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Mission Partnership Quarterly
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Nassau Presbyterian Church
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June 2016
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Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
609-924-0103
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| This mission partnership quarterly email brings you the latest news about our three major partnerships, and provides ways to offer your hands and heart to ministry in the name of Christ, who chose to be a servant of all.
As always, we welcome your questions, suggestions, and support as we seek to deepen our commitments beyond the Nassau Church community.
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Nassau-Westminster Partnership
So much has been going on...
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Monthly Co-Hosts at Bethany House of Hospitality Vespers:
April 14, 2016 |
In preparation for the 5th Annual Bethany Garden party, members of Nassau and Westminster along with Bethany House of Hospitality residents dedicated their time and energy to begin cultivating the Bethany Garden, and preparing for its expansion. In 2015, Westminster received a $10,000 from the Trenton Health Team for yoga classes and to expand two gardens. The Bethany Garden expansion will more than double the harvest for residents and The Crisis Ministry of Mercer County's Food Pantry clients. After working hard, we broke bread, prayed and fellowshipped together.
Westminster Presbyterian Church also helped lead the 3rd annual  Unity Walk on Sunday, May 1. Over 100 people of all faith traditions joined to walk in remembrance of the lives of men, women, and youth killed by violence in the City of Trenton during the past year. Pictures and short bios of the victims of violence, and resources to support the grieving families were distributed. Prayers in song and word were shared at the sites of violence. After simultaneously departing from Westminster Presbyterian Church and the Islamic Center of Ewing all the participants gathered at the Ghandi Garden. Kim Ford, who lost her son to violence in March 2015, and Councilman Duncan Harrison Jr. who lost his mother and a best friend to violence, challenged everyone to keep working to end the violence in Trenton. Men of Hope prayed for all the youth present.
On Saturday, May 7, Pastor Karen Hernandez-Grandzen welcomed over 50 pastors, leaders, and members representing Shiloh Baptist Church, the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, Nassau Presbyterian Church, and Westminster Presbyterian Church to Intergroup Dialogue Retreat called, "A Conversation Among Four Churches."
Westminster enjoyed welcoming and worshiping with 25 members from Nassau on Sunday, June 5, and introducing them to some of our many Trenton partners.
Following worship, Nassau's youth and Westminster's Elder Jacque Howard did an outstanding job sharing what they had learned at the annual 2016 Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C.
Join Us:
4th Anniversary Celebration of the Bethany Community Garden
Saturday, June 25, 2:00-5:00pm
Interested in visiting Westminster's 11 AM worship and meeting our partners? Contact Patti Daley.
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Nassau-Cetana Partnership
Chenault Spence, the president of the
Cetana Educational Foundation
board, just returned recently from a visit to Myanmar. While there he visited the Cetana learning center in Kyaing Tong, bringing back
a report on a new initiative called
the
"Rice Village Project."
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| "Rice Village" Girls |
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The goal of this new initiative is to provide an opportunity for young girls in remote villages to continue their education after 5th Grade (the limit of the government schooling). After that, many students, particularly those in poor, remote areas, drop out because there are no opportunities for them to advance. Most go to work in the rice fields of their villages, but some girls become the victims of traffickers as they seek to earn more money for their families. Therefore initial focus is on female students.
Currently there are three young girls in residence in Kyaing Tong.
Read more... about Cetana's plans expand this program to include as many as 30 girls.
Your ideas for making this a vital partnership are welcome. For more information, contact
Sue Jennings.
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Nassau-Villages in Partnership
Thank you! for supporting our small team for this year's
Villages in Partnership
Water Walk! We were able to raise $1,500 for our Nassau Presbyterian walking team.
We walked for Triza who lives with her elderly grandmother and so desperately wants to go to school, hopefully Stephanie Patterson will get to meet her this year while on a Friendship trip to Malawi, Africa with Villages in Partnership July 22-30.
To help Stephanie while on her friendship trip with Villages In Partnership she will need to bring a suitcase filled with all sorts of items, the suitcase will be located in the main office, suggestions are listed below:
- Ibuprofen
- Adult/children's vitamins
- Nebulizers/inhalers
- Anti-fungals
- Triple antibiotics
- Yarn
- Knitting needles
- Fabric
- Flip flops
- Tooth brushes
- Tooth paste
- Soap
- Children's percussion instruments
- Cash for needed items on the ground
- Lightweight blanket
Thank you for helping us fill Stephanie's suitcase.
We look forward to hearing about Stephanie's trip. Liz Heinzel-Nelson, Director of Villages In Partnership and Stephen Heinzel-Nelson Pastor of Allentown Presbyterian Church will be preaching and teaching at Nassau Presbyterian Church on September 25, 2016, mark your calendars.
Read more...
Are your heart and mind drawn to this partnership? Talk to
Joyce MacKichan Walker or
Loretta Wells about the work of the VIP Coordinating Team. God may be calling you to this mission.
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