Please know our church and facilities remain closed due to the attempt at physical distancing to curb COVID-19. |
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Hello Friends,
I want to give you an update about Jerry Cunningham, he is now on hospice care at his home in Mendham. I spent some time on Saturday afternoon with Jerry, his wife Isabelle, and their granddaughter Aurora. He is in good spirits but gets winded easily. During our conversation he talked about the love that has been so present and life giving in the CUMC over the years.
He is not up for a visit but might be up for a brief phone call or better yet, a card that he can read. I assured him and his family that if there is anyway we can be present or of help to him or his family, to let us know. Jerry and Isabelle know of our love, and our care for them, and will take the lead in letting us know if they need our help in some way. Here is their home address:
44 Wexford Drive
Mendham NJ 07945-2008
With love, with prayer and with trust,
Jeff
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Happy 2021 CUMC! Since it is a New Year it is time for the annual SouperBowl of Caring Food Drive, which directly benefits the CUMAC Food Bank in Patterson NJ. I will be holding the collection now through March 28th (Palm Sunday).
Please consider dropping canned goods, non-perishable food items, or monetary donations at either at my house (119 Lafayette Avenue Chatham NJ 07928) or email me (swimmergirlrockz@gmail.com) and I will pick them up from your home. In recent years, we have been able to help hundreds of families in need, and I am hoping that we can continue this worthy cause, despite the uncertainties of the pandemic. Thank you in advance for your donations and continuous support! ~Kate Ziegler
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Thursday, January 14th
To view last night's Prayers Live @5 on Facebook,
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Sunday, January 17th Weekly Online Worship Service
We invite you to our online worship service. Service is posted weekly on Facebook, YouTube, and our Website by Saturday mornings. |
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If you would like to help create our Sunday online worship, please scroll down to CUMC Outreach and sign up today! |
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Sunday Zoom “Virtual Coffee & Conversation”
Join Us at 10:00am by clicking below:
Meeting ID: 680 233 812 Password: 015665
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Wednesday, January 20th
Prayers Live at Five on Facebook
All are invited to tune into a brief Facebook Live event each Wednesday at 5:00 pm. If you have prayer requests that you would like lifted up, you can type them into the comments section of the FB Live event or you can email them to Pastor Jeff at revjmarkay@earthlink.net.
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Members of our Ukulele Orchestra will next meet online on Saturday, January 23rd and Saturday, January 30th at 11:00 a.m. For music and Zoom info contact Peter Hill at petepiano@mac.com.
Whether you are presently part of our music groups: Youth Musicians, Praise Band, Covenant Choir, Wesley Ringers, Wind Ensemble, or Ukulele Orchestra, all are welcome to join with their voice or instrument to make music online and share it with our friends and congregation. For more information contact, Peter Hill, music director at petepiano@mac.com. |
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Sunday School always welcomes new friends to join our active groups. Zoom log-in info for the following online classes will be emailed at the end of each week. If you would like to be added to the distribution group or have questions about which class is right for your children, please email Karen at youthchatumc@optonline.net.
PreK / Early Elementary - Sundays at 9:30am on Zoom. New supply bags are being delivered this week! This week our topic is Neighbor and we’ll read the story of the Good Samaritan. The world is full of all different kinds of people and God wants us to see them all as our neighbors.
Submerge (4th-8th grade) - Sundays at 10:30am on Zoom. This week’s topic: Believing Jesus Can Change Things. When Jesus turned water into wine people began to believe him. We’ll explore the deeper meaning in that story and ask ourselves “What can Jesus change in our lives?”
High School Discussion - Sundays at 11:45am on Zoom. We’ll continue with A?K – Because Your Questions Matter and the unit on “MORALITY – What’s Right and What’s Wrong?.” This week’s session “Judge and Jury” will include discussion of where our sense of justice comes from and how Christianity is more than just a set of rules. This week’s Key Verse: Romans 1:20; 2:14-16
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You are invited to participate in some contemplative practices and prayer by clicking on the link to our Chatham UMC Facebook page:
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For those who want to join hundreds of others who have been praying for the following people and situations, keep reading, and thank you.
Intercessory Prayers emailed or shared with us this week:
A Time of Silence together...
Prayers lifted on January 13, 2021
- For Jana, who is on hospice care, her husband Tom, and their daughter Jack, as they care for one another, her cousin Annie Walker, and this entire family.
- The two Washington DC Capitol Police officers (and their families) who died recently – Howard Liebengood and Brian Sicknick.
- For the Family of Alice Panasik, who died this week at age 97.
- For Cheryl C, Joe and Dustin as they recover from Covid.
- For all in need of your healing touch from Covid and for those who are caring for them.
- For Hilary as she prepares for her dental surgery on January 25.
- For Brittany, recovering after 3 days in the hospital.
- For Jennifer, relief from kidney stone pain and procedures.
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For Jerry C, as he begins hospice care, and for Isabelle, and their granddaughter Aurora as they care for him.
- For traveling mercies for those on the road.
- For Joann P as she continues to recover well after surgery.
- For the Handerhan Family as they remember Tessa on the second year anniversary of her death. Surround them all with love.
- For Elise
If you have people and situations that you would like lifted up in prayer, please email them to: revjmarkay@earthlink.net and indicate whether you want the prayers to be confidential, or shared with the greater Chatham UMC community.
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Navigating Hope, Hope One Chatham Visit!
January 25, 2021
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
1 Fire House Plaza
Morris County’s mobile social-services-center-on-wheels, Navigating Hope and Hope One, will be in Chatham on January 25th at 1 Fire House Plaza. Navigating Hope will offer on-site benefits eligibility screenings and application assistance, as well as linkage to other community services.
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CUMC Outreach
Volunteers are always needed
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CUMC Community Food Pantry
The community support and need of our 24/7 pantry has grown. The pantry now has its own dedicated page on our website and now has its own Facebook page. These sites will be updated 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. Click Here to View Webpage
Help keep our food distribution sustained:
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We Need Your Help!
We’re reaching out to all church members for pre-recorded Gospel readings through the end of the month. (Please remember to film Sunday’s Gospel message by the previous Tuesday!)
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Bread Ministry: If you would like to be involved in our Bread Ministry, please contact Edit Ostrom at: nyuszi@mac.com or
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We offer links to resources you may need to help you or your loved ones through this "storm" of Covid-19. Because CUMC has always been a loving community of dedicated ministry, we know you are also seeking ways to give back to those in need. |
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All submissions for next week's CUMC Weekly E-news are due by Tuesdays, 2:00 PM. Submissions may be emailed to Eileen Ruggiero.
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460 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
(973) 635-7740
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