EREV SHABBAT – FRIDAY EVENING
As a community, we welcome Shabbat in a variety of ways. We have services every Friday evening at 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm, except during the summer.  

Thank God It's Shabbat: Rock the House - On the first Friday of each month, we celebrate with our new Shabbat band, filling our service and our Sabbath with music to lift our hearts and our souls.

Thank God It's Shabbat: Greet Shabbat With Psalms - On the second, fourth and fifth Friday of each month, a transformational service of music and prayer enables us to make the transition from the hectic and mundane of our week to the peace and holiness of Shabbat (formerly Kabbalat Shabbat).

Thank God It's Shabbat: Summer Style - On the third Friday of each month and modeled after our ever-popular Summer Shabbat service, we gather for food, fellowship and prayer, take in a mean­ingful teaching of Torah, and together let go of the week gone by.

Service of Healing and Comfort - at 7:15 pm on the last Friday of the month there is an intimate service of healing that involves mediation, music, psalms and personal sharing. It is intended not only for those in need of physical healing, but for caregivers and those in search of spiritual wholeness and emotional support.

Our 8:00 pm worship is our Beth El Classic Service - filled with elevating music, organ (when we return to our building), Torah readings and a sermon which speaks to the moment.

During the summer months, Friday evening Shabbat services are held only at 6:00 pm. Our informal “come as you are” service draws worshipers of all ages.

There is babysitting at all Friday night services.   

SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT
Each week our community gathers at 11:00 am for worship and words of Torah. The service is led by our clergy, members of the congregation and often by our newest B’nei Mitzvah. A Torah Study/Adult Education forum is led by the Rabbis every Saturday morning at 9:30 am prior to the Shabbat morning services.

CONGREGATIONAL SHABBAT
Once a month, between the High Holy Days and Memorial Day, we hold Congregational Shabbat, an extravaganza of learning, praying and community in which the entire congregation plays a major role. This program fulfills all three functions of the synagogue: Beit Midrash (house of study), Beit Knesset (house of gathering) and Beit T’fillah (house of prayer). At 9:00 am there are a variety of creative educational opportunities. At 10:15 am we gather for a delicious congregational brunch, and at 11:00 am we have a service that involves significant lay participation. Congregants read Torah, chant Haftarah, deliver the D’var Torah and are called for aliyot – honors involving the blessings for the Torah reading. We also have a teen band and vocal ensemble that join the Cantor in leading the music of the service.

TOT SHABBAT
On the second Saturday of the month at 9:15 am during the school year, Tot Shabbat is for children ages 5 and younger (and their siblings).  Led by Rabbi Freirich with accompanying music by Patty Torcellini-Hartman, the children and their parents participate in a brief interactive, musical service, followed by a craft and snack related to a significant holiday during the month. Fun for the whole family!