Ok, ok, I get the hint :-)

I just got a call from someone at Tree of Life asking if I could lead services this Saturday morning. I've never done that (there, I mean), and when I started asking questions about what parts they do and don't do, she said she'd have to relay those questions to the rabbi. (Turns out she doesn't belong there either; she's just an employee. We ended up talking about how Reform and Conservative services are different, because she goes to Rodef.) I predict two stumbling blocks: the chazan's repetition of the Amidah, and Musaf. (I know that Musaf is mostly just another run-through of the Amidah, but if there's other stuff and it's in Hebrew, it would probably be new to me.)

She called back a bit later to say that they'd found someone else for this time (too many questions too late in the week, I infer), but ok, I get the hint: I'll take a closer look at the morning service in their siddur so I'll have better instincts for answering the question next time.

Not that I'm going to make a habit of this or anything; I love my congregation's morning service, and I'm about to have some leadership opportunities there too. But I'm willing to help in an emergency (when not otherwise committed) -- when, of course, there is by definition little time to prepare.