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For those who have empty places in their hearts and homes this Christmas season, Derry Presbyterian Church offers a “Longest Night” worship service.
This reflective, come-as-youare service with communion will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, in the sanctuary at 248 E. Derry Road, Hershey.
The service will also be livestreamed on derrypres.org and youtube.com/derrypres.
“For those who are facing the sadness of divorce or broken relationships or grief over the loss of a loved one, this special service will give people an opportunity to remember and to acknowledge sadness and grief, and to know that they are not alone,” said Rev. Dr. Marie Buffaloe, parish associate for congregational life and care.
“The Longest Night service can also offer solace to those anxious about employment or financial instability, or facing a frightening diagnosis. This worship service with communion — on one of the longest, darkest nights of the year — intentionally acknowledges the pain and offers comfort.”
For more information, call the church office at (717) 533-9667 or visit derrypres.org.
It Didn’t Start with the Oreo
Who doesn’t like a cookie every now and then? Cookies have a long history, but the first ones didn’t taste much like the treats we enjoy today.
According to some sources, the first cookies were made in Rome around the third century B.C. They were thin, hard, bland wafers that were twice baked, and the Romans ate them by dipping them in wine.
Modern cookies may have originated in Persia during the seventh century, when sugar became more common in that region.
They became popular across Europe in the 14th century, enjoyed by royalty and peasants alike. One reason for their appeal was that they traveled well in tins and boxes, making them a reliable source of food on trips.
The word “cookie” comes from the Dutch “koekje,” for “little cake.” Cookies arrived in America in the 17th century in the form of macaroons, gingerbread cookies, and the “jumble,” a hard cookie that combined nuts, sweeteners, and water.
The cookies we’re most familiar with, made by creaming butter and sugar, became common in the 18th century.
Photo credit: S. Mitchell.
An example of a cookie-like pastry, common in England and abroad since the middle ages, which tends to have a relatively simple recipe of nuts, flour, eggs, and sugar, with vanilla, anise, or caraway seed used for flavoring.
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