Beth El Congregation
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February 08, 2010   24 Sh'vat 5770
 
Welcome to Beth El  

*** ALL SERVICES ARE CANCELLED ***

 

The office will be closed at least Monday, and possibly

Wednesday as well.  Please check your email for updates. 

 

  Welcome to Beth El

 

Beth El, our House of God, is a welcoming place, and our congregation is full of friendly people. We invite you to attend our Shabbat and festival services, get to know our active members, and explore the wide range of activities available for all age groups.

 

For the little ones we have the Alef-Bet pre-school (ages 3-5) which meets for an hour (10 am – 11 am) on Sunday mornings, and a bi-monthly 6:30 pm Shabbat experience (for half an hour) led by a talented story teller and guitar player.

 

For children 5-16 we have a very well organized religious school, meeting on Sundays from 9:30 am till noon, and covering Kindergarten through Confirmation in the 10th grade. Our school director is a certified public high school teacher.

 

She and the rest of the faculty are all volunteers, along with our rabbi. In addition to regular allocations of tsedakah, our school has adopted as our community outreach project for this year a residential facility for seniors, and we visit the residents on a monthly basis.

 

Our Youth Group, known as BERTY (Beth El Reform Temple Youth) brings together our widely dispersed young people for social and cultural events throughout the year. There are regular opportunities to participate in regional NFTY events held throughout the mid-Atlantic region of which we are a part.

 

The Temple’s Sisterhood has a long and illustrious history of service to the synagogue, to our larger community, and to the region. They often meet to prepare gallons of soup for the Congregational Community Action Program (CCAP). Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 7 pm. Sisterhood sponsors the Oneg Shabbats for the Friday night of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah weekend, and holds an annual Sisterhood Sabbath in the fall, which is always a highlight of the season.

 

Our Men’s Group, which meets monthly on Sunday mornings from 10 am – noon, has provided an opportunity for frank and open discussion on political, cultural, and intellectual issues that arise.

Ladies Night Out meets at 6:30 pm on the first Monday of each month at a different restaurant each month.  LNO is a social gathering for women of the congregation who want to meet, have dinner, and get to know and enjoy the company of other Beth El women.   

 

Senior Shmoozers (we don’t ask your age!) gathers monthly at the homes of members to discuss topics of Jewish and general interest.

 

And we have a Torah minyan and brunch one Shabbat each month, from 10 am – 11:45 am. It is always well attended.

 

As of January 2009, we offer an opportunity each Sunday morning, while religous school is in session, from 9:30 am – 10:45 am at our Member Breakfast Shmooze. Here we meet and greet parents who’ve dropped their kids off for the religious school or the Alef-Bet pre-school, and folks who just want to chat comfortably with other members. There are always plenty of bagels and “shmears”, muffins, orange juice and coffee, all for a $3 donation.

 

Beth El also offers you the opportunity of joining its book club, which reviews books of Jewish interest at 10:30 am on a Sunday morning, usually the last Sunday of the month.

 

And if music is your thing, we offer our Alternative Music Group, which provides guitar and choral accompaniment to some of our services, and an occasional visit from the very talented Anita Thornton.

See the Shabbat schedule page for service times. And join us at 520 Fairmont Avenue, Winchester, Virginia 22601.


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L'DOR V'DOR - From Generation to Generation  

It is fundamental to our faith that we prepare the coming generation for a life in Judaism.  

Watch for updates in the Beth El Bulletin about the formal building planning process, launched on September 9, 2007, that will help us move forward in determining the best way to keep our facility vital and responsive to the needs of our congregation.   

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Highlights  

Please refer to your Beth El Bulletin for full information on upcoming events. Dates and times subject to modification. Please check with program coordinators to confirm events.

For Service schedules, please refer to the "Worship & Holidays / Shabbat Services" page.

FEBRUARY:

Sunday, February 7 9:30 am Religious School/Breakfast Shmooze *** CANCELED ***
10:30 am Confirmation class *** CANCELED ***
2 pm Hebrew 101 *** CANCELED ***

Tuesday, February 9 7:30 pm Adult Education Committee meeting in the social hall
Wednesday, February 10 1:30 pm Senior Shmooze

Friday, February 12 8 pm Shabbat services

Sunday, February 14 9:30 am Religious School/Breakfast Shmooze

Monday, February 15 7 pm Religious Practices Committee meeting
Wednesday, February 17 7 pm Sisterhood

Friday, February 19 8 pm Community Outreach Sabbath w/ Anita Thornton
Saturday, February 20 12:30 pm Adult Education, Great Jewish Books on Spinoza

Sunday, February 21
8:45 am Rehearsal for the Purim play
9:30 am Religious School/Breakfast Shmooze
10:30 am Confirmation class
12:15 pm B'ney Mitzvah Family program
2 pm Hebrew 101

Friday, February 26 6:30 pm Family service/Kiddush
8 pm Shabbat Zachor service

Saturday, February 27 7:30 pm Havdalah program on Jewish Spirituality (at Beth El)

Sunday, February 28 (PURIM) 9:45 am Costume parade
10 am Megillah reading & Purimshpiel
10:45 am - noon Games and lunch
MARCH:
Monday March 1st at 6:30pm LNO - Rescheduled from February - Ladies Night Out!
 
 

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For More Information  
For more information about services, religious school, and study opportunities, please call the synagogue office at 540-667-1043.
 
Torah Portion  
Sermons for Reflection  

We will be posting some of Rabbi Brown's most thought-provoking sermons on the Worship & Holidays page. http://bethelcongregation.org/worship/

So if you missed services, or wish you could mull over some of the concepts you heard, check on the Worship page periodically for the full text of the sermon.

Enjoy!

 

 

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