growth

May 20, 2014
By bethmordecai
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DAY 689: Weekends at Beth Mordecai

Dear Hevreh, One of the signs of a growing and thriving community is the ability to run multiple (successful) events on the same weekend. Nowhere was this on display better than during the Homecoming Weekend when we had wonderful Friday night and Saturday morning services, a memorable Saturday evening cruise, and a fascinating Sunday brunch (with prior Megillah reading). All of these events were well attended, helped develop bonds among members (and alumni), and showed that we have the requisite size and energy to spend entire weekends together. But, you might say, that was a special weekend with many months of planning. Can that happen the rest of the year? If this past weekend was any indication, yes it can. Whether it was[...]

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growth

March 4, 2014
By bethmordecai
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The Healthy Growth of Our Minyan

Bulletin Article March 2014 The Healthy Growth of Our Minyan A few months after my first High Holidays at Beth Mordecai in 2012, I was sitting with our (now) President Norman Silverstein to talk about what was happening in the synagogue. The meeting occurred in the middle of the week after another failure to make a minyan[1] on Saturday morning. As we talked about some of our successes like the Pep Rally, Shabbat by the Sea, the High Holidays, and the Installation, Norman also made a critical point about our minyan. He said that the health of our community is only as strong as our weekly minyan because that’s where we spend the most amount of time together. At the time,[...]

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