This was the first main mirth event of 2026. Twenty-nine of us gathered. We enjoyed our lunch and catching up with friends, old and new.
To kick off the new year, David Harkness came to talk to us about the 400 years between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament. It was a time of empires, double-crossing leaders and paranoid Kings. We learned about Alexander the Great, the Maccabees, and King Herod, among others. David entertained us and, at the same time, taught us new things about that period, which helped us understand the modern world a bit better.






