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MLK Jr. Day of Service on Monday, January 19, 2026

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Join us for a full day of learning, service, and community as we honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and live out our Christian commitment to human flourishing in all places. All are welcome—come for one part of the day or stay for as much as you’re able.

ROBESON HOUSE TEACH-IN

“Where Do We Go From Here?”

Monday, January 19, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Sanctuary of Nassau Presbyterian Church
Begin MLK Jr. Day with a morning of learning and reflection as we explore the powerful, intersecting stories of the Robeson family and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and how their witness calls us to faithful action today.
Registration Required: https://tinyurl.com/PRHPTeachIn26 

HANDS-ON PROJECTS

Monday, January 19, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, Assembly Room
Join us for hands-on service projects for all ages! We’ll make pet blankets for orphaned animals, pack sack lunches for Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), assemble Creativity Kits for HomeFront, pack personal care products for Arm In Arm clients, and create calendars for ABC Literacy. Bring donations to the Assembly Room through January 19.
Donation list: https://nassauchurch.org/an-advent-moment-of-mission/
Contact Ingrid Ladendorf (email, x105)

COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP

Monday, January 19, 1:00-3:00 pm, Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, 57 Mountain Ave, Princeton
Spend the afternoon caring for our local environment alongside Friends of Princeton Open Space. Volunteers will help remove invasive species in riparian restoration areas and install deer-exclusion caging to protect young tree saplings.
Registration Required
https://bit.ly/NPC26FoPOS, choose the 1:00-3:00 pm session.
Contact Mark Edwards (email, x109)

COMMUNITY WORSHIP SERVICE

Monday, January 19, 7:00 pm
Princeton United Methodist Church, at the corner of Nassau Street & Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton
Join us for a Multi-Faith celebration of the life, faith, and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sponsored by the Princeton Clergy Association and the Coalition for Peace Action.

You are also invited to join the pick-up community choir: the rehearsal is Monday, January 12, 7:00-9:00 pm at the PUMC, and warm up is 6:00 pm on January 19.
Choir Sign Up https://bit.ly/44X3Cdq

 

#MissionMonday – Churches for Middle East Peace

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The Gift of Peace

As we enter a new year, we renew our commitment to serve with compassion, courage, and joy.

We give thanks for the mission partnerships that anchor our ministry and for the generosity that flows so freely from this community. Your faithfulness truly makes a difference. Partners like @churchesformep are working for hope and peace around the world – true lights in this sacred season.

Tomorrow is Epiphany, the final day for Alternative Gifts—a wonderful way to support mission partners as we begin 2026 with gratitude and purpose.

May this first full week of the year inspire hope and renewed dedication to loving our neighbors.


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#MissionMonday – Cetana Educational Foundation

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The Gift of Language

As the year draws to a close, we give thanks for the many ways God has been at work through our congregation’s mission and outreach.

Your support—through gifts, volunteering, and faithful presence—has touched lives both near and far. We are grateful for each act of compassion offered in Christ’s name. With partners like Cetana Educational Foundation, the members of Nassau Church are able to share and connect across the globe.

Alternative Gifts remain available through Epiphany if you’d like to make a year-end gift in honor of someone special.
Blessings as we turn toward a new year filled with possibilities.


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#MissionMonday – Trenton Microloan Collaborative

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The Gift of Support

As Christmas approaches, we remember that God comes to us in love—and calls us to love our neighbors.

Thank you for the ways you support our mission partners throughout the year and especially in this season of celebration and need. Your generosity strengthens ministries that offer food, shelter, friendship, and hope. Partners like Trenton Microloan Collaborative promote thriving communities right here in our neck of the woods.

There’s still time to participate in Alternative Gifts, which continues through January 6. It’s a simple, meaningful way to share Christ’s love with others.

Wishing you peace and joy as we approach Christmas.


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Journeys of Faith: The Greatest Generation through Gen Z

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Adult Education for January 2026

Sundays, 9:30 a.m., in the Assembly Room, unless otherwise noted
Breakfast snacks will be ready by 9:15 a.m.

Each January, our meaningful tradition of intergenerational education brings together Middle School, High School, and Adults of all ages to share in food, fellowship, and the stories of God at work in our community. Over light breakfast and good conversation, we listen for the ways faith is lived, deepened, and discovered across generations.

This year’s speakers offer a remarkable range of voices from within our own congregation—voices shaped by ministry, creativity, and leadership.

Come for the breakfast snack, stay for the wisdom, humor, creativity, and witness of your fellow Nassau pilgrims. All are welcome as we begin a new year listening for God’s faithfulness among us.

Download Flyer (pdf)

Audio recordings will be posted below each class description.

🎧 Listen On the Go!
Adult Education classes and sermons are now available as podcasts on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Search “Nassau Presbyterian Church”—follow or subscribe to be alerted when new recordings are uploaded.

January 4 | Felipe Paz

Revolutionary prone human being, enthusiastic, curious and passionate. Seeks to make everyday a day worth living and the lives of those around better. Traveler of cultures and traditions. Loves to climb, ski, snowboard and put theology into practice. Fútbol is life!

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January 11 | Dave Davis

Dave is the senior pastor of Nassau Presbyterian Church, where he has served since 2000. He earned his Ph.D. in Homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary and taught there for several years as a visiting lecturer. His scholarship focuses on preaching as a corporate act and the active role of the listener. Before coming to Princeton, he served for fourteen years as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Blackwood, New Jersey.

Dave is the author of A Kingdom You Can Taste and Lord, Teach Us to Pray and has served on the boards of the Presbyterian Foundation and the Princeton YMCA. He has preached widely in the U.S. and internationally, including in South Africa and Scotland, as well as at the Calvin Symposium for Worship and on the campuses of Harvard and Duke.

