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January 6th, (Thursday) Rosh Chodesh = Shevat (Rosh Chodesh or head of the month is the day a new Biblical month begins. The new month begins Wednesday evening at sundown.)

February 5th, (Shabbat) Rosh Chodesh = Adar I

March 7th, (Monday) Rosh Chodesh = Adar II

March 17th, (Thursday) Traditional Fast of Esther

March 20th, (Sunday) Purim (This is a traditional festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from Haman’s plot to destroy them as recorded in the book of Esther.)
VOB Purim Play is Shabbat, March 19th at 1:00 pm at 201 College Rd.

April 5th, (Tuesday) Rosh Chodesh = Nisan

April 18th, (Monday) 1st Passover in the evening (This Passover is normally celebrated in the home.)

April 19th, (Tuesday) First Day of Unleavened Bread - Shabbat

April 20th, (Wednesday) Passover at Gray’s Chapel (5056 NC 22 N. Franklinville, NC 27248)

April 20th, (Thursday) Traditional Counting of the Omer – Day 1 This is the traditional Day of Firstfruits

April 21st, (Thursday) Passover at Christ Wesleyan (2400 S. Holden Rd. Greensboro, NC 27407)

April 22nd, (Friday) Passover for Valley of Blessing (High Point Woman’s Club, 4106 Johnson Street, High Point, NC)

April 23rd, (Shabbat) Shabbat Chol Hamoed

April 24th, (Sunday) Non-traditional Day of Firstfruits – Day 1

April 25th, (Monday) Seventh Day of Unleavened Bread - Shabbat 

May 1st, (Sunday) Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day also The March of Remembrance in Greensboro

May 8th, (Sunday) Yom Hazikaron – Israel Remembrance Day

May 9th, (Monday) Israel Independence Day (1948)

May 5th, (Thursday) Rosh Chodesh = Iyar 

May 28th-30th, (Shabbat to Monday) – VOB Family Retreat at Higher Ground Christian Retreat Center in Hillsville, VA

June 3rd, (Friday) Rosh Chodesh = Sivan

June 7th, (Tuesday eve) Traditional Erev Shavuot at 118 Fairidge Dr. Jamestown, NC 27282

June 8th, (Wednesday) Traditional Shavuot - Shabbat

June 12th, (Sunday) Nontraditional Shavuot – Shabbat

July 3rd, (Sunday) Rosh Chodesh = Tammuz

July 15th-17th, (Friday evening to Sunday) Sisters In Messiah  Retreat at 1200 Faith Cove Dr., Sandy Level, VA

August 1st, (Monday) Rosh Chodesh = Av

August 9th, (Tuesday) Fast of Tisha B’Av (Traditional fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples.) 

August 30th, (Tuesday) Rosh Chodesh = Elul

September 12th – 23rd, VOB trip to Israel

September 28th, (Wednesday) Erev Rosh Hashanah

September 29th, (Thursday) Rosh Hashanah -Shabbat

October 7th, (Friday) Erev Yom Kippur

October 8th, (Shabbat) Yom Kippur – Shabbat – Biblical fast day

October 12th, (Wednesday) Erev Succot at the Geiger’s

October 13th, (Thursday) First day of Succot - Shabbat

October 19th, (Wednesday) Hoshana Rabba – The Great Hosanna

October 20th, (Thursday) Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day – Shabbat

October 21st, (Friday) Simchat Torah – Rejoicing in the Torah

Celebrated on October 22nd, Shabbat at 201 College Rd.

October 22nd, (Shabbat) Bereshit

October 28th, (Friday) Rosh Chodesh - Cheshvan

November 27th, (Sunday) Rosh Chodesh – Kislev

December 20th, Tuesday, December 20th at 6:30pm at the Geigers' home, 118 Fairidge Dr., Jamestown, NC 27282. Bring food, your hanukkiah and candles! We will be inviting our neighbors to share with them Yeshua, the light of the world! RSVP Donna 336-454-5073 or donna@valleyofblessing.org

December 26th, Rosh Chodesh - Tevet/7th day of Hanukkah at the Burns' home, 4318 Comanche Trail, GSO, NC 27406 RSVP Debbie at 336-542-8432 or dburns4@triad.rr.com

December 28th, (Wednesday) Last day of Chanukah