Visioning

Where are we now?

~Visioning Update From Jane Binder~

It’s been about a month since our Visioning Shabbat and we are moving forward. A group of Board members and Visioning Shabbat Planners met on the Sunday morning following the Visioning Shabbat to recap what we learned and to begin planning next steps. After discussions with the Executive Committee and the Board, we are implementing the following:

1.    A diverse team of leaders has begun the process of drafting a Vision Statement for Shir Tikvah.  As the process proceeds, everyone in the congregation will have an opportunity to provide input;

2.    We will be scheduling re-cap sessions for people who missed the Visioning Shabbat, as well as those who were there, as soon as the video of the weekend has been completed by our Videographer;

3.    A Transparency Task Force is being created to review our existing practices and make suggestions for how the Board and the staff can be as transparent as possible and  communicate effectively with the congregation;

4.    The T’filah committee is going to address, in depth, the role of music in our prayer life, in a series of meetings that will be open to anyone who wants to participate;

5.    The Board approved a new Social Justice Core Team in which Shir Tikvah members will work in partnership with the Tzedek Institute (a program started by Jewish Community Action) to address a variety of social justice issues with other Twin Cities Synagogues; and

6.    We held a joint meeting with the Membership, Finance & Administration, and Development Committees to discuss Synagogue Funding.

There are other exciting activities that are related to the creation of our future vision as well.  Watch our Website, your weekly e-news and Kol Tikvah for more information in the coming weeks.

And we want you to keep asking...!

Its not too late, email us and share your thoughts. This is an ongoing process and we are excited to start moving toward our next steps.

Find out more

Find out more about the Axelrod Group

Read Rabbi Latz’s High Holy Day Sermon on Visioning

Link to Shir Tikvah President Jane Binder’s Remarks on Visioning

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