Events

Save the Date: Sukkot Celebration October 4th

Posted by webmaster on September 22, 2009   |   Comments Off on Save the Date: Sukkot Celebration October 4th

Please celebrate Sukkot with Temple Or Olam. More details will follow, but here is some basic information:

Date: Sunday, October 4th
Time: 12:00PM to 2PM
Place: The Malin’s back yard. We don’t publish members’ addresses in a public space like this, so please check your directory.

What: Sukkot brunch and service. More details will follow about the brunch, but the service will be held outdoors, near the Sukkah. There will be lulav and etrog shaking, and songs led by Reb Barbara.

We will have an environmental theme to the Sukkah and the celebration. New decorations will be made out of recycled objects by the religious school students. Please bring a plate, cup, and silverware for each member of your family. That way, we’re not filling the landfill, and nobody has more than a few dishes to wash afterwards.

Note: we will be asking for volunteers to help build the Sukkah on Saturday, October 3rd. Please be on the lookout for that request soon!

Rosh Hashanah Luncheon!

Posted by webmaster on September 12, 2009   |   Comments Off on Rosh Hashanah Luncheon!

Let’s kick off the New Year right!

WHO: All Temple Or Olam Members

WHAT: Rosh Hashanah Potluck Luncheon

WHERE: McGill Church

WHEN: Saturday, September 19th

Noon-ish (following a.m. services, before Tashlich)

RSVP: If you won’t be attending this Potluck

PLEASE email or call Lisa B. at:

lbogusla@catawba.edu or 704-636-8626

To ensure yummy, well-balanced meals, this year the Social Committee is trying out organizing our potlucks by rotating last names.

Last names beginning with A – H, please bring:

Bagels: Bombardier, Commike

Toppings for bagels (tomatoes, onions, etc., cut up): Eastis

Cream cheese(s): Gordon

Some kind of main dish such as: tuna salad, egg salad, lox, etc.: Hershenfeld, Holtzman, Horowitz

Last names beginning with I – L, please bring:

Fruit salad: Jacobson, Jensen

Apples/Honey: Jewel, Joffe, Jordon

Some kind of miscellaneous side dish: King, Kingberg, Leder, Lieberman

Last names beginning with M – Z, please bring:

Dessert: Mace, Malin, Notarius, Partridge

Drink: Quintero, Roberts, Smith

Shofar service Friday, September 18th

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Since the Shofar can not be blown on Shabbat, this year we are holding a short Shofar Service before the Erev Rosh Hashanah service.

Friday, September 18th
6:45PM: Shofar Service
7PM: Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

High Holy Days

Posted by webmaster on September 6, 2009   |   Comments Off on High Holy Days

Remember Who You Really Are
High Holy Days with Temple Or Olam
5770/2009

In Africa, a group of people called the Babemba (People of the Lake) have a practice they use whenever someone behaves unjustly or irresponsibly and hurts other members of their community. The community ceases its business. Each woman, man, and child helps make a circle around that person. Then, every individual takes the time to tell that person about his or her good traits — in detail. All that person’s positive attributes, good deeds, strengths and kindness are recited.

The ceremony can take hours – even days. When everyone is finished, the villagers celebrate with great joy. The person is symbolically and literally welcomed back into the tribe.

What’s happening here? In the villagers’ minds, the person in question has forgotten who he or she really is, and must be reminded. Because when you know and appreciate yourself, the Babemba assume, you will have no need to harm anyone.

This year, we’ll experiment with the High Holy Day liturgy to engage in a similar, uplifting practice. Our teshuva (self-exploration, penitence, and return) will be explored through meditating, praying, and writing in teshuva journals, but with this assumption: High Holy Days are a call for us to return to the truth of who we are.

September 18, 7 p.m.: Erev Rosh Hashanah service
September 19, 9:30 a.m.: Rosh Hashanah service, followed by brunch and
Taschlich
September 27, 7 p.m.: Kol Nidre
September 28, 9:30 a.m.: Yom Kippur service
September 28, 6:30 p.m.: Neila, Havdalah, then break fast
All services held at McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Road, Concord, NC

Babysitting available
Suggested donations for non-members:
Families: $180
Individuals: $90
Students: As you are able
Any High Holy Day donations can be applied to membership dues if you join within three months

Reminder: Beatles Service 8/14

Posted by webmaster on August 13, 2009   |   Comments Off on Reminder: Beatles Service 8/14

This is just a reminder that the Friday service on August 14th will be the Beatles service. This would be a great one to invite a friend to. Also in anticipation of guests, maybe some extra Oneg goodies! thanks!

High Holy Day song-teach & Shalom Lake Norman

Posted by webmaster on August 4, 2009   |   Comments Off on High Holy Day song-teach & Shalom Lake Norman

September 13th will be a big day for Temple Or Olam.

10:00AM: Religious school families are meeting at Steve and Robbin Smith’s house for their opening day.

10:45AM: The rest of the congregation is joining them at the Smith house, as Reb Barbara teaches us some songs and melodies for the High Holy Day services. Please bring chairs for your family.

11:30AM: We depart for Shalom Lake Norman, which takes place at Ramsey Creek Park from Noon to 4PM. There will be all kinds of Jewish cultural activities, and is a good chance for us to be with the larger Jewish Community.

Reminder: Beatles Service August 14

Posted by webmaster on August 1, 2009   |   Comments Off on Reminder: Beatles Service August 14

Reminder: Our service on August 14th will be our Beatles service, in which the sentiments of the evening Shabbat services are expressed through songs by the Fab Four. This would be a great service to invite a friend, or a family of friends, to. Please consider doing that. Also, since we’re expecting a slightly larger turnout than at our typical service, please also consider bringing some food to share at the Oneg. Thanks!

Usual place and time: McGill Baptist Church at 7PM

Reminder: Friday night service 7/17

Posted by webmaster on July 14, 2009   |   Comments Off on Reminder: Friday night service 7/17

Reminder: We will be having a Friday night service with a Torah service this Friday, July 17th, at 7PM. Please join us!

Change in July Shabbat service schedule

Posted by webmaster on June 22, 2009   |   Comments Off on Change in July Shabbat service schedule

Please note that there is a change to the Shabbat service schedule in July. There will be one service, and that will be July 17th, the THIRD Friday of the month. At that service, some of our teenagers will be leyning Torah, so please come to enjoy and support them.

Reminder: Annual Congregational Meeting Sunday 6/28 3pm

Posted by webmaster on June 21, 2009   |   Comments Off on Reminder: Annual Congregational Meeting Sunday 6/28 3pm

Hi, this is a reminder that we’re holding our congregational meeting at McGill Baptist Church this coming Sunday, 6/28, at 3PM. Babysitting will be available. We are voting on this slate of board officers:

President – Robbin Smith
Membership – Jill Partridge
Treasuer – Richard Jacobson
Social/Adult Programming – Lisa Boguslaw

Please make every effort to attend. Besides the election, we will be discussing matters like our budget, our covenant with Reb Barbara, a membership drive, and other issues.