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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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#MissionMonday – One Great Hour of Sharing, April 13, 2025

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Each year during Lent, Nassau Presbyterian Church joins with thousands of Presbyterian congregations across the country in receiving the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. This offering is the single, largest way that Presbyterians come together to share God’s love with our neighbors in need around the world.

Your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing support three vital ministries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):

  • Presbyterian Disaster Assistance — Responding quickly to natural and human-caused disasters, both in the U.S. and internationally, to help communities rebuild and recover.

  • Presbyterian Hunger Program — Working to alleviate hunger and eliminate its root causes through sustainable development and advocacy.

  • Self-Development of People — Partnering with communities experiencing oppression, poverty, and injustice to support their efforts to create lasting change.

Together, these ministries address the most pressing needs in our world—providing relief, hope, and dignity in the face of hardship.

We invite you to participate in this year’s offering by giving generously during worship on Sunday, April 13. Special envelopes will be available in the pews, and you may also give online through the church website by selecting “One Great Hour of Sharing” from the donation options.

Let us join hands in love and service, embodying the spirit of Matthew 25 and living out the hope we proclaim in the resurrection.

If we all do a little, it adds up to a lot.

Learn more about the PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing: https://pcusa.org/special-offerings/one-great-hour-sharing

Give online through MyNassau: GIVE NOW

#MissionMonday – Mass Incarceration Task Force

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The Mass Incarceration Task Force is motivated by the deep conviction that every human being is a beloved child of God. Join us on Monday, April 7 at 7:00 pm to learn about volunteering and advocacy opportunities. In addition to hearing updates from our Action Groups, we will be discussing how the current cuts to the federal government are impacting non-profit organizations working to support wrongly convicted and incarcerated persons and their families. All are welcome, including people without a religious affiliation.

Contact Anne Kuhn (email)to receive the Zoom link.

 

The images above are from Humanize the Numbers, a collaborative photography project bringing together men incarcerated within the Michigan Department of Corrections and students from the University of Michigan. See more at humanizethenumbers.com

#MissionMonday – Johnsonburg Camp & Retreat Center

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Nassau is a proud Mission Partner of Johnsonburg Camp & Retreat Center which has offered outdoors-based programming in New Jersey since 1960. This Summer Jburg is offering 5-day overnight camps with date options ranging from the last week of June to the first week of August for students from 1st to 12th grade.

Visit campjburg.org for more info!

#MissionMonday – Appalachia Service Project

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Still feeling the inspiration of our younger congregation after Youth Sunday? We invite you to support their upcoming Appalachia Service Project trip this summer, where they will help repair and clean up a community affected by natural disaster and neighbors in need. You can donate to the trip by selecting the “Appalachian Service Trip (ASP)” Fund on MyNassau: nassauchurch.org/giving/give-now.

#MissionMonday – Housing Initiatives of Princeton

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Last Sunday we heard about Housing Initiatives of Princeton (HIP)’s great work and were invited to their Spring Gathering in May. Nassau is proud to partner with HIP to prevent the eviction of our neighbors and provide transitional housing to stabilize families and individuals as they experience housing disruption.

More information: housinginitiativesofprinceton.org

#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/.