Time-Sensitive!
Our religious school is providing Hanukkah cheer at the Carillon Assisted Living Center in Harrisburg on Saturday morning before the Hanukkah party. If you would like to join us, please email Keri Huneycutt at kerihuneycutt@yahoo.com by tomorrow. The party is 10-12, Saturday, 12/20, 6200 Roberta Road, Harrisburg, NC 28075.
The Serenity House end-of-life facility in Huntersville is looking for a hanukkiah (menorah) to have for the holidays. If you have an extra they can borrow, please contact the house directly or email the volunteer coordinator
laura@carolinacomfortcoalition.org.
Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah!
Our Hanukkah party is Saturday! A SignUpGenius has gone out for attendance, food, assistance, and comedy talents. Please answer promptly. If you cannot attend, please reply in the comment section.
We’ll be partying down with Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church in Charlotte for an afternoon and evening of revelry. We’ll begin with Israeli dancing and continue with prayers, song, a Chassidic story, a gift exchange with Piedmont UU, a fantastic Hanukkah dinner and a comedy hour to top everything off!
3:30-5:00 Israeli dancing with Penny
5:00-5:30 Short service and storytelling; gift exchange with Piedmont, candle lighting!
5:30-7:00 Great food and lotsa latkes…
7:00-? Jokes, comedy routines, skits, talent, etc.
Wrap it Up!
The next gift-wrapping fundraiser day is Sunday, Dec. 21, 9am to 7pm, at Bass Pro Shop in Concord Mills. There are a few slots left vacant. A small number of people are filling most of those slots. If you can fill a slot that may be already taken by someone who is there all day, email them and give ‘em a break. There is a SignUpGenius out for this event too.
The Butterfly Project
Our religious school has arranged a special presentation in January at the Jewish Community Center in south Charlotte. While the younger children attend a separate session, the older children, teens, and adults will take part in a program about tolerance and how not to repeat the prejudicial events of the past. This program allows the students to meet and listen to a Holocaust survivor as he or she tells their story, and to ask appropriate questions. The participants will have an opportunity to learn about a specific Holocaust victim and create a butterfly in that child’s memory. Further, the students will have an opportunity to visit the JCC Butterfly Garden, and then have a group discussion that encourages the building of bridges of communication, understanding and respect for all people.
There are 11 slots to be filled to meet the minimum attendance to have the program. If you can attend with us on Sunday, January 25, 10-noon, we will be glad to have you. The cost is $5 for teens or adults outside the religious school and carpooling from Advent Lutheran on University Boulevard is available.
