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Become a Temple Member

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Thank you for your interest in Congregation Achduth Vesholom. We hope you'll become part of our Temple family. Our Membership Committee is eager to meet with you, answering any questions you may have about the congregation. We appreciate the involvement of our members and make every effort to create a stimulating and friendly environment.

To maintain our many services and programs, the Temple requires the financial support of its members. Information about membership dues is available in our new member packet. We hope that you'll invest both personally and financially in our congregation to ensure a strong Jewish community.

For more information, please call us at (260) 744-4245 on Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit us at 5200 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Contact us by email: Office@TempleCAV.org     

 

 
  

Benefits of Membership

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By joining Achduth Vesholom, you are supporting a strong Reform Jewish presence in northeast Indiana and are linked to a worldwide community of Reform Jews. Your support helps us to offer a wide range of worship services, educational opportunities, cultural programs, social events and community activities.

Benefits of membership include: 

  • Holding office and serving on the Board of Trustees
  • Voting on congregational issues and leadership
  • Enrolling children in Religious School
  • Receiving rabbinical services for life-cycle events, such as funerals, brit milah and bar/bat mitzvah
  • Serving on committees
  • Attending High Holy Days services
  • Purchasing a gravesite in one of the Temple's sections at Lindenwood Cemetery
  

Absentee Ballots

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              Absentee ballots will be available for the Temple’s Annual Meeting for use by members in good standing who are unable to attend the congregational meeting on Wednesday, June 13.  

            To request an absentee ballot, agenda, and proposed budget for review, contact the Temple office at 744-4245, by email office@TempleCAV.org, or asking in person during business hours Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning Wednesday, May 30. The Temple budget also will be available for review in the Temple office by May 30, two weeks prior to the Annual Meeting.

  The absentee ballots must be signed by the voter(s). All absentee ballots must be received by the Secretary prior to the start of the Annual Meeting. In order to ensure this is accomplished, all ballots must be returned to the Temple office either in person or via mail no later than 4:30 p.m. the day of the annual Meeting. Only original absentee ballots (not copies) will be accepted.

Absentee ballots will be counted when the vote is taken at the Annual Meeting.  Absentee ballots submitted by members in good standing are counted as part of the quorum.  In order to vote at either an Annual Meeting, a congregant must be a member in good standing, which is defined as a member of the Congregation whose dues, assessments and other fees are certified by the Treasurer to be current.  If you have any questions regarding your status, please contact Temple Treasurer Chuck Replane at creplane@googlemail.com or 260-625-5440. 

  Each adult member (18 years of age and over) shall have one vote. There is a limit of two votes per membership unit living in the same household. A list of candidates is available on our website.

  

Cemetery

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Temple members have the privilege of acquiring spaces in Achduth Vesholom's sections of the Lindenwood Cemetery. Contact the Temple office at 744-4245 or Cemetery Committee Chair Doris Fogel for information about locations, pricing and details.

Burials also can be arranged at the Fort Wayne Jewish Cemetery. Contact President Dan Zweig at dan.zweig@frontier.com.

  

Annual Meeting

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            Members who would like to vote at the Temple’s Annual Meeting must be current in their financial obligations to the congregation, according to our bylaws. The treasurer determines whether a member is considered in good standing.

            The board policy outlining guidelines for determining members in good standing states that members must be current through the last complete billing quarter or have made arrangements with the treasurer to honor their financial commitment to the Temple. Religious School and other life-cycle event fees must be paid in full or a payment plan must be in place as agreed to by the treasurer. All past obligations also must be paid in full, have a payment plan approved by the treasurer, or have other arrangements made with the treasurer.

            The treasurer will notify congregants who are not in good standing by mail no later than 30 days prior to the Annual Meeting. The Treasurer will present a list of members in good standing to the president and the secretary of the congregation seven days before the annual meeting. The treasurer shall complete any last minute changes and the list shall be verified by the treasurer at the opening of the annual meeting.
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