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Events
#MissionMonday – ArmInArm
Our Mission Partner ArmInArm serves Mercer County families through food pantries, grocery deliveries, and housing stability services.
One of their three brick-and-mortar pantries is in the basement of NPC. In 2025, ArmInArm expects to provide $1.5 million in direct food aid! With increased need in our community, there is an increased need for volunteers. We invite you to visit their website (link below) to learn about ways you can support this crucial organization, including bagging groceries, making deliveries, and donating items.
Hurricane Helene Response
Updated 10/8/2024
As we join in prayer for our neighbors in the southeast who have experienced devastating loss from Hurricane Helene, we are invited to give as we are able to help with immediate response and long-term recovery. Colleagues in Dave Davis’s clergy group are working with their congregations in Asheville and Black Mountain to respond in their communities with food, supplies and other needs. Montreat Conference Center, a place of spiritual formation for many over the years, is also planning for their own recovery and serving as a supply distribution center.
To streamline the donation process for our partners in ministry, please make donations to Nassau Church, using the “Give Now” page on our website (choose the “disaster relief” fund) or by check (designating “Hurricane” in the memo line). We will monitor needs and split gifts between First Presbyterian Church Asheville, Black Mountain Presbyterian Church and Montreat Conference Center.
Voter Registration Drives
Quakerbridge Mall
- Saturday, August 25, 1:00-2:00 pm
- Saturday, September 7, 12:00-1:00 pm, or 1:00-2:00 pm
These non-partisan events are intended to educate and provide assistance to eligible New Jersey voters, including how to: a) register to vote; b) request a mail-in ballot; and c) update your voter registration if you have changed your name or moved since you last registered to vote. Registration deadline is October 15 to vote in the general election on November 6.
Sign Up Genius (link)
For more information, contact Bill Creager (email), Arthur Hui (email), or Pam Wakefield (email).
Nassau Presbyterian Church
- Thursday, April 25, 6:00-9:00 pm, Assembly Room
- Saturday, April 27, 1:00-4:00 pm, Front Portico (weather permitting) or Assembly Room
Nassau Presbyterian Church is working with its sister congregations at Westminster Presbyterian Church and Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, along with members of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, to conduct voter registration/services events before the May 14 deadline to register to vote in the June 6 New Jersey primary election and before the October 15 deadline to vote in the November 5 general election.
These non-partisan events are intended to educate and provide assistance to eligible voters, including how to:
- register to vote;
- request a mail-in ballot; and
- update your voter registration if you have changed your name or moved since you last registered to vote.
To kick-off this initiative, Nassau Presbyterian and Witherspoon Street Presbyterian churches are co-sponsoring these two events at Nassau. Please spread the word! Volunteers will be able to help individuals register to vote or update their registration details. A representative from the League of Women Voters (Princeton chapter) will also be present to help answer questions for voters from any state. Light refreshments will be provided.
Westminster Presbyterian and the Lawrenceville churches will be co-sponsoring similar events in the greater Trenton area at dates and times to be announced. Check back here for more details.
Contact Bill Creager (email), Arthur Hui (email), or Pam Wakefield (email) for more information and/or to help volunteer at these or other upcoming events.
Summer ’24 Mission Projects
Hunger Offering
June 30, July 28, August 25, during 10:00 am Worship
This offering supports the following mission partners: HomeFront, Presbyterian Hunger Program, Send Hunger Packing Princetons, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, and Uniting Reformed Church in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Thank you for giving until all are fed. Use the “Hunger” fund when you give online (“Give Now”) or in the memo line of your check.
School Supplies Drive
July 7 – August 11
Providing supplies for success. We are once again joining with Westminster Presbyterian Church (WPC), our partner church in Trenton, to provide backpacks filled with school essentials for local students. Our goals are 150 backpacks and $5,000 for the supplies to fill them. Bring backpacks to the Narthex on Sunday mornings; use the “School Supplies” fund when you give online (“Give Now”) or in the memo line of your check.
Loaves & Fishes
Friday, August 23 & Saturday, August 24
Join us for our 32nd year of service. Volunteering for Loaves and Fishes, whether it’s donating food, money, or time, is an opportunity to be fed and to join our community of faith in action. Use the “Loaves & Fishes” fund when you give online (“Give Now”) or in the memo line of your check. Use the Sign Up button below to donate food or time.
