REA Annual Meeting 2019

Everyone welcome! Past president Dr. Mualla Selçuk will lead us in a meditation on the 99 names of God within Muslim faith, and invite people into a collaborative sharing of experiences.

Welcoming Shabbat is a weekly opportunity to take a break from the pressures of the week and find rest and sanctity amongst family or friends around a festive table. It heralds a time of contemplation and sacredness as the 25 hour Jewish Sabbath commences with the onset of the evening hour. Kabbalat Shabbat is marked by song and story, blessings over bounty of body and spirit. We invite the REA community to join together as participants and witnesses to this moment in Jewish time. For as Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel taught us “The Sabbath Day is like a Palace in time with a kingdom for all”.

Closing our meeting with a service to consider our coexistence with the earth and the violence that our divided societies wreak upon her.  We celebrate beauty and sustenance. We grieve and repent for apathy and culpability. We commit to action and faithfulness.  Join us!