leading services: change in plans

[cellio]

A few weeks ago my rabbi offered to let me lead a Friday-night service this summer. In addition to being a leadership opportunity for me, this would let me get valuable feedback from my rabbi on my technique. (Most of the time, if I'm leading anything it's because he's not available.) But life has a way of throwing monkey wrenches into plans sometimes.

It turns out that my rabbi will be away that Shabbat. Our new associate rabbi won't yet be there. So I will be leading that Friday service with the cantorial soloist (that hasn't changed), albeit without the rabbinic feedback I'd been hoping for. (We'll just have to find another way to do that.)

But in addition, I'll be conducting the bar-mitzvah service that Shabbat morning. Wow!

Comments

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

In all seriousness -- one of the reasons I enjoy reading your experiences conducting services is that being Priestess in OTO Masses, and performing weddings and Naming Days in the general community has given me an enormous amount of pleasure and satisfaction. I can certainly understand on a visceral level what it is meaning to you.

[cellio]

Thanks. It can be hard to explain, as you've presumably found.

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have. Which is why I wanted to tell you I think I understand how you feel. ;-)