Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rahway NJ

Love God. Love your neighbor. Tell the world.

Worship & Music

Ash Wednesday Worship at 12 noon and 7:30 pm on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. During the forty days of Lent, we are invited to participate in disciplines of fasting, prayer, and works of love. Ash Wednesday is the solemn day of prayer that marks the beginning of Lent, […]

Ash Wednesday 2/10/16

02/03/2016 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page

Worship is a living art, continuously being reformed and renewed for the particular community gathered, in light of the current needs of a hurting world, all to the praise of a God who never changes and whose love is infinite.

ELCA Worship News: January 2016

01/27/2016 in Church News / Worship & Music tagged ELCA Worship News by John Page

Come celebrate the Nativity of our Lord Candlelight Worship at 7:00 pm and 10:30 pm on Thursday, 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 […]

Christmas Eve Worship

12/16/2015 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page

Advent begins on November 29 this year. In addition to our regular weekend worship schedule on Saturdays and Sundays, during the season of Advent, we also offer Holden Evening Prayer services on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. Come early, before worship, to share meals with our guests from Operation Warm Heart, starting at 6:00 pm.

Advent Worship 2015

11/22/2015 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page

We have a song of thankfulness that God intends for us to sing – singing this song with the melodies of our lives, the harmonies of our neighborly service to the stranger and the imperfect beats that mold so tenderly together, allowing us never to keep our thanks silent, but to live it out daily.

Worship News: November 2015

11/21/2015 in Worship & Music tagged ELCA Worship News by John Page

Each year, on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rahway and the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Rahway take turns hosting a special service of thanksgiving. This year, Zion will host at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, November 25. Welcome, Everyone!

Thanksgiving 2015

11/17/2015 in Special Events / Worship & Music by John Page

Mary Harris Jones, once said, “Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination.” During the month of October, we Christians who live out our faith lives as Lutherans remember the Reformation, but do so knowing that it is still occurring in our lives of faith. If we view the Reformation and what it means to be a reforming people of faith – as a journey not destinations – then we have to be honest with ourselves that along that journey, discomfort and challenges will accompany joy.

Worship News: October 2015

10/21/2015 in Worship & Music tagged ELCA Worship News by John Page

Each and every time we gather for worship, in our midst, we have a profound opportunity that the world cannot give. We gather around the gifts of God’s grace; these gifts that remind us “God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in […]

ELCA Worship News September 2015

09/19/2015 in Worship & Music tagged ELCA Worship News by John Page

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ELCA Worship News August 2015

08/21/2015 in Worship & Music tagged ELCA Worship News by John Page