Shabbat Youth and Family Programming

• 18 Months-4 Years: Babysitting | 9:30-11:30 am  Children are welcome to play in a supervised, safe and fun environment while their adults participate in services. 
• Up to 5 Years: Torah Tots | 10:45-11:30 am Children bring their adult to this volunteer-led service celebrating Shabbat with songs, tefilot (prayers), stories, and parashah (weekly Torah reading) activities. 
• Grades K-2: Mini Minyan | 10:45-11:45 am  Children participate in an interactive Shabbat service that incorporates tefilot (prayers), parashah (weekly Torah reading) stories, and activities. In this staff-led service, children learn how to daven (pray) with kavanah (intention) while having fun!        
• Grades 3-4: "Next Dor" Minyan | 10:45-11:45 am  Children join a new weekly staff-led Shabbat service for mid-elementary school. Every Shabbat participants daven (pray), explore tefilot (prayers) and learn about the meaning and structure of the Shabbat morning services. 
• Grades 5-7: Minyan and Moadon | 10:45-11:45 am  

  We are excited to announce the new Minyan and Moadon program starting on August 24, 2024. This program is a Torah service for 4th-7th graders led by our very own 10th-12th graders during Shabbat morning services! 

Grades 4-7 will have the opportunity to learn how to lead and participate in all the roles in the Torah service in a low stress environment: take an aliyah, lead the Torah service, be a gabbai, practice reading from the Torah, and more. This will be a chance for those who haven’t had their b’nei mitzvah to work on their skills before the event and those post-b’nei mitzvah to continue honing their skills. Some weeks, we will have a group discussion about the meaning of the parasha and play games that relate to it. 

Minyan and Moadon will take place in the Salzberg Family Library. A sign-up sheet will be available during the week to sign up to lead and/or participate in different parts of the Torah service.

• Grades 8-12: Madrichim (Teen Leadership) The Madrichim program provides opportunities for teens to build leadership skills, plan activities, and create connections within the community. Madrichim serve as role models, teachers, and synagogue leaders, bringing youth programming to OKC children ages preschool through 7th grades. Click HERE for more information.