At Union Chapel this Sunday, August 15 the guest speaker is the Rev. Susan Sparks. She is America’s only female comedian with a pulpit. Currently senior pastor of the historic Madison Avenue Baptist church in New York city (and the first woman in its 160 year history), Rev. Sparks has been featured in the New York Times, on many networks, including as a regular guest with country music star Naomi Judd on the Hallmark Channel, and in numerous comedy clubs in New York city.

Rev. Streit at Trinity

Trinity Episcopal Church in Oak Bluffs will have the Very Rev. John P. (Jep) Streit as celebrant on the next two Sundays, August 15 and August 22. This is his 19th year at Trinity. Rev. Streit is dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Boston, where he is well-known for his outreach and inclusiveness among Boston’s diverse ethnic and religious communities. Prior to the Cathedral post, he served for 11 years as Episcopal Chaplain at Boston University and has been a parish priest.

A trunk show of one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces will be held this weekend at Bryn Walker of Edgartown. The show includes Cerca Trova Jewels (Cerca Trova means “seek and you shall find” in Italian), a line of handcrafted jewelry by Marie Fiedrich of Edgartown and Carlisle. Zen Bijou, a collection of handmade silk flowers, pearls and sea glass by Annie Smith of Carlisle, is also part of the show. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, August 14, and Sunday, August 15, at the Kelley street store.

Center for Pizza Eating

Martha’s Vineyard’s Flatbread Company is different from other pizzerias in two ways: first, the restaurant uses locally grown organic ingredients, and second, it holds a benefit night every Tuesday, when the restaurant donates $3.50 for every flatbread sold between 5 and 10 p.m. to a local nonprofit organization. Tuesday, August 24, the proceeds will benefit the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living.

Flatbread is located at Nectar’s at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.

First In, First Aid

The American Red Cross will hold an adult CPR/AED and first aid class on August 14 at the new YMCA on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs, The CPR/AED portion will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and costs $55. The first aid class portion of the class will then continue until 3:30 p.m. Cost for the CPR/AED and first aid is $65. Enrollment is available online at cciredcross.org or by calling toll-free 508-775-1540.