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.
Youth
2025 Summer Camps and Trips
2025 Summer Camps
Vacation Bible School (VBS)
- Mon-Thu, June 30 – July 3, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
- For age 3 through rising grade 6, join us for a morning full of crafts, music, Bible stories, and more!
Splash Camp
- Mon-Thu, June 30 – July 3 12:00 – 4:30 pm
- For rising grades 6 and up, enjoy afternoons filled with exciting water adventures like pool time, creek exploration, and a dip in the quarry.
Chancel Drama Week (CDW)
- Mon-Fri, August 10-15, 12:00-4:30 pm, Sunday, August 17, 9:00-11:00 am
- For rising grades 3-12, learn and stage a faith-based musical in one week! Perform in worship on Sunday, August 17. Everyone is cast. Friends are welcome!
Youth and Adult Volunteers we need your help to make each of these events successful.
VBS & CDW Contact Ingrid Ladendorf (email, x105)
Splash Camp Contact Mark Edwards (email, x108)
2025 Summer Trips
Schedule your forms and final payment appointment.
Appalachia Service Project (ASP)
- Sunday, July 6 – Saturday, July 12
- Age 15 and up
- Spaces are still available
Camino de Santiago
- Tuesday, July 15 – Thursday, July 31
- Age 15 and up
- This trip is FULL
2024-25 Child/Youth Registration
Dear Parents,
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 you to complete a new form each year to ensure we have accurate information on you and your child to ensure your child’s health and safety. If you have multiple children in your family, you will receive a separate registration 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 3 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:
START UP DATES
This attachment lists the regular schedule and the start up dates for our program year long (Sept-May) activities:
#MissionMonday – Johnsonburg Camp & Retreat Center
Celebrating and ensuring the indelible mark of Johnsonburg on the future
Over the past six weeks you’ve heard from friends and members of the Nassau community as they recounted their memories of Camp JBurg and their hopes for its future. We invite you to join the Cook Davis, Mackichan Walker, Olsen, and Wood Yeh families (among many more in our community) in supporting the “Marked for the Future” campaign.
Camp Johnsonburg – Summer Camp Registering Now!
Johnsonburg is a place where all may gather, and all are welcomed in God’s beautiful creation…and we are registering for SUMMER CAMP!
As New Jersey’s only Presbyterian summer camp, we have been the highlight of summer for thousands of kids across our 63 years.
We’ve got six 1-week overnight sessions for kids in rising 1st-12th grades from June to August. We have tons of activities, and our camp counselors are carefully hired, screened, and trained to be great role models for campers. Summer camp has been shown to increase social and emotional wellness in children and youth, as well as teaching them to be more independent and helping them to make friends. Compliment the faith building you are doing in church and at home with what will be your child’s favorite week of the summer. For more information, visit campjburg.org/summer-camp
Signs of Grace: Live Stories
January 8 – 29, 2023
9:30 a.m. | Assembly Room (9:15 a.m. for breakfast snacks)
All lives have twists and turns. All lives have ups and downs. All lives see signs of grace.
Our tradition of intergenerational classes in the month of January returns. Middle School, High School, and Adults of all ages are invited to breakfast with members of our community as they share stories of God’s surprising faithfulness in their lives.
Audio recordings will be posted below each class description.
January 8
John Parker
Associate Director of Medical Writing, Bracco
John is a spouse, parent of three grown children, teacher, writer, and child of God (not necessarily in that order). At Nassau, he has been an Elder, Deacon, youth leader, and church school teacher. By profession, he is a director of medical writing for a Milan-based pharma company. He is grateful for the sustaining witness to the gospel provided by Nassau Church.
January 15
Theresa Thames
Associate Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel, Princeton University
An ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church, Theresa is a graduate of Howard University, Duke University Divinity School, and Wesley Theological Seminary. She is passionate about the intersections of theology, gender, organizational development, and social justice. She is a challenging preacher, thoughtful theologian, certified yoga teacher, wife, dog mom, and devoted friend. Dean Thames is a lover of life and a music connoisseur who prioritizes self-care and believes that freedom is not optional, rest is her strength, and radical joy is her resistance. She is involved with the Princeton community through student engagement, pastoral care, overseeing religious programs, and regularly preaching at the University Chapel.
