Rockaway SDA Church

07/30/2025

Grief doesn’t go unnoticed. In Nain, Jesus saw a widow’s pain — and He stopped to restore life. This Sabbath, 2 August, at Rockaway SDA, come hear a message of hope, healing and compassion.

06/07/2025

✨ Find Your Purpose. Explore the Bible. ✨

Are you searching for meaning, direction, or a deeper connection with God?

At Rockaway SDA Church, we believe the Bible holds timeless wisdom and hope for your life today. Whether you're new to faith or seeking to grow, you’ll find a warm, welcoming community right here.

📖 Come study, worship, and grow with us.

📍 131 Beach Street, Rockaway, NJ 07866

🕙 Saturdays at 10:15 AM

Come as you are. You belong here. 💙

05/03/2025

When Answers Aren’t Enough
By Yvonne Morris
Key text: Isaiah 41:10

There are moments in life when the weight of suffering presses so heavily on the soul that it leaves us breathless. We search for explanations, seek counsel, and cry out in prayer, hoping to understand the reason for our trials. Yet, despite our sincere petitions, the heavens seem silent. It's in such moments that the message of the song “When Answers Aren’t Enough, There Is Jesus” becomes deeply personal.

One line from the song echoes in those dark hours:
“He is there when your heart breaks and the answer just won't come.”
It reminds us that our comfort is not found in explanations, but in a Person—Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, Sustainer, and Friend.

We must understand that God’s presence is not dependent on our understanding. He is not waiting to enter our situation once we’ve figured it out—He’s already there, holding us up with His righteous right hand. He says, “I will help thee,” and His help is often in the form of comfort, strength, and peace that surpasses understanding.

The Apostle Paul, writing in a season of affliction, testified:
“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Paul had asked for his “thorn in the flesh” to be removed, but God instead gave him grace—not an answer but a presence.

Jesus, our Emmanuel—God with us—is not only the answer to our prayers. He is the peace when the answer delays, the comfort when the pain remains, and the strength when our own fails. He is there when the doctor’s report is grim, when the child goes astray, when the job is lost, or the marriage breaks apart. When answers aren’t enough—there is Jesus.

Ellen G. White Insight:
“We are not to let the future, with its hard problems, its unsatisfying prospects, make our hearts faint, our knees tremble, our hands hang down. ‘Let him take hold of My strength,’ says the Mighty One, ‘that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.’”
—Prophets and Kings, p. 162

Prayer:
Heavenly Father, when I don’t understand and the questions seem to outweigh the answers, help me to rest in the assurance of Your presence. Thank You for upholding me, even when I am weak. Remind me that I do not need every answer to have peace—I only need You. Be my strength, my refuge, and my faithful companion through it all. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

11/21/2024

06/15/2024

You don't want to miss this! June 28-30 @ Rockaway American Legion 7-9pm

A study Revelation chapter 13. Do you want to know what the bible has to say about the world financial system, the role of government, the judicial system and how impacts you? Then you don't want to miss this!

12/31/2020

Hello All!!! NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATION
Our NYE Celebration will be on Zoom tonight (see photo for Zoom link). We will open the Zoom line at 6:45 with song service and the program will begin promptly at 7pm. Please have a candle nearby to light for the closing song. We hope that you will be blessed.
I don't have everyone's number so please share with others not included here.
If anyone would like to share a personal testimony/triumph tonight please reach out to Sis Morris prior to the event thank you.
Zoom Meeting ID: 297889375
Time: 7pm start

05/23/2020

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! HAVE YOUNGER SIBLINGS, COUSINS, TEENS ARE WELCOME TOO! JOIN EARLY FOR MUSIC! LEARN OUR THEME SONG! AND HEAR POWERFUL MESSAGES BY GREAT SPEAKERS! http://us04web.zoom.us/j/297889375 (please mute once on the line :) )

05/09/2020

TOMORROW AT 9:00 AM!! DO NOT FORGET TO JOIN FOR Mother's Day SPECIAL! ALL ARE WELCOME :) AND DO NOT FORGET TO INVITE MORE FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

05/02/2020

Good Morning and HAPPY SABBATH IN 10 minutes we begin our online service through zoom! Please join us in worship! http://us04web.zoom.us/j/297889375
The meeting ID: 297 889 375
(Also please mute your phone or laptop once you join the call please :) )

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04/11/2020

JOIN NOW :) !!!!!!!!
Happy Sabbath Everyone! Please Join our online service:
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The meeting ID: 297 889 375
(Also please mute your phone or laptop once you join the call please :) )

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03/28/2020

JOIN NOW :) !!!!!!!!
Happy Sabbath Everyone! Please Join our online service:
http://us04web.zoom.us/j/297889375
The meeting ID: 297 889 375
(Also please mute your phone or laptop once you join the call please :) )

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...

03/21/2020

Happy Sabbath Everyone! Please Join our online service:
http://us04web.zoom.us/j/297889375
The meeting ID: 297 889 375
(Also please mute your phone or laptop once you join the call please :) )

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...