The story has been told many times, how two families sat around a kitchen table in February 1994 to start a
Clear Lake area Reform Jewish congregation. Michele and Clay Moliver and Lisa and Gary Hurwitz began taking
baby steps to drum up support for this new spiritual quest.

The first meeting was held at the Moliver's home. The Moliver's response to this first gathering was "we were
bowled over by the number of people who showed up for the first meeting. It takes an effort to be Jewish in a
non-Jewish area. You have to have a sense of consciousness to building Jewish awareness."

Families began to call and still others were "recruited" as interest mounted. A core group of seven families
began holding services in the cafeteria of Brookwood Elementary School. The first Reform Temple to serve
the area between Galveston and Houston was created and families would no longer need to make the long
drive to worship.

We have been blessed with the guidance of several outstanding Rabbis. Currently Rabbi Deborah Schloss
is our spiritual leader. She has brought both a warmth that is wonderful as well as lively topical Friday night
sermons that touch on current events that affect all of us.

Now, through Torah Study, Adult and Youth Hebrew classes, a Youth Group, Sunday School, Sisterhood
and Men's Club, and our monthly ChaiLights newsletter, Temple Beth Tikvah is a part of the ever-growing
Jewish awareness throughout the greater Houston area.

Temple Beth Tikvah has reached it's first major milestone. The dedication of the Temple's new building on
May 20, 2001 (27th of Iyar, 5761) came as the culmination of years of hard work and dedication. This truly
remarkable event could never have been accomplished by only one or two families. It took the volunteer efforts
and "sacrificial giving" of many individuals.