Weekly News & Updates

March 2, 2023

Prayers Lifted on Sunday, February 26, 2023

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

For the Leithead Family as the grieve the death of Ed Letihead
Of Concern to the family of Ed Leithead who entered Eternal Life on Wednesday
Of Healing to the family of Heath Miller who passed away suddenly last week
Of Healing for Cesar M. since he is struggling against cancer
For Jean W. who has covid and is undergoing chemo treatments - SB & HB
For Sam S. who is in Hospice care in Columbus - SB & HB
Of healing for Amy R. who has knee surgery this week
For Ukrainians as they continue to lose their loved ones in war, yet continue to fight for freedom and democracy - RY
Of Concern for Shirley who just moved to a nursing home
Of Concern for upcoming hand surgery - NT
Of Joy for Kate Z. for all her swimming achievements

Coming Soon

Easter Lilies

2023 Easter Flower Donation and Mission Giving

Our sanctuary will be adorned on Easter Sunday in beautiful lilies in honor/memory of our loved ones.

Our 2023 Chosen Missions:

Chatham UMC RISE youth teams going to make homes safer, warmer and dryer in northern Appalachia this Summer.

UMCOR Earthquake Relief in Turkey and Syria

More information to come!

This Week

Adult Class: Lenten Small Group

In the next session of our Lenten Study, "The Difficult Sayings of Jesus", we hear Jesus telling us to hate our fathers and mothers (and brothers and sisters) in order to become disciples. Yikes! Does he really mean that? Come join us in the Asbury room at 11:15 after worship. If you have questions, contact Ronald Yarger at ryarger@optonline.net.

Groups will meet for six weeks to explore either the book and video The Difficult Words of Jesus by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine (Sundays at 11:15 am facilitated by Ron Yarger, Mondays at noon facilitated by Pastor Sharon) or Imago Dei: a Lenten Bible Study of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion using the spiritual practice of Lectio Divina (Wednesdays at 7:30 pm on Zoom facilitated by Pastor Sharon). Sunday and Monday groups will meet both in-person in the Asbury Room and on Zoom.

For further information or to receive the Zoom invitations contact Associate Pastor Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonline.net.

Sarah Circle

The Sarah Circle will meet on March 7 at 10:00 in the Asbury Room. Our program will be Pastor Jeff speaking on the state of the United Methodist Church and the disaffiliation process. All are welcome.

Music News

This Sunday, March 5th's 10:00 a.m. service will include the Praise Band performing Tom Waits' Angels In Heaven and Sting's Fragile. Join us!

The Ukulele Orchestra will next meet in-person and online on Saturday, March 11th at 10:00 a.m. in the Asbury Room and on Zoom. For more information contact, Peter Hill, music director at petepiano@mac.com.

Chatham UMC's musical events taking place in our sanctuary during March include: Masterwork Chorus' concert featuring Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle on Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. (for more information go to www.masterwork.org) and The Suburban Music Study Club's Grace Gimbel Scholarship Competition, open to all, on Sunday, March 19th at 2:00 p.m. (for more information go to www.sububranmusicstudyclub.com).

Worhip for Children

Faith Formation (Sunday School) takes place on Sunday mornings at 11:15 for Kindergarteners and up!

Whirl Kids (K – 4^th grade) Sundays at 11:15 am in Room 6.

Middle School (5^th-8^th grade) –Sundays at 11:15 am in the Library.

High School Discussion – Sundays at 11:15 am meet with David Gaitan (our Simpson seminarian) and Matthew Beland in the Wesley Room.

Questions?

Email Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonline.net

or David Gaitán at dgaitan@drew.edu

Current Masking Status & Links

The CUMC Church Council has voted unanimously to follow the CDC Covid Data tracker for Morris County to evaluate weekly Covid levels. This tracker is used to 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.

Check Covid Level Here

CUMC Rides for David

We are scheduling rides for our seminarian, David Gaitan, to get to and from church from his home in Madison. Please follow this link to sign up. Thank you for your help!

Online Worship Liturgists Needed!

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

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.

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 .

CUMC 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.

Or, if you wish, you can contribute directly online by visiting our donation page.

Community Updates

Masterwork Chorus Presents: PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE

Saturday, March 11, 2023 7:30 pm

Chatham United Methodist Church

Chatham, NJ

For more information visit their website.

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