July 31, 2025

Church News

Prayers from July 27th

For Mary C. in need of healing
For someone with bilateral thyroid nodules
For benign test results
For the Irwins: Allie, Catherine, and Jason on the passing of Kevin - Steve D.
For the family of Kevin Irwin who entered life eternal last week - NC
Thanks to Pastor Jeff for coming to the hospital and praying with me - Louis Tomich

Thanks to all who helped with the Brunch Church on July 20, 2025! It was delicious food for the body, and good food for the soul too!

Sunday’s 10:00 a.m. service will feature Ron Yarger, flute with Peter Hill, piano performing Gabriel Fauré’s Morceau de Concours. Join us!

Summer services at Chatham UMC include a brief hymn sing to begin each service with hymn favorites requested by you! If you would like to send some hymn favorites for the list, email Peter Hill, Director of Music Ministries at petepiano@mac.com.

Our next Summer Choir opportunity will take place on Sunday, August 10th. Singers will meet at 9:00 a.m. in the Music Room to rehearse an easy-to learn arrangement of Hal H. Hopson’s God Be In My Head. All are invited, choir members as well as singing guests!

Small Group Discussion on the Letter from Taize, entitled “Hope Beyond All Hope.”

It is so easy to give into despair. It takes intentionality to remain or become people of hope. The Brothers of Taize produce a letter each year that is read by hundreds of thousands of young people. This year’s theme is entitled “Hope beyond all hope.” It is inspired by scriptures, Christian mystics, theologians, and young people living in war zones in Ukraine, Gaza and Central America. Our congregation had some roundtable discussions about the letter during Brunch Church two weeks ago, and some conversation after church last week. Those who came, want to continue the discusussion. These are stand alone discussions so even if you haven’t been a part of previous discussions, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME! I’ll bring printed copies to our discussion on Sunday morning. If you would like a copy of the letter sent to you, let me know. Here is a link to the Taize website if you want to read it online: https://www.taize.fr/en_article39682.html

For those interested in further discussion on hope and the Letter from Taize, we’ll be gathering in Rodda Hall, after 10:am worship on Sunday, August 3, 2025. Feel free to get something to eat or drink at the refreshment table, then let’s meet in Rodda Hall from about 11:30am until 12:15pm

All are welcome! Hope-filled or not!

With hope, and with trust,

Pastor Jeff

Community Events

New Food Panty Pick-Up Program

Would you like to donate food items to the food pantry but you don't have time? or you mean to, but forget? or maybe you are unable to get to the church to drop off? Well, Chatham High Schooler, Blake Zidle, has come up with a terrific plan to to make it easier to donate food and keep the CUMC Community Food Pantry stocked: He will drive to your home and pick up your non-perishable food donations. Blake is learning to drive so for now his mom will help him with pick-ups. But in the Fall, when he gets his drivers license, he's looking forward to running the program himself.

Blake has designed green reusable grocery bags that can be picked up from the church office, or from the food donation bin outside the back door. Please support his efforts. See flier below for details.

To support the community and ministries here at

Chatham UMC.

Feel free to keep writing checks, or giving through our website, or now through Zelle!

Thank you for your generous support of our community and ministries here at Chatham UMC!

With Gratitude, The CUMC Finance Team

Help keep our food pantry and weekly distribution sustained.

Click Here to donate online!

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.

Online Worship Liturgists Needed!

Please sign up to 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 .

Chatham United Methodist Church

460 Main Street

Chatham, NJ 07928

(973) 635-7740

Email: info@chathamumc.org