Worship, Music and Spirituality

May 19, 2013 | 10th Sivan 5773

Worship & Ritual Committee Resources

Panim el Panim: Face to Face: A Guide for Congregational Conversations about Worship
Challenges, pitfalls, benefits and useful blueprints for creating surveys and focus groups in your congregation.
FAQs: Congregational Worship
Getting A Worship Committee Started: A Fanciful (But Instructive) Tale
The B'nei Mitzvah Handbook
A practical outline for the creation of your own congregational manual, to be used as a template to help b'nei mitzvah families manage the practical aspects of this significant moment in their lives.
The Shabbat Initiative: Embracing Shabbat in Your Congregation
Comprehensive guides for communal study about, reflection on and experimentation with Shabbat observance. Download the materials, join the discussion group, and get support.
Worship With Joy
Guides to support and guide your congregation through communal study about, reflection on and experimentation with worship.

Music

Synagogue Choirs as Instruments of Prayer
Reasons and procedures for starting a choir, rehearsal logistics, repertoire and funding, by master composer Ben Steinberg.

Worship Music Guidelines for Small Congregations
Helpful for congregations that do not have trained Jewish music professionals to plan their worship music.

Divrei Shir: Words of Song
The first in a series of nine curriculum modules that explores the beauty and diversity of synagogue music, and an excellent resource for adult education and ritual/music/leadership committee study groups.

More Torah Study

10 Minutes of Torah
Get a daily e-mail on a topic of Jewish interest.

Torah for Tweens
Archives of the weekly guides for leading family discussions on the parashiyot.

Discussion Groups

iWorship - Join this email discussion list for Worship/Ritual Committee members, clergy, lay worship leaders and everyone interested in Reform Jewish worship.

iWorship Wisdom - A selection of iWorship postings made easy to use and organized by subject. A resource for your Worship/Ritual Committee and your congregation.

Upcoming Programs

13th Annual Mifgash Musicale
Mifgash Musicale is a summer institute for synagogue musicians of all types -- singers,music directors, accompanists, choir directors, composers – anyone involved in Jewish music and the creation of services.
Hava Nashira
The annual songleading and music workshop of OSRUI & the URJ.
Hava Tefilah: Engaging in Worship in Our Communities
A CCAR/ACC partnership program.
ACC-GTM Convention
American Conference of Cantors and Guild of Temple Musicians.
North American Jewish Choral Festival
Held each summer for the past 22 years, the North American Jewish Choral Festival brings together singers and choirs from across North America.
Shulhouse Rock
Designed to awaken high school students to the world of songleading in Religious Schools, youth group, and Jewish summer camps and retreats.
Songleader Boot Camp
Songleader Boot Camp is an intensive leadership training program for Rabbis, Cantors, professional songleaders, and new songleaders.

Sacred Conversations

We want to hear your stories. Help create a community of Reform Jews, listening, caring, finding meaning in each other's words to bring a powerful sense of God's presence into our lives and communities. Learn about the Sacred Conversations project, read inspiring stories and submit your own.

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