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Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :

It appears that the Jewish Chronicle has a Secret Shul-goer.

[Smile]

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Indeed. And one of my relatives gets a mention in the Secret Shul=Goer's Awards for 2017.

Posted by Ian Climacus (# 944) on :

edit: Secret Shul-Goer's Awards!?!? Off to find those...

What a wonderful discovery! Thank you.

#1 has me hooked, including a very amusing opening paragraph, and this:

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Before my visit, I researched the shul’s website. This is always a revealing exercise, not least because it allows me to play a personal game of "Shul Website Bingo", in which I can tick off my checklist of buzzwords. Norrice Lea scores highly. On its homepage alone, the word "thriving" appears three times, and the words "caring", "warm" and "welcoming" twice each.

I suspect I'll spend all night reading these... Or all day. Shouldn't checked SoF before I started work. [Help]

[ 03. January 2018, 20:14: Message edited by: Ian Climacus ]

Posted by Margaret (# 283) on :

I clicked on the Finchley Reform report because the father of a friend of mine was one of its founders - and [Overused]

to that congregation, just [Overused]

Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :

Wow.

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indeed.

IJ

Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on :

That Finchley Reform report has set me up for the day.

Posted by Ian Climacus (# 944) on :

I was going to read them in order, rationing them 1 a day, but after not entirely me's post I read Finchley.

My goodness. Would that we could all act like that. I think I need to read some penitential Psalms.

Posted by mr cheesy (# 3330) on :

It is a beautiful thing to say. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone speaking about homeless visitors like that in church or anywhere else. If anything the reverse - that they're a problem to be endured for a period.

I wonder how it affects the way that the congregation interacts with them. Presumably it becomes a bit tricky if the visitors take the statement literally and "borrow" a few things from the sanctuary.

Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :

I suspect two thing:

that the few things that could be borrowed and caused offence are removed before this happens.
it is seen as a group home with a sponsoring (hiring) body (e.g. Crisis) who take overall responsibility for the behaviour of residents. Then it is sort of like a landlord respecting the privacy of tenants.

Jengie

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

Having volunteered with Crisis, on the clean up squad at this time of year, the Finchley Shul sounds as if it is one of the Christmas shelters and there will have been a squad in to clean up on Monday, along with the other schools and places they use.

Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :

Something that does come out of these reports is that Judaism has a rich and varied liturgical tradition which is probably largely unfamiliar to us Christians, despite our common origins!

Fascinating stuff, but I don't suppose the New Ship will allow MW reports from synagogues?

No? I thought not.....

Oy vey!

IJ

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