Program at Saint Joseph Church on Sept. 17
Sister Carol Perry will deliver a talk titled “Walking in Paul’s Sandals” on Monday, Sept. 17, at 6 p.m. at Saint Joseph Church, 242 Wall St.
Doors open at 5 p.m. The event is being presented by The Book Club at St. Joseph’s Parish.
Perry is a gifted teacher and Bible scholar. She uses her extensive scholarship and imaginative storytelling skills to offer a fresh and innovative approach to exploring the Scriptures, bringing people and stories of the Bible to life.
A former chair of the English Department at John A. Coleman Catholic High
School, Perry is the author of “Waiting for Our Souls to Catch Up.” Her newest book is “Among Women.”
Free-will offerings will be appreciated.
Call (845) 338-1554 or visit saintjosephcatholic.wordpress.com/sr-carolperry for more information.
Rhinebeck Jewish Center schedules High Holiday events
The Rhinebeck Jewish Center, 102 Montgomery St., will begin its High Holiday schedule on Rosh Hashana Eve on Sunday, Sept. 9.
Holiday candles will be lit at 6:57 p.m., with a traditional Rosh Hashanah service at 7 p.m. and a community Rosh Hashana Dinner at 7:45 p.m.
On the first day of Rosh Hashana on Monday, Sept. 10, there will be a traditional service at 9:30 a.m., with a youth service at 10:30 a.m. The sounding of the shofar will take [lace at 11 a.m. Serivices will be followed by Kiddhush.
Tashlich will be at 5:45 p.m. at American Legion Park, Mill Street. That will be followed by an evening service at 7:45 and the lighting of holiday candles at 7:56 p.m.
The second day of Rosh Hashana on Tuesday, Sept. 11, will include a traditional service at 9:30 a.m. and a youth service at 10:30 a.m. The sounding of the shofar will take place at 11 a.m., with services followed by Kiddush.
For Yom Kippur Eve on Tuesday, Sept. 18, holiday candles will be lit at 6:42 p.m., with the Kol Nidrei service at 6:45 p.m.
On Yom Kippur on Wednesday, Sept. 19, there will be a morning service at 10 a.m., with a youth service at 11:30 a.m. and Yizkor at 12:15 p.m.
Following a Torah study class at 3 p.m., Mincha will take place at 5:30 p.m., followed by Neilah at 6:30 p.m. and break the fast at 7:39 p.m.
Call the center at (845) 876-7666 or visit rhinebeckjewishcenter.com for more information.
Movies With Spirt series opens new season Sept. 15
The Movies With Spirit film series launches its 13th season with a showing of the documentary “The Farthest,” about NASA’s Voyager mission, on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Rondout Valley United Methodist Church, 25 Schoonmaker Lane.
Voyager was launched in 1977 to study the outer solar system. Two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched 16 days apart — each with less computing power than a modern-day remote car-door opener — have since gone past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They have sendt back unprecedented images and previously unknown information that revolutionized humans’ understanding of the spectacular outer planets and their many peculiar moons.
Still going strong four decades after launch, the Voyager probes are now in interstellar space, traveling 11 miles a second. A continuously updated chart showing the probes’ distance from Earth and the sun can be seen at pbs.org/the-farthest. The Public Broadcasting Service commissioned the film.
The film’s trailer can be found on YouTube at tinyurl.com/The-FarthestDocumentary.
The 2017 movie runs 1 hour and 40 minutes and is not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion. Refreshments will be served. Attendees over age 12 are asked to contribute $5 to $10 a person.
The monthly Movies With Spirit series, organized by Gerry Harrington of Kingston, seeks to stimulate people’s sense of joy and wonder, inspire love and compassion, evoke a deepened understanding of people’s integral connection with others and with life itself, and support individual cultures, faith paths and beliefs while simultaneously transcending them. The films are screened in diverse houses of worship and reverence across Ulster and Dutchess counties at 7 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month. The series has no religious affiliation.
For more information about “The Farthest” and the rest of the series, contact Harrington at (845) 389-9201 or at gerryharrington@mindspring.com. Details are also available at movieswithspirit.com and facebook.com/MoviesWithSpirit.