New Members Sunday

February 10, 2019

9:00 AM Worship Service

  We are thankful for Edith Myers-Arnold, Suzanne and Rob Rosnowski, Leah Van Doornik, Robert Adams, and Paula Marchese who will be joining our membership on February 10 ^th . The Spirit has led good and faithful people to journey with the Chatham UMC as we together live out our Christian faith with our prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness. If you would like to be a part of this group, please contact Pastor Jeff.

The Ukulele Orchestra will next meet this Saturday, February 9 ^th at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary.

This Sunday morning for the 9:00 a.m. service the Covenant Choir will sing A New Heart by Melissa Dunphy. Peter Hill will play piano music by Astor Piazzolla in both services. Join us! 

Our music program welcomes all newcomers to the the Covenant Choir, the Wesley Ringers, the Kenanaiah Praise Band, the Youth Singers, the Youth Ringers, Kids’ Music, the Wind Ensemble, and the Ukulele Orchestra! If you would like to know more about music@CUMC see our page at www.chathamumc.com/music or contact Peter Hill at petepiano@mac.com. 

Tuesday, February 19 ^th 7:00 PM, Asbury Room

There will be a Special Church Conference on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 7PM in the Asbury Room for the sole purpose of voting on our support of Changyong Shin’s process towards ordination in the Greater NJ Conference. Our District Superintendent Rev. Manuel Sardinas has appointed Rev. Jeff Markay to be the Presiding Elder at this special Church Conference. All members of the Chatham UMC have voice and vote in this discernment process.

Changyong has been one of our Simpson Seminarians this year and has been an active member of the Chatham UMC for the past 2 years. He has met with Rev. Markay for a year of reading and submitting reflection papers on the book The Christian As Minister. Changyong has met with our Staff Parish Relations Committee to tell them about God’s Call in his life. They have voted and affirmed his potential for ordained ministry and recommend him to a special Church Conference of the Chatham UMC. During this Special Church Conference, Changyong will tell us a bit about his sense of God’s Call in his life to seek ordination. We will have some time of conversation, culminating in a paper ballot vote. If our Church Conference affirms his Call at this stage in his life, he will then be accountable to the Gateway North District Committee on Ministry which will interview him, read more of his paperwork, and discern his ongoing call for at least the next 2-4 years.

If the DCOM discerns God’s Call for Changyong to be ordained, they will recommend him to the Greater NJ Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. The Conference Board of Ordained Ministry would then continue to work with Changyong through interviews, more in depth paperwork and ministry opportunities for the next 2-4 years. This is a long process towards ordination. Chatham UMC will be at the very initial stages of discerning Changyong’s potential for service to the denomination as an ordained person. 

Following this Special Church Conference meeting, which should last about 30-40 minutes, we will have our monthly Church Council meeting. All members are invited to both meetings.

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Can you help us solve a mystery?

We are missing the following books from our CUMC Library. It would be wonderful to have them returned to share with others during Black History Month.

If you could please look around your home to see if you have these books, we'd be grateful. We would like them to be returned and available as soon as possible for others to appreciate during the month of February and after. Thank you!

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