Month: May 2020

June 8, 2020

Dear Temple Sha’arey Shalom members,

Your invitation to the Special Congregational Meeting and the Annual Congregational Meeting of the Board of Trustees was previously sent. This letter encloses materials which you would have received at the door had we been able to meet in person. As a courtesy, we are sending them to you in advance via email (the Happenings) from the Temple Office and via postal surface mail.

Date: Sunday, June 14, 2020
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: via Zoom (computer or phone).

Connection to the online meeting can be via computer with video and/or audio-only by telephone: At this meeting you will hear updates from committees, vote on motions, and review the finance plan for the upcoming year. You will also hear an update regarding the path(s) forward for our Temple.

All congregants in good standing are permitted to attend this meeting and vote via the online system or by phone. Good standing is defined as satisfying all Temple financial obligations prior to June 5, 2020. If an adult child (18 and older) resides with you, they can be designated to vote in your stead. Please contact the Temple Office or a President to obtain the information.

Zoom Information
Please see email from TSS Office on June 8th for Zoom Meeting Link and Dial-in Number.

Thank you for your support and for your attendance and input at this important meeting.

B’Shalom,
Roberta and Ellen

Dear Friends,

For over 63 years, Temple Sha’arey Shalom has been a mainstay of a Reform presence in Springfield. You have grown up in her walls. Learned your alphabet and your first Jewish words in preschool. Raised your children and watched them grow, celebrate their Jewish life events and blossom in her hallways, from her Bimah and in her classrooms. You wrote Purim spiels and not only marked your spiritual life but also your social life at Temple Sha’arey Shalom. You studied Torah and taught Torah in many different forms through our traditional books, art, philosophy, through films and literature. You left your mark on Temple Sha’arey Shalom as she and her Rabbis, Cantors and Educators left their mark upon your heart.

Our Scroll is usually where we send out messages for upcoming events, but the June Scroll will be written by you. You have an opportunity to share what the synagogue means to you and how it’s been an important part of your life. Tell stories, teach Torah, write your goodbye to the place and the people who formed Temple Sha’arey Shalom and those who continue to leave their mark here. You can be of any age. Your essays or pages can be a page or under. You can use your creativity; we would love to have art, poetry, or odes to our spiritual home.

Please write and send your pieces in to Sandy at scroll@shaarey.org by June 12th at the latest. Please leave us all with a great big love letter to Temple Sha’arey Shalom.

Fondly,
Rabbi Renee