MOVIE NIGHT ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 at 7:30 p.m. features “Freedom Writers”
Due to the response to last year’s movie night, your
Growth and Hospitality Committee invites youth and
adults to come to view “Freedom Writers” in the
church library, enjoy some popcorn and other simple
fare, and engage in a brief reflection about the movie
led by Sam Martinborough, who is not only our Choir
Director, but well trained in multi-cultural education.
Our evening together is designed to be an interesting
communal reflection on the weekend before the
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday – for interested adults,
youth, or families to come with Middle School youth
and above.
2007 ADULT EDUCATION WITH RABBI RONALD WEISS
Rabbi Weiss is an esteemed colleague of our Pastor’s and valued friend of our church. For eight years Ron and Joe co-taught “The Rabbi and The Rev,” a Fall course in shared scripture studies. Last Spring Ron taught our Faith Discovery children for three weeks during our Workshop Rotation module. We are honored that he has been known to speak of himself as “Rabbi Emeritus of CCW,” when in fact he does bear that honor conferred by Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley.
The Rabbi will be back to lead an adult education experience following church on Reformation Sunday, October 28, from 11:50 am to 12:50 pm in the sanctuary. The scripture text for that Sunday is one of many in the Gospels that give a negative portrait of the Pharisees. The Pharisees, however, are a revered sect in Judaism, and in fact all Rabbis trace their sense of vocation very much to this learned School. Ron studied with Ellis Rivkin, a renowned scholar, and a specialist in this area. Among Rivkin’s many books his tome entitled A Hidden Revolution: The Pharisees Search for the Kingdom Within remains a classic in Jewish-Christian relations.
Our Reformation Sunday worship will continue with this forum that advances the important and faithful work of reforming and reformulating the relationship between Christians and Jews as we learn how much both traditions owe to the Pharisees.