May 8th, 2025

Church News

May 5^th - 30^th: Madison Area YMCA Women's Personal Healthcare Products Drive. Items collected will be given to the CUMC Food Distribution and Community Food Pantry. See flier below.
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
May 26^th Church office closed for Memorial Day

Prayers Lifted on

Sunday, May 4th

For Jim T. who's in need of healing
For those traveling
For those doing intentional relationship work
For those living in the face of conflict, may we be Christ-like in all that we say and do.
For a brother who's healing. Provide him with healing patience.
For a co-worker (Ann) struggling with depression and the feat that comes with it.

This Sunday’s May 11th Mother’s Day service will feature the tenors and basses of the Covenant Choir singing Sara Groves’ You Cannot Lose My Love. Join us!

Thank you to all who attended the classical music programs hosted by the Suburban Music Study Club for their 2024-2025 season! The club is grateful for your attendance and support of classical music. See you for the 2025-2026 season!

You are invited to read aloud a favorite poem about love at the Mother's Day Brunch. If you would like to participate please email Rev. Sharon at syarger@optonline.net

**Faith Formation groups will NOT meet this Sunday**

Whirl Kids

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 and 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.

Community Events

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Food Distribution

In honor of Women's Health Awareness month and in support of the CUMC Community Food Pantry and Distribution, the Madison Area YMCA are hosting a women's health and hygiene care items drive (see list of items in the flier below). There's a drop-box in the foyer of the Madison Area YMCA, at 111 Kings Road, Chatham, until May 30th where you can drop off donations.

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