A CARING COMMUNITY at FAIRMOUNT TEMPLE
The Largest Small
Synagogue in Cleveland
Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple congregants, staff, and Board
members have been engaged in the process of developing a Strategic Plan for our
future, Envisioning Together. This plan will enable us to take a
fresh look at the pillars of our congregation, Lifelong Learning, Worship,
and Social Action and Deeds of Loving Kindness. What kind of community do we want to
be? How do we make our vision a reality?
Our vision includes
making Fairmount Temple feel like the “largest small synagogue” in Cleveland.
We are extremely fortunate to have all the advantages of a large synagogue—a
beautiful building, excellent learning options for children and adults, and a
variety of worship services. We also have the opportunity to create the culture
of a small congregation, with its atmosphere of warmth, caring, and connection.
We hope to deepen congregants’ experience of belonging to a true community in
which members take care of each other in difficult times and share in each
others’ happiness in times of joy.
We invite you to explore these opportunities to create
sacred community in many ways, whether it’s volunteering to help make this world
a better place, or gathering together to help grieve and heal together. Together,
we can build a caring community.
Coming Up:
COMMUNITY KITCHEN—Community
Kitchen volunteers of all ages will bake on
Tuesday, July 12 at 7 pm,
and will cook on
Sunday, July 24 at 10 am.
This is a fun way to reconnect with temple members you may not have seen lately,
or to make new friends! The meals and cookies we make will be delivered to
our fellow temple members who are ill, had a baby, or lost a loved one.
Please join us!
HIGH HOLY DAY MITZVAH OPPORTUNITY—Last
year’s High Holy Day deliveries
of honey cakes to congregants who had lost a loved one in the previous
year was an extremely meaningful project for all who baked, delivered, and
received the caring treats. We are going to need lots of people to deliver
the honey cakes again this year. Please come on
Sunday, September 25 at 11 am
to pick up some bags to deliver. The gifts are a tangible way to wish our
bereaved members comfort and sweetness in the coming year. If you can’t
make deliveries but would like to help, we need people who can make phone calls.
Callers will contact a short list of congregants to let them know to expect the
delivery.
FILL OUR RECYCLING BINS—In
the past year, Fairmount Temple has prevented 15 tons of paper from being dumped
into landfills. When you come to temple for events or Shabbat services,
don’t forget to bring your recycling! Our yellow and green recycling bin
can take newspapers, junk mail, magazines, and phone books. We also have a
recycling bin for all plastics, tin, and cardboard. Please help us help
our environment!
Building
Community at Montefiore and the Greens
There is a need in
the community for people who might have a little time on Shabbat to share their
time with the residents of Montefiore and the Greens. Here’s how you can help:
Montefiore:
After the Friday
Shabbat Service, residents enjoy Shabbat dinner as a community in various dining
rooms. Volunteers are needed (maybe you can do it once a month?) to come in
around 5:15 p.m. until around 6 p.m. and chant the Shabbat blessings before
dinner for the residents.
Greens of
Lyndhurst
Each Friday at 4
p.m., the Jewish residents of the Greens of Lyndhurst gather for a short
service. There are just a few Jewish residents and they welcome others who
might join them in the service. If you can give a little time on a Friday
around 3 p.m., your presence is a present to these residents.
Welcoming Buddy Program
Every year, Fairmount Temple is
blessed to welcome new members to our synagogue family. Some may be new to the
Cleveland area, or joining a synagogue for the first time.
To ease their transition and to welcome them, we
will match new members with “buddies”--Fairmount Temple individuals or families
who can help them feel comfortable in their new synagogue home. If you are a
veteran Fairmount Temple member who would like to be a ‘buddy”, or a new member
who would like to be matched with one, or if you have questions about what being
a buddy entails, let us know.
If
you know someone who is ill and could use a little home cooking, or if you can
give a little of your time on a Friday to make Shabbat more meaningful to
others, please contact Wendy Jacobson at 216-464-1330, ext. 162 or
Wjacobson@fairmounttemple.org.
These are opportunities to build and deepen our
relationships with each other and be part of the largest small synagogue
in Cleveland!
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