It has been said that success sometimes buys an admission ticket to more difficult problems. Our Hebrew school meeting on Monday afternoons has become a somewhat crowded affair and we will be looking at the need to possibly change some practices. Perhaps it will be wise to have classes on two weekdays instead of one. We certainly will need to encourage next year's registration at a much earlier date than we have in the past so we can figure out how to best accommodate our students in the limited space we have. In another area, our past practice has us doing our annual meeting, our Hebrew school registration and our high holiday services all within roughly the same time frame. As our high holiday services have become more and more successful, we will need to focus additional specific planning and energy on these services, so we will try to conduct the annual meeting and Hebrew school registration during the summer, when each can get the additional attention it requires.
Let me again urge those who have a desire to assist in the education efforts for our children to let us know. Our Education Committee welcomes parents and non-parents with ideas and energy, and it needs the creativity and volunteerism for which our community is known.
We have received much valuable feedback about our high holiday services. Some ideas, such as establishing in advance the actual time when the Yizkor service will begin on Yom Kippur, may be easy to implement. Other suggestions will be discussed over the next several months. The Board appreciates your suggestions and encourages your participation.
The success of moving into our own synagogue on our own property has opened many doorways, some into unexpected and unimagined realms. How do we best use our space? How do we keep it clean and in good repair? How do we sustain the effort to keep our space spiritual and available and busy and creative and grounded and caring and paid for and joyful? Success, at times, can bring with it such wonderful "problems" as these. Surely we will be able to communicate and work together to solve these wonderful problems.
B’Shalom,
Paul
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