Propose an Offering
Creating Magic at Sukkot on the Farm is up To All of Us!!
What do you have to share with the community?
See below for what we’re looking for this year!
In the Wilderness Torah tradition of collaboration and co-creation, we invite you to consider offering a class, workshop, experience, music, teaching etc. to the Sukkot on the Farm Community. We invite you to send us a proposal to offer something you are passionate about! All offerings should align with the themes of Sukkot, including themes regarding agriculture, the harvest, (food preparation and food issues), the four species, the water drawing tradition, the book of Ecclesiastes (traditionally read for Sukkot), Ushpizin (the holy guests), as well as general themes around earth-based Judaism. Additionally, if you are a parent with children or teens, consider offering something for our youth program.
Please Submit Your Offering By Thursday September 1st
You can fill out this Offering Proposal Form and email it to info@wildernesstorah.org.
We are specifically seeking offerings in these areas:
Offerings for Children and Teens:
Wanna spend some time with the young ones of our village? We are looking for offerings for the children and teen programs. If you have an idea of something you would like to teach, a story you would like to tell, or a workshop for the children or teens let us know! It could be an hour long or you could drop in to say hi and tell a story.
Offerings for Adults and the Whole Community:
Do-It-Yourself Learning Fair and Workshops: Friday afternoon will be a fun open-air fair with stations offering…
Wilderness skills such as fire making
Homesteading skills such as pickling and herbal medicine
Agricultural skills such as harvesting from the farm, grafting fruit trees
Crafting skills such as weaving or basketry
Other hands-on skills and teachings….
Fun Fair like things such as face painting and bobbing for apples.
Think Sukkot, fun, DIY, games & fair, what do you have to offer in this realm that people can feel free to walk in an out of as your leading it?
Saturday Afternoon Offerings
We are looking for a few offerings that speak to people’s bodies, hearts, and minds for Shabbat afternoon. These should take into account that it is Shabbat and should not require writing or making anything. We are looking for offerings in the areas of:
Body: A physical experience such as a hike, yoga, dance/movement practice
Heart: Sharing space, journeying, experiential and personal
Mind: Text based learning, Storytelling, etc.
Morning Practices
We are looking for people who would like to offer Yoga/Chi-Kung or other centering movement practice, meditation, and Shacharit for Friday and Sunday mornings.
Prayer Leadership
There is room for leaders in the following areas:
Kabbalat Shabbat
Shabbat Shacharit
Torah Reading
Torah Service
We will choose offerings to balance the energies of the four elements. When you propose an offering, consider which elemental energy it aligns with most.
Offering proposals will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis; there is limited space in the schedule, therefore it is likely that not all offerings will be accepted. Please take no offense if your offering is not chosen for this festival.
Also, someone from the program/ritual committee may contact you to help you adapt your idea to best fit our program needs.
Tips for Submitting a Session Proposal
Be Creative – Sukkot on the Farm Festival is a community festival meant to be joyful, educationally relevant to the season and the holiday, spiritually rich in alignment with the celebratory nature of Sukkot, and exploratory in nature as we re-learn how to do Judaism in connection with the earth and the elements!
Be Interactive – The more people become involved in what you are offering, the more people learn. We invite you to embrace the 50-50 rule – meaning during your offering, you should not be speaking to folks for more than half the time. Lets be interactive and share!
Offer Something that Excites You - Personal experience and inspiration are great places to start. If you are excited about what you are offering, it’s likely others will be too!
