(Rain date: Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 5PM)
All are invited to come together to celebrate Holy Communion in our church parking lot. Dress warm. Bring a chair. Wear a mask. Smile with your eyes! You can park in the Chatham Middle School lot and get your name tag at the welcome table near our church lot basketball pole.
We will enjoy some community, music, some scriptures, some prayer, and holy Communion. Communion will be served in individually, pre-wrapped and sealed packages of a small cup with juice, with wafer. Our building is still closed which includes the bathrooms, so please plan accordingly.
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If you are interested in coming, please register with the sign up genius link here so that we can prepare accordingly and practice contact tracing if necessary. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4ea4a82aa13-cumc2 You can also contact the church office.
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If you would like to volunteer, we will need help with set-up, clean-up, welcoming, ushering, greeting, etc. If interested in helping with this, please contact revjmarkay@earthlink.net
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Join Us with ZOOM: We completely understand and respect if you are continuing to avoid groups during this pandemic. Use information below to to join our gathering online:
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Meeting ID: 875 9408 9443
Passcode: 829144
We look forward to spending this autumn evening together. Know that we are praying for each person in our congregation, and trust that the Holy Spirit continues to bind us together in ways that are known and unknown,
seen and unseen.
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Help Us Celebrate Betty!!!
Betty Perkins is turning 100 on
Tuesday, October 20, 2020!
Her family is trying to get 100 cards for her to open on her birthday. Please consider sending Betty a birthday card to help her celebrate!
If you wish to send a card address it to:
Betty Perkins
92 Cottage Place
Gillette, NJ 07933
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We Need Your Help!
We’re reaching out to all church members for pre-recorded Gospel readings through the Fall. (Please remember to film Sunday’s Gospel message by the previous Tuesday!)
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We are hoping that you can send in one or more videos that can be filmed in a few seconds on your smart phone:
1) A video of you dropping a leaf, and saying what you'd like to let go of. For some this might be: worries, anxiety, resentment, sadness, old hurts, old failures, or even "the year 2020!" There is no wrong answer.
2)A video of wind chimes that you may have outside your home, or in your neighborhood.
3) A video of you, and or your family looking in the camera and saying: "Peace be with you."
Please take these videos holding your phone in a horizontal position so that it takes up the whole screen when edited. Please add one or two seconds before and after you speak so that it can be edited in with other videos in the online worship experience.
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Charge Conference 2020
Friends in the congregation,
Every year, each local United Methodist Church has a Charge Conference or Church Conference meeting to do the administrative work of the church.
“The charge conference is the basic governing body of each United Methodist local church and is composed of all members of the church council. All members of the charge conference must be members of the local church. The charge conference must meet at least once per year. The charge conference directs the work of the church and gives general oversight to the church council, reviews and evaluates the mission and ministry of the church, sets salaries for the pastor and staff, elects the members of the church council, and recommends candidates for ordained ministry." (Source: https://www.umc.org/en/content/glossary-charge- conference)
Our District Superintendent Rev. William Williams III has scheduled our zoom Charge Conference for Thursday, October 15, 2020 from 6-6:45pm. A Charge Conference includes members of the Church Council with full voice and vote. If you have any agenda items that you would like the Church Conference to address, please contact Church Council Chair Carolyn Palma at cpalma51891@gmail.com and cc: revjmarkay@earthlink.net
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Thursday, October 1st
Did you miss our Prayers Live @5 on Facebook last night, Wednesday, September 30th Don't worry. You can rewatch by clicking here. You don't need to be on Facebook to watch this link.
If you would like to participate this coming Wednesday, October7th on Facebook or you would like to submit a prayer request, email Pastor Jeff at revjmarkay@earthlink.net.
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Saturday, October 3rd
Outdoor Communion Service, 5:00 PM in our rear parking lot.
Details listed above in our leading feature!
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Sunday, October 4th
Our worship service will be posted on Facebook, YouTube,
and our Website by Saturday morning.
when we post new videos!
We hope you will worship with us, and share the links with those who have no church or cannot worship at their church during this time.
Sunday Zoom “Virtual Coffee & Conversation”
Join Us at 10:00am by clicking image below:
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Meeting ID: 680 233 812
Password: 015665
Looking for the full Zoom Information?
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Wednesday, October 7th
Prayers Live at Five on Facebook
All are invited to tune into a brief Facebook Live event each Wednesday at 5:00 pm. We will be lifting up some prayer practices that might be helpful as we navigate this new landscape. 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.
These Wednesday Prayers videos will be stored on our Chatham UMC Facebook page for those who are unable to participate on Wednesdays at 5PM.
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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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Prayers lifted on September 30, 2020
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...
- For Erica for strength as she juggles many different responsibilities For Julianna’s foot as she heals
- For Fran as she cares for her grandkids
- Thanks for Ron’s healing and being cancer free
- For Dona as she recovers from shingles
- Thanks for travel mercies for Hilary’s granddaughter
- For Janice in her teaching ministry
- For Bill and Julie as they travel
- For Sue as she cares for her sister and family
- Gratitude for times of respite and sabbath
- For Susan P as she recovers
- For those who are out of work and looking for meaningful work
- For those fearful of losing their jobs
- For Jay as he awaits surgery on October 9. Bless and heal his heart
- For the family of Christine M. as they grieve her death and celebrate
- For civility to prevail and for those working to bring people together
- For Forrest as he prepares for surgery
- For Elise and her family as they care for one another
- For the family and friends of Brionna Taylor, as they grieve her death,
- and look for answers, justice and healing.
- For those in need of healing
- For those who are imprisoned.
- For those who are refugees and those who welcome them
- For those who are hungry and food insecure for whatever reason, and for those who serve them
- For Hilary as she recovers from dental surgery
- For Don as he comes home from the hospital after three months of battling Covid-19
- For our country
- For Azerbaijan and Armenia as they seek diplomatic solutions.
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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The scriptures and prayers that are being shared this week for you and your communities are below:
Scripture:
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Psalm 150:6
Prayer:
God, we give You thanks and praise for life, breath, being and love.
Amen.
Music:
Breathe in Us Holy Spirit
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Youth, Kids, and Music News... |
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Sunday School is welcoming 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. Last week we were surprised with Karen’s unexpected hairdo and then celebrated God’s unexpected blessings with a new song and a dance party. We also came up with ways we can share God’s blessings even during COVID19. This week’s topic: Doubt. What happens when Jesus invites Peter to join him as he walked on water. Though walking on water was pretty cool, this is really more about faith and how doubt is a normal part of an active Christian life.
Submerge (4th-8th grade): Sundays at 10:30am on Zoom. We continue diving deeper into some familiar Bible stories with “13 Very Bad Days, and how God fixed them.” This week we’ll look in Exodus 14 to see how God came through with a plan when Moses was caught between a rock and a hard place.... or an army and a wet place! Have a Bible, a couple sheets of paper, some scissors, and an adult button-up shirt handy.
Submerge / Tween Time: Thursdays at 4:00pm on Zoom. Time to hang out, play some games, connect and help each other thru this time of social distancing.
Confirmation: Sundays at 11:45am on Zoom. As we wait for the time when we can return to the sanctuary for you to confirm your faith before the congregation in a Service of Confirmation and Membership, we will continue developing our ideas of faith together with the other high school youth of the CUMC community. We will also occasionally gather separately to work on individual faith statements and plan our eventual worship service.
High School Discussion: Sundays at 11:45am on Zoom. Last week we pondered the origins of the universe and Christ’s role in creation, among other deep thoughts that came up in A?k Because Your Questions Matter. With input from experts around the world in areas of Origin, Morality, Beauty, and Destiny, A?k challenges us to personally think about the grand questions of human existence, understand our own faith, evaluate different worldviews, develop skills to defend and articulate our beliefs, and get to know God more personally.
This week’s topic: Cause and Effect - The universe around us is filled with a stunning order that implies a first cause.
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The Chatham UMC Ukulele Orchestra will meet again for their next online sing and play-a-long THIS Saturday, October 3rd at 11:00 a.m.! For ukulele music and/or more information please contact Peter Hill at petepiano@mac.com.
The Covenant Choir will soon begin their next virtual choir project for November’s All Saints Day service. If you are interested in joining the choir for this online piece, please contact Peter Hill at petepiano@mac.com.
If you are interested in being an online part of our other music groups: Youth Musicians, Praise Band, Covenant Choir, Wind Ensemble, Wesley Ringers, and Ukulele Orchestra, all are invited! Our online music program welcomes musicians from New Jersey and the wider world.
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CUMC Outreach
Volunteers are always needed
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Volunteers are needed to pick up excess bagels from Chatham Bagel at 260 Main Street each day at 2:00pm (their closing time). Chatham Bagel has been an important partner in supplying our Wednesday Food Distribution efforts with fresh bread. Please help us keep this effort supplied!
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Expanded Pop Up Food Pantry Has Moved!
Take what you need or leave what you can at our two pantry shelves. The shelves are now located across from the CMP Playground and are winter ready!
Help keep our shelves filled.
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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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