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September 2002 Bul 5762/Tish 5763
 
A STREAMLINED APPROACH TO BOARD MEETINGS
How long should your Board meeting last? Do you really want to “burn the midnight oil” at the temple when it’s not Chanukah? Ken Sobel, the president of B’nai Chaim in Georgetown, Connecticut, worked with his Board to create a streamlined system based on mutual respect and the understanding that it is better to have a quorum that is awake and present for key votes!...Full text
GET READY FOR YOUR REGIONAL BIENNIAL
During the next six months, local biennials will be taking place in all UAHC regions. Those of you who attended the Biennial in Boston this past December know how stimulating and worthwhile these events are. Your regional biennial will be closer to home, shorter (Friday through Sunday), less costly, and more intimate, focusing on issues that are of particular significance to your area...Full text

CLICK ON Communicate!
Featured Entry of the Month…Reviving Our Festivals
Charged by the rabbi to create festival celebrations meaningful for adults as well as children, a committee was formed with representation from the Brotherhood, Sisterhood, preschool...Full text

TAKE PART IN THE NATIONAL ISRAELTEACH-IN
The Reform Movement is strongly committed to the security of Israel and to playing our role in achieving that goal. To launch a Movement-wide effort in order to recommit ourselves to dialogue and action, the UAHC is sponsoring a national day of learning titled In Search of Peace and Security: A National Teach-In on Israel...Full text

SIMCHAT TORAH: A TIME TO ASSESS AND START ANEW
Use the Sukkot and Simchat Torah holidays, when the Torah is completed and begun again, as opportunities for the Board to appraise its past performance and prepare for the future...Full text

COMMEMORATE 9/11 WITH WORSHIP
Prayers and readings have been compiled on the following topics by the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the UAHC Department of Religious Living for use in congregational worship and interfaith assemblies to commemorate September 11: Hope, Interfaith Worship, Patriotism, Peace, Perseverance, Personal Prayers, Prayers in Song, Power of Community, and Shabbat Shuvah. Please adapt them as appropriate.
www.uahc.org/sept11/memorial.shtml.


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