Helper Family Instructions
Helper Family Instructions
Thank you for volunteering to be a helper for our Shabbat worship service. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes before the service to help with the setup, stay through the service and help with cleanup after. One of our BCRC Board members will be there to guide you on any needs and answer any questions you may have.
For the service schedule including Board Greeter, Cantorial Soloist and Helper Family signups, click here.
- Bring item to contribute to oneg. Bring enough to serve about 20 people.
- Arrive 1/2 hour before service. Please put on your name tag so people who don’t know you will know who you are.
- Check to see that the kiddush is set up on the bimah or on the table in the library. There should be a Challah tray with two challot and challah cover; 1 bottle of Manishewitz wine; 1 kiddush cup; two candle sticks with two Shabbat candles unlit. These items will normally already be set up when you arrive. If not already set up,they are kept in the copy room in the cabinet above the sink labeled 'Kiddush Set-Up’.
- Help to greet arriving congregants.
- You may be asked to perform an honor such as lighting candles, holding Kiddush cup or holding the challah.
- After the service, return the Kiddush items that were set up for (Kiddush cup, candle sticks, challah tray, etc.) to storage in the labeled cabinet in the copy room. Challah tray and Kiddush cup should be washed and dried, and candle sticks should be clean of wax.
- After the oneg, make sure food items are removed from the oneg area. Either send them back home, throw them in the trash, or store in the refrigerator wrapped tightly. If the serving dish is synagogue property, make sure it is cleaned in the kitchen.
- Assist the Board Greeter in doing a light clean-up of the oneg area. If needed, sweep up any crumbs. Paying for an extra visit from the cleaning crew late at night is expensive, so we only will do that for services with extra food service (e.g. potluck dinner, ice cream social etc.), so this is a very important task. Please take a few minutes to help out!
If you have any questions, talk to your Board Greeter. Thank you for performing this important mitzvah!
Tue, March 19 2024
9 Adar II 5784
It's Purim Again
Purim is coming soon and BCRC will be pulling out all stops to celebrate this year. Starting Saturday March 9, Women of BCRC held an adult costume party! Fun was had by all. At March 22 services we have a Tot Shabbat at 6:30 and will be reading the Megillah (in English) at the adult service at 7:30. Costumes are welcome for both. Finally our Purim Spiel: A Barbie Purim will be a gala stand-alone event, Saturday Mar 23 at 7 PM. Guests are welcome! For security purposes guests must pre-register here.
it's BCRC's 25th Anniversary
This year our 'house of friends' is celebrating our 25th anniversary by returning to a full schedule of events where adults, kids and families can get together. Please consider a special 25th anniversary donation to your house of friends (click donate above).
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We welcome anyone looking for a place to worship. Join us for services weekly, every Friday at 7 PM. Guests are welcome to join us. In order to attend please phone our office at 703-729-1659 or email office@bcrcva.org to be placed on the guest list prior to attending.
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