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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

 

Pastor Rick Warren to Make First-Ever Appearance in a Synagogue

Saddleback Church founder and best-selling author of The Purpose-Driven Life invited to Sinai Temple following ground-breaking meeting with Synagogue 3000

MEDIA CONTACT:
Joshua Avedon, Director of Communication
cell 310.291.5171
media@synagogue3000.org

LOS ANGELES - Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will be the special guest at Friday Night Live Shabbat services on Friday evening, June 16, 2006 at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. This exciting event will be the first time that Rick Warren has been a featured speaker in a synagogue. The visit comes exactly one year after Pastor Warren's historic 2005 meeting with the Synagogue 3000 (S3K) Leadership Network, a transdenominational group of visionary clergy and artists working to revitalize synagogue life across the country. Video from that meeting are available at <http://synagogue3000.iamplify.com/video.jsp>. A roster of S3K Leadership Network members is available via <http://www.synagogue3000.org/network.html>.

WHAT
Pastor Rick Warren Speaks at Friday Night Live at Sinai Temple

WHEN
Friday, June 16, 2006
7:30pm - 10:00pm

WHERE
Sinai Temple
10400 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

WHO
Pastor Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
Rabbi David Wolpe, Sinai Temple
Craig Taubman, Craig n' Co., S3K Leadership Network
Dr. Ron Wolfson, President, Synagogue 3000


Friday Night Live (http://www.sinaitemple.org/religious/FNL.php) is a unique monthly Shabbat service designed for ages 25-40 that combines live music with spirituality and insightful commentary, with the spiritual leadership of Rabbi David Wolpe and the music of Craig Taubman. FNL attracts over 1500 Jews from the Los Angeles area and beyond. Following services, Sinai Temple is transformed into a Friday night hot spot with opportunities to meet new people, engage in stimulating discussion with a featured speaker, dance, groove to a live band or just schmooze with other young professionals.

Craig n’ Co. (http://www.craignco.com) is Craig Taubman’s production company. Craig is a celebrated composer and singer-songwriter whose dynamic music and moving performance style have been an inspiration to the Jewish community for over 22 years in addition to his successful career in television and film composing. Craig partnered with Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple to create Friday Night Live.

Synagogue 3000 (http://www.synagogue3000.org) empowers congregations to create sacred communities that are compelling moral and spiritual centers of Jewish life. The S3K Leadership Network includes working groups on Spiritual Leadership and on Emergent Sacred Communities. The S3K Synagogue Studies Institute is dedicated to action-focused research for synagogue transformation.

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