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March 13th Interfaith Iftar Dinner 6:30 pm
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March 16th Suburban Music Study Club - Grace Gimbel Scholarship Competition, CUMC 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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March 16th Christian Unity Roundtable - Our Lady of the Valley Church, Wayne 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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March 22nd Masterwork Chorus Concert - CUMC 7:30 pm
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March 23rd Christian Unity Roundtable - St. Peter The Apostle Church, Parsippany, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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March 30th UMCOR Sunday
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March 30th Christian Unity Roundtable - Our Lady of the Lake Church, Sparta 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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April 1st Sarah Circle - Asbury Room
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April 10th Suburban Music Study Club - Classical Does Broadway. CUMC 10:30 am
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(Postponed!) April 27th Flutes and Friends CUMC Benefit Concert - CUMC Sanctuary
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May 11th Brunch Church / Mother's Day
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Prayers Lifted on
Sunday March 9th
- For Dolly M. in Hospice care with cancer - RY
- Of healing for Megan M. as she continues to heal from recent surgery - NC
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Rev. Jeff Markay has been invited by Paterson Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church to be an ecumenical partner in roundtable conversations about our Oneness in Christ, and our shared Christian discipleship. These will take place in Morris County, Sussex County, and Passaic County. The Chatham UMC and friends are invited to come to any of the Christian Unity Roundtables but the closest one to Chatham is on Sunday March 23, 2025 from 4-6PM at the St. Peter the Apostle Church, located at 189 Baldwin Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
All are welcome!
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Women's History Month, plus.........
March is Women’s History Month. On the Library cart (near Rodda Hall) we’re featuring books about Mother Teresa, Sacagawea, Madeline Albright, Eleanor Roosevelt, Women of the Bible, the Radium Girls, and NASA engineers, as well as inspirational books by Anne Lamott, Rachel Held Evans, Maya Angelou, Barbara Brown Taylor, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. And there’s a DVD about Queen Esther.
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Come inside the library and you’ll find a slick-looking set of The Great Books of The Western World (Britannica), a collection of Bibles, Hymnals, Study Guides, and The New Interpreter’s Bible. Sections on Poetry, Biography, Christian Living, and Church History are some of the categories that are labeled and available to borrow. In total there are more than 2200 books are in our library, and several recent additions will be displayed later this month.
We’ve created a searchable PDF copy of all our holdings that can be easily viewed or downloaded at http://www.chathamumc.com/cumc-library/
If you have suggestions or questions about the library contact Ronald Yarger at ryarger@optonline.net
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This Sunday’s March 16th service at 10:00 am will feature the Ukulele Orchestra with the Choral Scholars and Steve Davis, percussion, performing the gospel song, Ain't No Grave. Join Us!
The Chatham UMC Instrumental Ensemble will perform on Sunday, March 23rd. All instrumentalists are invited to play with the ensemble! If you haven’t played your instruments in a while, dust them off and join us. For more information email Peter Hill, Director of Music Ministry, at petepiano@mac.com
The next program hosted by the Suburban Music Study Club taking place in the CUMC sanctuary will be the Grace Gimbel Scholarship Competition on Sunday, March 16th from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. All are invited to hear six amazing, young classical musicians perform and compete for scholarships.
April’s morning of classical music hosted by the SMSC will be Classical Does Broadway on Thursday, April 10th at 10:30 a.m. with Lauryn Byrne, Timmie Cole, and Ronald Campbell, vocalists, with Peter Hill, piano. Three performers of classical training will perform pieces of musical theatre both old and new! All are invited to this free recital.
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This week, in Lent, we focus on faithfulness as a fruit of the Spirit. “Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much.” Luke 16:10. Sometimes, it’s the “little” things that count….because they can make a big impact. Let’s talk about that.
Come join us in the Asbury Room after worship on Sunday at 11:15 am!
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You're Invited!
Lenten Small Groups
Begin Sunday March 9th
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Wherever you may be on your faith journey, we welcome you to connect with fellow pilgrims for conversation, reflection, prayer, and community during the six-week season of Lent. Each group meeting lasts approximately one hour, and participants are welcome to attend one, some, or all sessions. Our guide and companion through the season will be the daily devotional Living Well Through Lent 2025: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit In Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind. It offers a holistic approach to receiving and sharing God’s transformative love. Print copies are available in the church office, and it is offered in various electronic formats. Groups will meet in “hybrid” format – in person in the Asbury Room and via Zoom on:
Sundays (3/9 – 4/13) at 11:15 am (Ron Yarger, facilitator)
Mondays (3/10 – 4/14) at 7:00 pm (Pastor Sharon Yarger, facilitator)
For further information or to receive the Zoom invitations contact
Associate Pastor Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonline.net
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Sunday Morning Faith Formation
Whirl Kids (4th grade and younger) meets the second and fourth Sundays of each month during part of the 10:00 am worship service. Children leave the 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 activities related to the day’s scripture reading. Parents/caregivers pick their children up at the conclusion of the worship service.
Middle School (grades 5-8) meets each Sunday at 11:15 am in the Library. Under the leadership of Matthew Beland, this group explores the day’s scripture reading through conversation and activities designed for growing together in our faith
High School (grades 9-12) meets each Sunday at 11:15 am in the Wesley Room. Under the leadership of Pastor Sharon Yarger, the group gathers for conversation around the day’s scripture reading and current event topics, as we seek to grow together in our faith
Questions? Interested in getting involved? Contact Pastor Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonine.net or at the church office.
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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!
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Thank you for your generous support of our community and ministries here at Chatham UMC!
With Gratitude, The CUMC Finance Team
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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.
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Online Worship Liturgists Needed!
Please sign up to record yourself reading scriptures; this will be a blessing to our online worshiping community.
Sign up here.
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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.
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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.
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Chatham United Methodist Church
460 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
(973) 635-7740
Email: info@chathamumc.org
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