Rabbi Matt Derrenbacher ~rabbi.derrenbacher@gmail.com~ 315.576.3271 to make an appointment to meet with the rabbi, please contact him directly
Emily’s office hours: Tuesday through Friday 12 pm – 5 pm deadline for eShalom is Wednesday each week
Bikur cholim:If you know someone who is ill, or if you yourself are ill and would like a visit from Rabbi Derrenbacher, please contact the office at 573.499.4855 or the rabbi directly at 315.576.3271.
Note that hospitals no longer notify us when a community member is admitted.
NOTE: Before scheduling a meeting or event in either the farmhouse or sanctuary building, please contact Emily Colvin in the CBS office at 573.499.4855.
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Friday Night
Kabbalat Shabbat Servicesled by Rabbi Matt Derrenbacher @ 7 pm Siddur: Mishkan Tefilah
CBS Annual Meeting
Sun May 19 @ 10 am
Zoom: click here
50th Anniversary Shabbat Service & Oneg
Fri May 31 @ 6:30 pm
50th Anniversary Party
Sat June 1 @ 6 pm
50th Anniversary Family Picnic
Sun Jun 2 @ 10 am
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Let’s celebrate CBS’s 50th Anniversary on the weekend of May 31 through June 2! The Saturday party caterer needs our final attendee count soon, so RSVPs for the Saturday evening party are due by Sunday, May 19.
To RSVP for the Saturday evening party as well as the Friday Shabbat service and oneg and Sunday picnic click here.
We want everyone to come Saturday evening! If you’d like to come but can’t afford the advertised ticket price, please contact Tim at thpcbs21@gmail.com to request a discounted entry fee.
See you there!
Annual Meeting & Board Elections
This year, we will hold our CBS Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 19, at 10 am. The meeting will be both in person and online; click here to join via Zoom.
At the Annual Meeting, members will hear reports on the business of the Congregation and will also have the opportunity to elect members to the Board of Directors.
Each year, three members of our nine-member board have their terms expire, and the congregation elects three members to three-year terms.
This year, the terms of Michael Gardner, Seth Rosner, and Tim Parshall will expire. Michael has indicated his willingness to stand for election for another term. Seth and Tim have indicated their intention to leave the Board upon the expiration of their terms.
In April, the Congregation solicited statements of interest from possible Board candidates. This year, we had more qualified congregants express interest in Board service than we have available seats.
The Nominating Committee, composed of Ben Trachtenberg (chair), Shari Weinman, and Mary Hartigan, met individually with each member who indicated interest in Board service.
After meeting with all congregants who expressed interest, the Committee has voted to recommend the following slate to the Congregation:
Michael Gardner
Jake Johnson
Margie Sable
In addition, the following other members wish to be considered for election at the Annual Meeting, and their names will appear on the ballot:
Tisya Cooke
Debbie Kaplan
Josh Kaplan
At the Annual Meeting, eligible voters may cast votes for up to three candidates for the Board. The three members receiving the most votes will be elected.
Eligible voters may either vote in person at the Annual Meeting or may submit a proxy form, which is due in the CBS office by Friday, May 17, at noon. Click here for the proxy form.
Anyone attending the meeting by Zoom must submit a proxy form to vote. We have no mechanism for electronic voting during the Annual Meeting.
We look forward to seeing you Sunday!
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Lunch in the Park returns this summer to the Armory, 701 E Ash (note: not Douglass Park). Volunteers assemble and serve sack lunches to children and are welcome to interact with the kids as well.
CBS volunteers are needed for dates in July. The lunches are served from 12 noon to 1 pm, so volunteers should be at the Armory by 11:45 am and plan on staying no later than 1:15 pm.
With questions, contact Debi Kupferer at 573.239.9574.
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The CBS Book Club will meet on Sunday, June 23 at 3 pm to discuss two books: We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter and The Amen Affect by Rabbi Sharon Brous.
If you’d like to be added to the book club’s distribution list to receive occasional emails about future meetings, please contact Jean Ispa at ispaj@missouri.edu
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When attending services or other events on our CBS campus, please bring non-perishable food items (cans, boxes) to the Food Bank barrel in the sanctuary building foyer.
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The true story of Jan Karski, a Polish Catholic who worked for the Polish resistance and the Jewish underground during WWII. Karski recounts his life, capture by the Nazis, visits to a Jewish ghetto and concentration camp, and his extraordinary effort to inform the West of the Holocaust, while there was still time to stop it. His legacy of moral courage reminds us of the results of prejudice and hate.
Performance dates: May 17, 18, 24, 25 and 26. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7 pm and the Sunday show is a 2 pm matinee. Tickets are $20 for all performances; click here to order. Shows will be in the Compass Listening Room at Compass, Inc. at the Hillel Foundation, 1107 University Ave.
Directed by Heather Hatton
Performed by Aaron Krawitz
Musical Accompaniment by
Julie Rosenfeld and Lydia Redding
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Sidney Weinstein
11 Iyyar/May 19 Steve Weinstein’s father
Deborah Rosenholtz
12 Iyyar/May 20 CBS yahrzeit
Samuel Chaplowe
12 Iyyar/May 20 Harriet Yelon’s uncle
Marian Kohen
May 21 Janna Lancaster’s mother
Selik Applebaum
13 Iyyar/May 21 Marla Applebaum’s father
Mary Sobol
14 Iyyar/May 22 Janet Oxenhandler’s mother
Charles Horwitz
15 Iyyar/May 23 Bruce Horwitz’s brother
Morris Slotsky
15 Iyyar/May 23 Mary Muscato’s father
Eleanore Gordon
16 Iyyar/May 24 Glenn Gordon’s mother
Ben Alper
17 Iyyar/May 25 Ellen Horwitz’s father
Janet Alper-Perlstein
17 Iyyar/May 25 Ellen Horwitz’s mother
Joe A Alpert
17 Iyyar/May 25 Sedalia yahrzeit
Do we have your family’s information listed correctly? If not, or if you need to add someone, please send a note to Mary at maxmax@mchsi.com.
CBS maintains the yahrzeits of Temple Beth El in Sedalia.
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In memory of Irwin Kaye
David & Ellen Gardner
John & Deborah Zemke
Donations are a good way to remember or honor people and special life events. Your gift can be directed to the CBS general fund, the rabbi’s discretionary fund (RDF), the endowment fund, Tikkun Olam, the library, the Sasha Yelon book fund, the school scholarship fund or the sacred music fund.
Credit card or PayPal donations can be made via the CBS web page: https://cbsmo.org/ Or send a check to CBS, 500 W Green Meadows Rd, Columbia 65203, with a note with details about honorees and where you’d like the notification sent. We’ll send a handwritten card as you direct.
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Our own Rabbi Matt Derrenbacher is featured on the Live Happy Now podcast. Rabbi Matt’s episode is titled ‘Finding Happiness in Hard Times.’ Click here to link to the podcast.
