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#MissionMonday – HomeFront

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Helping Families Break the Cycle of Poverty

HomeFront, a Mission Partner of Nassau based in Lawrenceville, provides shelter, housing assistance, groceries, and social services to families experiencing poverty in central New Jersey. Recognizing an emerging need with the families they serve and proposing an expansion of their project to the Missions and Outreach Committee, HomeFront used grant funding from Nassau to distribute 114,800 diapers in the month of August alone.

Nassau also supports HomeFront through the monthly Hunger Offering. Organizations supported by your faithful giving each month received over $10,000 in the past fiscal year. At HomeFront, this has contributed to the 23,426 cartloads of groceries distributed at their Choice Market and pop-up food pantries since October. We invite you to bring a donation to church this Sunday (the last Sunday of the month) or give online through the Give Now page of this website and selecting “Hunger Fund” from the drop down menu.

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Plan Your Vote: Election Day is November 5

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Transporation to Polling Places:

The League of Women Voters has identified senior citizen and assisted living facilities in Mercer and Middlesex Counties whose residents need transportation to polling places during early voting or the general election.

And if anyone in our Nassau Church family requires any transportation assistance to a polling place, please contact us as well.

To volunteer contact Karen Brown (email) or Rich O’Brien (email)

New Jersey Voting Details:

  • Early Voting Period: October 26 through November 3
  • Deadline to apply by mail for a mail-in ballot: October 29 (envelope must be post-marked October 29)
  • Deadline to apply to receive a mail-in ballot by email delivery for qualified overseas civilians and military personnel: November 1
  • Deadline to apply in person for a mail-in ballot: November 4, 3 pm
  • Election Day: November 5
  • Deadline for Post Office to receive mail-in ballot (with November 5 postmark): November 5
  • Deadline for in person submission of mail-in ballot to county election offices or authorized ballot boxes: November 5.

Find more voting dates and deadlines online:

New Jersey NJ Department of State | Vote

Pennsylvania PA Agencies | Upcoming Elections

 

#MissionMonday – Churches for Middle East Peace

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On the anniversary of Hamas’s horrific attack on Israel, marking a year of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and in the midst of escalation in the Middle East, we join Churches for Middle East Peace in a prayer for justice and healing.

Churches for Middle East Peace is a Mission Partner of Nassau, educating churches, empowering us to advocate for policy changes moving toward peace, and connecting with Christians in Palestine. Join CMEP for a daily prayer over Zoom or watch their daily updates on the state of the crisis in Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank at cmep.org/resources.

#MissionMonday – Presbyterian Women

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On this #MissionMonday we highlight the work of Presbyterian Women (PW) in the Synod of the Northeast.

Nassau supports PW by giving to the Synod. Presbyterian Women educate, donate, and advocate for peace and justice locally, regionally, and globally.

We invite you to attend Adult Education on Sunday, October 6 for a special #JusticeSpotlight on the Presbyterian Delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (read more here). Also consider attending the Fall Gathering of Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of the Coastlands on Saturday, October 12, where you can hear from leaders advocating for protection from gun violence, Christian churches in Palestine, and improved healthcare in Haiti.

RSVP to by October 7. You can find more information at https://pwsne.org/.

#MissionMonday – Capital Harmony Works

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Capital Harmony Works empowers young people as teams of musicians, providing an environment of abundant resources and high expectations, and enriching the community through the joyful pursuit of excellence together.


As the September Adult Education series, Practicing Creation: Reflecting the Image of God, is underway, we highlight one of our Mission Partners bringing the joy of artistic creation to local children.
The organization runs three programs: Trenton Children’s Chorus, Trenton Music Makers, and Music for the Very Young. Through music lessons, performances across the country, academic support, and college preparation, Capital Harmony Works encourages the sharing of expertise with and between Mercer County youth. 

Learn more and volunteer to play games, mentor, or offer your musical expertise for participants on their website capitalharmony.works

#MissionMonday – Summer Mission Projects

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THANK YOU for supporting our 2024 Summer Missions Projects! Through your joyful giving in partnership with Westminster Presbyterian Church, we were able to supply 150 students between Trenton with backpacks full of school supplies. We are thankful for all of those who donated backpacks, funds, and their time to make this possible. See the Thank You from Pastor Karen here.

We also successfully fed 200 neighbors at St. Mary’s Cathedral through Loaves and Fishes on Saturday, August 24. Participants received a hot dinner, along with a bagged lunch, packaged leftover dinner for the next day, and personal care items. Thank you to everyone who helped shred chicken, brought bagged lunches, delivered meals, and served with us! 

 If you enjoyed direct service like the projects above, consider signing up to support the Arm In Arm Food Pantry this Fall Volunteers are currently needed for Monday and Tuesday during working hours: https://signup.com/go/PgptPDG.

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.

Give Now

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.

Give Now

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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Moment for Mission: HomeWorks Trenton

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HomeWorks Trenton is a free, community-based, after-school residential program designed to provide a supportive and safe space where high school girls learn to self-advocate, become leaders, and achieve academic success.

Four aspects define our program:

  1. Residential Boarding: From Sunday evenings to Friday mornings, our scholars live in our dorm with three staff and spend weekends with their families. Residential boarding creates a structured, stable environment for scholars to focus on academics and personal growth. It provides an immersive community experience for scholars to collectively grow in ways traditional, non-residential programs do not allow.
  2. Core Curriculum (Academics  & Identity-Driven Leadership): Our academics programming focuses on daily tutoring, skill development, and college preparation. Additionally, scholars engage in Black and Brown girl-centered workshops, social justice discussions and readings, and a public service capstone and internship. This curriculum equips scholars with the tools and confidence to become leaders that ultimately creates systemic change in their communities.
  3. Career Readiness: Third and fourth year internships and electives allow scholars to explore their academic and career interests, making an impact in the community while gaining valuable work experience.
  4. Wellness, Field Trips, and Travel: Group Therapy offer spaces for scholars to develop mindful habits and practice self-love. HomeWorks also sponsors group travel to local organizations (like local theater productions) and cities such as New York and Washington D.C. to further supplement their public education and offer experiential learning opportunities outside of the classroom.

HomeWorks offers the support girls need to graduate from high school, attend college, feel confident in their discovery and evolution of self, become effective leaders, and create change. Our mission is to inspire and equip young women from marginalized communities to achieve their potential and positively transform the world around them by providing a supportive and educational residential environment.

Special Presentation on Famed “Red Tail” Tuskegee Airmen

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Wednesday May 15, 7:30-9:00 pm, on Zoom

On behalf of Bending the Moral Arc Courageous Conversations (BMA CC), Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church’s Christian Education Committee, and Nassau Presbyterian Church, we are thrilled to invite you to our virtual meeting on May 15th at 7:30 pm honoring the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. This BMA CC meeting will feature Princeton graduate, Gordon Smith. Gordon will tell the inspirational story of how his father, Captain Luther H. Smith of the fabled “Tuskegee Airmen,” fought racism in our country’s armed forces, and served heroically as one of the “Red Tail” fighter pilots in the skies above Germany in World War II. We hope to see you there!!

Join Zoom Meeting (Link)

Meeting ID: 860 0554 4490
Passcode: 046905

 

2024 VIP Water Walk

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Save Lives in Malawi

Help save lives in the impoverished villages of Malawi!

This spring, the stakes are perilously high: Disastrous droughts in southern Africa have triggered a hunger crisis for millions in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In Villages in Partnership’s 29 partner villages, the drought has caused failed crops and widespread hunger.

In response, VIP has dedicated their 2024 Water Walk fund-raiser on Saturday, May 4, to bringing clean water to the villages, not just for drinking, but to irrigate farmers’ fields to replant and replace the crops lost to drought.

VIP Water Walk 2024

How You Can Help:

  • Walk with Us! Join the Nassau Church Water Walkers who walk to raise funds to bring clean water to Malawi, both during the VIP Water Walk on May 4 in Allentown, NJ, and in the weeks leading up to the Water Walk in their own neighborhoods. For information, contact Liz Beasley (email) or Larry Alphs (email).
  • Support Us! Donate what you can to the cause. Just click one of the Nassau Church Water Walkers Team member’s fund-raising links below to make your gift:

Liz Beasley
Larry Alphs
Loretta Wells

Marshall McKnight
Sarah Ringer

Thank you for your concern for our Malawi brothers and sisters.