Har Shalom announces Shabbat, Havdalah
Congregation Har Shalom, 2357 County Road 203, will offer these programs:
A Family Shabbat service with fifth-year rabbinical student, Eli Herb, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday. Shabbat services and a potluck dinner will be hosted by Dr. Pakhi Chaudhuri. Herb will lead kiddush and present stories for kids and d’var Torah for adults. Participants are asked to bring a dish to share. For more information, call Herb at 799-1324.
A Havdalah will be held Aug. 29 and will be the last event of the summer with Herb. Havdalah means “separation” and is the ceremony that distinguishes between Shabbat and the rest of the week. The ceremony will include singing, Torah teachings, storytelling, dancing and music. Alison Epstein will host Havdalah in her home. For address and directions, call Epstein at 385-7998.
For more information, visit http://harshalomdurango.org.
Southern Baptist church to explore ‘Silent Years’
First Southern Baptist Church will begin a study called “The Silent Years: Time Between the Testaments” on Sept. 2.
The eight-week study will be the focus of the Fall Bible Study program and will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sanctuary, 1715 West Second Ave. Tom Cummins will teach the class. Cummins holds a master’s degree in Christian education and has been teaching the Bible for 18 years.
People often wonder what happened in the 400 years between the Old Testament and the New Testament in the Bible. It is often called “The Silent Years” as the Hebrew text is silent as to what occurred in the years leading up to the time of Christ.
The reality is, it was anything but silent. In this period God used such diverse characters as Alexander the Great and Roman General Pompey to prepare the way for his son.
Methodists to discuss intersection of faith, life
As the Rev. Jeff Huber returns from his renewal leave, the First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will begin a new two-part sermon series about how faith practically connects with people over the course of their lives.
The series will look at what it’s like to have a midlife crisis as a person of faith as well as how people take their faith to work and school and into retirement and beyond.
The series, called “The Intersection of Faith and Life,” will begin Saturday and Sunday.
For more information, visit www.fumcdurango.org.
Herald Staff
