This Week’s Event Email

MRT Weekly Eblast April 23, 2019

We invite the congregation to

Monmouth Reform Temple’s

Annual Meeting

Thursday, May 9, 2019

at 7:00 pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, please call the office

732-747-9365 or email shari@monmouthreformtemple.org

SERVICES & EVENTS

Wednesday, April 24

No Religious School

Friday, April 26

7 pm

Shabbat Service/Yizkor

Sunday, April 28

9:30 am

Religious School

10 am

Tefiliah Lab (see ad)

Wednesday, May 1

Yom HaShoah

5:30 – 6 pm

Everyone is welcome to join the religious school for a short movie & conversation.

6 pm

Join us for a Yom HaShoah

Memorial Service in the sanctuary.

6-7 pm

Second Israel informational Meeting

7:15 – 9 pm

Discussions with and for Men about Encountering Life

Friday, May 3

6 pm

First Friday Shabbat Service

“Israel and First Friday – Perfect

Together” (see ad for details!)

Saturday, May 4

9-10:30 pm

Torah Talks Study Session

10 am

Alex Batzar’s Bat Mitzvah

Mazel Tov to the whole family!

Sunday, May 5

9:30 am

Religious School

Last Mitzvah Academy

1 pm – ???

Men’s Club Cinco De Mayo Brewery Crawl

Tuesday, May 7 at 7 pm

Executive Board Meeting

Wednesday, May 8 at 7 pm

Ritual Committee Meeting

Thursday, May 9 at 7 pm

MRT’s Annual Meeting (see ad)

PLEASE JOIN US!

IN THE COMMUNITY

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JOIN US FOR A NEW SHABBAT EXPERIENCE

On the following Saturday mornings: (5/18 and 6/1), Rabbi Kline or Cantor Clissold will conduct a morning service in the sanctuary from 10:00 to 10:45 am. Worship will be somewhat informal, fully participatory, and include a dedicated time for study.

We want to encourage our membership of all ages to participate, innovate and lead piece of the service experience. For every service, we would like our entire community to share in the appreciation of our past, our present and our future.

Who knows, maybe some or all of us will go have lunch together as well!

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Live Streaming Link

Israel and First Friday Shabbat

Perfect Together!

Join us for a

Shabbat Service

and Israeli Dinner

Friday, May 3

at 6:00 pm

SHABBAT SERVICE!

Join us for our First Friday Shabbat. This is a highly interactive family friendly service. The music is led by Cantor Clissold and our volunteer band, Shir Chadash.

STORIES & CELEBRATIONS!

Rabbi Kline tells a story to the children. In addition, we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with a special blessings.

ISRAELI SHABBAT DINNER! YUM!

Immediately following the service is our Israel themed dinner in honor of Yom Ha’atsmaut-Israeli Independence day! We will be serving falafel,

pita, tabouli, hummus, rotisserie chicken, cous cous and Israeli salad.

ICE CREAM BUFFET!

For dessert we will have an ice cream buffet!

Please feel free to bring Mediterranean foods to share and

enhance our Shabbat meal. No pork or shellfish…Thank you!

Tefilah Lab Session 4

Surrender

Monmouth Reform Temple, in the Blue Room

April 28, 2019

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

It is part of Jewish identity to be argumentative and assertive. After all, Israel traditionally means “one who wrestles with G-d.” Yet, this session is about surrender which seems a bit odd given our nature. Still, one Rabbi has recently stated that “… any authentic faith tradition has, as one of its core tenants, surrender.” What does it mean to surrender? It does not mean giving up. And it can be liberating when faced with situations that are out of your control.

We will discuss this notion both within the contexts of negotiating the trials of everyday living and as it is considered when interpreting the Book of Job. We will try a guided meditation during which we will take our most vexing problem and surrender it to G-d.

This session, like all Tefilah Labs, is opened to the public and is free. For more information, contact Elliott Familant at efamilant@gmail.com.