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Beyond Malibu 2018 – Sea Kayaking Trip – Required Forms

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Sunday, April 22 – Final Payments and All Completed Forms Due

On Sunday, April 22, between services (10:15-11:00 am) and after the 2nd service (12:00-1:30 pm), we will host a final payment & forms event in the 2nd Floor Office Suite (above the kitchen).

Linda Gilmore will also be here that day to notarize documents. Please bring photo ID if you are the person who will be signing the documents and also do NOT sign documents that need to be notarized until you are in her presence.

If you or your child cannot make the April 22 event – please contact Lauren Yeh to make arrangements for a different day.

Items to handle before April 22:

What to bring with you:

  1. NPC Assumption of Risk & Release from Liability (Notarized)
    1. NPC Release and Waiver Kayak Trip- Teens(pdf)
    2. NPC Release and Waiver Kayak Trip- Adults (pdf)
  2. Beyond Malibu – Health Form (above)
  3. Consent to receive treatment in Canada: Consent for Treatment in Canada(pdf)
  4. Parental Consent to Cross in to Canada: Border Crossing – Parental Permission(pdf)
  5. Flight Itinerary including confirmation or booking number.
  6. Passport valid through February 2019 (we will make a copy of the photo/signature pages)
  7. Final Payment (contact Lauren Yeh if you are unsure of the amount due)

 

Beyond Malibu 2018 – Mountain Trip – Required Forms

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Sunday, April 22 – Final Payments and All Completed Forms Due

On Sunday, April 22, between services (10:15-11:00 am) and after the 2nd service (12:00-1:30 pm), we will host a final payment & forms event in the 2nd Floor Office Suite (above the kitchen).

Linda Gilmore will also be here that day to notarize documents. Please bring photo ID if you are the person who will be signing the documents and also do NOT sign documents that need to be notarized until you are in her presence.

If you or your child cannot make the April 22 event – please contact Lauren Yeh to make arrangements for a different day.

Items to handle before April 22:

What to bring with you:

  1. NPC Assumption of Risk & Release from Liability (Notarized)
    1. NPC Release and Waiver Mtn Trip- Teens (pdf)
    2. NPC Release and Waiver Mtn Trip- Adults (pdf)
  2. Beyond Malibu – Health Form (above)
  3. Consent to receive treatment in Canada: Consent for Treatment in Canada (pdf)
  4. Parental Consent to Cross in to Canada: Border Crossing – Parental Consent (pdf)
  5. Flight Itinerary including confirmation or booking number.
  6. Passport valid through February 2019 (we will make a copy of the photo/signature pages)
  7. Final Payment (contact Lauren Yeh if you are unsure of the amount due)

 

NorthBay 2018 – Required Forms

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All forms and payments are due by Sunday, June 17. Please bring them to the church office during regular business hours or before worship on a Sunday morning, or mail them to:

Lauren Yeh
Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ 08542

What to turn in:

  1. NPC Assumption of Risk & Release from Liability (Notarized)
    1. NPC Release and Waiver NorthBay – Minors (pdf)
    2. NPC Release and Waiver NorthBay – Adults (pdf)
  2. Young Life Camping Health, Consent & Release (signed by physician & parent) Young Life Form (pdf)
  3. Final Payment (contact Lauren Yeh if you are unsure of the amount due)

Other items to handle:

 

Appalachia Service Project 2018 – Required Forms

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All forms and payments are due by Sunday, June 17. Please bring them to the church office during regular business hours or before worship on a Sunday morning, or mail them to:

Lauren Yeh
Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ 08542

Items to review:

  1. Read all ASP required documents:
    1. ASP Rules & Regulations ASP Expectations
    2. ASP Safety Manual ASP Safety Manual
    3. ASP 3 S’s (Sensitivity, Safety, and Stewardship) ASP 3 S’s
  2. Be prepared to sign the ASP Trip Covenant (the whole group signs the same document, text below) – sign at the June 3 meeting or contact Lauren Yeh
  3. Complete ASP Online Registration
    1. Complete ASP Volunteer Statement but do not sign it, VolRegStatement-Group7074 (pdf)
      (all the details you need for the online registration are on this form)
    2. Go to: http://www.servicenetwork.com/reg/APPSERV/Join.asp
    3. Our Group Number is: 7074
  4. Review the Packing List ASP Individual Packing Youth with Mark’s suggestions