January 22
Hannah Davis Millson
Project Coordinator, Employment and Business Services at AHRC, New York City
At AHRC (Advocacy, Humanity, Re-imagination, Change) NYC, a large nonprofit organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the New York area, Hannah focuses on projects spanning employment, education, and faith and spirituality. She has also developed the Partnership for Inclusive Internships in collaboration with NYC City government to facilitate a pathway to employment for people with disabilities in civil service roles. Prior to joining AHRC NYC, Hannah taught for 5 years as a special education teacher, specializing in adaptive and vocational skills.
Listen to the PCUSA podcast that Hannah mentions in her talk: A Matter of Faith (link).
January 29
Michele Minter
Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity, Princeton University
In this role, Michele oversees the University’s initiatives focused on diversity, inclusion and access for all campus populations and serves as chief compliance officer for Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, Title IX and the Americans with Disabilities Act. From 2008 to 2011, she served as vice president for development at the College Board, where she led fundraising and strategic initiatives focused on educational policy. She is an ordained elder and deacon at the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, a trustee of the Princeton Theological Seminary and the Westminster Foundation/Princeton Presbyterians, a director of the New Covenant Trust Company, and a former trustee of the Presbyterian Foundation.
Morning of Mission 2023
Come and participate in hands-on projects when we act on our Christian commitment to human flourishing in all places. All hands are needed and welcome.
HANDS-ON PROJECTS
Monday, January 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Assembly Room
We will be making pet blankets for orphaned animals, putting together sack lunches for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), assembling Creativity Kits for HomeFront, collecting personal care products for Arm in Arm clients and making calendars for ABC Literacy. Donation items are listed below.
Contact Corrie Berg (email)
Creativity Kits for HomeFront
- pkgs. of crayons (24–48 ct.)
- pkgs. of colored pencils (24–28 ct.)
- pkgs. of markers (10–12 ct.)
- coloring books
- coloring pads/sketch pads
- individual packages of stickers
Personal Care Products for Arm in Arm
- toothbrushes and toothpaste
- shampoo and conditioner
- razors and shaving cream
- soaps and lotion
- feminine products
COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP
Monday, January 16, 1:00-3:00 pm, Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve
We will work to remove invasive species within riparian restoration project areas, as well as install deer-exclusion caging to protect young tree saplings.
Registration Required with Friends of Princeton Open Space (link)
Contact Mark Edwards (email)
Summer Trips 2023
Registration is OPEN!
Download the registration form:Summer 2023 (pdf)
- “Rising Grades” are as of September 2023
- Registration deadlines are listed for each trip
Taizé Community & Paris, France
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2022
July 19-31 (12 nights) | age 15+
Nassau returns to France to join the church universal for a week of community, prayer, song, and framping (French camping).
- Lodging: camping (Taizé) & hostel (Paris)
- Transportation: TGV & bus (to/from Taizé); Metro/cabs in Paris
- Cost: $850/pp (see flyer for more details)
Middle School Splash Camp
Registration Deadline: February 5, 2023
July 4-7 (Tue-Fri) | Rising 6th to 9th Grade
A cool bus full of kids, day trips to the best swim and splash spots, and a ton of sun ’n fun. It’ll be a summer week done right.
- Lodging: your home
- Location: Greater Princeton Area
- Transportation: Bus, pick-up/drop-off at Nassau Church
- Cost: $100/pp (bus, snacks), Bring Your Own Lunch
Appalachia Service Project
Registration Deadline: February 5, 2023
July 9-15 (Sun-Sat) | Rising 9th Grade and up
Home repair in central Appalachia has repeatedly opened our eyes, expanded our skills, helped others and done some work on us too. Come along as God does a little fixing on us all.
- Lodging: cots/air mattresses in school auditorium/gym
- Transportation: 15-passenger vans
- Cost: $450/pp (transportation, lodging & meals on site)
Lenten Devotions 2023 – Call for Writers
Ash Wednesday, 3/2/22 – Easter Sunday, 4/17/22
Would you consider writing a meditation for our 2022 Lenten daily devotional series? We are always hoping to encourage new writers to join us. These messages of faith and encouragement have become a meaningful tradition for our community, and for many beyond the Nassau congregation. We will share these messages through a daily email, and later, when the season is complete, as a PDF that can be downloaded from our website.
