B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements August 11, 2007 27 Av 5767 Check www.bnaishalomofolney.org for details and updates or contact the office.

summer 2008 israel trip to be planned

Interested in going to Israel during her 60th birthday year?  Come make the pilgrimage to Eretz Ha-Kodesh, the holy land, with Rabbi Sunshine and your B’nai Shalom of Olney family from August 3-15, 2008!  If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please join us for an initial meeting on Tuesday, August 21, at 8:00 PM (after minyan) at BSO.  Larry Ritter of Israel Tour Connection will be here to discuss the trip.  If you are planning to come to the meeting, please RSVP to Trina Austin at BSO at 301-774-0879 or at trina.austin@bnaishalomofolney.org.  If you have questions before the 21st, please contact Rabbi Sunshine.  We hope to see you there!

HIGH HOLIDAY TICKET SALES

The first High Holiday Ticket Sales lottery deadline has passed and the first round of assignments have been made. If you haven't already gotten your forms in, please order tickets as soon as possible. There are still seats available for the main service, but they are going fast. There are also seats available for the Contemporary Creative Learning Service and the Family Service. Don't forget to register your children for Junior Congregation and Babysitting.

 SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE WEEKEND

Save the date—Friday, September 7—Sunday, September 9—BSO presents the Marian and Harry Hinkes Scholar-in-Residence Weekend, featuring Dr. Steven Brown of the Jewish Theological Seminary.  Dr. Brown is the Dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education and the Director of the Melton Research Center for Jewish Education, and is a master teacher and a wonderful presenter whom you won’t want to miss!

Schedule of presentations:

• Shabbat evening services, 9/7, 7:30 PM—topic: What do Conservative Jews Believe about God?
• Shabbat morning services, 9/8, 9:00 AM—topic: The Poetry of Prayer: It’s all about metaphors!
  • We will also be dedicating our new prayer book, Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals, during Shabbat morning’s service. 
• Selichot program and services, 9/8, 9:00 PM—topic: The Siddur as a Vehicle for Personal and Communal Change: An approach to making the High Holidays work all year round!
• Sunday morning, 9/9, 8:45-9:30 AM (NOTE: Minyan will begin at 9:30 AM)—topic: Jewish Parenting: Parents as partners with God
• Sunday morning, 9/9, 11:00-11:45 AM—topic: Blessings Abundant: How to bring God into your everyday family life

Come learn with Dr. Brown throughout the weekend! [More Info]

WORK THE REDSKINS CONCESSIONS AND EARN MONEY FOR B'NAI SHALOM

B'nai Shalom has committed to running the Kosher Concession Stands at all the Redskins Home Games. We are looking for volunteers to be team captains and others to volunteer as well. This is a full day commitment but in the end it is so worth it. For each team we need a minimum of 8-10 people per game (the 8-10 people consists of 1 stand manager, 1 assistant manager and 6 cashiers). Since we will be selling beer, kids under 18 cannot count in the total of people. Please respond to Beth Carchman (bcarchman@comcast.net) to set up a time for the game day managers to have a meeting and training. Anyone on your "team" can be the manager. Gather your closest friends or members of your Havurah to make a team.

SEE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF WITH BSO

B'nai Shalom of Olney is selling tickets to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Olney Theatre Center on either Sunday, 12/2 at 7:30pm or Sunday, 12/16 for the matinee. Join your friends and family at BSO to see this wonderful production. [More Info]

KOACH - COLLEGE AGE MEMBERS

Where are our college students?
Be sure your college student is on B'nai Shalom of Olney's Koach list.  BSO maintains a connection to our college students by sending them holiday greetings and packages as well as the monthly newsletters and weekly announcements.   If you wish to have your student included, send their name, college, mailing address and e-mail address to Ruth Burka at raburka@gmail.com.  Please put BSO Koach in the subject line.  We need to hear from you to update their information, even if their address is the same as last year's.

MENS CLUB

BSO Purple Softball will be competing in the Fall Synagogue Men's Club Softball League for the first time. 
About half of the defending spring/summer league champions will be playing which leaves room for about 5 players for the fall team.  This league is less competitive than the spring league.  It is slow pitch, 6-12 arc softball and plays doubleheaders on Sunday mornings for about 6 weeks.  If interested please contact Ira Deming by email at IMDDPM@AOL.com 

BSO2WAY

Join the latest interative B'nai Shalom Listserv BSO2WAY. This email list will provide congregants with the opportunity to discuss topics related to BSO and the greater Jewish Community in an online moderated forum. Have an impact on what is happening at B'nai Shalom from the comfort of your computer keyboard! Send an email to bso2way-subscribe@bnaishalomofolney.org [More Info]

BE A MINYANAIRE!

Sign up online to commit to a daily minyan.

Summertime and the livin’ is easy… But the minyans are harder. The challenge of having a daily minyan is more difficult during the summer months. We are looking for people who will commit to regularly attending a minyan service at least once a week so that those saying Kaddish can do so. Please pick any of the daily minyans offered (Monday –Thursday 7:30 PM, Friday morning 6:45 AM, Sunday morning 9 A.M) and email larryfishbein@comcast.net with your choice. Please make this commitment to help those in our congregation as they remember and hi!

YOUTH DEPARTMENT

• Remember to register your children for Youth Groups this coming fall. Registration forms are available online
• As many of you know, USY Encampment and Kamp Kadima is coming up!  From August 20-26, you can spend a week with friends from our chapter and make many new friends in other chapters in the Seaboard region! If you’ve never been to a regional encampment before, you do not want to miss this!! Forms are online.

NURSERY SCHOOL BOUTIQUE

The BSO Nursery School is busy planning the upcoming Boutique and Silent Auction. Remember to save the date of Sunday, November 4th. [more information]

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

• The RS Registration deadline has passed (July 14th).  We can not guarantee your child’s placement. Please get your forms to us as soon as possible.
• Please look for the “back to school” packet information in the mail which was mailed on Tuesday 7/31/07.

BUY $100 WORTH OF GROCERY CARDS FOR $100 AND BSO GETS UP TO 5%

Grocery Gift Cards are debit (prepaid) cards to use at Giant, Shoppers Food Warehouse, and Kosher Mart. Each time you purchase Grocery Gift Cards, up to 5% of the purchase goes to B’nai Shalom of Olney. You can buy cards by cash, check (you may elect ACH - automatic clearing house), or credit card*.  Cards can be purchased weekly, monthly or quarterly. Contact Mike Zucker, 301-570-6643 for more info.   [Order Online] [More Info]

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