The SPRC will be hosting a table at Rally Day for people to sign up for our new on-line registry. It is simple, just come to the table and give us your Name and Email. It is a great way to stay connected as a church family.

• of gratitude for all who are welcoming immigrants and refugees from Afghanistan and helping them to re-settle.
• of gratitude for neighbors helping neighbors.
• prayers for all impacted by flooding.
• of healing for Jay who has been in CCU since Monday. Prayers he will wake up soon. (Erica S.)
• prayers for Melda P., in a need of healing from pancreatic cancer.
• prayers for Jay C. in need of healing after complications during surgery, and for Phyllis and Erica and Davyd and ICU staff as they care for him.

Thank you to all of our soloists who played wonderful music for our Summer services in June, July, August and September: Merynda Adams, harp, Barbara Babbitt, voice, Leah Van Doornik, horn, Dorothy McCorry, flute, Matthew Beland, ukulele, Tom Belding, harmonica, Steve Davis, drums, Brian Loudermilk, saxophone, and Mike Maguire, organ and piano. We are blessed to have fantastic musicians in our congregation; you are appreciated!

This Sunday, September 12th, our Rally Day, outdoor Summer service will feature Mike Maguire and Peter Hill on the keyboard. Join us!

Members of our Ukulele Orchestra will next meet in-person and online on Saturday, September 11th at 11:00 a.m. in the Asbury Room! Email Peter Hill at the below email address for our Zoom and in-person info. 

Our Chatham UMC music groups will soon begin our new program season! The Wesley Ringers will begin with a rehearsal at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 16th in the sanctuary and the Covenant Choir will begin rehearsing on Sunday, Sept. 19th at 8:45 a.m. in the Music Room. We will also begin our season with in-person fellowship in the backyard of the Hill residence. If you would like information about our gatherings and/or any of our groups: Covenant Choir, Youth Musicians, Wesley Ringers, Ukulele Orchestra, Praise Band, or Wind Ensemble email music director, Peter Hill at petepiano@mac.com. 

We will be starting back up our CUMC Men's Group gatherings this month, with the first meeting on Saturday, September 18th, at 9am. Jeff Markay has volunteered to host on his back deck at the parsonage (48 Elmwood Ave in Chatham). If the weather is not suitable for being outside, we will shift to the well-ventilated Asbury room at the Church.

We are also still including the Zoom option if you cannot join in person. Contact me for the link.

Please let me know if you are able to attend, so Jeff can get a good estimate.  

Also, we need volunteers to host for the upcoming dates:

- October 16

- November 20

- December 16

Please let me know if you are willing to host for any of these dates.

Peace,

Dave Bramwell 

dbramwell@gmail.com

The Adult Discussion Group will resume its weekly meetings on or about September 19^th. This year we will alternate topical discussions with those based on the weekly lectionary readings. Each format will be approximately four weeks long. Topics will be Biblically based and might include such things as: “What Kind of Prayer Works?”, “My Favorite Parable or Bible Story Is…”, “What is the Trinity?” and “Forgiveness – Why Bother?” How and where we’ll meet still needs to be determined, but if you’re interested, please contact Ron Yarger at ryarger@optonline.net or 973-722-7190, so he can keep you in the loop. We welcome all adults whether you join us for one session or many sessions!

We are now compiling our annual report for the Chatham UMC 2021 Charge Conference Meeting. If you or your ministry team has a report that you would like included in the Chatham UMC Charge Conference Journal, please email it in Word format to our church secretary, Zrinka Cvetkovic, at churchsecretary@optonline.net.

Deadline: No later than September 17, 2021

Our CUMC Community Food Pantry has been helping our neighbors facing food insecurity since mid March 2020. Our little pantry has become a beloved community resource but our shelves are almost bare! Help us oversee our information table at the Chatham Fishawack Festival. This year the festival will run

Friday, September 24th 4PM -7PM,

Saturday, September 25th 10 AM - 4PM (for tables), and

Sunday, September 26th 4PM-7PM.

Please feel free to contact Eileen Ruggiero at chatumc@optonline.net.

We need volunteers to oversee the table and donations that come in. Please sign up below

The community support and need of our 24/7 pantry has grown.

For updates on our current needs you may visit our dedicated Facebook page and Website. These sites are updated weekly with accurate information on what our current needs are and how to best support our efforts before you shop. Thank you all for your continued care of one another and making our Pantry a community staple.

Help keep our food distribution sustained:

The bread ministry is looking for more volunteers to assist in collecting bread from Panera. This ministry is a vital station in the Wednesday Food Distribution. Additional days and dates have been added from now until November. Please click on the link below and chose a day to help!.

Please sign up to read and record yourself reading scriptures, this will be a blessing to our online worshiping community. The first date we need filled is 9/7.

We invite you to be greeters and ushers for Sunday morning worship, and to set up and prepare for refreshments following our worship time. Please use SignUp Genius link below to indicate the dates you are willing to assist us. Thank you!

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

After signing up please wait for your Welcome Email with the instructions for creating your own login.