Getting Ready for the High Holy Days

This month we had the privledge to have one of the few Messianic Orthodox Jews, Rabbi Yochanan come and speak to our community on the role of Gentiles and Jews in the kingdom of God. Our Rabbi Jerry Feldman also spoke to us concerning idolatry and humanism. We felt extremely blessed to have these two Godly men in our home and teaching our community.

This past month we have been getting prepared for the high holy days by reading Psalms and preparing our homes and hearts for Rosh Hashana (Sept. 29-Oct. 1), Yom Kippur (Oct. 8-9), Succot (Oct. 13-21) and Simchat Torah (oct. 22). We have already celebrated Rosh Hashana with services at Adat Yeshua, saying prayers, hearing of the shofar, eating a wonderful meal with our community (which of course included eating apples and challah in the shape of a crown with honey). We also took a walk to our nearby creek to do Tashlich. We are currently in the ten days of awe until Yom Kippur where we ask God to search our hearts and reveal both the good things that we have done this year and the things we need to repent of. If you are interested in learning more about the Jewish Holidays that Jesus celebrated you can click on the link: http://biblicalholidays.com/

This past month we have also started our night watch back up again. We are doing it from 10-12 on the firsts of the months, both the Jewish and regular calendar firsts so that we have prayer meetings twice a month. The times have focused on the American and Israeli elections, current events going on in our city Merriam, and doing spiritual warfare against the activities of the kingdom of darkness. We had a lovely lady come and join us who attended our outreach at the Merriam Marketplace, so it was refreshing to have someone else from our city join us in intercession.

Paul and Susan have been working hard to get the first set of the book series they are working on out in print. We are excited as a community to read them and get a better grasp of the big picture of what God is doing and calling us to.

We are also excited for this harvest season and wish you all a 'Leshanah Tovah Tikatev' ( Happy New Year).