Forms to turn in:

  1. NPC Assumption of Risk & Release from Liability (Notarized)
    1. NPC Release and Wavier ASP Trip – Teens (pdf)
    2. NPC Release and Waiver ASP Trip – Adults (pdf)
  2. ASP Volunteer Statement, above (Notarized)
  3. Medical Insurance Card (copy front and back)
  4. Final Payment (contact Lauren Yeh if you are unsure of the amount due)

ASP Covenant Text:

A covenant is a promise or vow made between two parties. In Genesis, God took Abraham outside one night and showed him the stars in the sky. God promised that Abraham’s descendants would be as many as those stars and that from those descendants would come a Savior. We now know that the promise was kept in the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.

ASP covenants to our groups that we will do everything we can to facilitate a meaningful  service opportunity. We will provide a center facility and staff; we will fulfill all the details that must come together to make a significant mission  experience for our volunteers. As a part of the faith walk through service, ASP asks volunteers to enter into a covenant with ASP. Volunteers are asked to abide by the “Expectations, Rules, and Regulations” that make communal living and working successful. ASP also asks that volunteers abide by  additional rules that may be given at their particular center.

Have each volunteer read the ASP “Expectations, Rules, and Regulations,” the 3 S’s: Sensitivity, Safety, and Stewardship, and the ASP Safety Manual before signing.

Small Groups – Lent 2018

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Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith

With skilled leaders drawn from Nassau’s congregation and staff, join us in a study of the essential language of our faith that will make this Lenten season one you will not soon forget!

Seeking fellowship and community in a world that has never been more in need of both, Small Groups return to Nassau this Spring with a focus on Kathleen Norris’ Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith.

“When I began attending church again after 20 years away,’’ Norris writes in her preface, ‘’I felt bombarded by the vocabulary of the Christian church. Words such as ‘Christ,’ ‘heresy,’ ‘repentance’ and ‘salvation’ seemed dauntingly abstract to me, even vaguely threatening… For reasons I did not comprehend, church seemed a place I needed to be. But in order to inhabit it, to claim it as mine, I had to rebuild my religious vocabulary. The words had to become real to me, in an existential sense.’’

Praised by The New York Times as “an engaging meditation on the language of faith,” this immensely readable and distinguished book will become the focus of Small Groups as we struggle to develop a deeper, richer sense of God’s grace in our lives.

Sign Up

Sign up in Fellowship beginning Sunday, January 14, or online beginning Tuesday, January 16. Books will be available for purchase in Fellowship on Sunday morning or in the church office during regular business hours for $15. Exact change or a check made out to “Nassau Presbyterian Church” is appreciated.

Available Small Groups

Groups meet weekly for seven weeks unless otherwise noted. The small groups with spaces available are listed below.

Complete catalogue: 2018 Lent Small Groups (pdf)

Mondays, Feb. 5 – Mar. 19, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Bring Your Own Lunch)
Room 304, Nassau Presbyterian Church

Corrie Berg, leader

Corrie Berg is Director of Children’s and Family Ministries at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Before joining the staff in 2010, Corrie’s volunteer service to the congregation included moderating the Children’s and Family Ministry Committee and serving as a member of the Master Plan Task Force.

Wednesdays, Feb. 7 – Mar. 21, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Seminar Room 1060, Princeton Theological Seminary Library (25 Library Place, Princeton)

John Parker, leader

John Parker is a writer by trade and a long-time member and current Ruling Elder of Nassau Church. He is grateful for the witness of Nassau Presbyterian Church to the eternal word of God and for the mission of this church to the community and the world.

Thursdays, Feb. 8 – Mar. 22, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Music Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church

Joyce MacKichan Walker, leader

Joyce MacKichan Walker is Minister of Education 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, Feb. 8 – Mar. 22, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Bring Your Own Lunch)
Conference Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church

Len Scales, leader

Len Scales is an adjunct pastor at Nassau Church as a Presbyterian Chaplain with the Westminster Foundation along with her husband Andrew. They enjoy witnessing God’s creativity and grace through their work with undergraduates, graduate students, and young adults in Princeton.

