Join us for a potluck dinner at 6:30, followed by short and sweet Kabbalat Shabbat service at 7:30, and dessert oneg at 8:30. The evening is an open house for visitors, so bring your friends who may be looking for a community! Religious school administrators will be on hand to answer questions.
Please bring something to share at our dinner and the oneg following. 🙂
Location: McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Road, Concord, NC.
Temple Or Olam is improving its communication in one swell foop.
Instead of sending out reminders for every service or event, we will now be packing everything (and we mean everything) into our Shmoozeletter each month. Make sure to read the Shmooze every month if you want to know what happenin’ things are happening.
Services, board news, information on our Religious School and our ISJL partners and events, donations, birthdays, yahrzeits and more — it’s all there, each and every time. Our website calendar will also feature dates and times for services and congregational events.
You can find links to our Shmoozeletter on the front page of our website, too.
Please watch for this next month’s Shmooze — it’s coming soon. Then read it, rely on it, and rejoice in it!
What does it mean to “sit shiva”? What rituals and comfort does Judaism offer those who grieve?
This Shabbat morning we will spend some time studying the shiva minyan service. We’ll also look at the way Talmud speaks to Jewish funeral practices and discuss attendant rituals that help those who mourn acknowledge and honor their grief. Feel free to join in on a session of study and understanding with Rabbi Barbara.
We’ll meet at 10 a.m. Those who would like to stay for lunch with one another are asked to bring something tasty to share after our study time.
Please RSVP to templeadmin@or-olam.org if you would like to join us. We’ll need your RSVP by Friday, July 26 at noon. Thanks!
Time: 10 a.m. Location: McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Rd, Concord
Go hunting for your love beads, your headbands, and your tie-dye. We’re pretty sure that there’s groovy in your closet somewhere.
Then, please join us for our Second Annual Summer Love Song Service. We’ll be singing everything from the Doobie Brothers to Louis Armstrong, from the Beatles to Cat Stevens, from Elvis Presley to the Eagles. This one is not to be missed.
It’s all going down tomorrow, June 14th, at McGill Baptist Church. Bring something to share at the oneg and remember: All we need is love!
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Road, Concord.
Tonight, Rabbi Barbara will tell us what she saw of our new Torah the very first moments she saw a picture of the scroll. We will also read from that very section of Torah this evening. In addition, two of our b’nai mitzvah students will help lead portions of our service as they get ready for their own ceremonies.
Please bring something to share at oneg!
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: McGill Baptist Church – 5300 Poplar Tent Road, Concord
Just a reminder that we will be holding Kabbalat Shabbat services tonight at our usual time and location. Though we are reading from the Holiness Code in Vayikra, the B
ook of Numbers, a beautiful text from Exodus will also be part of tonight’s Torah study.
“I will lift you up on eagle wings; I have brought you back to me” (Ex. 19:4).
Join us for a loving and, we hope, transformative service. Please bring something to share at our oneg!
Time: 7 p.m. Location: McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Road, Concord
We’ll make groggers and masks, nosh hamentaschen, and hear the whole megillah (while stomping feet and making noise when the dreaded name “Haman” is read, of course). Then we’ll see who paid attention to the story in a Family-Feud style game show.
So brush up your Esther, find yourself a costume, and bake some hamentaschen or bring a snack to share. It’s Purim, folks: You must be in costume to be allowed entrance… 🙂
Tomorrow night, we read from Terumah, which tells us about the creation of the Tabernacle. Among the many rich and descriptive passages are the verses which describe the cherubim.
During our service, we will hear a Chassidic story that explains the mystery behind their placement in the Holy of Holies. Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat and discover the two brothers behind the text of Terumah, a sweet new rendition of Shalom Aleychem, and the recall of the full Kiddush.
P.S. We love it when everyone brings a nosh to share at our oneg!
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Road, Concord.
The February 2013 shmoozeletter is on line here. Points of interest include:
The January 2013 Shmoozeletter is online here. Points of interest include:
