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#MissionMonday – Loaves & Fishes (May 2025)

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Friday, May 30 (Princeton) and/or Saturday, May 31 (Trenton)

Loaves and Fishes at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Trenton, needs our help!  Join us in Princeton on Friday to prepare parts of the meal, or serve in Trenton on Saturday, or prepare complete bag lunches or donate individually wrapped brownies. Volunteering for Loaves and Fishes, whether it’s donating food, or your time, is an opportunity to lend a hand to some folks that can use some assistance.  Join our community of faith in action. Read more and sign up online.


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Holy Week and Easter

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Join us for worship services as we mark the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord.

Services

If you do not already receive our “Worship Links” emails on Sunday mornings, please sign up to receive them during Holy Week:

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Palm Sunday, April 13, 9:15 a.m. (in-person and live-stream) and 11:00 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, April 17, 7:00 p.m., a service of Tenebrae readings and Communion.

Good Friday, April 18, 12:00 p.m., a service of readings of The Way of the Cross, music by our youth, and prayer.

Easter Sunday, April 20, 6:00 a.m., a service at Princeton Cemetery.

Easter Sunrise Breakfast
Join for the Paul Robeson Breakfast immediately following the joint Nassau Presbyterian and Witherspoon Street Presbyterian sunrise service in the Princeton Cemetery. The breakfast will be in the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall beginning around 7:30AM on April 20. For details and to RSVP, click the link below.

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Easter Sunday, April 20, 9:00 a.m. (in-person only) and 11:00 a.m. (in-person & live-stream), Festival celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord.

Flowering the Cross

On Easter Sunday transform a symbol of death into a beautiful reminder of God’s love, on the plaza in front of Nassau Church. Flowers will be provided. You are also welcome to bring cut flowers from your own garden to add to the cross.

WorthWild: Nature & Narrative

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Connecting with nature, deepening our faith and strengthening our sense of community.

An Art of Faithfulness Event, Saturday, May 3, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Conference Room

You are invited to take a break from our chaotic world and spend a day with the Rev. Dawn Stegelmann exploring the grounds of Nassau Church through a variety of creative experiences. Using our senses, reflection and conversation, Dawn will lead us in a time of connection with nature, uncovering God’s presence through our natural world, and deepening our faith and sense of community. This experience is open to all people of ages and physical capabilities.

Lunch will be provided, and you should wear weather-appropriate attire for the outdoors.

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#MissionMonday – ArmInArm

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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.


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Hurricane Helene Response

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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

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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:

  1. register to vote;
  2. request a mail-in ballot; and
  3. 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Handel’s Messiah with Artwork from OMSC

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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

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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.


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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.


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