PTS Coat Drive
August 18 – September 15
Restock the PTS Coat Closet. To help prepare international students at the Seminary for the New Jersey winters, donate gently worn men’s and women’s winter coats, fleece pullovers and winter accessories. This year we are also looking for donations of new socks for both men and women. Bring items to the Assembly Room on Sunday mornings; contact the church office to drop off during the week.
Handel’s Messiah with Artwork from OMSC
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 4 PM, Sanctuary and Livestream
The Nassau Presbyterian Church Adult Choir and Soloists will be joined by orchestra in this innovative, Eastertide presentation of parts II & III of G.F. Handel’s beloved masterpiece, Messiah. Visual art from the global collection of the Overseas Ministries Study Center of PTS will be projected during the performance. Come hear, and see, Messiah in a new way this April! This event is free to the public and will be livestreamed on this website.
Churches for Middle East Peace, Lunch & Learn, Sunday, April 14
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), a mission partner of Nassau Church for many years, will be returning for post-worship conversation regarding the ongoing crisis and suffering in Israel/Palestine. CMEP has consistently been calling for a permanent bilateral ceasefire, the allowance of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and for the release of all hostages.
Speakers include members of CMEP staff and peace-builders from the Middle East. Understanding the geopolitics, social considerations, and other aspects of the conflict demands that we look beyond the headlines into the daily realities of people living on the ground. Churches for Middle East Peace is pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian, pro-peace, and pro-justice.
Join us to learn what it means to be someone who pursues peace, while also advocating for justice in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and beyond. Please make your reservations by Wednesday, April 10 using the online form, or by contacting Lauren Yeh (email) in the church office.
Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, Executive Director
Cannon received her first doctorate in American History with a minor in Middle Eastern studies at the University of California (Davis) focusing on the history of the American Protestant church in Israel and Palestine and her second doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation from Northern Theological Seminary. She is the author of several books including the award-winning Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World and editor of A Land Full of God: Christian Perspectives on the Holy Land.
Tamar Haddad, And Still We Rise Coordinator
A full-time And Still We Rise Coordinator based in Jerusalem, Haddad was hugely impacted by her involvement in leadership programs like MEPI – Student Leaders Program, International Women Leaders, and the Clinton Global Initiative University. While she previously served as the Project Manager for Gender Justice at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), Haddad currently serves at the UN Commission on the Status of Women and volunteers as a Regional Coordinator at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF).
Destiny Magnett, Programs and Outreach Manager
Magnett joined CMEP following an eight-week Middle East Fellowship where she helped to bolster and expand CMEP’s relationships on the ground in Israel/Palestine. Prior to joining CMEP, Destiny worked in the U.S. Department of State, USAID, Search for Common Ground– Jordan, and Harvard’s Office of Religion and Public Life. Destiny is also an MTS candidate at Harvard Divinity School and holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Grinnell College.
Please make your reservations by Wednesday, April 10 using the online form, or by contacting Lauren Yeh (email) in the church office.
Celebrating Black History Month
at Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church
112 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-1666
Sunday morning services at 10:00 a.m.
Sunday, February 4, 2024, Film Documentary, Acts of Faith, showcases the role of WSPC in the creation of a planned integrated community in Princeton during the 1950s. Immediately after church in the Fellowship Hall there will be a discussion and a Q&A with the filmmaker, Diane Ciccone, Esq.
Sunday, February 11, 2024, A Moment for Mission: A video montage of beloved members sharing in their own words, their hopes and love for WSPC. A presentation of the unique accomplishments of past WSPC members by Deacon Shirley Satterfield will follow.
Sunday, February 18, 2024, Black History Month presentation by the WSPC Verse Speaking Choir.
Sunday, February 25, 2024, Following worship, there will be a showing of the documentary, Telling Our Stories, an exploration of the complexity of the historical relationship between WSPC and Nassau PC. A panel discussion will follow in the Fellowship Hall.
