Thankful Campaign
Join us in expressing "thanks" by participating in our Thankful Campaign. There are two large orange frames located at CUMC and we encourage you to take a picture and write down what you are
Thankful For
on one of our corresponding cards.
Be sure to use our #thankfulcumcnj
when you post your pictures to Instagram and Facebook. We would love to see all the pictures together! Not on social media? Not a problem! you may send your picture to the office and we will post if for you- just use the following address:
chatumc@optonline.net
OR
Click Here
for a printable mini sign and take your picture wherever you are! Make sure you include on the line what you are thankful for and use
#thankfulcumcnj
when you post to Facebook and Instagram.
#thankfulcumcnj
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Sunday, December 1
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First Sunday of Advent
Advent Gathering 4:30-6PM
Hosts: Alison and Gary Albert @ 11 Ellers Drive Chatham
Please see below for information about our weekly
2019 Advent Gatherings
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Monday, December 2
nd
- Advent Small Group, noon, Room 6
- Advent Small Group, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, Wesley Room
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If you are planning on shopping on Cyber Monday, please consider using AmazonSmile! When you shop through AmazonSmile, a percentage of your purchase goes back to CUMC! Click on picture to begin!
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Tuesday, December 3
rd
- Sarah Circle, 9:30, Asbury Room. Our program is Carol Singing and a Christmas game.
- Rebecca Circle, 1:30pm @ Linda C.'s house
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This Sunday, the Kenaniah Praise Band will lead music for the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services inducing Lauren Daigle’s
Light of the World and Casting Crown’s
Somewhere in Your Silent Night.
The Ukulele Orchestra will next meet on Saturday, December 7th at 10:30 a.m. in the Music Room.
Singing friends are invited to sing with the Covenant Choir for Special Music on Sunday, December 15th as they perform Hal Hopson’s
Thou Shalt Know Him.
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Advent Small Groups begin
Monday, December 2
nd
During the holy season of Advent we’re delighted to offer an opportunity to grow in faith as we deepen our relationships with God and one another by being part of a small group.
Advent 2019 features the DVD-based study
Light of the World: A Beginners Guide to Advent
. Author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine explores the biblical texts surrounding the birth of Jesus. Join her as she traces the Christmas narrative through the stories of Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary, the journey to Bethlehem, and the Magi’s visit.
Signup sheets are located across from Pastor Jeff’s office, and books may be purchased for $15.00 each.
For further information contact
Associate Pastor Sharon Yarger
at the CUMC office or at
scyarger@optonline.net
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2019 Weekly Advent Gatherings
Sundays in Advent 4:30 - 6PM
Our congregation and friends will be gathering together on Sunday afternoons from 4:30-6PM for hors d'oeuvre fellowship, and some brief devotionals, Advent candle lighting and singing. Our schedule is as follows:
December 1, 2019
Hosts: Alison and Gary Albert
11 Ellers Drive, Chatham
December 8, 2019
Hosts: Jeff Markay and Julie Yarborough
48 Elmwood Ave, Chatham
December 15, 2019 & December 22, 2019
TBA
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Christmas Poinsettia Form is Now Available!
Submission Deadline is December 15
th
The CUMC Missions Committee has selected the following organizations to receive this year’s contributions:
Local:
CUMAC,
National:
UMCOR US Disaster Response and Recovery,
International:
Feed My Starving Children.
The poinsettia display at Christmas time has always been the hallmark of the Advent celebration.
Would you like to participate but can't get to CUMC for a form? Simply
Click Here to print out the form and mail it in.
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Our Giving Tree is Now Up!
CUMC’s Jr. Youth Invite You to Help with
Annual Giving Tree
This year’s Giving Tree
helps a family of children who lost their mother to cancer in September. Alison was a single mother to three amazing kids, June, 17, Eric, 15, and Isabelle, 13—students in the school district where one of our CUMC members teaches. This family has endured several financial setbacks over the past two years since Alison was unable to work due to the aggressiveness of her illness.
With this year's giving tree, and your support, our youth hope to bring a bit of joy to these children as they go through this difficult holiday season.
Here’s how you can help:
1.
Select a holiday gift card / tag
from the tree.
2. For cards / tags with gifts, please
sign your name
by the corresponding item on the
“Giving Tree” Donor Sign Out
list on the door by the tree.
3.
Purchase the gift or gift certificate
or make a cash/check donation (made out to Chatham United Methodist Church, note: Giving Tree)
4.
Attach the holiday gift card / tag to the purchase gift
. Please do not wrap the gifts. Gift bags or unsealed decorative boxes are okay.
5.
