Pedal for Peace/Greg Mortenson
Are you interested in supporting peace in much needed areas of our world? Do you enjoy biking either recreationally and/or for exercise? Come and join us as we Pedal for Peace at the Major Taylor Velodrome! This 6-hour team bike relay promises to be a worthwhile, memorable, and fun event for bikers of all experience levels.
Pedal for Peace supports organizations throughout the world that are committed to peace through education, especially for girls and women.
Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Major Taylor Velodrome
Proceeds from this year’s Pedal for Peace will go toward two organizations that are building schools and promoting education in Afghanistan:
* The Central Asia Institute (Greg Mortenson’s organization, author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools), www.ikat.org.
* AWAKEN (Afghan Women’s and Kids’ Educational Necessities), founded by Bibi Bahrami, an Afghan woman who lives in Muncie, Indiana, www.awakeninc.org.
Become a “team captain” and get a group of friends together to form a team for this great event or join the Beth-El Zedeck team.
Please contact Shari Lipp-Levine at the synagogue office if you’d like to participate or visit www.pedalforpeace.org.
To kick-off Peace Week, Greg Mortenson will be speaking at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Monday, September 27th at 6:30 p.m. This is a free event; however, tickets are required. Tickets can be picked up beginning August 15 at the following locations: St. Luke’s UMC, 100 W. 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN (Mon-Fri, 8:30AM-5PM) or Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, 600 W. 70th Street, Indianapolis, IN (Mon-Th. 9AM-4:30AM, Fri 9AM-3PM). There is a limit of 4 tickets given to any one person.
For more information on both events, please visit www.stlukesumc.com
Friday, June 18, 2010
6:00 p.m. Shabbat services followed by pitch-in dairy dinner and family activity
Enjoy the fresh air at our Casual Shabbat service on the lawn (weather permitting). If you would like, bring a blanket. Chairs will be provided.
Following services there will be a dairy pitch-in dinner. We’ll provide the entree, challah and lemonade – you bring a dairy salad or dessert.
$6.50/adult $3.50/child
Your check is your reservation and is due in the synagogue office by June 15th. Contact George Kelley for more information.
August 22 – 23, 2010, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $10/person and available in advance at the synagogue office or at the door the days of the event. Check back for more information.
Beth-El Zedeck now has the ability to send email billing. If you would like to receive your bills electronically rather than on paper, please contact jpotash {at} bez613(.)org">Janice Potash. You can help Beth-El save time, money and a few trees!
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck now allows you to have your synagogue obligations deducted directly from your bank account. By providing our office with some basic information, you authorize our staff to take monthly electronic transfers of funds from your checking or savings account. All transactions take place on or about the 15th of each month.
If you are interested in this plan, please print and complete the attached application. Mail it to the office with a voided check. In setting your monthly amount, please remember that we can apply the funds to all Beth-El obligations, present and future.
ACH CONTRACT-membership current