The fall festival season is nearly upon us and that means that in just a few days we’ll be celebrating Yom Teruah – the Feast of Trumpets!  Like many of you, this is our favorite time of year – some of the trees are beginning to turn and the mornings are cooler.  Things are really looking UP!  This is also a very busy time for us as we prepare to co-host the festival of Sukkot at our new location in Paris, Tennessee.

But before Sukkot arrives we’ll be celebrating another of God’s moedim – the Feast of Trumpets, the festival that traditionally marks the day when Yeshua, the King of Kings, our master, and our Bridegroom will return and ‘take’ His bride.  For the past ten years we have begun the celebration of Yom Teruah at our home here in Hawkins, and again this year all of us in the Ami Yisrael congregation want to extend the invitation to you. 

We’ll begin the evening by opening the Shabbat and blowing the Shofar on the New Moon.  Then we’ll break into some congregational singing, take time for snacks, have a short talk entitled The Scent of the Bride, then continue the evening with singing, snacking, and dancing!  And, of course, we’ll break for about 10 minutes right at 9:00 to join in with the hundreds (maybe thousands) of shofar blowers around the world who will be praising God with the sound of the shofar as we participate in the annual “Shofars Around the World”.  It’s really a wonderful evening!

If your plans are to join us that evening, give us a call and let us know what foods you are planning to bring as it always helps in ensuring we have a wide range of Mediterranean dishes.  We would also appreciate any help we can get both beforehand - to set up; during – to keep things picked up; and afterwards – to clean up.  There again, just give us a call or email us.

The date is Monday, September 29.  We’re going to start promptly at 7:00 PM so please try to be here by 6:30.  There’s a map attached with directions to our home. We hope to see you there!

Yom Kippor services will be held at the home of Tim and Angie Kelley, Thursday, October 9 at 2:00 PM.