A native of Pittsburgh, Dave is married to Cathy Cook Davis, also a Presbyterian minister. They have two children, Hannah and Ben, and two grandchildren, Franny and Maddy.

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January 18 | Christianne Bessières Lane

Christianne is a mom, wife, and musician. She with her flutist husband, John, has been a member of Nassau Presbyterian Church since 2003, and sang in the Adult Choir for several years before the gifts of her two children. Now that her children are in school, she gratefully uses her gifts to create more music to serve God and beautify the world. Christianne has developed a musical and spiritual practice of creating rounds or canonic settings of biblical and other religious texts.

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January 25 | Sarah Berliner

Conversations with Mary Bess Clark, Doodie Meyer, Nancy Prince, and Carol Wehrheim

Sarah is a junior at West Windsor Plainsboro High School South. She enjoys playing field hockey and lacrosse. An active member at Nassau, Sarah participates in youth Fellowship, singing in Cantorei, helping with Carol Choir, and is on the Youth Ministry Committee.

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#Mission Monday – Community Pantry

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Supporting Our Neighbors, One Can at a Time

This week as we celebrate Thanksgiving in gratitude, we are mindful that many of our community members and neighbors are experiencing food insecurity. One way Nassau is meeting this need is through our Community Cabinet, located in front of the church on the Elm Dr. side. The Cabinet is available for all with a need.

Contributions are welcome and encouraged! Stop by anytime to add groceries to the cabinet – things like masa harina (corn flour), canned goods, and dry goods are always a good option. And if you are in need of some extra groceries this season, stop by and pick up some items, no questions asked. Jesus calls us to feed the hungry and to gather at table together, in lean times and seasons of plenty. Let’s keep the feast!

#MissionMonday – Housing Initiatives of Princeton

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Providing a bridge to stable housing, better employment and a sustainable future.

As the weather turns cold, we are especially grateful for our mission partners working for housing stability in our community. Housing Initiatives of Princeton (HIP) offers a network of services that promote sustainable long-term housing and employment. We are proud to support HIP as they support our neighbors.

Learn more or make a donation: https://www.housinginitiativesofprinceton.org/

2025-26 Child & Youth Registration

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Summer greetings!

We are excited about the coming program year at Nassau Presbyterian Church. This post contains registration and program information for the upcoming year.

REGISTRATION

We ask parents to complete a new form each year to ensure we have accurate information on your family to ensure your child’s health and safety. If you have previously registered a child with us, you will recieve a pre-filled registration form by email in the first week of August. Families with multiple children will received a separate email for each.

To complete your registration, please:

  • print the registration form that was emailed to you,
  • make changes/additions using the fields on page two,
  • with or without changes, please sign and date page one of the form, and
  • return these two pages to the church office as soon as possible – by Tuesday, September 2 or earlier – to make sure your child’s name appears correctly on our attendance lists.

If you are new to our church – Welcome! – or have an additional child to register, blank forms are available here and in the literature rack outside the church office:

Registration Form(pdf)

START UP DATES

This attachment lists the regular schedule and the startup dates for our program year long (Sept-May) activities:

Startup Dates (pdf)

Please be in touch if you have any questions. With anticipation for the coming year!

Mark Edwards (x109)

Director, Youth Ministries

Ingrid Ladendorf (x105)

Director, Children’s & Family Ministries
Director, Choirs for Children & Youth

Summer Hunger Relief Campaign

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School’s Out. Hunger’s Out. You Can Help!

During the summer months, when school meal programs are on pause, many local families face increased food insecurity. Arm In Arm’s Summer Hunger Relief Campaign helps bridge this gap by providing essential pantry items to those in need—especially families with children.

Most Needed Items:

  • Rice
  • Peanut Butter
  • Pasta
  • Low-Sugar Cereal
  • Shelf-Stable Milk

Drop off your donations in the collection bin located near the playground at 61 Nassau Street.

Double your donation by bringing your items in a reusable shopping bag!

Volunteer Opportunities – Ongoing All Year

With local college students away for the summer, Arm In Arm needs extra hands! Volunteers help with food pantry distribution, deliveries to homebound clients, and more. Whether you have a few hours once a week or once a month, your time makes a real difference.

Sign Up to Volunteer: https://arminarm.givepulse.com/group/294989-Arm-In-Arm
Contact: Shariq Marshall – email | 609-508-7851

 

Summer Mission Projects (2025)

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As we begin our summer worship schedule and temporarily move to the PTS Chapel on April 27, we also look ahead to a season of service. Nassau Church’s summer mission projects offer simple, meaningful ways to make a difference—most requiring just a few hours of your time. Whether you’re able to volunteer in person or support with a donation, each opportunity helps extend care and compassion to our neighbors near and far. Explore the 2025 Summer Mission Projects and find your way to join in.

Hunger Offering

Last Sunday of the month 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.

Give Now

PTS Coat Drive

May 4 – June 29 (extended through July while we are worshiping at the PTS Chapel!)

Doing some spring cleaning? Help restock the Princeton Theological Seminary Coat Closet, a resource for international students as they prepare for the New Jersey winters. Each year we collect gently worn men’s and women’s winter coats, fleece pullovers and winter accessories. We are also looking for donations of new socks for both men and women, or the cash to purchase them. A Warmer Winter Starts with You.

Drop items in the marked box at the PTS Chapel on Sunday mornings or contact the church office to drop off during the week.

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School Supplies Drive

July 6 – August 17

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. Supplying Confidence, One Student at a Time.

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 – August

Friday, August 22 & Saturday, August 23

Join us for our 33rd 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 to donate food or time. More Than a Meal—A Moment of Care

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We also appreciate your financial support. Twice each year we purchase food items to prepare the hot meals and four times a year we purchase personal care products.

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