Shavuot Picnic and Activities Galore at Dorton Park This Sunday!
10:00 am – 11:00 am Aleph Bet Water Balloon and Water Gun Challenge
Teachers vs. children testing their Hebrew skills and tossing those balloons — what could be more fun (parents, please make sure the kids have extra clothes…). Another reminder for moms and dads: You may be asked to help the children, so brush up on your Alef Bet before Sunday if you can!
11:00 — Carlebach Singalong: From Esai Einai to Ki Va Moed (Musical!)
11:30 — Ten Commandments Program (Experiential!)
We’ll hear the shofar, read the Ten Commandments, and have a modern-day Sinai experience. What might be new commandments for this time, this place, our congregation? Our kids will create a new set of tablets to bring to our Annual Meeting that next week.
12:00 –Picnic: All Things Dairy (Culinary!)
Bring on the blintzes and the cheesecake, the ice cream and the cream puffs: It’s Shavuot when we create luscious milchig meals…
1:00 — Adult Education Program: (Educational!)
Choosing Judaism – Over a Secular/Cultural Jewish Life, As Transformation and Acknowledgment of a Jewish Neshama: A Book of Ruth Shavuot Study Session
The Book of Ruth is rich in detail: We learn about how ordinary people can alter halakha to ensure the best possible future for a family, a community, and a nation. Why do we read this book on the anniversary of receiving the law? At the time when we receive the law, we should acknowledge that the law as given is not enough, and that bending and changing the law is actually a necessary practice.
In this book, Ruth chooses her people and acknowledges her Jewish neshama in five moving, intriguing, and inspiring chapters. The study session will explore this amazing text and use it as our jumping off point to address, discover, and reveal the many ways one can live in Jewish community.
- Does this work have anything to say about the ger toshav (a non-Jew resident and companion in Jewish community)?
- How does The Book of Ruth reflect present-day experiences for those choosing Judaism?
- In what ways does The Book of Ruth function as a mirror for our own community’s aspirations and hopes?
Join us for a great day at the big picnic shelter at Dorton Park on 5790 Poplar Tent Road in Concord. We begin at 10 a.m.!
Services, Dinner, and the Annual Meeting on June 6 (Yes, the Raffle is Back!)
So what’s a meeting without a raffle? (TOO T-shirts are rumored to be among the most excellent prizes…). And there’s dinner, too. AND a short and joyous Kabbalat Shabbat service to round it all off.
The Annual Meeting (members only, please) begins at 6 p.m.. Members will receive reports from the president and last year’s committees, vote on nominations for open Board positions, vote on amendment to the constitution, approve the budget for 2014-15, and witness the signing of our rabbi’s contract. All this and a pleasant dining experience!
Services begin at 7-ish, after the meeting.
Dinner, Meeting, Kabbalat Shabbat – Friday, June 6 at McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent Rd., Concord.
We Are Ready to Sell Your Fleas! TOO’s Last Fundraiser: The Flea Market
- We need your donations! (furniture, knick-knacks, dishware, artwork, etc.)
- We need your baked goods! (cookies, cupcakes, brownies)
- We need your truck or van! (To transport stuff to the site very early in the AM)
- We need your hands and your presence! (To transport, set up, tag, sell, clean up)
Don’t miss it!
Saturday, June 14, 8am-1pm
Advent Lutheran Church front parking lot
Right on 49 across from UNCC
Email Cheryl Greenwald about any items you have or assistance you are ready to give: cg@greenwalds.net
