After three years of inactivity, Beautiful Messenger has moved from blogspot to our new home here on Zion’s own new website. Beautiful Messenger is the online journal of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Rahway, NJ. The mission of this journal is to share God’s love – revealed in the life, […]
Jeff Mayer
Boldly Proclaiming the Good News Why do we hesitate to witness for our Lord? A frequent answer to that question is that we fear being rejected. Of course, we’ll be rejected! Christ himself was “despised and rejected by men” (Isaiah 53:3), and Jesus said, “No servant is greater than his […]
Wednesday’s Wisdom – Feb. 13, 2013
We, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2013. We are a church that is deeply rooted – and always being made new. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church will join the 4 million members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to commemorate this church’s […]
Community Clean-up
2012 was a great year for the Z Cafe wishing all a happy and healthy New Year. We are starting the New Year off a bit different. ~ Hot Hot Hot ~ Please join us with your New Beginnings, Starting Over songs and stories, or whatever you please. We are […]
Z Cafe January 2013
by Margay Whitlock Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Rahway, NJ and Chaplain of the Rahway Fire Department Delivered at the Rahway Fire Department on September 11, 2010 People often ask me what I think of the Cordoba Project –the Cultural Center being proposed near Ground Zero.
September 11 Remembrance
By Luann Albanese There are times when my mind wanders away from my passions and spiritual journey and I ask God to pull me back and show me where He wants me to be and to use me for His purpose. There are so many needs and suffering in […]
God Is My Source of Love And Strength
By Luann Albanese I used to feel intimidated about tending to plants and flowers, but a friend of mine gave me all sorts of information and websites to read on plants and flowers. Last year I planted several perennials and was unsure of what would become of them […]
Jesus Is My Life’s Gardener
By the Rev. Margay Jo Whitlock Ash Wednesday 2010 Joel 2:1-2; 12-17 Psalm 51 2 Corinthians 5:20b – 6:10 Mathew 6:1-6; 16-21 I was thinking about giving up sandwiches for Lent. But, then, I thought about the prophet Joel. “Rend your heart and not your garments”, says Joel. […]
Abounding in Steadfast Love
By Luann Albanese When I first started discovering who God was, as a child, I was terrified because I was taught that I had to behave a certain way or do certain things in order for God to love me and allow me into heaven with Him when my time […]