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This coming Sunday, August 12 at 10 a.m., the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock will be the guest preacher at the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs. Rev. Warnock travels here from Atlanta, Ga., where he is the senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. It was there, from the pulpit of its Heritage Sanctuary, that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached his ministry of nonviolence. Now, from that same pulpit, senior pastor Warnock continues Ebenezer’s legacy as a church at the forefront of the fight for social justice.
Annie and Jake Sylvia of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Benjamin King Sylvia, on August 4 at the Falmouth Hospital. Benjamin weighed 7 pounds, 7.7 ounces at birth.
Veteran journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Vineyard youth Shavanae Anderson are the recipients of the Stone Soup Leadership Institute’s 2012 Walter Cronkite Award. The awards, given to those who use the power of the media to build a more educated and sustainable world, were presented at a ceremony at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown on August 2.
Ms. Hunter-Gault, who was unable to attend the ceremony, commented in a prepared speech on the meaning of the award and the man for whom it was named.
Amid the many connecting hallways that make up the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital campus is tucked a 400-square-foot trailer that houses Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard. The organization has achieved and maintained a tangible presence on the Island since its inception 31 years ago, but its physical presence remains confined to a small, hidden space. The trailer has been an enduring home, said Hospice executive director Terre Young, but now it is time for change. “The trailer says we’re impermanent — almost invisible. We’re 31.
Announcing Bo
Whitney Burke and Keith Fullin of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Bo Katherine Fullin, born on August 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Bo weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth. Bo joins big sister Emery.
Please Adopt Us
It was a wonderful week at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard. Five of the shelter’s long-term beautiful cats were adopted and the cages are almost empty. The shelter still has one special cat — Mango — who is very sweet and would make a wonderful lap cat for an older person who needs companionship.
There are three new cats who will be ready for adoption next week after they have been checked by a vet and had their shots.