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In Lent and Easter we observe the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We examine our discipleship, scrutinize our Christian journeys, and acknowledge our need for repentance, mercy, and forgiveness.
Join us in worship and community this season.
Small Groups
Offering fellowship and community, Small Groups are studying The Shape of Salvation in Luke. Learn more and find a group.
Lenten Devotional
Don’t miss our church-wide, daily Lenten Devotional. Members and friends of the church have written meditations on Scripture to accompany us through the season of Lent. Read it here.
Lenten Home Dinners
“Come to the table of grace. Come to the table of love. Come to the table of peace.” You are invited to a Lenten Home Dinner with Communion. These casual, welcoming groups are a lovely practice for this season of Lent. Extend the table and expand your fellowship this Lent. Learn more and sign up.
Easter Memorials
We remember and honor our loved ones by giving towards the Easter Sunday tulip display and brass ensemble. You can pick up an Easter Donation Card from the church office or email Sarah Finbow by April 5, 2020.
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| Wednesday, Feb. 26 |
Ash Wednesday Noon Communion Worship 12:00 p.m., Niles Chapel |
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| Lenten Craft Fair 4:00–6:00 p.m., Assembly Room |
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| Saturday, Feb. 29 | Jazz Lent Service 5:00 p.m., Sanctuary |
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| Sunday, Mar. 1 | Lent I Communion Worship Luke 1:5-25 |
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| Sunday, Mar. 8 |
Lent II Worship Luke 4:16-30 |
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| Sunday, Mar. 15 |
Lent III Worship Youth Sunday Luke 7:36-50 |
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| Sunday, Mar. 22 |
Lent IV Worship Luke 8:26-39 |
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| Sunday, Mar. 29 |
Lent V Worship Luke 19:1-10 |
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| Thursday, Apr. 2 |
Nassau at Windrows Communion Worship 3:00 p.m., Windrows Wilson Gallery |
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| Sunday, Apr. 5 |
Palm Sunday Worship One Great Hour of Sharing Luke 13:1-5 |
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| Tuesday, Apr. 7 |
Nassau at Stonebridge Communion Worship 3:00 p.m., Stonebridge Auditorium |
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| Thursday, Apr. 9 |
Maundy Thursday Communion Worship 7:30 p.m. |
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| Friday, Apr. 10 | Good Friday Noon Worship 12:00 p.m. |
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| Sunday, April 12 | Easter Sunrise Worship 6:00 a.m., Princeton Cemetery |
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| Easter Worship 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Luke 23,24 |
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| Breaking Bread Easter Worship and Feast 6:30 p.m., Niles Chapel 7:30 p.m., Assembly Room |
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Sundays, 9:30 a.m., in the Assembly Room
unless otherwise noted
Come explore the Shape of Salvation in the Gospel of Luke this Lent. In Luke’s narrative, Jesus preaches salvation for all who believe in him. But what does salvation mean? Is it only a future hope or possibly a present reality? What are Jesus’ followers saved from? And what are they (and we) saved to?
Join us each Sunday morning as Eric Barreto leads us through the Gospel of Luke, examining not only the Biblical and historical context of Luke’s narrative of Jesus’ life and ministry but also its timely and timeless impact on our lives today.
Be linked in for Lent: each week small groups will study the same texts from a more personal and contemplative point of view, and Pastor Davis will preach them in Worship.
Download the Lent 2020 Brochure (pdf)
for more details and speaker bios
Sundays, 9:15 a.m. (resumes March 8)
Maclean House (Garden Entrance)
George Hunsinger continues with a verse-by verse examination of the Letter to the Colossians.
On Palm Sunday, April 5, we will take up a special offering “One Great Hour of Sharing.”
The three programs supported by One Great Hour of Sharing – Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the Presbyterian Hunger Program, and Self-Development of People – all work in different ways to serve individuals and communities in need. From initial disaster response to ongoing community development, their work fits together to provide people with safety, sustenance, and hope.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Restorers of Streets to Live In
Works alongside communities as they recover and find hope after the devastation of natural or human-caused disasters
Presbyterian Hunger Program
Share your Bread with the Hungry
Takes action to alleviate hunger and the systemic causes of poverty so all may be fed
Self-Development of People
Loose the Bonds of Injustice
Invests in communities responding to their experiences of racism, oppression, poverty and injustice and educates Presbyterians about the impact of these societal ills
One Great Hour of Sharing lets us come together to open our doors — as well as our hearts — to share the love of Christ through our ministries of justice, compassion, and joy.