Sundays, Feb. 11 – Mar. 25, 9:15-10:30 a.m. (Childcare Available)
Room 202, Nassau Presbyterian Church

Jacq Lapsley, Leader

Jacq Lapsley has led several small groups at Nassau and loves getting to know people around a shared book. When not teaching at Princeton Seminary she enjoys trips with Nassau youth, singing, and riding bikes with family and friends.

Sundays, Feb. 18 – Mar. 18, 3:00-5:00 p.m. (Five Weeks)
O’Brien Home, Trenton

Lolly & Rich O’Brien, leaders

Rich and Lolly O’Brien are members of Nassau’s membership committee and enjoy meeting people across the spectrum of age, ethnicity, and political views. They are avid readers of the news, novels, and poetry. This group will include participants from our partner, Westminster Presbyterian Church, and will conclude with light refreshments.

Sundays, Feb. 11 – Mar. 25, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Conference Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church

Roz Anderson Flood, leader

Roz Anderson Flood is a Ruling Elder and a member of the Worship and Arts Committee. She is a former member of the Adult Education Committee. She also sings second alto in the Adult Choir. She has led workshops in poetry and participated in many small groups at Nassau.

Sundays, Feb. 11 – Mar. 25, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Werner Home, Dayton, NJ

Noel & Wendi Werner, leaders

Noel Werner has been the Director of Music at Nassau Presbyterian Church since 2006. He lectures on occasion at Westminster Choir College and Princeton Theological Seminary, and spearheads many cooperative music endeavors in the community.

Wendi Werner has been the solo pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Dayton since 2009, where her work has included a revitalization of mission outreach with a particular focus on serving the needs of the South Brunswick community.

Thursdays, Feb. 8 – Mar. 22, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Conference Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church

PHOTOGRAPHING GRACE

Ned Walthall, leader

Using Kathleen Norris’ Amazing Grace as a source of inspiration, members of this group will be asked to create photographic works of art that illustrate the working of God’s grace in their lives. In addition to Thursday night meetings, there will be two optional sessions—a trip to the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia and a visit to the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton. Movie night for this session will be a showing of the 2005 Academy Award winning documentary film, Born into Brothels, describing the work of photographer Zana Briski, who taught photography to children living in the red light district of Calcutta with spectacular and life changing results.

No special equipment or skill is required: only imagination.

Ned Walthall has been a member of Nassau Church since 1987. He is a Deacon at Nassau and has led three small groups on the Sacred Art of Photography.

 

The Lady, the General, and the Rohingya – January 14, 12:15pm

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Special Noon Event

The Lady, the General, and the Rohingya

Lex Rieffel

January 14, 12:15 p.m., Assembly Room

What has happened to democratic reform in Myanmar? In light of what the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya population in Rakhine state, many are asking what kind of democracy perpetuates violence against its own people. Why does Aung San Suu Kyi seem unwilling, or unable, to oppose the military  campaign against the Rohingya? Is it time for the international community to abandon her government, or is there a constructive role we can continue to play?

Lex Rieffel is a nonresident senior fellow in global economy and development at the Brookings Institution. His recent work has focused on the economy of Myanmar during the period of democratic transition. Rieffel has held positions at the Institute of International Finance, the U.S. Treasury Department, and USAID. He served in the  Peace Corps and as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Rieffel is a graduate of Princeton University and the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

RESOURCES:

For the past twelve months, he has been working with a Burmese scholar at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore on a study of options for ASEAN in promoting peace and development in Rakhine State, as ASEAN’s contribution to resolving the Rohingya crisis. The 10-page policy brief can be downloaded here (PDF): Rieffel-Thuzar-ISEAS Perspective2018-3

Recently published blog post on the Myanmar economy published by Nikkei Asian Review (PDF): Rieffel-LifeGoesOn for NAR 12Jan2018
Or on line: Myanmar economy grows despite refugee crisis

Mission Weekend 2018

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January 14–15 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.

Sunday Morning Mission Fair, Sunday, January 14

Beginning at 10:15 am in the Assembly Room, the Membership Committee will host a Mission Fair in celebration of the ministries, missions, and partnerships of Nassau Church. The Fair is an opportunity to discover our myriad outreach programs and become involved. Join us and enjoy this step in your journey of faith.

Morning of Mission, Monday, January 15

Come and join an effort below as we equip and serve local organizations. All hands are needed and welcome.

