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A Webinar for Difficult Times – Sun. Dec. 6

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Preparing for the Holidays: Protecting Your Finances, Health, and Spirit in Difficult Times

Join Bob Mauterstock (a Certified Financial Planner), Bob Schoene (a Pulmonary Specialist), and Bob Weber (Clinical Psychologist) as they lead us is a Zoom webinar on Sunday, December 6 at 12:15PM (in place of coffee fellowship). A link will be included in the Sunday morning “Worship Links” email.

At their 50th college reunion, three former Princeton football teammates from the class of 1968 made a presentation “Success in the Second Half” which addressed personal concerns for those in later years. With the onset of COVID-19, they continue to provide the program remotely as a webinar specifically applicable to the circumstances of the pandemic, and for Nassau they are offering a way to thrive in difficult times as they teach individuals, couples, and families the skills and knowledge to navigate the financial, medical, and spiritual challenges of life’s second half.

Bob Mauterstock, a Certified Financial Planner, addresses monetary issues, including communication of parents’ wishes to their children. Dr. Bob Schoene, a Pulmonary Specialist, empathizes balancing an active, healthy lifestyle with responsibilities to family and community. Dr. Bob Weber, a Clinical Psychologist, encourages participants to review their lives, awaken to a new stage, and assess what gives them meaning, value, and self-worth.

 

#MissionMonday – Office of Public Witness

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JUSTICE, PEACE, FREEDOM

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The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness helps the church advocate in Washington D.C. to enact the church’s deep convictions of justice, peace, and freedom. Since 1946, the PC(USA)’s ministry in Washington has worked to translate our proclamation into policy. Staff members visit national policy-makers and their staff, write letters, make phone calls, and occasionally testify before Congress or facilitate the testimony of church leaders.

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Follow #MissionMonday on our social media platforms to hear about how, with your help, Nassau Presbyterian Church is supporting others in our town, our state, and across the world.

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The Art of Advent

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In this four part series, Jason Oosting will lead us in an exploration of works of art that will help us consider not only who and what we’re waiting for this Advent, but also how we’re waiting. Looking at paintings such as Breugel’s “Census at Bethlehem,” Leonardo’s “The Annunciation,” and Friedrich’s “Abbey in the Oak Forest,” we’ll investigate the people God chooses to work through and how we respond to God’s call, imagine how the moments leading up to the birth of Christ speak to our current context, and reflect on the symbolic meaning of many of the objects that we see both in paintings and all around us this time of year.

December 20 | Jason Oosting

Coloring

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December 13 | Jason Oosting

Enumerating

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December 6 | Jason Oosting

Announcing

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November 29 | Jason Oosting

Waiting

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Born at an early age, Jason Oosting lives in Holland, MI with his wife Shari and kids Asher, Ezra, Elia, and Ada. He taught AP Art History for seven years at Montgomery High School and now teaches at Holland Christian High School.

Advent Craft Fair 2020

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It’s an Outdoor Take-and-Make Advent Craft Fair

Join us for the 2020 version of this annual congregational favorite.

This year’s Advent Craft Fair will take place outside, on the church property, Friday November 28 and Saturday November 29, noon to 2:00 PM both days.

Families are welcome to swing by the church, any time during those windows, and pick-up a preassembled Advent Craft Kit. These kits provide all the gear needed to create some of our favorite Advent crafts right at home. (No registration necessary.)

Families also have the opportunity to reserve a spot at the Advent Wreath making table these afternoons. Reservations guarantee 20 minutes at our pre-stocked table to create a lovely, fresh Advent Wreath (candles included!). To reserve a spot, click the sign up button below:

Sign Up!

If reservations fill quickly, more spots will be added. Questions? Contact Corrie Berg.

2021 Lenten Devotions – Call for Writers

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Ash Wednesday, 2/17/21 – Easter Sunday, 4/4/21

Would you consider writing a meditation for our 2021 Lenten daily devotional series? We are always hoping to encourage new writers to join us. These messages of faith and encouragement have become a meaningful tradition for our community, and for many beyond the Nassau congregation. We will share these messages through a daily email, and later, when the season is complete, as a PDF that can be downloaded from our website.

Participating is not difficult — here’s how:

Each writer will be provided a choice of texts and guidelines for writing. Because this is a dated resource, it is important that writers meet their deadlines. Choose one or two verses meaningful to you, write a short reflection on them, and include a sentence prayer to close your reflection. It can be in any literary form: Prose, poem, haiku, dialogue, etc.

It need not be complicated; simply from your heart. Examples of our recent devotionals can be found here. We have resources and helpers to guide you through the process.

We invite you to be part of this meaningful event with our Nassau Church congregation and friends during Lent 2021.

If you have any questions about the process or if you’re ready to sign up, please email Melissa Davis.

 

Thanksgiving Service 2020

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Join us for our virtual Interfaith Service of Worship, celebrating Thanksgiving, on Thursday, November 26 at 11:00 AM. Hosted by Princeton University and the Princeton Clergy Association, we will gather for song, prayer, and gratitude.

Recorded in the Princeton University Chapel – watch on the YouTube Channel (link) of the Office of Religious Life at Princeton.

#MissionMonday – Presbyterian Hunger Program

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Thank You from Presbyterian Hunger Program

Your generosity to Nassau’s Hunger Offering is having an impact! Hear how from one of our seven partner organizations in a note from Rebecca Barnes, Coordinator of the Presbyterian Hunger Program. Thank you for giving until all are fed.

