Shabbat Shulchan This coming Friday, June 13, at 6 PM on the patio at All Souls (or inside in case of inclement weather) we make Shabbos together
with our Shabbat Shulchan-informal worship followed
by a Seudah-a festive Shabbat dinner. To attend, please rsvp to: engagement@kolamikc.org Shir L'Shabbat On Saturday, June 14, at 10 AM at Asbury United Methodist Church at 75th and Nall, join us for Shir L’Shabbat; a Shabbat filled with wonderful music in a more traditional format. Kiddush lunch follows the service.
Kol Ami Events June Community Lunch - TOMORROW
Join us Wednesday, June 11, for a community lunch. We will meet at Aixois (251 East 55th Street) at 11:30 AM. Come have lunch (or a coffee) in good company. All are welcome, so bring a friend! Please RSVP to engagement@kolamikc.org
Mah Jongg Club
Kol Ami's Mah Jongg Club meets two Monday evenings a month at 7 PM. Email office@kolamikc.org for information.
We Wish Mi Shebeirach
A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:
Robert Clinton Kenneth Dantzler Renée Dietchman Liz Garrison Megan Garrison Yale Krugman Carol Ann Parker Edi Shifrin Micha ben Sarah Melvin Michael Slater Tzipporah mibet Avraham v’Sarah
If you would like a name to continue to be listed or if you have a new name to include, please send an email to healing@kolamikc.org.
Something good to talk about: this past Erev Shabbat we celebrated Pride Month with Pride Shabbat. Ga’avah KC sponsored this wonderful evening with our Congregation Kol Ami family, Beth Torah, and Jewish Experience.
Thanks particularly to Brad Ordo as the Community Chair for Ga’avah. We are so lucky at Kol Ami that he is also our Kehilah Vice-President. Beyond his leadership he is always the first one to engage in any task needed to make it all work. He is a gift to Kol Ami, to the Queer Jewish community in Kansas City, and the entire Kansas City Jewish community...Read more.
This Week's Torah Portion Parashat Beha’alotecha
(Bamidbar/Numbers 8:1-12:16)
This week, we read of two leaders of the people, Eldad and Medad who profess to have the spirit of prophecy. The people complain that they have in their enthusiasm exceeded their roles in the community. Moses defends them saying that If only everyone would take that initiative. (I’m paraphrasing here.) During this difficult moment in our country and in our world we all can be liked Eldad and Medad, each in our own way, to lead us to a better place.
Urgent Assistance Request
The Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund (MFAF) is urgently in need of donations of dry beans and white rice (no canned beans or instant rice, please)for the families working the Lafayette County orchards this year. MFAF is expecting that 350-400 migratory farmworker families will arrive in mid-July, adding to the 300-350 year-round workers. MFAF provides families with wrap-around services - food, hygiene items, healthcare, education assistance for children, legal assistance, and more.
As always, MFAF has an ongoing need for your donations of brown paper bags.
Stand Up with Kol Ami Congregants
Planning to attend a No Kings Day demonstration this Saturday? Meet up with fellow Kol Ami congregants at the Mill Creek Park rally organized by Indivisible and other local and national organizations. According to Indivisible, this peaceful, public event is a "nationwide day of defiance" and an "action to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like."
📍 W 47th Street near Mill Creek Park, in front of the Cheesecake Factory 📅 Saturday, June 14th 🕛 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Come represent our shared commitment to justice and community.
Free Mental Health Support from Jewish Family Services
Jewish Family Services is offering a free, confidential session of mental health support or spiritual care for members of the Kansas City Jewish community. JFS has trained professionals ready to help. If you're interested, please complete THIS SHORT FORM. Your information will be kept private and will only be seen by trained JFS staff who will match your request with an appropriate support provider.
Our mailing address is: Congregation Kol Ami 4501 Walnut Street ℅ All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church Kansas City, MO 64111
