Those three activities are repentance, prayer, and charitable acts. As the Cantor, my particular area deals with prayer.
Prayer is a religious activity that many people have difficulty starting.
There are fears of not knowing the Hebrew text, or not knowing when to stand and when to sit back down, or feeling out of place or alone in the synagogue. All of these and many more are legitimate and not uncommon feelings to have as one considers coming to synagogue more frequently. I would like to encourage as many of you as possible in the CBS community to face your trepidations with prayer and join us for services. If you have specific questions about the form or sequence or meaning of the prayers, I will be happy to speak with you or meet with you to explain how the Siddur is organized and how the services fit together. If your Hebrew skills are not yet what you would like them to be, we can try to arrange for you to meet with a tutor to brush up on your reading skills.