• When and Where
• Getting Tickets
• Important Things to Know About Attending Services
• Non-Member Information
• Daytime child care
• Tot services - 1st grade and under
• Youth services - grades 2 through 7
• Prayerbooks, a yizkor memorial booklet, and parking

When & Where

The 2010 High Holy Day Service Schedule is as follows:

• Wednesday, September 8th at 8:15 pm  --  Erev Rosh Hashanah followed by the Oneg
• Thursday, September 9th -- 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
• Friday, September 17th at 8:15 pm – Kol Nidre
• Saturday, September 18th – 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).  All services (except for the Next Dor 20s-30s Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre services) will be held at the church, including the Oneg, all afternoon services, and Break-the-Fast on Yom Kippur.

Getting Tickets

• 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 filling out the Online Ticket Request Form.  No log-in is required.  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. The PayPal system allows you to pay through a Paypal account or by using a credit card.  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. 
• You must print your e-ticket (the email) and bring it each service.  Please print the e-ticket out for each person attending services.  This is very important for security.  If you have registered for tickets, paid 1/3 of your dues and any High Holy Day additional charges, you will receive your e-ticket within a few weeks of submitting your Ticket Request Form.  If you do not receive your e-ticket, or you no longer have your e-ticket email, please contact the Temple Office right away.
• 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 202-342-9175).
• Please request tickets as soon as possible to facilitate work for the Office staff, but no later than August 25, 2010.   No ticket requests will be processed after September 1, 2010.
• 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 Geri Nielsen at 202-258-1259.
  

Important Things to Know About Attending Services

• No large bags or backpacks will be permitted into the building for security reasons.  Please leave them at home or in your car.
• 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.
• No parking permits are available this year from the D.C. Government and parking is very limited in the MMUMC neighborhood.  Instead, please park in the AU Nebraska Avenue lot directly across from MMUMC.  Parking is free in the AU lot on Erev Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidre (Friday evening Sept. 17) and Yom Kippur (Saturday, Sept. 18).  If you have a WARD 3 parking permit, you can park in the neighborhood (following the parking signs).
• For all Adult Services, entry will ONLY be through the front doors on Nebraska Avenue so ushers can check your E-ticket.  All other entry points will be locked.  The front entrance is handicapped accessible.  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 for whom you registered.
• The Tot & Youth Services will be held in the Great Hall upstairs; follow the signs. For the Tot service (9:30am) and the Youth Service (10:30am) you can enter the building through the doors on New Mexico and Newark (the newer end of the building) between 9:00am and 10:30am, but they will be locked after 10:30am.
• Childcare will be in the Music Room downstairs; follow signs from the Great Hall following the Tot Service.
• 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, complete the Onine Ticket Request Form. 
• After you fill out the Online 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 2010.
• 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 family-friendly 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.
• Information about the Next Dor 20s and 30s services on Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre.