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Adult Education June 2016

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Coffee and bagels served at every class

Mysteries That Matter: A Theology of Community

Joyce MacKichan Walker

June 12, 11:15AM
Assembly Room

Expect a plot and a murder and a clever detective. Discover a community, a theology of darkness and light, a fallen and redeemed humanity, and a brilliant, best-selling Canadian mystery writer with a deeply spiritual, biblically-grounded heart and mind. Louise Penny — the series begins.

Joyce MacKichan Walker had the great privilege of interviewing best-selling mystery author Louise Penny in the eastern townships of Quebec during her fall of 2015 sabbatical. An aficionado of mystery, Joyce has read this series of ten books twice, and can’t wait for number 11 on August 30! The other thing she loves is being an educator and pastor at Nassau — her 27th year.

The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

Thomas J. Christensen

June 19, 11:15AM
Assembly Room

Many see China as a rival superpower to the United States and imagine its rise is a threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond. Tom Christensen argues against this zero-sum vision. He describes a new paradigm in which the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while
encouraging the country to contribute to the global order.

Tom Christensen, William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and Director of the China and the World Program at  Princeton University, will discuss his most recent book on China (published in 2015) and the challenge navigating U.S.–China relations.

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The Pastor’s Diary: How a Conventional Conservative Became a Theological Liberal

William R. Phillippe

June 26, 11:15AM
Assembly Room

“Over my life, I have learned that early myths are very formidable, but I have also learned that other people have different myths that are just as formidable. I have learned that we all do and must have myths to live by. But my early myths were no longer serving their function of helping me make sense of my existence. I had to find others. And that is what this book is about — my constant search for myths that mattered as I let my mind truly explore and analyze my experiences.”

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Bill Phillippe was mentally wired to go into science and was awarded the Western Pennsylvania Physics Award. But with the encouragement of a few professors he took the road into the Presbyterian ministry instead.

2016-17 Young Adult Volunteers – Apply Now

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A Year of Service for a Lifetime of Change

Nassau believes that God calls young adults through their experiences in relationship and in serving others. Memorable mission trips as youth or as college students stir in us a desire to know God more and to see God’s world with eyes other than our own. The PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteer program (YAV) is a wonderful opportunity to do so!

YAV sends young adults to US and international mission sites to do such things as:

  • Engage in environmental protection work in Peru
  • Work on immigration reform in Arizona
  • Work on sex traffic prevention in Kenya
  • Tutor children and youth
  • Support art education in underserved populations

Read on below to learn about financial and one-on-one support to serve God in a variety of national or international mission sites. You can participate if you are between the ages of 19 and 30.

Where do I start?

Apply through YAV

To learn how to become a PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteer, visit the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s YAV website.

Application Deadlines

  • Early Decision: December 1 (National and International)
  • Round 2: February 1 (National and International)
  • Round 3: April 1 (National Only)
  • Last Call: June 1 (National Only)

Apply for Nassau’s fellowship

YAVs commit to fundraising a minimum amount to contribute to the costs of the year. The minimums are $3,000 (National) or $4,000 (International). You can apply to Nassau for us to contribute half of your fundraising goal ($1,500 for national, $2,000 for international)! The PC(USA) covers the remaining costs of the year. The total cost for a year of service is $22,000 on average, including travel costs, orientation and debriefing retreats, health insurance, room and board, and a basic living stipend.

To apply for the Nassau fellowship, send a of copy your YAV application and letters of reference to Nassau Presbyterian Church (ATTN: YAV, Joyce MacKichan Walker), 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, 08542. After reviewing your application, we will contact you to set up an interview, either in person or by phone.

We hope that through YAV you will experience God’s deep love for humanity and the mission of the church as one and the same. Through you, Nassau Church will be blessed by learning about your experience and the places and people you serve.

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Forgiveness and Reconciliation Seminar

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Lenten Small Groups Keynote Kickoff

Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Dr. Bo Karen Lee

All encourage to attend this seminar on Forgiveness and Reconciliation on Sunday, January 31, at 2:00 p.m. in Niles Chapel. With Dr. Bo Karen Lee of Princeton Theological Seminary, we will examine the theological foundations of how we understand and live out forgiveness today. There will be refreshments and fellowship at 1:45 p.m.

Bo Karen Lee is associate professor of spiritual theology and Christian formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. Before joining the Princeton Seminary faculty, she taught in the Theology Department at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland, where she developed courses with a vibrant service-learning component for students to work at shelters for women recovering from drug addiction and sex trafficking. She now enjoys teaching classes on prayer for the Spirituality and Mission Program at Princeton Seminary, in addition to taking students on retreats and hosting meditative walks along nature trails.

A Prayer for the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston

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FROM OUR PASTOR

In response to the horrific murder of worshipers at a prayer meeting inside the sanctuary of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, I am asking the Nassau Presbyterian Church community to join me in prayer:

Merciful God we once again find ourselves coming before you with aching and disbelieving hearts. We lift before you our sisters and brothers in Christ in Charleston; a congregation and family members mourning the loss of a pastor and church members who died inside their house of worship. Yes, we pray too for the young man now arrested and his family. As Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem that could not recognize the things that make for peace, we weep today as an evil act of violence once again shatters the hope for peace in the land. Holy One, as hatred and racism and gun violence once again come to the front page of the nation’s conscience, we fervently pray that you will lead us, encourage us, inspire us to work more intensely toward the Hebrew prophets’ vision of a peaceable kingdom and the Apostle Paul’s description of the more excellent way. By your grace and in the power of the Holy Spirit, save us, O God, from the tyranny of sin, the apathy of weak leaders, and the powers and principalities that profit from our fears. We are your body, O Christ! Your hands, your feet, and your voice. Multiply and make sacred our efforts to transform the world. Help us stand and speak and work for justice, until as Dr. King put it, we can “make of this old world, a new world”. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen.