Join JRC members at First United Methodist Church’s Soup Kitchen where bagged meals are made for guests to take to go. Volunteers sign up to purchase specific food items needed to prepare the meals and for a shift at the soup kitchen from either 4:30-6pm to help prepare the meals, or 5:45-7pm to serve the […]
Join JRC members at First United Methodist Church’s Soup Kitchen where bagged meals are made for guests to take to go. Volunteers sign up to purchase specific food items needed to prepare the meals and for a shift at the soup kitchen from either 4:30-6pm to help prepare the meals, or 5:45-7pm to serve the […]
Join JRC members at First United Methodist Church’s Soup Kitchen where bagged meals are made for guests to take to go. Volunteers sign up to purchase specific food items needed to prepare the meals and for a shift at the soup kitchen from either 4:30-6pm to help prepare the meals, or 5:45-7pm to serve the […]
Indoors at First United Methodist Church of Evanston & livestreamed, no tickets required Hear readings from the Book of Leviticus and the Book of Jonah chanted in Hebrew and English by Cantor Howard Friedland.
Click here for a full description of our Yom Kippur afternoon member-led programming. Programs will be held from 3:00 pm-4:30 pm at the First United Methodist Church of Evanston. Meditation: Returning to Our True Nature Led by Marty Rosenheck & Ellen Rosen-Kaplan Let's NOT Eat Cookies, But Still Talk About Death Led by Kim Moldofsky Yoga: […]
Indoors at First United Church of Evanston and on Zoom, no tickets required Open Mic is a longstanding JRC tradition, in which we invite members to share their Avodat HaLev/Offerings of the Heart. While the traditional Musaf service consists of special offerings for Yom Kippur, it is our JRC tradition that these short personal reflections comprise […]
Yom Kippur Morning Services, Including Yizkor: October 12, 10 am-1 pm Indoors at First United Church of Evanston, tickets required Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, continues with our morning services weaving together Torah, music, teachings, and liturgy. The Yizkor service will take place following the Torah service, featuring time for individual remembrance. Yom Kippur Youth & […]
Indoors at First United Church of Evanston, tickets required We gather at “our church” to begin our 25-hour Yom Kippur spiritual retreat together. Rabbi Rachel Weiss and Cantor Howard Friedland lead us through our Day of Atonement and reflection with music, sermon, poetry, and liturgy.
We gather at “our church” for our JRC High Holiday Traditions. Connect with your community for Teshuvah (personal reflection and accountability), Tefillah (prayer and spiritual connection) and Tzedakah (commitment to repairing brokenness through justice). Our services will be led by Rabbi Rachel Weiss, guest cantorial soloist Rabbi Barbara Penzner, the JRC Choir, and JRC musicians. Tickets are required to attend. […]
Join JRC'S Israel-Palestine Working Group for an event with Standing Together. In these difficult days in which so much of our political discourse has become polarized, hateful, and counterproductive, Standing Together provides a much-needed ray of hope. If there’s going to be a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict it will be through creating a path […]
With the questionable forecast, we are moving our 6:00 Ne’ileh service the First United Methodist Church of Evanston (516 Church Street). Thank you for joining us. Outdoors at First United Methodist Church of Evanston and Facebook Live, no tickets required As the sun sets and the gates close, we close the holidays with singing, Havdalah, […]
Indoors at First United Methodist Church of Evanston & livestreamed, no tickets required Hear readings from the Book of Leviticus and the Book of Jonah chanted in Hebrew and English by Cantor Howard Friedland.