In Our Prayers this Week

During the last Sunday's worship service, we received the following requests for prayers...


  • Of Joy! Happiness and a bright future for Maria & Adam who are getting married today.
  • For Sharon Y. having laser eye surgery this week.
  • Of Concern and Healing for Keven, a friend, who is undergoing chemo treatments.
  • Of Joy! Happiness and a bright future for Bradley & Palak who are getting married today.
  • Peace and comfort to Grace A.'s family following the passing of her aunt last week. (RY)
  • Of Healing, peace and comfort to families that have lost a child due to illness, drugs, or violence. (RY)
  • Of Healing and peace to Bill S. as he undergoes treatment for prostate cancer and for Janice S. as she cares for him. Bill begins radiation in November. (RY)
  • For college students as they navigate through new situations, new decisions, and new relationships. And for parents as they continue to trust God's working in their lives. (RY)
  • Of Concern for the women and girls of Iran who are protesting the severe restrictions placed on their freedoms. God is doing a good thing through them. (RY)

We Remember

Long time member of the Chatham UMC, Bill Birdsall, entered Life Eternal on October 4, at the age of 82.

To read Bill's obituary, please CLICK HERE

 

A Memorial Service for Bill Birdsall will be held in our sanctuary this Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 2PM followed by a light reception in Rodda Hall.


  Cards of love and support can be mailed to the family via:

Jim Birdsall 

3706 North Glebe Rd

Arlington, VA 22207

Updates

UPDATE! Meeting Day Changed!

Knitting/Crocheting Class

Our next meeting will take place on

Wednesday, October 26th from 6:30-8:30PM, in Room 6. 

Beginners to Experts can participate in this exciting Congregational Care Ministry. We will show you the skills needed to make a simple Prayer Shawl that will bring Comfort, Love, and Joy.


“With your love and prayers knitted/crocheted into every stich, your Prayer Shawl will become a treasured gift for a specific person.” For more details and to read the flier Please Click Here.


For more details and questions, contact Chris at: ckess119@aol.com


Please let us know you are coming by using the Sign Up Genius link below. There also will be a paper sign up on the bulletin board outside Jeff's office. 

RSVP

All Saints Day Service

Sunday, November 6th

Sunday, November 6th will be our All Saints Day Special Service at 10:00 AM. This is an ancient tradition in which Christians remember loved ones who have finished their courses in faith, and now live in the heavenly realm. We will light candles in their memory, speak their names, toll the bell, and give God thanks for their lives and their homecoming into Eternal Life.


A list of names of loved ones is now located outside the church office. We invite you to add names to this list if your loved one is not on it.

This list will be outside the Sanctuary until Sunday, October 30th. Please call the church office at (973) 635-7440 or email churchsecretary@optonline.net if you would like to add a loved one to this list but are unable to come to the Sanctuary.

Deadline for all name submissions is Monday, October 31st at 10:00 AM.

2022 Thanksgiving in a Box

Wednesday Food Distribution


Help us provide Thanksgiving in a Box for our neighbors in need. Just use the "Bingo Card" as a guide and fill a box. Boxes will be collected on Saturday, November 12th at the church in the rear parking lot from 10am-12noon. This is our 3rd year doing this very successful event! 


Click Here for a printable double card


Questions? Contact Eileen Ruggiero at chatumc@optonline.net or call the church office at (973) 635-7740.

For Your Information

 Día de los Muertos Celebration

All are welcome to join us on Sunday, October 30th from 5-6PM in Rodda HallEntrance is free, though any donations will go to RISE. Come enjoy the taco bar and hot chocolate, as well as Mexican music and a moment of reflection. If you would like to volunteer for the event, please note that in the comment when you sign up. Sign Up link is below the picture. There is also a sign up sheet on the bulletin board across from Jeff's office.

Sign Up


The Upper Room


The November/December edition of The Upper Room is here and will be available for pick up on the information ledge and in Rodda Hall beginning this weekend.

Join Us This Weekend

Sunday, October 23rd

Join us for worship this Sunday at 10:00 AM in our Sanctuary. Following worship, all are welcome to come to our Fellowship Coffee in Rodda Hall. 

