Mission project to host
Full Moon Walk
LITTLE ROCK —
The Full Moon Walk, a free, family-friendly walk across the Big Dam Bridge organized by the nonprofit organization Ozark Mission Project, will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 in Little Rock and North Little Rock.
The walk will include a light show, food trucks, entertainment and guest Craig O’Neill. Glow in the dark items will be for sale and a shuttle service will be provided on both sides of the Arkansas River — at Murray Park in Little Rock and Crystal Hill Elementary School in North Little Rock — beginning at 6 p.m.
The walk will start from both sides at 7. Pets, bicycles, skateboards and skates or rollerblades are not allowed but strollers and wheelchairs are welcome.
Nonperishable items will be collected for the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and will be used to donate Thanksgiving meal items to those in need.
Ozark Mission Project, started at Lakewood United Methodist Church in North Little Rock, is a nonprofit organization that sends youth groups to communities across the state to help families with minor construction projects and yard work.
Information is available online at bigdambridge.org.
Lutherans organize
Reformation day service
First Lutheran Church, 314 E. Eighth St., Little Rock, will host the Central Arkansas Reformation Service at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Gregory Seltz, a featured speaker on The Lutheran Hour radio program, will be the guest speaker. Seltz also serves a ministry emissary with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and the Lutheran Church-Canada.
It was on Oct. 31, 1517, that Martin Luther posted 95 theses or statements on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. His theses attacked the granting of indulgences and doctrines of the Catholic Church and proposed reforms. The date is traditionally referred to as the start of the Reformation which led to the forming of Protestantism.
The service will include music by a mass choir comprising singers from area churches, as well as performances by a men’s chorus, bell choir and brass instrumentalists. A German meal, prepared by First Lutheran’s Men’s Network, will follow the service.
Information is available by calling (501) 372-1023 or by email at 1stlutheran@att.net.
Hendrix holding 6 days
of Buddhism events
CONWAY — Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., will host “Circles of Healing, Circles of Awakening: The Sacred Arts of the Tibetan Sand Mandala” on Nov. 4-9.
The program will be led by Hun Lye, professor of religious studies at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. He will be accompanied by Khenpo Choephel of Three Rivers Tibetan Cultural Center in Pittsburgh and Lama Konchok Sonam from the Drikung Meditation Center in Boston. The men will construct a sand mandala and will also participate in a variety of presentations.
Opening ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Nov. 4 in the Student Life and Technology Center lobby. Guided meditation will be at 7 p.m. in Mills Library. On Nov. 5 mandala viewing will be from 10 a.m.-noon and 3-5 p.m. “The Mandala in Buddhist Art and Buddhist Contemplation” lecture will be at 7 p.m. in the library. On Nov. 6-7, mandala viewing will be from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. A Medicine Buddha Blessing-Empowerment will be held 2-4 p.m. Nov. 8 in Worsham Performance Hall and on Nov. 9 a closing ceremony will be at 2 p.m. in the center lobby.
Information is available by contacting Bill Gorvine at (501) 450-3820 or by email at gorvine@hendrix.edu.