• IMPORTANT NOTES!
• When and Where
• Getting Tickets
• Important Things to Know About Attending Services
• Non-Member Information
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When & Where

• Friday, September 18th at 8:15 pm  --  Erev Rosh Hashanah followed by the Oneg
• Saturday, September 19th   Rosh Hashanah Services
• 9:30am -- Tot Rosh Hashanah Service (Newborn – 1st Grade)
• 10:30 am – Youth Service (2nd-7th Grade)
• 10:30 am – Adult Service
• Sunday, September 27th  at 8:15 pm – Kol Nidre
• Monday, September 28th – Yom Kippur Services
• 9:30 am -- Tot Yom Kippur Service (Newborn – 1st Grade)
• 10:30 am -- Youth Service (2nd-7th Grade)
• 10:30 am – Adult Morning Service
• 1:30 pm – Ask the Rabbis
• 2:30 pm – Afternoon Break
• 3:00 pm – Afternoon Service (begins with 25 Year Club readings)
• 3:30 pm – Afternoon  Service (continues from Prayer book)
• All Services will be held at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church (MMUMC) which is located at 3401 Nebraska Avenue, NW (at the corner of Nebraska Avenue and New Mexico Avenue across from American University).  This year, all services will be held at the church, including the afternoon services and Break-the-Fast on Yom Kippur.

Getting Tickets

• WE ARE ABOUT AT CAPACITY.   IF YOU STILL NEED TICKETS, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE

• New this year  -- All Ticket Requests Must Be Submitted Online.  You can request tickets (and all your other High Holy Day needs, like childcare, additional tickets, etc.) by (link removed 9/16/09 -at capacity) filling out the Online Ticket Request Form.  No log-in is required this year.  Use the Ticket Request Form to request tickets, submit Yiskor listings, register for childcare, order prayer books, and volunteer to help with High Holy Days.  Members are able to securely pay online for extra tickets, prayer books, childcare, Yiskor and other donations.  Dues cannot be paid online, so dues checks should be sent directly to the Office.
• After you fill out the Ticket Request Form, the web site will display your request.  You can choose to correct it, or accept it.  Then you can  securely pay online.  You will also receive an automatic email response confirming receipt of your ticket request.  Once the office has verified that you have paid at least 1/3 of your dues and any other charges for additional tickets, childcare, etc., you will receive an E-Ticket.  Be sure to print  a copy of the E-ticket for each person attending services and bring your E-ticket to every service.   Your E-ticket will list all names of members and non-members attending services.
• New this year-- Paper tickets will not be mailed.  Instead, your E-ticket will be the only ticket you will need for entrance to the High Holy Day services.
• If you have questions regarding your pledge, payment, financial statement, or other financial matters, please contact our treasurer or our acting administrator (or 202-242-9175).
• Please request tickets as soon as possible to facilitate work for the Office staff, but no later than September 1th, 2009.   No ticket requests will be processed after September 15, 2009.
• Non-Member Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis.  Please read the Non-Member Tickets section below for details.
• If you are unable to complete the OnlineTicket Request Form  due to lack of internet access or other issues, please contact the office at 202-342-9175
  

Important Things to Know About Attending Services

• For security reasons, large bags and back packs will not be allowed into High Holy Day services.
• Bring your own prayer books to all High Holy Day services.   You can purchase prayer books using the online Ticket Request Form.  A limited number of "loaner" books will be available in the lobby.
• The Tot & Youth Services will be held in the Great Hall upstairs; follow the signs.
• Childcare will be in the Vestry downstairs, follow signs from the Great Hall.
• The Rosh Hashanah Oneg and Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast will be in the Great Hall upstairs; follow signs from the Main Sanctuary.
• The Special Needs entrance is off the parking lot on the lower level; follow signs to the elevator.  The front entrance also has a ramp.
• Volunteers are needed to make the High Holy Days possible.  Whether you have a little time or a lot, please contact us to volunteer.  We are looking for ushers, people to help with setting up, as well as helping with the Oneg and Break-the-Fast.  You can complete the volunteer section of the Online Ticket Request Form or contact the High Holy Day chairs Debby Cooper or Michelle Brotzman.  Please contact our Oneg Coordinator directly if you have any questions about how to help with the Rosh Hashanah Oneg.
  

Non-Member Information

• We welcome non-members to worship with us on the High Holy Days.  Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis, with the following fees:
• $200 per Adult for either Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur; $400 per Adult for both.
• Students (age 12-22) pay $75 for either Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur; $125 per student for both.
• To get tickets, (link removed 9/16/09 -at capacity) please call the office.
• After you fill out the Ticket Request Form, you will receive an automatic email response confirming receipt of your ticket request.  Once the office has verified your payment, you will receive an E-Ticket.  Be sure to print  a copy of the E-ticket for each person attending services and bring your E-ticket to every service.   Your E-ticket will list all names of those attending.   All tickets must be paid for in advance.
• The cost of Non-Member tickets can be deducted from membership dues for those who join by the end of 2009.
• New for 2009.  Non-members may send their children to Temple Micah’s Religious School for one year before deciding to join.  Please contact Deborah Srabstein, Religious School Director, for tuition information and further details.
• We welcome non-members with young children to join us for the Tot Services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mornings at 9:30am.  This is a lively, warm, and wonderful introduction to High Holy Day services.   Neither tickets nor membership is required.   Please call the Temple office at 202-342-9175 if you have any questions.
  

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