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Fellowship Groups at Nassau Church
Family Fellowship
Opportunities for children, youth, and adults to gather in fun, fellowship, and faith-building are offered throughout the year by the Children's Ministry Committee.
The group meets on the third Sunday of the month following worship, for discussion and fellowship. Coffee, tea and juice supplied; bring a sack lunch for sustenance.
Women’s Book Group A new Women's Book Group has started.
Early Bird Bible Study gathers every Friday morning (year round!) at 6:30 a.m. to read and study the Bible and, occasionally, books about the Bible. We meet in members' homes where a light breakfast is served. By 7:30 a.m. all are on their way to work or home. New members are welcome to give this schedule a try. Contact Lynne Seidel at (908) 359-7497.Men's Breakfast invites men to gather at the church from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. on Fridays for breakfast. The topic for discussion is the preacher's scripture lessons for the coming Sunday. Every third Friday this group meets at the Church in the Assembly Room. Contact Jules Dussourd at (609) 466-2860 for more information.
Middle School Fellowship (grades 6-8) meets on Wednesdays beginning with dinner at 5:45 p.m. (cost is $5.00). Fellowship includes discussions, games, service, worship, and other activities. See the youth page for more information or contact the church office at (609) 924-0103.
Senior Highs (grades 9-12) meets on Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for retreats, service projects, recreational activities and discussions. Fellowship begins with dinner (cost $5.00). Come and bring a friend! See the youth page for more information.
Extended Family Program
The "Extended Family Program" of NPC began in the spring of 1986, when Cynthia Jarvis, then Associate Pastor, and Carol Wehrheim, Christian Educator, established the project of intergenerational support groups in the church. The persons who were thought to benefit the most from such social groups were those for whom there were no other genetic family members living in the near vicinity. These included families with children, single adults of all ages, and older retired persons. The NPC congregation was polled for potential interest in such `family' groups. A positive response resulted in five (5) such families being created. Through social engineering, each of the five families contained fifteen to twenty persons, a blend of grandparents, single adults of all ages, children with parents, and teens or a single parent. Four of the families have dissolved over the ensuing years but one is still thriving. That which makes such a blended family `work' is commitment to the others, just as in a genetic family. In the family, children were connected with caring adults who acted as aunts , uncles and grandparents to them. The parents of the children received help in celebrating special events in their children's lives. Single adults shared in the joy of having special relationships with children. One family assigned a "special child" to each family adult and over the years warm and loving relationships were created. To keep the family intact, strong adult leadership is needed and this is present in the surviving family. As in genetic families we celebrate special holidays together and enjoy occasional planned meals together. In the family we have welcomed new babies, shared the joys of birthdays, graduations and weddings, and the sorrows of death and memorial services. As the children have grown and taken up their own homes in different vicinities, new people have been included in our midst. Throughout all, the church has remained central. The intergenerational family has intensified friendships and created support among its members. Clearly it has been a benefit to those persons who chose this commitment.
This group is for moms with children from infants to teenagers. We meet to share fellowship, faith and fun focusing on topics that are of interest to mothers with children still at home.
The Mothers' Fellowship Group is planning to meet this year on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month to discuss books related to faith, families and women. Volunteers from the group will lead the discussions. On the 2nd and 4th (and sometimes 5th) Mondays, we will host speakers from the church and community to discuss a wide variety of topics (i.e. raising Christian children, fitness and health, prayer, etc.) Meetings will be held from 9:30 to 11:30am. Childcare is provided for a nominal fee. Contact Kate Harmon, 609-252-1835.Princeton Presbyterians
Princeton Presbyterians is a fellowship of undergraduate and graduate students that is sponsored by The Westminster Foundation and Nassau Presbyterian Church. Princeton Presbyterians gathers each week for worship and fellowship. The program also sponsors regular retreats and mission opportunities. For more information contact Christi Owens at presby@princeton.edu.
Presbyterian Women Association invites all women of the church to join them in Circles selected months for fellowship, Bible study and mission. Occasionally whole group events are scheduled at the church.