Text SHARING to 56512 to receive a link to resources to learn more about how your gift to One Great Hour of Sharing makes a difference, or visit www.pcusa.org/oghs
Questions? Contact us at 502-569-5047 or email
PC(USA) Special Offerings
100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Before a hunger emergency struck Somalia, Hawo Abdi and her husband were successful herders near their country’s border with Kenya.However, two years of intensive drought parched the land to the point that they could no longer raise the camels, cattle, sheep and goats that supported them. As her family faced economic ruin, Abdi’s husband died. She was two months pregnant with the couple’s fifth child. Desperate to feed her children, Abdi felt she had no choice but to make the two-day journey to a camp for internally displaced persons to ensure the safety of her four young children and unborn child. Against the background of Somalia’s civil war, the journey was fraught with danger, including the possibility of attack from armed groups and assault. “We had nothing to take with us, and we had to beg for water,” she says. Abdi’s mission to bring her children to a safe refuge was successful. Now she and her children receive a monthly allocation of rice, beans, cooking oil and sugar that One Great Hour of Sharing gifts help provide. While their day-to-day life remains difficult, Abdi and her children, including her new baby, are safe and nourished. “The food aid has improved the living conditions of my family,” she says. “I was able to feed my starving children.”Sadly, Abdi’s story is not unique. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 5.4 million people in Somalia are food insecure, and another 2.6 million people are displaced. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partners with Kaalmo Relief and Development to provide food aid to people in the camp. “We are very grateful for your contribution,” says Mohamed Ahmed Iriri,
Kaalmo’s director. “It will help us a lot in fighting the hunger and poverty affecting our people in Somalia.”One Great Hour of Sharing gifts are helping to address famine and extreme hunger through PC(USA) partners in other countries, including Northern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen. These partners help with emergency food assistance and address the underlying causes of hunger and homelessness for the millions of people struggling to maintain their very existence.In Isaiah 58, the prophet calls us to be “repairers of the breach, restorers of streets to live in,” to care for the hungry, the weak and the vulnerable. Through One Great Hour of Sharing, we extend shelter to those who have no place to stay, food to those who are hungry and compassion to those who have pain—be it physical, emotional or spiritual. Together, we become the household of God; and all are welcome. Won’t you join us with a gift to One Great Hour of Sharing? Because when we all do a little, it adds up to a lot.
God of refuge, gather us into your household. Under your roof, let us meet together at your table of grace to be fed with good food. Grant us the dream of your world where all are fed, all are housed and all have the dignity you granted from the beginning. May our gifts begin to build this dream. Amen.
Come to the table of grace. Come to the table of love. Come to the table of peace.
You are invited to a Lenten Home Dinner with Communion. These casual, welcoming groups are a lovely practice for this season of Lent. Extend the table and expand your fellowship this Lent.
For more information or to find out how YOU can host a dinner this Lent, email Corrie Berg.
Find out more about Lent and Easter at Nassau Church this year.
We confess Jesus saves.Lenten Small Groups will focus on stories from the gospel of Luke encouraging participants to reflect and wrestle with them. Our hope for this study is that you bring your full self and community with you as you read Luke. Bring your stories, your hopes, your questions and your fears. Through small group fellowship find a vision of salvation wide enough, graceful enough, and merciful enough to carry you through challenging days.
The 2020 Study Guide is now available! Pick one up at the church office or download a copy here: Small Group Study Guide Lent 2020 (pdf)
Dear friends,
On this Lenten journey, we find ourselves in a new and challenging landscape. Concerns over COVID-19 are heightening and best practice recommends a policy of social distancing. Although social distancing may seem the antithesis of Christian fellowship, we know there are those in our community who are especially vulnerable to the effects of this virus and, we, as Christians, are called to act communally. For this reason, we are suspending Lenten Small Groups for the foreseeable future and taking a Lenten Sabbath.
It grieves me to write this note. These groups are a weekly source of joy, enrichment, education and fellowship for so many, including me. Even though, face to face gatherings will end. I encourage you all to be in touch with and support one another. We don’t want to leave anyone stranded on this Lenten journey! Perhaps your group might start a Group Email Prayer Chain. There are also several platforms which facilitate virtual meetings, if this might be appealing and possible for your group. Please reading and working through the Lenten Study Guide (download the PDF above) and praying for one another. In lieu of Adult Education, Eric Barreto is excited to record video classes on the upcoming Lukan texts which will be posted to our website. I’ll let you all know when they “live.”
With hopeful hearts and clean hands,
Corrie Berg
Director of Educational Ministries
You can listen to the Adult Education Classes and Sermons for March 1 and March 8 here:
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Sign up in Fellowship beginning Sunday, February 9, or online beginning Monday, February 10.
Groups meet weekly for six weeks unless otherwise noted. The small groups with spaces available are listed below.
Complete catalogue: Small Groups – Lent 2020 (pdf)
Mondays, Feb. 24 – Mar. 30, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (Soup & Bread provided)
Berg Home, Princeton
Corrie Berg, leader
Corrie is Nassau Church’s Director of Educational Ministries. She counts hosting the “Soup Group” on Mondays a highlight of each Lenten season. Come join this lively group of fellow Lenten pilgrims as, together, we discern the shape of salvation in our own lives.
