Membership 

 Our great sage Hillel taught: "Do not separate yourself from the community." (Pirke Avot 2:5)
What's New in Membership?  
Schindler Fellows Program for Membership Certification
Thursday, March 18, - Sunday, March 21, 2010
Cleveland, Ohio
Join community builders - membership chairs and committee members, temple presidents, administrators, board members and other lay leaders - in this intensive, four-day program to discover how to open the doors to your congregation wider than ever before with best practices from across North America. Download the application (PDF)


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      Outreach and Membership

       

      As a congregational leader, you can begin to re-envision membership in your congregation, and implement new ideas and programs that will create connections, build sacred community and ensure lifelong Membership.

      There are three areas of Membership that your congregation should focus on. Use this website to explore them:

      Keep in mind that all three areas of membership are intimately connected. 

      The Department of Outreach and Membership has:

      Take advantage of these resources that will help you improve lifelong membership in your synagogue!

      Learn more about our two Membership Leadership Training Programs : The Schindler Fellows Program for Membership Certification and our Board Membership Workshops. 


       

       

      DOES YOUR CONGREGATION HAVE A COPY OF THE "MEMBERSHIP BIBLE" ?
      The Life Cycle of Synagogue Membership: A Guide to Recruitment, Integration and Retention

       

       

      LIFELONG MEMBERSHIP  BIENNIAL INITIATIVE
      Rabbi Yoffie encourages all Reform congregations to work to ensure that every synagogue member is a lifelong synagogue member.