Hands-on Projects

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. Bring donations to the church on Sunday or Monday:

Donation List

Creativity Kits for HomeFront

  • pkgs. of crayons (24–48 ct.)
  • pkgs. of colored pencils (24–28 ct.)
  • pkgs. of markers (10–12 ct.)
  • coloring books
  • coloring pads/sketch pads
  • individual packages of stickers

Personal Care Products for Crisis Ministry

  • toothbrushes and toothpaste
  • shampoo and conditioner
  • razors and shaving cream
  • soaps and lotion
  • feminine products

Community Clean-up

A group will again join our partners at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Trenton in cleaning up parks and removing sidewalk debris from the neighborhood surrounding the Bethany House of Hospitality (BHOH) at 426 Hamilton Ave, Trenton NJ (across the street from Columbus Park).

  • 8-9a Participants arrive, check in and fellowship
  • 9a Participants will leave from BHOH travelling east and west on Hamilton Ave and begin cleaning both sides of the street
  • 12p Participants will return to BHOH for fellowship
  • 1:30p End of the event

Bring your own tools (work gloves, rakes, shovels)

Dress for the weather

Refreshments and bathroom facilities at BHOH
MLK Day Social Clean Up Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MLKDaySocialCleanUp/

Youth Mission

Youth, join the Fellowship Crew and help out at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore. We’ll leave from and return to Nassau’s parking lot: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Don your work clothes and spend the day with reclaimed building materials, donated supplies, and other vintage finds. Lunch provided. Parents, we need drivers for 20 youth! Let Mark Edwards know you’ll be there: , 609-933-7599

 

“Race: the power of an illusion”

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A Healing-Racism Initiative of Westminster Presbyterian Church

Sundays, February 4, 11, 18, 12:00-2:30 p.m.

Pat Deeney and Jim Weber, Westminster Presbyterian Church, leaders

Is your heart calling you to:

  • Explore the concept of biological race?
  • Uncover the roots of the race concept?
  • Understand how institutions shape and create race?
  • Ground your conversation in scripture and the Confession of Belhar?

This three-week gathering will explore the material from the PBS series “Race: the power of an illusion”. Each week will begin with a reading from scripture and the Confession of Belhar before the episode is viewed.  Conversations will utilize the PBS study guide for each episode. Participants are asked to maintain confidentiality and to be a nonjudgmental, compassionate, listening presence for others.

Free, bring your own lunch

Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542

For additional information or to RSVP, contact Pat Deeny () or Lauren Yeh at Nassau Church (609-924-0103 x106, ). You may also sign-up online by following this link.

Nassau joins community-wide investigation of migration

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In advance of author Sonia Nazario’s February 1st appearance in Princeton to discuss her best-selling book, about a 17-year-old boy from Honduras who travels to the United States in search of his mother, we invite you to join Pam & Bill Wakefield on Sunday, January 28, at 4 pm in the Conference Room for a discussion of her book Enrique’s Journey. Books are available for purchase in the Church Office for $15, exact change or check would be appreciated. The Princeton Public Library has ordered some extra copies for circulation.

Sonia Nazario won the Pulitzer Prize for her series about Latin American children and the dangers they face while journeying across Mexico to reunite with parents living in the United States. Nazario’s talk will be accompanied by powerful photographs and will cover reasons children migrate from Central America and how those reasons have changed radically in recent years.

Sonai Nazario’s appearance will be the start of the Princeton Migrations series, a community-wide investigation of the theme of migration taking place throughout the region from February through May. Spearheaded by Princeton University Art Museum, the project includes exhibitions, readings, lectures, film screens and performances by more than 20 community partners and a host of campus organizations and departments.

2018 Mission Trips to Malawi with VIP

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Make 2018 the year you choose adventure!

Come work, learn, and serve in the remote villages of Malawi, experiencing what life is like in the villages while making a difference in the life of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. While you pour into the lives of our brothers and sisters see what God pours back into you. The Mission & Outreach Committee of Nassau will pay half the cost of the trip for someone who will then serve on the Villages in Partnership Coordinating Team.

2018 Friendship Trip Dates

  • March 2-10 Beekeepers and Arborists (and anyone else who is interested)
  • July 10-18 Friendship Trip (All are welcome)
  • July 22- Aug. 1 Medical Mission Trip (Medical personnel welcome)
  • Aug. 3-11 Friendship Trip (All are welcome)

For more information: