The last page of the temple announcement was omitted from the final copy. Very sorry about that. The following is what was left out.
From Joanie Cohen-Mitchell, President of the Board
Billing: You should be receiving a statement current for the end of January 2010 reflecting a two year history of billings and payments in our ongoing efforts to set all our books right. There may still be inconsistencies. Please email me joaniecm@yahoo.com with any corrections you have.
B’shalom,
Joanie
Analysis of Envisioning Workshop (Cont’d.)
Training for community members to lead services and leyn torah(mentioned 3 times)
Basic Learning for “Reentering Jews”
Jewish language (Ivrit and Yiddish)
Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
History/herstory
Connecting to outside: Political, etc. through Jewish viewpoint, ethical, moral
Using Jewish values to improve world
Community building programs
Religious Leadership
Need a spiritual leader who can transcend different observances (mentioned 2 times)
Spiritual leader needs to be supported (administratively)
Not sure we need a formal rabbi
Look again at job description for spiritual leader
The leader needs to be positive and constructive
Synagogue Leadership
Our congregation must be responsible to actively direct our future (address our problems)
Mission and strategic plan (mentioned 6 times)
A leader with a clear and defined mission
The leader has scope and vision to reach out
How do we define the mission? Congregation needs to do it
Leader can’t do it alone – needs committees to share the work
