Announcements

Clean the Fields, Feed the Hungry!

We just got another call.  It’s summer in North Carolina and there is lots more lovely corn to glean!  Gleaning will be starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 12th near Mt. Pleasant, NC.  Please feel email Arlene Filkoff if you are interested at afilkoff@gmail.com

A TOO Teenager Taking the Tikkun Olam Lead

Steve Smith and Philip Jacobson built some picnic tables and benches for Piedmont University Unitarian Church for Philip Jacobson’s Eagle scout project.  Philip has scheduled a volunteer work day for the project at the church from 9 AM until 3 PM to sand and paint the furniture at the church for the boy scouts (on July  12th) .  Any Temple Or Olam member is welcome to participate.  The scouts will also be cleaning up the picnic table area, which is on the south side of the main church, in front of the big windows.  If Temple members don’t want to volunteer on Saturday, Philip will schedule another volunteer day on a Sunday, but it will not be in the morning so as not to interfere with the church’s Sunday services.  He will arrange after feedback.  Please contact Philip at PhilipLJacobson@gmail.com

Check Out All the Improvements at Our Website!

• A new tab under “About” that gives information about Jewish Renewal, the movement we are affiliated with.
• A “Rabbi” tab which includes information about our Rabbi’s blog, her work in Interfaith settings, and a grid for posting her drashot on Torah.  Some of the first sermons have already been posted!
• New ways to get around our “Contact” page that help identify where we meet and how to find our snail mail address.

Have you “Liked” our Facebook Page?

Thanks to Alan Coffman, one of our wonderfully active younger members, our Facebook page is getting updated every time we turn around.  But we’d so love to have more people “like” the Temple Or Olam Facebook page.

Alan is interested in getting news and pictures from congregants that he can post on the page.  Our Facebook page is becoming a way to let people know who we are and what we do.  Please, contribute your ideas, your pictures, and your news and help Alan help us get the word out about TOO!  Write to Alan at coffman.alan@gmail.com

Love Song Service on July 18 – Less Than Two Weeks Away!

Seals and Crofts this year, and Leonard Cohen too.  The Beatles (of course) and even Burt Bacharach.  A wonderful service to bring friends to (of any denomination).  Read more about this year’s Love Song Service in Rabbi Barbara’s MiLev Ha Pardes in the July Shmoozeletter.

Help us get the word out about Temple Or Olam’s creative way of looking at the Kabbalat Shabbat by bringing bring guests.  Don’t forget to find that tie dye T-shirt…

Location and time: Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church on July 18 at 7 p.m.

Help Us Feed the Hungry!  Gleaning Opportunity This Friday Morning.

Maimonides notes that the highest form of Tzedakah is that which is given without knowing who the recipient is.

We just got the call.  There is a field of corn in Mt Pleasant that is done being harvested by the farmer and is ready for gleaning by those who can help.   How Jewish and American could we be by donating our time to feed the hungry in our own midst, and then going to our own barbeques or fireworks!

Gleaning will begin at 8 am.

Please feel email Arlene at afilkoff@gmail.com  She will need the number of people you are bringing.  In return, she will provide you with the address and the permission slips(print and fill out at home) you need to have everyone fill out.  Please remember, use the restroom as your last stop before you get to the field, wear closed toed and backed shoes as we will be in a corn field, wear cool clothing you can get dirty, and bring water!

A TOO Teenager Takes the Lead and Offers Us More Opportunities to Give Back:

Steve Smith and Philip Jacobson built some picnic tables and benches for Piedmont University Unitarian Church for Philip Jacobson’s Eagle scout project.  Philip has scheduled a volunteer work day for the project at the church from 9 AM until 3 PM to sand and paint the furniture at the church for the boy scouts (on July 5th and 12th) .  Any Temple Or Olam member is welcome to participate.  The scouts will also be cleaning up the picnic table area which is on the south side of the main church, in front of the big windows.  If Temple members don’t want to volunteer on Saturday, Philip will schedule another volunteer day on a Sunday, but it will not be in the morning so as not to interfere with the church’s Sunday services.  He will arrange after feedback.  Please contact Philip at PhilipLJacobson@gmail.com

Annual Meeting: Informative, Fun, and Important: Please Respond to Our Evite And Let Us Know You Are Coming!

Fellow congregants, please renew your commitment to Congregation Or Olam by joining us for an awesome and enlightening annual meeting this Friday evening before Kabbalat Shabbat services. Your Board of Directors, Religious School Director and Rabbi have so much to share with you about our progress in our stated objectives for this past year: involvement of 100% of members in our activities, and growth of our congregation.

This is a pivotal year. Our move to Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church settles us in a beautiful facility and positions us in a community in which there is real potential for growth and prosperity. Our major objectives for this year will focus on attainment of that growth and on our educational programs, both within the Religious School and in offerings by our Adult Education Committee.

This is your opportunity to ask questions, make recommendations, debate important issues and vote on amendments, nominations and our annual budget. Your support and efforts remain essential for fulfillment of our objectives for the coming year. So, attend the annual meeting! Support our Rabbi, Religious School and Board of Directors! Learn what you can do to assure Temple Or Olam’s continued success and stability.