April 10th, 2025

Church News

April 11^th Easter Flower Donation and Mission Giving Forms due
April 12^th Men's Breakfast 9:00 am
April 12^th Dorthy Moxley's memorial service 11:00 am
April 17^th Maundy Thursday Service at 7:30 pm
April 18^th Good Friday Service at 7:30 pm
April 18^th Office closed for Good Friday
April 20^th Easter Egg Hunt
April 26^th Meadowlands District Conference. Rodda Hall 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
May 4^th Suburban Music Study program - Sanctuary 2:00 pm
May 6^th Sarah Circle 10:00 am
May 10^th Men's Breakfast 9:00 am
May 11^th Brunch Church / Mother's Day
May 24^th Carol Millar's memorial service 11:00 am

Prayers Lifted on

Sunday April 6th

For the family of my friend Jessica who passed away last week.
Of healing for Lidia who had aortic valve replacement surgery - Bill Ebbinghouser
Of healing for Nancy T. as she continues to recover - NC
For the Walker family - NC
For the Rack family - NC
For Kevin Irwin, living with cancer, and for Allie as she cares for him.
For those recovering from medical procedures.
For families going through loss and grief.
For a full recovery for Russ, a brother who was in an accident, and for his wife Lynda who is with him in his hospital room.
Of healing and concern for Jasmin, a co-worker suffering from stomach pains.
For those in the Federal Government who have lost their jobs.
For the family of Fran Drew who passed away on March 28th.
For those grieving the death of Prof. Charles Courtney.
For those grieving the death of Bishop Hans Vaxby.

Welcome to Chatham UMC!

We welcome new member Basim Horshaw to Chatham UMC.

Basim is a Senior at Drew University and was recently

baptized into the Christian faith.

His family came up from Philidelphia

for his baptism on March 23rd.

Palm Sunday’s April 13th service will feature the Wesley Ringers with Mike Maguire, keyboard, performing Hills of the North, Rejoice arranged by Larry Sue and the Covenant Choir performing Mark Sheppherd’s Ride On, Ride On In Majesty. Join us!

Look forward to Easter Sunday on April 20th with the Covenant Choir performing Elaine Hagenberg’s Awake, My Soul. The Gabrieli Brass Quintet will also perform and the service will conclude with our traditional sing-a-long of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus!

Faith Formation at CUMC

Whirl Kids

meet this Sunday!

Whirl Kids (4^th grade and younger) Children leave the 10:00 am worship service after the scripture reading and are led down the hallway to Classroom 6. Parents and other adults from our congregation lead the group in singing, Bible reading, a fun video, and crafts and activities related to the day’s scripture reading. Parents/caregivers pick their children up at the conclusion of the worship service.

Whirlkids meet the second and fourth sunday of each month.

Middle &

High School

(grades 5 - 12) meet at 11:15 am in the Wesley Room. Led by Matthew Beland and Pastor Sharon Yarger, this group gathers to explore the day’s scripture reading and current events topics, through conversation and activities designed for growing in community, and growing together in our faith.

Middle and high school grades meet every Sunday.

Adult Discussion Group

The Fruit of the Spirit this week is Patience. It’s hard to be patient, to wait, and to sit still. Our society emphasizes quickness: from how quickly you can prepare dinner to how quickly those wrinkles can disappear from your face! What do you do to be more patient? One of the writers of our Lenten booklet says that “patience invites us to pay full attention to the present moment….rather than looking ahead to what is next.”

Come join our discussion at 11:15 in the Asbury Room after worship on Sunday.

Holy Week

The proceeds from the 2025 Easter flowers will go toward the following 3 ministries

Administrative Costs incurred by Chatham UMC to support the CUMC Food Pantry
The General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church
Hospital #5 in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Can you Assist?

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

Community Events

Food Distribution

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