Adult Discussion Group

Being honest with God, being humble, being true. On Sunday, the Adult Discussion Group explores the parable of The Pharisee and the Tax Collector as well as Jesus’ welcoming of children. Join us in the Asbury Room at 11:15. If you have questions, contact Ronald Yarger at ryarger@optonline.net 

This Sunday, for October 23rd's, 10:00 a.m. service, the Covenant Choir will sing Greg Gilpin’s Love Lifted Me featuring our Choral Scholars as soloists. Join us!

 

The next meeting of the Ukulele Orchestra will take place at 10:30 a.m. on October 22nd both in-person in the Asbury Room and on Zoom. 


The Covenant Choir has begun rehearsing on Sunday mornings at 8:45 a.m. in the Music Room.


If you would like information about any of our music groups: The Covenant Choir, The Wesley Ringers, the Wind Ensemble, The Praise Band, or The Ukulele Orchestra contact Music Director, Peter Hill, at petepiano@mac.com. Singers and instrumentalists of all experiences welcome. 

Faith Formation (Sunday School) takes place on Sunday mornings at 11:15 for

Kindergarteners and up!


Whirl Kids (K – 4th grade) Sundays at 11:15 am meet with Kate Radler, Edie Myers-Arnold, and Peter Hill in Room 6. Music, a fun video, and activities related to the day’s Bible reading.


Middle School (5th-8th grade) –Sundays at 11:15 am meet with Pastor Sharon in the Library for community building and growing together in our faith

High School Discussion – Sundays at 11:1am meet with David Gaitan (our Simpson seminarian) and Matthew Beland in the Wesley Room.

Come and be part of the New Season for Youth Senior Group at Chatham UMC! Together, we can build a new community and open spaces for great things... You are all invited!

From now, we are preparing fun and creative programs to support our community in NJ, including our Rise 2022-2023. Do not lose the opportunity to impact society and bring aid to those who need it.

 Questions? Email Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonline.net

or David Gaitán at dgaitan@drew.edu

Current Masking Status and

Frequently Used Links

The CUMC Church Council has voted unanimously to follow the CDC Covid Data tracker for Morris County to evaluate weekly Covid levels. Going forward, this tracker will help guide us in determining our indoor mask usage for all CUMC functions. Covid levels and recommendations are updated weekly on Thursday nights by the CDC. These updates will be used at CUMC from Friday-Friday and will state if masks required (high level) or optional (medium/low). You may check to see what the current Morris County Covid levels are prior to coming by clicking below.

Thank you for your ongoing patience, and expressions

of care for your neighbors!

Check Covid Level Here

Online Worship Liturgists Needed!

Please sign up to read and record yourself reading scriptures, this will be a blessing to our online worshiping community. 

Sign Up

Bread Ministry

The bread ministry is looking for more volunteers to assist in collecting bread from Panera. Please contact the church office for more information.

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Communities of Care

If you wish to receive a call, a text or an email from someone at the Chatham UMC community.  Please contact the church office.

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CUMC

Community Food Pantry

 Help keep our food pantry and weekly distribution sustained.


Want to know more about our Pop Up pantry and how to help? Check out our webpage.

Donate Here
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Community Happenings

Lunch & Learn is Back!

Wednesday, October 26th

11:30AM-1:00PM

Hosted by Wm. A. Bradley & Son Funeral Home

Learn what preplanning a funeral is all about!

Small groups, a lot of information, and lunch on us. 

Seating is limited! Please RSVP by 10/25 Call Austin at (973) 635-2428 ext. 140

Click Here to see flier. Original fliers can be seen on our Community Bulletin board by Rodda Hall.

Attention Seniors!

 RSVP by Wednesday 11/10!


You are invited to see a free performance of Chatham High School’s fall production, “Puffs.” 

 The show will take place on Thursday, November 17th at 4:00 pm at the Chatham High School Performing Arts Center auditorium. RSVPs may only be collected via email. Tickets are offered first come, first served basis. Dinner will follow.

Please RSVP to reserve your spot! Contact: SENIORFALLPLAY@gmail.com 

To see original flier Click Here


Can't make the Thursday performance? New for 2022-2023: The school district is making all performances free to senior citizens, in case someone would like to go another night instead. 

Here's a link to a Patch piece that gives the details on how to go about getting tickets for those performances: Click Here


Chatham United Methodist Church

460 Main Street Chatham, NJ 07928

(973) 635-7740

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