Hi All, I'm forwarding this not so much to participate in the contest but to give us the opportunity to track what other kinds of innovative things are happening out there. I'm sure a lot of it won't pertain to us, but some of it might-- Have a wonderful Shabbas-- -c ----- Original Message ----- From: Wasserman, Rabbi Sue Ann To: IWORSHIP@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:12 PM Subject: [IWORSHIP] 2005 Epstein Communicate! Award Contest ANNOUNCING THE 2005 EPSTEIN COMMUNICATE! AWARD CONTEST www.urj.org/comm DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 Do you have a program that is really special? Something that you do year after year because it works so well? A fund raiser that brings the community together and raises substantial money for the temple? A compelling high school curriculum? A tot Shabbat that children clamor to be part of? An empty nester program that brings members back into the temple? A community service project that involves diverse temple groups? A five-year endowment plan that put your synagogue on a stable financial footing? The Epstein Communicate! Awards of the Union for Reform Judaism's Ida and Howard Wilkoff Department of Synagogue Management will award $1,000 in programming funds in four categories at the Houston Biennial convention, November 16-20, 2005. The grants are given to congregations who submit their best programs and ideas to the Communicate! online database created exclusively for Union congregations and their members. The award categories are: *Best program/idea from a large congregation (250+ households) *Best program/idea from a small congregation (less than 250 households) *Best administrative program/idea submitted by a NATA Administrator *Best education program/idea submitted by a NATE Educator Enter Now to be Eligible to Join These 2003 Biennial Winners Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA by NATE member Deborah Enelow for the Seventh Grade Fund: Tzedakah in Action (Communicate! summary #1846, view the program at http://www.socialaction.com/toc.html). Temple B'nai Chaim, Georgetown, CT, Small Congregations category for the Rabbinic Housing: A Successful Program (Communicate! summary #1866). Congregation Beth Tikvah, Worthington, OH, by NATA member Suzanne Parr for the Safety & Emergency Policies & Procedures (Communicate! summary #1922, obtain the program by e-mailing sparr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). Woodlands Community Temple, White Plains, NY, Large Congregations category for the Coffeehouse Cabaret (Communicate! summary #1859) Submit your program on line at www.urj.org/comm or download the flyer http://data.urj.org/comm/Communicate_categories.pdf and http://data.urj.org/comm/Communicate_flyer.pdf and distribute it to your board, clergy, committees, auxiliaries and staff. Submit as many programs as you wish. To increase your chance of winning, be sure to submit material from your program (as WORD docs) along with your summary. Questions? Call 1.800.894.4735 or e-mail communicate@xxxxxxxx Karen Reiter Ida and Howard Wilkoff Department of Synagogue Management UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM Serving Reform Congregations in North America 633 Third Avenue New York NY 10017 212.650.4006 Fax 212.650.4239 kreiter@xxxxxxx Communicate! HELP Desk 1.800.894.4735 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The IWORSHIP mailing list is hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network, http://shamash.org, a service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ To unsubscribe email: IWORSHIP-unsubscribe-request@xxxxxxxxxxx