AN EMBER DAY* EDUCATIONAL EVENT FOR ALL WHO PREACH
Pastors, Deacons, and Lay Worship Leaders are invited to join in a two-part series of deep study, practice, and conversation around the ELCA document, Preaching and Teaching “With Love and Respect for the Jewish People.” Learn ways to preach lectionary texts with confidence, and guidance to avoid perpetuating unintended but problematic interpretations, in a time when anti-Semitism is increasing in our country.
Part 2: Tuesday, February 6: 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Rodef Shalom Congregation, Shadyside
Deepen your September learnings with insights from Jewish voices. Local rabbis and teachers will contribute their own perspectives and life experiences in response to Preaching and Teaching “With Love and Respect for the Jewish People.”
Rabbi Dr. Rachel Adler: Academy For Jewish Religion (Los Angeles)
Rabbi Daniel Fellman: Temple Sinai (Pittsburgh)
Cantor Michal Gray-Shaffer: Congregation B'nai Abraham (Butler)
Rabbi Sharyn Henry: Rodef Shalom Congregation (Pittsburgh)
Rabbi Sara Perman: Congregation Emanu-El Israel, retired (Greensburg)
Kathryn Lohre, ELCA Executive for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, will guide us through the ELCA's history and current efforts to combat anti-Semitism. And Pastor Peter Pettit, co-author of Preaching and Teaching “With Love and Respect for the Jewish People,” will return to refresh our knowledge from Part 1.
RSVP by Thursday, February 1.
$15 registration fee includes lunch.
This event has been underwritten by synod funds dedicated to the care of Ministers.
Registration is now closed. For questions about your registration, contact Lauren Wolcott at lauren.wolcott@swpasynod.org.
* Unfamiliar with the tradition of Ember Days? Philip H. Pfatteicher sheds light on these observances in Journey into the Heart of God: Living the Liturgical Year:
"The turning of the four season of the natural world has been incorporated into the church's calendar. These are the Ember Days, the name derived from the German Quatember, a corruption of quattuor tempore, "the four times." ... Recognizing an increasing estrangement from the agricultural setting of the Church's calendar, [the Church] replaced the Ember Days with prayer for various needs set by regional conferences of Bishops... but eventually replaced by quarterly lectures and examinations in the catechism." (p.67)