Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rahway NJ

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Special Events

The January Z Cafe will be held on Saturday, January 25. Sign up starts at 7:00 PM This month’s Open Mic is hosted by Pat “SoulCat” Toner. $5.00 donation at the door includes light refreshments. Proceeds from this evening will benefit the Operation Warm Heart program. On behalf of Z […]

Z Cafe, Saturday, January 25, 2014

01/10/2014 in Special Events / Z Cafe by Admin

ANNOUNCING A GREAT AND WONDERFUL MINISTRY HAPPENING AT ZION. The Congregational Council met on Thursday evening and we were joined by a representative from the “Elizabeth Coalition to house the Homeless.” Linda, the representative from the coalition, spoke with us about the possibility of working with their winter program, “Operation […]

Updated: HELPING THE HOMELESS

12/23/2013 in Church News / God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events by Admin

Come celebrate the Nativity of our Lord! Candlelight Worship at 7:00 pm and 10:30 pm on Tuesday, December 24. “Do not be afraid; for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David […]

Christmas at Zion

12/15/2013 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page

Come help us decorate the Sanctuary for Christmas! Immediately following our 10:30 am worship service on Sunday, 22 December, we’ll be decorating the sanctuary for Christmas. Greening the Sanctuary will begin around 11:30 am, followed by caroling in the neighborhood around the church (starting between 12:30 and 1:00 pm). […]

Greening the Sanctuary & Caroling

12/15/2013 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page

The Christmas season is here. A time for giving thanks and good cheer. Zion will have a “Giving Tree.” located in the Narthex. On the tree there will be an ornament hanging and each ornament will have the age and gender of a child in need of a gift this […]

Zion’s Giving Tree

11/26/2013 in God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events by Admin

“Food for Friends” helps so many local residents who are suffering from hunger. Now, due to a significant loss in corporate sponsorship, this organization is in need of our help! Monetary donations will be collected on Sunday, December 8, 2013 to support “Food for Friends”. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will […]

“Food for Friends”, Coffee Hour and Presentation, December 8, ...

11/26/2013 in God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events by Admin

“Christmas-At-Sea” Zion’s Woman of the ELCA (WELCA) will be taking their annual trip into New York City to Seafarers & International House on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. They will be delivering Sweatshirts, socks, T-shirts, winter caps, cans of nuts, bars of chocolate. The ladies will be packing these items in satchels […]

WELCA Visit to Seafarers, December 4, 2013

11/26/2013 in God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events by Admin

During Advent, we anticipate the coming Christ. While so many people rush to Christmas in a frenzy of shopping for gifts, people of faith have long appreciated Advent as a time of preparation for the celebration of God’s most gracious gift to us: God’s own presence among us in the […]

Advent at Zion

11/24/2013 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page

As Christians, we know that we have much to be thankful for, and that God is the source of all of our blessings. Each year, on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, we join our sisters and brothers from the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Rahway in a […]

Thanksgiving at Zion

11/16/2013 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page