DO IT NOW!
Register Your Child for Religious School: Rabbi Rose Durbin and Alison Hill are busy getting ready for the upcoming school year which begins September 16. If you have a school-aged child, please call the office now for registration information.
Make Reservations for our Annual Pre-Kol Nidre Dinner at the Wilburton Inn:
Dinner at the Wilburton Inn begins at 4:45 pm. Make your reservations by calling Israel Congregation at 802-362-4578 or by ordering online. Please do not call the Wilburton Inn.
THIS WEEK
Friday, August 27
* 2:30 pm – 9 - Hole Golf Tournament at Manchester Country Club; members and non-members welcome. Golf followed by cash bar and awards, then back to ICM for services and Shabbat dinner sponsored by Irene & Ed Glazer. Please contact Ed or Irene at 297-3258 or nygnts@aol.com ASAP if you are interested in participating or have any questions.
* 6:30 pm – Shabbat Services followed by our Community Pot-luck Dinner sponsored by Irene & Ed Glazer. Please bring a dish to share or make a donation to the Shabbat Dinner fund. Not sure what to bring? Check the suggestions on the attached list or call Karen in our office at 802-362-4578.
Saturday, August 28 Ki Tavo
* 9:30 am – Services followed by kiddush; join us for worship and Torah study.
ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR
Sept. 4: Selichot services at 8:00 pm
Sept. 8: Erev Rosh HaShanah; services begin at 8:00 pm.
September 9 & 10: Rosh HaShanah services begin at 9:00 am.
Sept. 16: First day of the Religious School year; Rabbi Rose Durbin and Alison Hill have been working over the summer to plan a great school year. If you haven’t already registered your child, please call the office at 802-362-4578 for registration information. If you know of anyone with school-aged children, let them know registration is now open!
September 17: Kol Nidre dinner at the Wilburton Inn begins at 4:45 pm. Make your reservations by calling Israel Congregation at 802-362-4578. Please do not call the Wilburton Inn.
September 17: Kol Nidre services begin at 6:45 pm.
September 18: Yom Kippur services begin at 9:00 am.
Sept. 19: Help raise our Sukkah; Sukkot follows closely on the heels of Yom Kippur and we need your help in putting up the Sukkah on our beautiful patio. Contact Stan Lisman at slisman@mindspring.com or 802-362-4332 to volunteer.
Sept. 24: Services followed by our Community Pot Luck Dinner sponsored by Merrily and Frank Lewis in honor of their son’s marriage. Enjoy dinner in the Sukkah!
October 15: Anniversary Dinner; ICM has been in its current location for 25 years. Mark your calendar now and join the celebration.
WORTH REPEATING
Shop ICM: Help Israel Congregation while doing what you already do! Our website now has links to Amazon.com, Northshire Bookstore, Orbitz, a terrific Judaica site called Judaism.com, and will be adding an office supply site soon. When you visit these sites through our website link, we earn a percentage of every purchase. It couldn’t be easier. Check out our links now: http://israelcongregationvt.org/shop.html
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
October is Israel Congregation’s turn to staff the Community Food Cupboard: Each month, the local area houses of worship take turns staffing our Community Food Cupboard and it is our turn in October. Volunteers are needed on Tuesday October 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 9:15 am–12 pm and from 1:45 pm–4 pm. Please contact Micki Lisman at msloane.esq@mindspring to offer your help.
Community Food Cupboard Wish List : Now that school has started, the CFC
wish list is for healthy after-school snacks! Granola
bars, raisins, individual fruit or applesauce cups, peanut
butter, cheese crackers or graham crackers. All
donations may be left in the collection boxes at Israel
Congregation, Shaw’s Supermarket or the Town
Hall.
To
sponsor a Shabbat Dinner online or to make a general
contribution to Israel Congregation, simply click on
the link below.
Thank you!
