‘Chick Shabbat’

‘Chick Shabbat’ brings congregation together for service

MARLTON — When volunteers were needed to fill in during Shabbat services a few years ago, mostly all women stepped up. They had so much fun with their “Chick Shabbat,” they decided to make it an official event, and it took place again recently.

http://www.southjerseylocalnews.com/articles/2011/07/29/entertainment/doc4e33074259953799001675.txt

Shabbat - Just Do It!

Unwrapping the Gift of Sabbath / Shabbat

Today...I invite you to join in receiving and unwrapping this precious gift which God has placed into our hands: Shabbat / Sabbath!

The Electronic Sabbath Challenge - Abdi Assadi

Want to really go wild? Have an electronic Sabbath one day a week. Cease carrying, mindlessly and addictively staring at or using any of these communciation tools one day of your weekend. You can do it, really. May be a whole day might be too much without medical supervision. You can certainly begin doing it for one hour every day and attempt at rebuilding a relationship with yourself. with time, gradually increase your withdrawal. Symptoms can include anxiety, restlessness, boredom, grumpiness, and deep fatigue -- did I mention anxiety? But they do pass, followed or accompanied by a sense of serenity that is beyond delicious. Just remember, easy does it. One step at a time.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abdi-assadi/electronic-sabbath_b_888826.html

David Wilkerson (1931-2011)

The Rev. David Wilkerson, an evangelical minister and author who founded the Times Square Church to minister to the downtrodden in one of Manhattan’s seedier precincts, but whose later writings included apocalyptic predictions for New York City and beyond, died on Wednesday in an automobile accident in Texas. He was 79 and lived near Tyler, Tex.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/nyregion/rev-david-wilkerson-79-evangelist-dies-in-crash.html

Seven Sabbath Meditations

http://reluctant-messenger.com/sabbath-meditations.htm

As Chester focused on the words he heard the Master continue a thought "...every seventh day for 7 days, 49 days in all, you start the new focus for each week. I will give you the progression tonight and you will begin next Sabbath with the first meditation. Every Sabbath has a different focus until you have covered all 7. Later I will tell you what you move up to after you finish the first 7 weeks."

Tell me what your Sabbath is like...

"Everyone carries, within, a special image of the Sabbath. Tell me what your Sabbath is like, and I will tell you who you are and what kind of person you are. While your Sabbath is strictly personal, singular and unique, it nevertheless portrays a mosaic of components absorbed while you are carried over the waves of life."

- From Pinchas Hacohen Peli (1930-1989), preface to his 1988 "The Jewish Sabbath: A Renewed Encounter"