Sponsored by:
WSPC Christian Education Committee
WSPC Church Life Committee
Contact: WSPC Office (email)
Lenten Small Groups 2024
If you have never been part of a Small Group, why not try it out? If you are a perennial participant, welcome back! Space may be limited for many groups, so sign up soon! Whether you opt for in-person or virtual groups, the promise that the Holy Spirit is present when two or more are gathered in God’s name remains a constant.
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| 9 a.m. | Murals in Motion | |||||
| 10 a.m. | Who Is My Neighbor | |||||
| 12 p.m. | Who Is My Neighbor | |||||
| 1:30 p.m. | Who Is My Neighbor | |||||
| 7 p.m. | Movies | Contemporary Novels | Who Is My Neighbor | |||
| 7 p.m. | Creatio Divina | |||||
| 7:30 p.m. | Sacred Art of Photography |
Who Is My Neighbor?
Linked In Learning Series
But wanting to vindicate himself, [an expert in the law] asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29 NRSV)
Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan invites us to imagine what it looks like to be a good neighbor. What does it mean for us to “go and do likewise” (v. 37) as individuals and a congregation? We will explore stories from Luke & Acts about how Jesus and the early church engaged with their neighbors. We will consider what neighboring looks like for us today in our own communities.
Get Linked-In for Lent as our education, small groups, and preaching life at Nassau will all focus on these stories. Join us on Sunday mornings in the Assembly Room as Eric Barreto, Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, leads adult education. Ned Walthall will lead the class on March 3 in connection with his Conference Room exhibit “Who is My Neighbor?” featuring portraits from Grand Central Terminal.
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Mondays, February 12 – March 18, 1:30-3:00 PM
In-person at the home of Carol Wehrheim in Skillman, NJ
This group is full
Carol Wehrheim is Clerk of Session. She finds small groups a necessary part of her life with Nassau Church and enjoys playing cornhole.
Wednesdays, February 14 – March 20, 10:00-11:00 AM
Virtual on Zoom
This group is full
Dave Davis has been pastor and head-of-staff at Nassau since the fall of 2000. His PhD in Homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary focused on preaching as a corporate act and the active role of the listener in the preaching event. He has published two sermon collections A Kingdom You Can Taste and Lord and Teach Us to Pray.
Thursdays, February 15 – March 21, 12:00-1:30 9M
Virtual on Zoom (last class in person)
Register Here
Len Scales serves as the Associate Pastor for Faith Formation, Mission, and Outreach. She also serves part-time as the Executive Co-Director of the Westminster Foundation and Presbyterian Chaplain at Princeton University.
Thursdays, February 15 – March 21, 7:00-8:30 PM
Davis/Heaps Home in Princeton, NJ
Register Here
Steve Heaps has been a member of Nassau Presbyterian Church since October 2022. He is retired from the Federal government where he spent his career with the National Archives as an archivist, project manager and supervisor. Steve has enjoyed participating in previous small groups and looks forward to leading a group during this Lenten season. He lives in Princeton with his wife and Nassau member Wendy Davis.
Additional Small Group Options
Exploring “Who Is My Neighbor?” with Black Filmmakers
Sundays, February 11 – March 17, 7:00-8:20 PM
Virtual on Zoom
Register Here
Jesus answered the question, “Who is my neighbor?” by telling a parable. We will explore the question with black filmmakers in front of and/or behind the camera lens as they tell their stories. We will watch the movies during the week and discuss them together when we meet. Movies in the six-week small group series: Selma, Black Panther, Fences, Do the Right Thing, Just Mercy and Moonlight. Find where to stream these movies on Just Watch (https://www.justwatch.com/).
Roz Anderson Flood is a deacon, a ruling elder, a member of the Worship and Arts Committee and sings second alto in the Adult Choir. She is a former member of the Adult Education Committee. She has led workshops in poetry and participated in many small groups at Nassau.
Marshall McKnight, a lifelong movie buff, has been a Nassau Church member since 2011. He is a deacon and is active on the Mass Incarceration Task Force. He also serves on the Adult Education and Membership Committees. He was a journalist for seven years and for the last 19 has worked for the State of New Jersey.
Transformative Love in Three Contemporary Novels
Mondays, February 12 – March 18, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Wehrheim Home in Skillman, NJ
Register Here
God loves us, this we know. That love transforms us, makes us new, and it is that grace, that love, that enables us to love one another, a process that is also transformative. This group will explore the complex ways in which love transforms the lives of characters in three contemporary novels, Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful, Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge, and Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.
