Worship and Torah Service: September 14, 2024 | 11th of Elul, 5784 | כ׳ בְּכד׳י״א בֶּאֱלוּל תשפ״דד
Today’s Parasha:
- Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Ki Tetze
- Isaiah 54:1-10
- Matthew 24:29-42 Messianic writings
Parasha for next Shabbat:
- Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8(9) Ki Tavo
- Isaiah 60:1-22
- Matthew 4:13-24 Messianic writings
New Member Class
No need to sign up – just show up! This is the second class at 1:30 pm in the library. Ulises will teach the class in Spanish in the sanctuary. Or HaOlam members can be age 13 and older.
No more money problems!
With Financial Peace University, you will learn how to create (and stick to) a budget, save for emergencies, be totally debt free and make a godly financial plan for your future. Doesn’t that sound peaceful? This 9-week course at Or HaOlam will begin Shabbat, October 26 and will finish December 21. Please go to the home page to register to become a class member and receive the class materials. For more information on what's involved in this 9-week please click here.
Men’s meetings
These resume their monthly schedule beginning tomorrow, Sunday, September 15. They are generally set the third Sunday of the month, here at the shul, beginning with a free breakfast at 9 am and continuing until noon. Fellowship, prayer and fun are part of the men’s meetings. Tomorrow’s discussion will be based on Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) – For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
Lawn volunteers needed, please
at least three people: one to mow, one to operate the weed-eater doing edging, and another to help weed the garden area. The mowing could actually be done by one or two people. It takes about 3-3.5 hours to do the whole lot. Thursday is the preferred night but Wednesday works too. Contact Scott Hahn at (913) 701-2679.
High Holidays at Or HaOlam
Please see our website for details on our events. Please pick up a flier from the literature table in the foyer. This flier includes details on our events, plus some Holocaust educational events elsewhere. We encourage you to invite others to our services.
October 7th Service, 5:30-6:30 pm
B'nai Jehudah is hosting a service on behalf of the Rabbinical Association to pray for those affected by the tragedy on October 7th. This will be the 1-year anniversary of this horrific event. The service will be held at The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah, 12320 Nall Ave., Overland Park. Registration is required by Friday, October 4 at this link.
Teerosh תרש
is a Hebrew acronym for prayer, dance and song. Please join us for Teerosh on Tuesday, 7 pm, here at the shul or via Zoom.
Inner-healing weekend event!
Lambert and Catherine hope you’ll attend their Healing Seminar with Ellel Ministries USA next weekend. The event will be Friday, September 20, 6-9 pm and Shabbat, September 21, 2-6 pm. The cost is $25 per person and childcare will be provided. Please sign up on the sheet on the literature table in the foyer. The event will be held at Grace Point Baptist Church, 10415 Chestnut Ave., Kansas City, Missouri, just south of I-435. This seminar will be a similar event to what we hosted in May 2021 with Ellel USA and Ellel Rwanda. Former Or HaOlam zaken (elder) Greg McIntire and his wife Deborah are organizing the event with their daughter and son-in-law Catherine and Lambert Bariho. The Barihos are directors of Ellel Rwanda. As leaders of this Christian mission organization, their heart is to see people healed and restored so that they may accomplish God’s mission on their lives. They do this through welcoming people, teaching them about the Kingdom of God and bringing healing to those in need through prayer ministry. To register, go to OrHaOlam.com, click on Donate, Giving Fire fund "Book, cd, event, meal, etc. payments" and type in "Ellel.” For check payments, write in the memo "Ellel.” For cash, place in a donation envelope and write “Ellel” and $25 in the Other category.
Upcoming Holocaust Programs sponsored by Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE)
Fall Lunch and Learn- RESIST
begins August 29/September 1: Thursdays – in-person, Board Room, Jewish Community Campus, Fridays – online via Zoom, noon-1:15 pm
Once democracy has been destroyed, ordinary citizens must ask themselves what next? In these cases, individuals have differing options and agency depending on their position and particular privilege. For some this might mean taking a different route in daily life to avoid giving the Nazi salute, while others might engage in acts of sabotage or armed revolt.
This five-week course, taught by MCHE Historian Dr. Shelly Cline, will detail courses of action available and taken by those under Nazi control.
To register: Click Here
Americans Who Dared: Aiding Refugees During the Nazi Era
featuring Dr. Daniel Greene, September 11, 6:30 pm, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Independence, Missouri
During the 1930s and ‘40s, some Americans overcame enormous challenges to help Jewish refugees who were seeking to escape from Nazism’s grip. Most worked within networks of religious or humanitarian organizations, using both legal and illegal means to overcome significant obstacles, including restrictive US immigration laws. This lecture will focus on Americans who took extraordinary risks, and sometimes jeopardized their own safety, to assist people in areas of Europe that Nazi Germany controlled or occupied.
To register: Click Here
Bringing Europe Home: weekly Zoom Webinar Series October 9-November 6 at noon
In 2023 MCHE hosted i’s inaugural European Study tour. Though we can only travel with a small group to these sites in Europe, we can bring the learning home.
Join us for this series of presentations by MCHE’s Dr. Shelly Cline and Jessica Rockhold as they share the history and the current state of memorialization which was explored in our 2023 trip when we visited Munich, Prague, Krakow and Budapest and the associated Holocaust sites in and around each of those cities.
These sessions are free and open to the public with registration. To register, please Click Here
