The congregation is taking steps to practice social distancing to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Please read this message from Rabbi Doug, and be on the lookout for more information for the ways we’re looking to keep our social distancing from becoming anti-social. Message from the Rabbi Regarding Events in March 2020Read More →
By Andreas Trepte – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Link We at Kol Ami are excited about a new regular event involving Rabbi Doug. It began as “Coffee with the Rabbi” but then needed a new name because it will be evenly split between meetings in the morning (with coffee, for instance) and meetings in the evening (with cocktails, for instance). The name is… Kibb_tz with the Rabbi! But in some places it’s been advertised as “Kibbitz with the Rabbi” and in others “Kibbutz with the Rabbi”. What’s the difference? Why? Some of us are most familiar with a kibbutz being a collectivized farming community,Read More →
The Manheim Park Garden is where we build our sukah, and hold our garden Shabbat services when weather permits. This Sunday the Garden is having its first annual Spring Meet and Greet, for interested neighbors, gardeners, volunteers and supporters, with activities planned throughout the day. Read More →
[Remarks, mostly as delivered, opening a Lêyl Šabâth service at Congregation Kol Ami; Šabâth Mišpât.im 5777 / 24 February 2017] We need this, we mortals, we distinct and limited beings in time. We need sleep between waking. We need to start things and end things. We need to set things down and pick them back up. And in between we need rest. How much and how often and how long varies among us, and for each of us under different circumstance. Against the need for rest some duty or desire always calls. But our covenant requires us to refrain. Six days you shall serve andRead More →
Except as noted, all High Holy Day services are held in the Bragg Sanctuary at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut Street, near the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri. No tickets are required. We appreciate donations to offset our costs for the services. ‘Erev Ro’sh Hashanah, Sun. Oct. 2, 2016 Children’s Service, 6:30 PM Evening Service, 7:30 PM Ro’sh Hashanah, Mon. Oct. 3, 2016 Morning Service, 10:30 AM Guest Speaker: Rev. Donna Simon, St. Mark’s Hope & Peace Tashlikh, 1:00 PM 5 minutes from All Souls, beside Brush Creek in Theis Park Volker Boulvard & Oak Street ‘Erev Yom Kipur,Read More →