Zion’s team of volunteers is next scheduled to help prepare and serve meals on July 18. Every Saturday, Food For Friends prepares hot meals for hungry residents of the City of Rahway. Individuals and teams of volunteers from various faith communities in Rahway help to prepare and serve these meals. […]
God’s Work. Our Hands.
We have no such right June 25, 2015 But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who […]
We have no such right
I urge all of us to spend a day in repentance and mourning. And then we need to get to work. Each of us and all of us need to examine ourselves, our church and our communities. We need to be honest about the reality of racism within us and […]
Presiding Bishop Eaton’s Statement on Racism and the Church
Therese Bera and Kathryn Irwin are interested in getting a group of people together to crochet sleeping mats out of plastic grocery bags for our brothers and sisters who are homeless. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But it’s not! Watch the video below: While it’s a little labor--intensive to make the […]
Sleeping Mats for the Homeless
Last week, the House State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee released draft legislation that outlines how the U.S. Government should invest in addressing the migration of vulnerable children and families from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Approximately 70,000 children fled their communities and arrived in the United States last year. These […]
Advocacy for fleeing children and families
From the Lutheran Disaster Response Blog: “Nepal Earthquake: Distributions continue as monsoon season begins” (6/8/2015) Six weeks after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that affected more than 8 million people hit Nepal, relief efforts are moving forward as fast as possible. The beginning of June marked the beginning of the monsoon season […]
Nepal Earthquake: Update
Today, we present our ELCA Advocacy Update for the month of June. Please read below for important information on ELCA Advocacy efforts in Washington, across the country and throughout the world. Please also visit our blog for more information on advocacy efforts from our Lutheran State Advocacy offices.
ELCA Advocacy Update – June 2015
No child in a country of such great resources should ever go hungry. Yet, in our nation, 15.8 million children live in households that struggle with hunger. Summer is here, and while many of our nation’s children are enjoying outdoor fun, too many others are losing access to the consistent […]
Childhood Hunger
Excerpts from the Lutheran Disaster Response Blog: “Responding to the severe flooding in the southern plains” (5/29/2015) Texas, Oklahoma and now Arkansas are experiencing severe flooding that started due to heavy rainfall and flash floods in the region during Memorial Day weekend. This has been the wettest May, or even […]