January 31, 2021
D. Heyward Brock
The Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware will hold their sixth Darwin Day Celebration online from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13, via Zoom.
Dr. D. Heyward Brock, a University of Delaware professor emeritus and ordained Christian minister, will speak on Charles Darwin and Herman Melville. A discussion will follow his presentation.
Both Charles Darwin and Herman Melville visited the Galapagos Islands within a few years of each other and later wrote about what they observed and discovered while there. Darwin wrote “Voyage of the Beagle” in 1839 and “Origin of Species” in 1859; Melville wrote “The Encantadas” in 1854.
January 31, 2021
Rajan Zed
The Georgetown Town Council, reportedly for the first time since its establishment in 1791, opened its Jan. 27 meeting with Hindu prayer containing verses from the world’s oldest extant scripture.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures remotely before the council meeting. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.
President of the Universal Society of Hinduism, Zed recited from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in common use. He also recited lines from Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He started and ended the prayer with “Om,” the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious work.
January 25, 2021
Milton Community Food Pantry donation presentation attendees shown are (l-r) RD20 Democratic Committee Treasurer David Baker, Milton Community Food Pantry President Donna Murawski, Lower Sussex County NAACP member Tyaire Ayers Mackey and Lower Sussex County NAACP President Liberty Hanzer. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Two local groups recently chose the Milton Community Food Pantry as the organization to support with projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service.
The Lower Sussex County NAACP Youth Council #2719 and Delaware s 20th Representative District Committee members collaborated with the Presidential Inaugural Committee to sponsor a food drive and collect donations in support of the pantry.
Engaging in the challenge of confronting racism, Westminster Presbyterian Church in Rehoboth Beach will host a book study of Robin DiAngelo’s book “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.” Sessions will be held from.
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Mariner s Bethel United Methodist Church of Ocean View presented its live nativity as a drive-up program for the first time Dec. 18.
In all, 110 vehicles attended the four half-hour programs featuring Christmas carols and the telling of the Christmas story with volunteers from Mariner’s portraying the characters.
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