Kabbalat Shabbat
At Congregation Beth Shalom of The Woodlands, we offer a variety of services and worship-related activities. If you are looking for a place of worship, we invite you to visit. All are welcome to join us on Shabbat. We use the Reform Jewish prayer book, Mishkan T’filah, and at times our own prayer book.
Friday Evening Shabbat Services
Shabbat evening services (offered in-person and streamed live on Facebook) are held every Friday at 7:30 p.m. and last about an hour. Rabbi Goldberg leads the congregation in prayer and singing and offers a d’var Torah (sermonette).
Services are immediately followed by an Oneg (reception) at which we say Kiddush and the Hamotzi (consecrating Shabbat with wine and challah). Oneg is a beloved tradition at CBSW, as we enjoy light refreshments, catch up with friends that we may not have seen during the week, and make new friends!
Tot Shabbat
Our Tot Shabbat service, for families and their children from ages 2-to-7, is generally offered on some Fridays beginning at 6:15 p.m. These are wonderful services, featuring music, stories, and educational opportunities to begin building their joy for celebrating Shabbat. Please reach out to Helen Richard (eddirector@cbsw.org) for this year's schedule.
Friday Night Lights
Music is a much-loved component of worship services at CBSW. So much so that we created our own band to help us celebrate Shabbat on the third Friday of each month!
Shabbat Mornings
Torah study with Rabbi Goldberg is offered on zoom each Saturday morning, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Explore the weekly Parashah and how it may relate to current events in our community or globally.
Shabbat morning services are currently offered monthly as a result of the pandemic, but we are building back up to offering weekly Shabbat morning worship. Our worship is filled with prayer, music, meditations, poetry, and words of Torah.
We also offer festival morning services, including Yizkor memorial prayers.
