Welcome to CBST's Masorti and Reconstructionist Minyans

logo of CBSTI'd like to welcome members of CBST's Masorti and Reconstructionist minyans to Shabbat People. I hope you find that the site supports your efforts to create a participatory community by making the bookkeeping of signing up for parts a lot easier.

To get started, you need to create an account on this site. As part of the registration process, you'll see a check box for which group you want to join. Make sure you select the appropriate checkbox or boxes.

Welcome!

How to Sign Up for a Part

Click on the name of your group.

image illustrating where to click to get to group page

If you don't see the name of your group, you need to log in first.

Once on the group page, click on the relevant date. Then click the check box or boxes to sign up for the part(s). You'll get a confirmation via email.

Email Shai at: shai@gluskin.org if you have any problems.

Shabbat People - Online Tool for Participatory Congregations

Coming soon is the launch of a new online tool, Shabbat People.

So many parts in a service! How to keep track of who is doing what.

Many chavurot and minyanim rely heavily on volunteer coordinators: Torah-reading coodinators, kiddish coordinators, haftarah coordinators, davnnen coordinators, and more. The amount of phone calls, emails, back-and-forth that goes on to get everything done can be a real burden. Shabbat People is being created to lighten that burden.

It doesn't replace the coordinators, but it makes their job a lot easier. In addition the volunteers performing these roles can easily keep track of their own assignments by simply logging in, thus relieving the inevitable stress that comes from busy volunteers juggling busy lives.

Some of the features of the upcoming Shul Take Parts Beta.

  1. Members of your community can sign up for
    • Torah reading. Assignments available for signing up include the listing of the Torah verses and how many verses for each aliyah. Initial support for full and triennial Torah reading cycles
    • Haftarah
    • Divrei Torah/Sermon
    • Kiddish Sponsorship
    • Davennen/Leading Parts of the service
  2. Customizable E-mail notifications for signing up or un-assigning from a part
  3. Historical data available making it easier to recruit volunteers for future sign-up based on previous preparation
  4. Ability to add group specific information to support volunteers in performing their roles, date-specific special information about special Shabbat or holiday events, and much more.