Mission and Core Values

Temple Beth Zion Planning Statements

Adopted by the congregation on June 8, 2012

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Temple Beth Zion is a Reform congregation that enriches Jewish lives, promotes Jewish values,
strengthens Jewish bonds and fosters lifelong learning. Our congregation celebrates the rich
diversity of our Jewish community, preserves sacred traditions while encouraging
innovation, and affirms our Judaism through words and deeds.

OUR SHARED FUTURE

Our spiritual and cultural ties to Judaism will strengthen us as individuals, as a community and
as a people. We will be as welcoming in our congregation as we are in our homes and will
honor our sacred covenant with God in caring for both our members and the greater
community.

OUR CORE VALUES

Within our Temple Beth Zion community:

• We welcome all who seek to join in Jewish spirit and congregation as they experience and share the changing stages of life. 
   
• We experience inwardness and transcendence flowing from teaching and learning, song and silence, and prayer and action. 
   
• We are called upon to perform Mitzvot and fulfill our role in Tikkun Olam - healing the world by learning mindfulness, caring, ethical judgment, and the meaning of being Jewish through Torah. 
   
• We foster, through support of Israel as the Jewish homeland, an ever-deepening affiliation with Jews across the boundaries of territory, time and tradition. 
   
• We involve ourselves in ensuring that our communities and neighborhoods thrive. 
   
• We welcome and nurture diversity of thought and action. 
   
• We each travel a unique spiritual path, with our own understanding of God, spirituality and the sacred as expressed in personal practice.