Vision Statement
Temple Beth El is a caring community devoted to promoting the values of
Judaism. Our mission is to help individuals and families in the South Puget
Sound region grow in their knowledge and observance of Judaism. We strive to
create a welcoming community characterized by study, worship, and tikkun olam,
helping to alleviate suffering and repairing the world.
Study
Temple Beth El can become the center of Jewish study for our region.
To do so, we need to struggle as a congregation with our vision of what an
educated Jew is. This vision will be what drives all of our educational
programming. It will help us educate our children and our adults, it will
help define the nature of our formal and informal educational programming, and
it will encompass almost everything we do as a congregation.
Worship
For Shabbat and holiday worship to continue to become more meaningful and
fulfilling for our congregants, that worship needs to be engaging. Our
congregation will be engaged by worship in many ways, including tradition,
innovation, music, participation, and teaching.
Tikkun Olam
The ancient Jewish value of commitment to tikkun olam, repairing our broken
world, is another important element of congregational life. As Jews, our
job is to do whatever we can to help make this world a better place. There
are at least three different types of tikkun olam: congregational tikkun
olam, community tikkun olam, and global tikkun olam.
Temple Beth El needs to continue to be a place where its members can bring
the presence of God into their lives. When we can instill the lives of
those in our community with a sense of k'dushah, then we will have succeeded in
fulfilling one of our greatest missions as a congregation.
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