. Jewett, White Salmon. Ajahn Jayasaro, who has been a Buddhist monk for more than 30 years, is a renowned teacher and author in both the Thai and English languages. * For more information, email hermitage@abhayagiri.org.
SOUP AND BREAD DISCUSSIONS 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Camas Friends Church, 1004 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas. Meetings will begin with a simple meal and fellowship, followed by a time of focused teaching and discussion in the church community room. Discussion topics will come from the workbook, “Healthy Children, Healthy Planet,” assembled by the Northwest Earth Institute. The free series continues through Nov. 13. * 360-834-2446.