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On Sunday, August 11, Reverend Raphael Warnock returns to preach at the West Tisbury Congregational Church. Rev. Warnock is the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. Warnock and Rev. Cathlin Baker, pastor of the congregational church, were students together at Union Seminary in New York city. This is Rev. Warnock’s fifth summer sharing the pulpit with Rev. Baker.
Services begin at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The church is located 1051 State Road in West Tisbury. Childcare is provided.
On Thursday, August 15, the corn dogs come to town. So does the Ferris wheel, Robinson’s racing pigs, goat and swine exhibits, woodsmen’s competition, chop stick knitting contest, the list just keeps going on and on as the 152nd Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Livestock Show and Fair begins.
Peter Koszuta of Edgartown and Glastonbury, Conn., was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle service project, Peter constructed a museum display showcasing the 100th anniversary of Eagle Scouts. In addition, he finished a display case and led troop members in constructing sandwich boards for the Historical Society of Glastonbury.
Has the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard been listed in the Best of the Vineyard? From the number of visitors walking through the doors lately, the shelter is the place to visit while on-Island. All the pets have been thriving on the human attention. Even Michael, the most reclusive of cats, has emerged from his hidey-hole to be admired. He has been joined in the cat room by Genevieve, a three-year-old tabby who has been an indoor cat throughout her life.
Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche leads a dharma talk on meditation tonight, August 9, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Yoga Barn, located on South Road in Chilmark. The talk focuses on creating space in daily life.
Rinpoche is one of the heads of the Taklung Kagyu Lineage. He is abbot of several monasteries in Nepal, assists monasteries and practice centers in Tibet and heads dharma centers in North America and Asia. His teachings are nonsectarian, combining the teachings of the Vajrayana, Mahayana and Theravada.
The town of Oak Bluffs has re-opened two Lagoon Pond beaches Monday morning to swimming. Medeiros Cove off the Sailing Camp Park and the drawbridge beach at Eastville were closed last week when water samples revealed high counts of enterococci, a bacteria that can indicate the presence of fecal contamination. Follow-up tests this week confirmed that water quality now meets state standards.