Participating easy — here’s how:
Each writer will be provided a choice of scriptures and guidelines for writing. Choose one or two verses meaningful to you, write a short reflection on them, and include a sentence prayer to close your reflection. It can be in any literary form: Prose, poem, haiku, dialogue, etc. Examples of our recent devotionals can be found on our website here (link).
It need not be complicated; simply from your heart. We have resources and helpers to guide you through the process. Please join us.
If you have any questions about the process or if you’re ready to sign up, please email Karen Barrows.
ASP 2022
Warmer. Safer. Drier.
Home repair in central Appalachia has repeatedly opened our eyes, expanded our skills, helped others and done some work on us too. Come along as God does a little fixing on us all.
Required Forms
Student |
Chaperone |
|---|---|
| Youth Deposit Form (pdf) due 1/30/22 | Chaperone Deposit Form (21+) (pdf) due 1/30/22 |
| Youth Permission Form (pdf) due 6/5/22 | Chaperone Permission Form (pdf) due 6/5/22 |
Also due on June 5 (Forms Day) from each participant:
- ASP Volunteer Form – Group 11515 (pdf)
- Copy (front & back) of your medical insurance card
- Final Payment
Questions about forms and due dates to Lauren Yeh.
Schedule and Packing List
- ASP Packing List (pdf)
- ASP Typical Summer Week (pdf)
ASP Online Volunteer Registration:
All the information you need to complete the online registration is on the ASP Volunteer Form.
- Go to: http://www.servicenetwork.com/reg/APPSERV/Join.asp
- Our Group Number is: 11515 (changes each year)
- ASP Online Registration Instructions (pdf)
ASP Covenant Text:
Each participant will sign the same document on or before June 5, 2022.
As a Volunteer with Appalachia Service Project, I agree:
- To familiarize myself with and abide by ASP’s Expectations, Rules and Regulations, Anti-Harassment Policy, and dress code. Required Reading (pdf)
- To work safely and report to the staff any behavior or situation that I deem unsafe.
- To be open-minded and work to build meaningful relationships with the homeowners I serve, and interact appropriately with community members and other groups at my center.
- To utilize resources in a stewardly fashion.
- To maintain a clean facility by completing the chores assigned to my group.
As an Adult Group Leader, I further agree:
- To be responsible for the whereabouts and well-being of my youth volunteers and to help enforce the expectations and rules set by ASP and the Staff, including quiet time and lights out.
- To ensure that all volunteers are present for Morning Devotions, Evening Gatherings, and all other scheduled events.
- To work with the Staff to complete the project specifically designated to my group.
- To communicate promptly and respectfully any concerns or praises I have about our volunteer experience.
Sunday, May 15 – Organizational Meeting
On Sunday, May 15, we will meet at 10:20 a.m. for a brief organizational meeting in Niles Chapel. Gather with your work team, learn about the project you’ll be working on, talk about what to pack, what to expect – get to know the other members of this year’s ASP Trip!
If you cannot make this meeting, please contact Mark Edwards (, 609-933-7599).
Splash Camp 2022
Cool kids on a ’chool bus hitting up the coolest splash spots in NJ and PA.
When: Tuesday-Friday, July 5-8, 9am – 3:30pm
Drop-off/Pick-up: Nassau Church, except on Pool Party day.
Last year’s schedule:
- Day 1: NJ Shore
- Day 2: Tohickon Creek, Bucks Cty, PA
- Day 3: Tube the Delaware
- Day 4: Backyard Pool Party
Weather: We will do our best to accommodate light rain and fluctuating weather. However, as indoor activities are not an alternative, in the event of severe storms a day’s events may have to be curtailed or canceled.
Parents: Want to drive yourself or tag along one day? You are welcome.
Questions about the Camp to Mark Edwards.
Required Forms
Student |
Chaperone |
|---|---|
| Youth Deposit Form (pdf) due 1/30/22 | Chaperone Deposit Form (21+) (pdf) due 1/30/22 |
| Information, Release and Waiver – Youth (Splash)(pdf) due 6/5/22 | Information, Release and Waiver – Adults 21+ (Splash) (pdf) due 6/5/22 |
Also due on June 5 (Forms Day) from each participant:
- Copy (front & back) of your medical insurance card
- Final Payment
Questions about forms and due dates to Lauren Yeh.
Schedule and Packing List
Will be distributed to registered families and posted here in early June 2022.