Everything you need to know to prepare for your Passover Seder dinner. Includes blessings, recipes, and songs
(Excerpted from the Introduction)
So, you're putting on a Messianic Passover seder. You get the applause if everything goes smoothly. And if it doesn't well but don't even think about that. Of course it will go smoothly. We're helping you, right? Right!
A friend of ours has a catchy way to describe the principles of management. She says, "We recruit, educate, motivate, and delegate!" It has a certain ring, doesn't it? Keep this in mind as you prepare your Messianic Passover seder.
Whether you are having a table-full, a room-full, or a social hall-full of people for this beautiful, meaningful experience, it is essential to get your helpers recruited, educated, motivated, and delegated.
1. Recruiting
You probably already know the people you can approach and count on for help. For a small family seder this may not be more than one helper. But for an entire congregation, "the more the merrier." Call together your group of volunteers for a meeting after services or at someone's home over dessert. (That will keep you from getting hungry as you discuss the delicious Passover menu.)
2. Educating
Why not begin by sitting down with The Messianic Passover Haggadah and treating yourself and your helpers to a little preview of the event to come? It might be easier to attack the task of preparing for Passover when the meaning of that preparation is understood. Working toward a goal can be much more pleasant when everyone can envision and understand that goal.
3. Motivatng
Some of the instructions in our guide need to be strictly followed. For example, the Bible is very clear to say that leavened products are off-limits at Passover. Also, we have suggested two alternative menus. Think of it as choosing something from Column A and something from Column B. Choosing the menu ought to be helpful in motivating your recruits. And sharing with them the joy people will receive from participating in the seder will be motivational as well.
4. Delegating
This is most important of all. Don't assume the entire burden of this project. Some of your volunteers will be food preparers, some setter-uppers, some servers, and some cleaner-uppers. Decide in advance what part you wish to play in this procedure and be sure to delegate the rest. Remember, you are the conductor, not the entire orchestra .