Wednesdays, Feb. 26 – Apr. 1, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sakenfeld Home, Skillman (Stonebridge)
Kathie Sakenfeld, leader
Kathie retired from Princeton Seminary in 2013 after teaching Old Testament there for 43 years. An ordained PCUSA clergywoman, she has participated in the life of Nassau Church since 1970 and has served the denomination at Presbytery, national, and international levels.
Wednesdays, Feb. 26 – Apr. 1, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Dolley Madison Room, The Windrows, Princeton
Liz & Kim Beasley
Liz and Kim were married in the Nassau sanctuary in 2010. Liz has served as an elder and on the membership and adult education committees. She was ordained as a deacon in November, 2019. Kim has served on the property committee since 2016. They are very much looking forward to leading a group for the The Windrows community.
“If you, even you, had only recognized the things that make for peace!
But now they are hidden from your eyes.”
Luke 19:42 (NRSV)
Sundays, 9:30 a.m., in the Assembly Room
unless otherwise noted
As Christians, we are called to be a part of God’s transformative work of peace, justice, and reconciliation in the world, yet we live in a country with the highest incarceration rate in the world: despite making up close to 5% of the global population, the U.S. has nearly 25% of the world’s prison population. Join us to learn more about crime and punishment in our time, as we consider how we might be part of God’s transformative work.
Download the February 2020 Brochure (pdf)
for more details and speaker bios
Christianity and slavery are interrelated world movements, a paradox of our understanding of the history of human bondage and racism. In this class, we will look at how Christian theologies and practices both reinforced and challenged the institution of slavery.
Sundays, 9:15 a.m.
Maclean House (Garden Entrance)
George Hunsinger continues with a verse-by verse examination of the Letter to the Colossians.
Sundays, 9:30 a.m.
Niles Chapel
The Inquirers’ Class, led by our Membership Committee, gives you time to explore the meaning of the Christian faith and church membership, and to learn more about the history and foundations of the Presbyterian Church, PC(USA). Discover opportunities for spiritual growth, service, outreach, and fellowship; learn about the worship, theology, and programs of Nassau Church. What might it mean for your life if you joined in the ministry and mission of this congregation?
Are we destined to maintain a massive state of criminal punishment in America? While it may seem like this is an active time for criminal justice reform, most of the reforms have been relatively minor. And we have been achieving the reforms we have with low crime rates. If crime goes up, all bets are off. What can we do? In this talk, Prof. Barkow will explain why we need far more fundamental changes than the “low-hanging fruit.”
Why do so many of our criminal justice policies fail to make us safer? What are the political dynamics that produce such ill-advised policies? Our speaker will suggest three targets of institutional change.
New Jersey’s current youth incarceration system is a failed experiment—morally, financially, socially, and from a rehabilitation and public safety perspective. Statistically, black and white children commit offenses at similar rates but two-thirds of New Jersey’s youth prisoners are black and one-third are white. New Jersey spends over $200,000 to incarcerate each child for one year.
Come hear about the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice’s 150 Years is Enough campaign which seeks to close two youth prisons—the New Jersey Training School for Boys (Jamesburg) and the Female Secure Care and Intake Facility (Hayes)—and invest in community-based systems of care as alternatives to incarceration.
Join us to hear from these community leaders whose programs offer hope and support for those caught up in the criminal justice system or seeking a path out of poverty. Consider how you might offer your time and talents to this transformative work.
January 19-20 is Mission Weekend, when we remind ourselves of our Christian commitment to human flourishing in all places. Join us for these opportunities to get involved.
After a normal Fellowship night on Jan. 19th, Senior High Youth are invited to stick around and spend the night in the church. We’ll do some help-out projects for Arm-in-Arm, have some fun, take a midnight run to Hoagie Haven, and maybe even get some sleep. Our Sr. High Leadership Team (Kelsey, Jesse, Nathan, Lauren & Mark) will be here all night.
Contact Mark Edwards (, 609-933-7599)
Signed Permission Form Required
Come and join an effort below as we equip and serve local organizations. All hands are needed and welcome.
From 10:30 am to 12:00 pm at the church we will be making pet blankets for orphaned animals, putting together sack lunches for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, assembling Creativity Kits for HomeFront, collecting personal care products for Arm in Arm clients and making calendars for ABC Literacy.
Contact Corrie Berg (, 609-924-0103 x108)
Bring donations to the church on Sunday or Monday:
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This year’s MLK Day of Service project will take place at the historic Hedgepeth/Williams Middle School of the Arts located in Trenton, New Jersey. The service activities will include school beautification projects such as painting several walls, decorating stairways, and organizing various spaces.
Meet at 8:00 AM at Nassau to carpool and return by 1:00 PM.
Contact Christ Werner Robinson ()
MLK Day 2020 Community Project Facebook Event
Princeton Clergy Association invites everyone to gather for a service to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 20, at 7PM in Nassau Presbyterians’ sanctuary. Those wishing to join the community choir should come to the music room at 6PM. Reception to follow.