Special Congregation Meeting on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at 11:15am at Zion! Dear members of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rahway, Please join us on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at 11:15 am for a special Congregation Meeting. At the meeting, we will be discussing and voting on the Congregation Council’s […]
Get ready to serve!“God’s work. Our hands.” SundaySunday, Sept. 7, 2014 On Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, the nearly 10,000 congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are invited to put their faith into action by serving their communities in ways that share the love of God with all […]
“God’s work, Our hands.” Sunday
Generous Reflections Scripture tells us that we cannot be free to be God’s servants or stewards until death to ourselves takes place in each of us. This death is not a physical death, but a spiritual death. It is the death of the old nature in us so the new […]
Stewardship Reflection, August 27, 2014
Generous Reflections God loves both the rich and the poor. However, it is difficult for the rich to love the Lord because they can so easily become absorbed in the things that they possess. Jesus warned that wealth can be highly dangerous. He told how difficult it was for the […]
Stewardship Reflection, August 20, 2013
Generous Reflections As Christians, we can, in Christ, share his love with others through our good acts. God has chosen and equipped us to be his instruments of support, service, and compassion. As C. S. Lewis wrote, “Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little […]
Stewardship Reflection, August 13, 2014
Please join Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on Saturday, August. 16 for a night of community fellowship! All are welcome to join us for worship outdoors at 5:30pm. BBQ will begin at 6:30pm. Movie, “The Muppets Most Wanted,” will begin at 7:30pm. All are welcome to attend, this event, like any […]
WORSHIP, BBQ AND A MOVIE – August 16
Zion’s team of volunteers is next scheduled to help prepare and serve meals on August 16th. 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. […]
Food for Friends 8/16/14
Generous Reflections Jesus said, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions” (Luke 12:15). In contrast to Jesus’ warning, the world tells us that greed is good. Our society makes every effort to entice us […]