Ned Walthall is a photographer based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He received his MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College (formerly the New Hampshire Institute of Art). His work has been shown throughout the United States and abroad. Additionally, his street photography in Grand Central Terminal after the Covid pandemic has been featured in the online journal Lenscratch. His work can be seen at nedwalthall.com and he can be followed on Instagram at @walthallphotography.
Carol Wehrheim, a writer and Christian Education consultant, finds that Lenten small groups deepen her own prayer life and her connection to her church community.
The Art of Faithfulness
CreatioDivina
Mondays, February 26 – March 25, 7:00-8:30 PM
Conference Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church or on Zoom
Register Here
CreatioDivina, hosted by BeauFolio Studio, combines the spiritual discipline of Lectio Divina with the guided practice of creating sacred visual art. We will utilize various modes of creativity to reflect on our emerging stories as we dwell on the Seven Last Words of Jesus during this Lenten small group.
Carmelle Beaugelin (www.carmellebeaugelin.com ) is a Haitian-American visual artist based in Princeton, NJ. Her creative focus includes paintings inspired by Afro-Latin Caribbean art styles and Christian spirituality. She is the Founder and Lead Curating Artist at BeauFolio Studio. Carmelle received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Art of Faithfulness
Sacred Art of Photography “Who Is My Neighbor?”
Thursdays, February 15 – March 21, 7:30-9:00 PM
Virtual on Zoom
Register Here
This Spring, Sacred Art of Photography returns for six sessions, focusing on the concept of neighbor. What are the words we think of when we encounter other human beings? The range is huge, and depends on context. Sometimes it is “love” or “compassion” or “joy” or the desire to “help.” Sometimes we feel “threatened” or “irritated.” Sometimes our own response to others is “arrogance” or “fear” or “anger.” Sometimes that is precisely their response to us. Members of the group will be provided with a large list of these words. Each week they will be asked to choose one word from the list and take two photographs that are evoked by it. In doing so, we will explore the range of emotional responses that are possible when we encounter those to whom Jesus has called upon us to be neighbors.
Ned Walthall is a photographer based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He received his MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College (formerly the New Hampshire Institute of Art). His work has been shown throughout the United States and abroad.
Tim Brown has led and participated in numerous small groups. He has been an amateur photographer going back to when cameras used film and lenses had to be focused by hand. For over fifty years he has been on a photographer’s journey of discovery; reveling in the light of the world.
Art of Faithfulness
Murals In Motion
Saturday, March 2, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Assembly Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church
Register Here
Whether you view yourself as creative or not, you are made in the image of the great Creator. Julie Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way, states, “When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God.” The disciplines of art and dance will be joined together, creating a playful and supportive morning to explore your view of God and yourself through movement, art, creation, and conversation.
Carmelle Beaugelin is a Haitian-American visual artist based in Princeton, NJ. Her creative focus includes paintings inspired by Afro-Latin Caribbean art styles and Christian spirituality. She is the Founder and Lead Curating Artist at BeauFolio Studio. Carmelle received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Annalise Hume is a dancer who spends her time teaching, facilitating movement workshops, and offering Spiritual Direction to others with the hope of helping individuals and groups take steps towards wholeness and flourishing. She holds a BFA in Dance from Univ. of Minnesota and MDiv and MA from Princeton Theological Seminary. Her work brings together faith and movement as she invites participants to live out their own faith and purpose.
Dan + Claudia Zanes Live in Concert at Nassau Presbyterian Church!
We look forward to welcoming folk musicians Dan + Claudia Zanes back to Nassau Church THIS SATURDAY, January 13 at 5 p.m! This special evening supports Arm in Arm. Admission will be one boxed or canned food item per person. Let’s pack the pews, fill the pantry and raise the roof!
Food items to bring include*:
-Canned low-fructose fruit
-Canned low-sodium vegetable
-Canned tuna, salmon, chicken or chili
-Canned beans or 1 lb. bag dried beans
No glass containers please!
Please be sure to check expiration dates.
*Monetary donations to Arm in Arm will also be accepted.