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#MissionMonday – Paul Robeson House of Princeton

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The Paul Robeson House of Princeton is close to opening their renovated home!

The “Paul Robeson House,” dating from 1842, is a residential property located at 110 Witherspoon Street, where Paul Robeson was born on April 9, 1898. Paul Robeson’s roots in the African American community of Princeton launched him on his world-renowned career as an all-American athlete, actor, singer, scholar and writer, and voice for human rights. The renovated property will host a gallery of memorabilia, non-profit meeting spaces, and temporary lodging.

We are proud to be Mission Partners with The Paul Robeson House of Princeton and invite you to learn more about their capital campaign: https://give-usa.keela.co/Donate2023. 

Warning Regarding Email Scams

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We have become aware that some of you may have received emails that appear to be from Dave Davis or other church staff requesting your help. Please be very cautious. Church staff will not contact you asking you to buy gift cards, etc. Church staff emails will always come from a nassauchurch.org email – not a gmail or other address. We have taken steps to encrypt email addresses on our website to prevent this but it seems nothing can completely block determined scammers.

Please DO NOT respond to these emails. Even if you think an email is really from a church staff member, please make independent contact to verify before you make a financial transaction. You can send an email through the encrypted emails on our website or you can call the church and leave a message. We check the messages regularly.

We can all work together to deter this by reporting these phishing attempts through our service  providers’ reporting processes. If you have questions, please call or email the church office.

We appreciate that folks want to help and just want to make sure that none of us are taken advantage of. Use a healthy dose of skepticism!

Partners in Faith – Documentary

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“Telling Our Stories” is a new documentary film that tells of the history and relationship of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church and Nassau Presbyterian Church. It is the story of how two congregations are working to be honest about our past and move forward together standing on our faith and building relationships one by one. It is 37 minutes long and is a must see!!

The bulletin from the October 8 service, linked below, also contains a history of Presbyterians in Princeton since 1755 compiled by members of the churches.

Partners in Faith: Our Journey Together

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Witherspoon Street & Nassau Presbyterian Churches

Sunday, October 8, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Sanctuary
Reception following, Assembly Room

Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJ, founded 1840.
Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJ, founded as The First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, 1766.

Learn more about the shared history of Witherspoon Street and Nassau Presbyterian Churches. The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Lee Walton, President of Princeton Theological Seminary, will speak and we will view a brief documentary by Bob Meola.

By telling the stories of our shared history over the last 186 years, this project offers a look at the evolution and practice of the Presbyterian faith, in one of the oldest towns in America, through the multicolored lenses of our congregations.

Mark Edwards at TCNJ

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Mark Edwards
Mark Edwards

Please join me in offering congratulations to Dr. Mark Edwards! This fall Mark began a full-time teaching position at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) where he has served as an adjunct for many years. Mark will be teaching ethics in the School of Engineering, working with the Honors program, and introducing freshmen to the study of philosophy and religion.

We are also grateful that Mark is continuing at Nassau in his role of Director of Youth Ministry. Though he will be reducing his time with us during the week, Mark will continue to lead the strong team of interns, teachers, and advisors that has been built through the years by God’s grace and God’s Spirit. We look forward to a robust season of Sunday morning church school, Sunday evening fellowship and choir, and confirmation class. And yes, a line-up of summer trips for 2024 is also on the ticket!!

On Thursday September 14th at 7pm, Mark and the Youth Ministry Committee will host an open meeting on Zoom to field any questions and to talk through the year. All are welcome to join us! Get the log-in details from Lauren Yeh (email, x106).

With grace and peace

David A. Davis
Pastor

A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast

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Listen as Hannah (Davis) Millson leads discussions about inclusion in the church with current and former members of Nassau’s congregation.

September 1, 2022

Danny introduces the podcast and the interview with Nancy begins about the 22 minute mark.

Listen (website)

Question of the Week: What do you think heaven looks like?

Special Guests: Hannah Millson, Project Coordinator for Employment and Business Services at AHRC NYC; Nancy Wilson & Danny Miller

Guest Question: What is the experience of people with disabilities and their families in the church?

September 8, 2022

Listen (website)

Question of the Week: Having people speak in church and preach who have accents can be controversial or difficult for some churches because of concerns about native speakers not understanding what the person is saying. What do you think about this?

Special Guests: Hannah Millson, Project Coordinator for Employment and Business Services at AHRC NYC; Bill Gaventa, Founder and Director Emeritus, Institute on Theology and Disability

Guest Question: What progress has been made with regards to disability inclusion in faith communities? What progress remains to be done?

Rev. Davis contributes to a new compilation of homilies and reflections

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A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

Excited to share that our pastor, Dave Davis, has contributed several sermons to this just released collection!!

Read more online: https://bit.ly/ClearFaithLaunch

Other contributors include Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz Weber, James Martin, and Brian McLaren.

 

All proceeds from this year long collection of sermons go to non-profit groups around the country working to support immigrants and undocumented individuals and families.

Advent Evening Prayer Services

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Join in mid-week fellowship, share prayer concerns, join in song.

This season Nassau will gather each Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00pm for a brief service of evening prayer hosted and led by members of our church staff.

These services will be held on Zoom. A link will be sent out to the “News from Nassau (All-Church News)” email list. This is the list that receives our mid-week Nassau Generations email newsletter. If you would like to be added to this list, please visit the Newsletter page of this website.

 

#MissionMonday – Princeton Presbyterians

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Beyond Breaking Bread

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For more information visit:

Princeton Presbyterians (link)

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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