Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rahway NJ

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Table & Font

Table and Font: Who is welcome?
Who is welcome and invited to receive Holy Communion in ELCA congregations? This question is at the heart of a church-wide conversation that all ELCA members are encouraged to join. View our related Resource Page also.

An update: “Table and Font: Who is Welcome at the Table?” study and conversation The “Table and Font” conversation has been taking place in this church for this past year in response to a memorial that was sent to the 2013 Churchwide Assembly. From this memorial and the Church Council’s […]

“Table and Font” Update

11/21/2015 in Catechesis tagged Table & Font by John Page

(Due to weather, our Table & Font series was delayed a week and began last Sunday, March 1st.) This week we discussed Holy Baptism. We began the class by sharing personal, one-sentence definitions of what baptism is, and what happens in/at baptism. (see picture). Next we took a look at Matthew […]

Table & Font week 1 review

03/02/2015 in Catechesis tagged Adult Education / Holy Baptism / Table & Font by Kathryn Irwin

Tomorrow begins our Adult Education series following along with the ELCA’s request to have congregations consider how they understand “eucharistic hospitality.” Our course will take the shape of three sections: What are Baptism and Communion? What is hospitality? What does Zion practice and teach? We will use some elements from the […]

Adult Education begins tomorrow!

02/21/2015 in Catechesis tagged Adult Education / Table & Font by Kathryn Irwin

Our Table & Font conversation begins here at Zion on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the 9 am Adult Sunday School, and continues each Sunday during Lent. Check our Table & Font Resource Page for helpful information and perspective papers. Everyone is welcome to join the conversation!

Table & Font Conversation Begins 2/22/2015

02/12/2015 in Catechesis tagged Table & Font by John Page

Table and Font: Who is welcome? Who is welcome and invited to receive Holy Communion in ELCA congregations? This question is at the heart of a church-wide conversation that all ELCA members are encouraged to join. Our congregation will be joining this conversation, and in the coming weeks you will […]

Table & Font

01/18/2015 in Catechesis tagged Table & Font by John Page