Dear members of Nassau Presbyterian Church,

We here at Presbyterian Hunger Program are writing to sincerely say thank you for your gifts. They are a huge help in a hard year, showing both your presence and care, as well as financial undergirding of this ministry that works to alleviate hunger and eliminate its root causes of hunger and poverty.

As people of faith, we’re called to notice, pray for, and act in the world around us. And we’re called to speak hope, to be beacons in difficult times. We all know that so far in 2020, we are living in the midst of an intense, exhausting, difficult period.

Your contributions are a sign of hope. Because of you, churches and organizations are able to distribute more food to people who are hungry and also to do education and advocacy to help ensure future food security for vulnerable communities. Because of you, global partners living in places of war, violence, famine, drought or flooding have better access to safety, health, and basic needs. Because of you, activists working on root causes of hunger who have been targeted, threatened, or worn out, know that they are not alone.

The people, churches and organizations that we relate to in this work also bring hope to this world, and they show signs of how love, mercy, and justice can break through difficult moments in history to shine brightly. We are grateful for them, and grateful for you, and grateful to have this calling entrusted to us by God, who holds the whole world in caring hands.

Thank you,

Rebecca Barnes

Coordinator, Presbyterian Hunger Program

www.pcusa.org/hunger

*Photo thanks to PHP partner BeLoved Asheville

Follow #MissionMonday on our social media platforms to hear about how, with your help, Nassau Presbyterian Church is supporting others in our town, our state, and across the world.

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#MissionMonday – Welcome Home Initiative

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The Mission & Outreach Committee thought it important to include the Welcome Home Initiative in the Alternative Gift options this year. We are grateful for the ongoing work of Nassau’s Mass Incarceration Task Force and their connections that help us support neighbors in need as they reenter society.

Donations can be made through Nassau’s Alternative Gifts program by selecting the “Welcome Home” fund here.

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Below is a letter introducing the Welcome Home Initiative from the New Jersey Prison Justice Watch.

Dear friends,

Those of us belonging to a faith community, regardless of our denomination, are often deeply involved in justice ministries.  And in this tradition of seeking justice in the world, we are hopeful that you can support this important Welcome Home Initiative.

This initiative is being organized by the Re-Entry committee of NJ Prison Justice Watch (formerly known as NJ-CAIC). NJ-PJW is a coalition of social justice organizations, faith groups, and importantly, people with lived experience within the criminal justice system, all working together to transform how we “do justice” in our state.

Right now, NJ-PJW is working to build a responsive Welcome Home Initiative. As a result of the Public Health Emergency Credit legislation, which provides credits against time remaining on certain sentences due to the risks of CoVid in our prisons, we are anticipating up to 2,000 men and women will be released in early November, with rolling releases so long as there is a public health emergency declaration in place.

All too often, people are released with little more than a bus ticket, but lacking basic access to food, clothes, phones, toiletries, and even shelter. Needs may vary and range from needing basic clothing, to store gift cards for purchasing toiletries and other essentials, to needing rides to medical and employment appointments.

Everyone can make a difference —  Can you help? 

If you would like to donate money, our partner, American Reentry Initiative (Tax-ID: 84-1792638), is accepting them through this secure PayPal Link. Alternatively, you can mail a check to the American Reentry Initiative at P.O. Box 248, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, attention: Briane Peters, include “Welcome Home” in the memo line.

We are also seeking “In-Kind” (toiletries, food, clothes/shoes, masks) and “Time” (phone banking, peer support, transportation) donations. Please fill out the Welcome Home Donation Google Form and we will be in touch.

THANK YOU! Your generosity is so appreciated!  Please feel free to contact Susan MacDonnell,  member of NJ-PJW’s Reentry Committee with any questions.

 

#MissionMonday – Churches for Middle East Peace

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Young Adult Summit: Intersections of Faith and Advocacy: A Focus on Peacebuilding in Israel-Palestine

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Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) educates, elevates, and advocates for peace in the Middle East. Their young adult summit for those 18 to 35 years old is soon, and CMEP invites interested members and friends of Nassau to join.

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Saturday, November 14

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST

Speakers will include:
Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, Churches for Middle East Peace
Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, Bethlehem Bible College
Carla Montilla Jaimes, Morghan Cyr, and Josh Curtis, J Street


Register Here (link)

CMEP1835 engages young adults and university students around the country through educational regional summits as well as advocacy summits in Washington D.C. These events focus on promoting holistic U.S. policies toward the Middle East, with a focus on advocacy around Israel/Palestine. At a CMEP1835 Summit you will learn from thought leaders advocating for the just resolution to conflicts in the Middle East, and gain tools to engage with your elected officials on these issues. The journey to justice and peace across the Middle East requires the effort and unity of voices from all kinds of advocates, especially those ages 18-35!

Follow #MissionMonday on our social media platforms to hear about how, with your help, Nassau Presbyterian Church is supporting others in our town, our state, and across the world.

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“Just Mercy” Discussion (Nov. 14)

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Saturday, November 14, at 1:00 p.m.

Please join the Christian Education Committee of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church as we continue on our Matthew 25 Witness series. Shawn Maxam will lead a discussion about the movie, Just Mercy, which profiles the life of Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative.

Watching the movie beforehand is recommended but not necessary. You can find it on YouTube.

This discussion will take place on Zoom. Contact Phyllis Rich for login information.