We Need YOU!
Opportunities to Get Involved at Beit Tikvah
Our close, supportive community is almost entirely volunteer-driven - we really need “All Hands On Deck!” – and it is fun to work together! As part of your membership at Beit Tikvah, please join one of our committees to make a difference in the way your community functions. Please consider the following committees and let us know the committee or committees that most suit your interests and skills – responsible teens enthusiastically welcomed!
Do you love to sing or play an instrument?
Consider joining our Kol Tikvah Choir or Intergenerational Ruach Band, both are ways to express yourself musically at services and events throughout the year. Music is an integral part of Congregation Beit Tikvah. Contact our Music Committee.
Interested in planning events and managing communications for our community?
Consider joining the Kehillah (Community) Committee. Contact our Kehillah Committee.
Interested in social action and environmental initiatives?
Please join the Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) Committee. This committee oversees our congregation's participation in a variety of events dedicated to repairing our world. The committee plans environmental and social action events, such as participating in the Baltimore Peace Path, joining neighborhood clean-ups, holding social justice film nights, and much, much more! Contact our Tikkun Olam Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize religious services at Beit Tikvah?
Consider joining the Avodah (Worship) Committee. The Hebrew word Avodah has at least two distinct yet connected meanings; worship and work. Worship (prayer/services) forms and informs the core of our synagogue life and it is also the "work" of our synagogue. The Avodah Committee, with our rabbi, is responsible for planning and coordinating services and ritual observances, as well as reviewing ritual practice guidelines. Contact our Avodah Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize youth and adult education?
Consider joining the Education Committee. This committee plans and implements programs of exploration and education for both adults and youth in our community, including supporting our Kesher School (Beit Tikvah's religious school). Past and ongoing adult education events include Hebrew language classes, Saturday morning Torah study, Friday Night Discussion series, Spiritual Sundays, and other fun and educational adult offerings. Youth programs include Shabbat and holiday activities for preschoolers and our BONIM (Bar and Bat Mitzvah Family Education) program for young adults and their parents during the year prior to Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Contact our Education Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize education for our children at the Kesher School?
Consider joining the Kesher School Committee. Contact the Kesher Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize fundraising efforts, outreach to new members and growth initiatives?
Consider joining the Kemach/Growth Committee. This committee works to utilize resources within the congregation, develop external contacts, reach out to perspective members, and generate, organize, and promote events for the congregation and the public. Contact our Kemach Committee.
Interested in helping bring our members together for the joyful as well as sorrowful moments in our lives?
Consider joining the Gemilut Chesed (acts loving kindness towards others) Committee. The Gemilut Chesed Committee provides loving, respectful, effective ways to help members who have experienced illness or loss. Members are encourage to volunteer at least once a month for a Chesed activity. To learn how you can help build a Chesed Community click here or send us an email.
Do you love to sing or play an instrument?
Consider joining our Kol Tikvah Choir or Intergenerational Ruach Band, both are ways to express yourself musically at services and events throughout the year. Music is an integral part of Congregation Beit Tikvah. Contact our Music Committee.
Interested in planning events and managing communications for our community?
Consider joining the Kehillah (Community) Committee. Contact our Kehillah Committee.
Interested in social action and environmental initiatives?
Please join the Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) Committee. This committee oversees our congregation's participation in a variety of events dedicated to repairing our world. The committee plans environmental and social action events, such as participating in the Baltimore Peace Path, joining neighborhood clean-ups, holding social justice film nights, and much, much more! Contact our Tikkun Olam Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize religious services at Beit Tikvah?
Consider joining the Avodah (Worship) Committee. The Hebrew word Avodah has at least two distinct yet connected meanings; worship and work. Worship (prayer/services) forms and informs the core of our synagogue life and it is also the "work" of our synagogue. The Avodah Committee, with our rabbi, is responsible for planning and coordinating services and ritual observances, as well as reviewing ritual practice guidelines. Contact our Avodah Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize youth and adult education?
Consider joining the Education Committee. This committee plans and implements programs of exploration and education for both adults and youth in our community, including supporting our Kesher School (Beit Tikvah's religious school). Past and ongoing adult education events include Hebrew language classes, Saturday morning Torah study, Friday Night Discussion series, Spiritual Sundays, and other fun and educational adult offerings. Youth programs include Shabbat and holiday activities for preschoolers and our BONIM (Bar and Bat Mitzvah Family Education) program for young adults and their parents during the year prior to Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Contact our Education Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize education for our children at the Kesher School?
Consider joining the Kesher School Committee. Contact the Kesher Committee.
Interested in helping plan and organize fundraising efforts, outreach to new members and growth initiatives?
Consider joining the Kemach/Growth Committee. This committee works to utilize resources within the congregation, develop external contacts, reach out to perspective members, and generate, organize, and promote events for the congregation and the public. Contact our Kemach Committee.
Interested in helping bring our members together for the joyful as well as sorrowful moments in our lives?
Consider joining the Gemilut Chesed (acts loving kindness towards others) Committee. The Gemilut Chesed Committee provides loving, respectful, effective ways to help members who have experienced illness or loss. Members are encourage to volunteer at least once a month for a Chesed activity. To learn how you can help build a Chesed Community click here or send us an email.
