Lent 2016: Learning Forgiveness
Keynote Kickoff
January 31, 2:00PM
Kickoff flyer (pdf)
Small Groups
February 1–March 20
Small Groups brochure (pdf)
Groups meet weekly for seven weeks between February 1 and March 20.
Sign up on My Nassau or during Fellowship.
Tired of a world in which almost everyone, including ourselves at times, seems bent on little else than settling scores? As Christians we are bound to a faith in which forgiveness is central, but how much of it do we see going on around us, and how good are we, ourselves, at forgiving?
Learn to forgive as we have been forgiven. Bind yourself to others in our community of faith. Sign up for a Small Group today.
Offering fellowship and community, Small Groups at Nassau returns this Lent with a brilliant seven-session study on forgiveness, authored by Marjorie Thompson for The Thoughtful Christian: Faithful Living in a Complex World series. We will begin with a church-wide kickoff seminar with Dr. Bo Karen Lee of Princeton Theological Seminary. In the Small Group sessions in the following weeks we will wrestle with what is at the core of forgiveness and how to get past emotional barriers that inhibit us from practicing it in the way that we, in our most ideal selves, would like. We’ll examine the complexities of forgiveness and explore practices that might actually make us better at forgiving.
Join skilled leaders from our congregation in a study of forgiveness that will make this Lenten season one you will not soon forget!
Small Groups
Mondays 7:30–9:30PM
Wehrheim Home, Princeton
Carol Wehrheim, leader
Carol Wehrheim, a writer and Christian Education consultant, finds that Lenten small groups deepen her own prayer life, and her connection to her church community.
Tuesdays 11:30AM–1:00PM
Conference Room
Childcare provided, bring lunch
Elizabeth Gift, leader
Elizabeth has recently developed a much richer spiritual life through daily morning prayer and worship time. She is a stay-at-home mother of four children. She has been a member of Nassau Presbyterian Church for seven years, has served as a deacon, and has taught two-year-olds in Sunday School for three years.
Tuesdays 8:00–9:30PM
Verhey-Zuranski Home, Princeton
Melissa Verhey-Zuranski, leader
Melissa Verhey-Zuranski, a PhD student in French, is writing her dissertation on identity and storytelling in the French novel. She grew up in a Dutch community near Toronto, and has been worshiping at Nassau Presbyterian Church for three years.
Wednesdays 6:30–7:30AM
Conference Room
Coffee and tea provided, bring breakfast
Dave Davis, leader
Dave Davis has been pastor and head-of-staff at Nassau Presbyterian Church for fifteen years. He has two books of sermons in print, the most recent, Lord, Teach Us to Pray.
Wednesdays 7:30–9:00 PM
Harmon Home, Princeton
Kate & Scott Harmon, leaders
Kate, Scott and their three teenage daughters returned to the Princeton area this summer after 8 years in Concord, MA, and are overjoyed to be back at Nassau Presbyterian Church. A former US Army officer, Scott returns to the consumer products market after the world of 3D printing. A CPA, Kate most recently worked for a small nonprofit in Massachusetts and is currently doing temp work while everyone settles in.
Thursdays 9:30–11:00AM
Music Room
Joyce MacKichan Walker, leader
Joyce MacKichan Walker is Minister of Education at Nassau Presbyterian Church and cheerleader and advocate for all things small group! She loves leading because of the opportunity to go deep in a place where all ideas and questions are welcome.
Thursdays 7:30–9:00PM
Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Brandon Watson, leader
Brandon Watson is a second-year MDiv student at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has discovered a love of study and teaching, and conversation around ideas about God, Jesus and faith. He and his wife Cherry have a 4-year-old daughter, Abrianna.
Sundays 9:15–10:30AM
Room 202
Linda & John Gilmore, Keith Mertz, leaders
Linda, John, and Keith have participated in and led small groups for many years including co-leading groups here at Nassau Presbyterian Church.
Sundays 4:00–5:30PM
Dorrow Home, Skillman
Joanne & Dan Dorrow, co-leaders
Joanne was raised in Japan where her parents were missionaries. She is a mental health therapist currently practicing in New Jersey and New York City. Dan recently completed a Masters of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is transitioning from his first career as a macroeconomist to Theology and Ethics. Dan and Joanne are the parents of two daughters.
Sundays 6:30–8:00PM
Room 301
Optional joint dinner with youth 6 p.m.
Andrew Peterson, leader
Hailing from Iowa and Michigan, Andrew Peterson is a doctoral student in theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He lives primarily for pizza and coffee, but he lives primarily at the seminary library.