Place gifts under the tree by
Sunday, December 15
. (Cash/gift cards can be placed in the decorated Gift box in the church office.
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At a glance...
- Friday, 12/6, Cookies4Life, 6 PM Rodda Hall
- Saturday, 12/7, Blue Christmas Service, 3:00 PM
- Sunday, 12/8, Family Promise Week begins Volunteers Needed! See below.
- Sunday, 12/8, Advent Small Group, 10:15 AM, Room 6
- Sunday, 12/8, Annual Advent Gathering at the Parsonage, 4:30 PM
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Cookies4Life!
All-ages, Intergenerational Event
Friday, December 6, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
All are invited for an evening of food, fun, and cookies! CUMC has been asked once again to provide 500 cookies for the inmates and staff at the Morris County Correctional Facility as part of the Chaplaincy’s Christmas Gift Collection. We’ll gather in Rodda Hall, enjoy some pizza (please bring some money to chip in), have fun activities for little ones and we’ll bake cookies, decorate plain, pre-baked, homemade cookies (no frosting), and package the cookies in Ziploc bags. It will be a wonderful time for all ages, and a great opportunity to bring a friend or two to church!
Can’t be there? Consider donating plain homemade cookies for us to decorate. Questions? contact
Associate Pastor Sharon Yarger at the church office or at
scyarger@optonline.net.
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Saturday, December 7
th,
3:00 PM
A Blue Christmas Service
is a time to acknowledge the feelings that surrounds Christmas for some of us, a time to remember the reason for those feelings, and a time to offer those feelings to God. This service offers a haven for people who desire a special touch from God during the holidays, and promises to be a time of quiet reflection, candle lighting, readings, singing, and prayer. We invite you to join us this Christmas season for a time of comfort and rest.
The service will be held in the Sanctuary and followed by light refreshments and shared fellowship. Please join us, and bring a friend.
Hosted by CUMC’s Stephen Ministers
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Please sign up!
CUMC Family Promise Host Week is Coming Up
December 8
th
- December 14
th
, 2019.
Call for Family Promise Volunteers:
We will be hosting our Family Promise guests
December 8
th
- December 15
th
. We need your help! Please sign up to host, make a dinner, or help with set-up, clean-up or laundry. Visit the sign-up sheet opposite the Pastor’s Office in the hallway, or contact:
Holidays and winter weather are especially stressful for our families struggling with poverty, homelessness, estrangement, misfortune, and injustice. Our hospitality is their exaltation, dignifying and strengthening their lives. Don’t hesitate to call Claudia with questions.
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2019 Holiday Cards and Gifts Sale!
CMP is partnering with
Minted to fund raise!
From now until December 31
st go to
www.minted.com/HOLIDAY and shop for your holiday cards and gifts. When you use the program code:
FUNDRAISECMPRES
you will save 20% on your order AND Minted will donate 15% to CMP!
CMP has a few extra wreaths available for pick up but they are going quickly! Email Director, Amy Crandal for more information!
cmpdirector@optonline.net
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Volunteers are always needed for Ministry Outreach.
Please click on the following to get involved:
- Bread Ministry Click Here to Sign Up
- Liturgy Ministry Liturgists Needed for Sundays through Epiphany Sunday 2020! Click Here to Sign Up If you have any questions about this ministry, please feel free to contact Barbara Babbitt at bbabbitt@optimum.net.
- MedShare Collection Barrel To see a list of items for donations and guidelines please Click Here Fliers are also available on the barrel. For more information about MedShare please visit their website. MedShare.org
- Care Corp: CUMC remains committed to our neighbors in need throughout the year with our Care Corps Ministry. If you or someone you know needs meals or transportation, please call the CUMC office at (973) 635-7740 or Marie Watt at (973) 635-7326.
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The Chatham Emergency Squad will be hosting a Blood Drive on
Saturday, December 7
th at the Borough Squad Building - 31 North Passaic Avenue. The hours of donation will be from
8:30am to 2:30pm.
Donors, ages 17-76, should be in good health and have some form of identification. Teenagers, age 16, can also donate with parental permission; forms for this will be available at the blood drive.
Donating is a wonderful way to begin the holiday season. And after donating, please sneak a peek at our Snow Village Winter Wonderland.
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If you cannot join us on Sunday or you would like to hear something again try our podcast. All
podcasts
are on iTunes and you may subscribe for free!
Try it by Clicking Here
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— Chatham United Methodist Church —
460 Main Street
Chatham, NJ-(973) 635-7740
All submissions for next week's CUMC Weekly E-news are due to Eileen Ruggiero by Tuesdays, 2:00 PM Submissions may be emailed to
chatumc@optonline.net
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