July 24th, 2025

Church News

July Events

  • July 26 Memorial Rev. Clarissa South Holland at 10:00AM followed by a luncheon in Rodda Hall

Prayers from July 20th

  • For Misty who has just entered hospice - PP
  • For Kevin I, who is in hospice, and for his family who is caring for him - NC

Library News

This Sunday’s 10:00 a.m. service will feature Joanna Thiligar, violin performing Here is Love by Robert Lowry. 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. to rehearse an easy-to learn piece of music. 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 last week. 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 my office, (or if more than 8 of us come then in Rodda Hall.) after 10:am worship on Sunday, July 27, 2025. Feel free to get something to eat or drink at the refreshment table, then let’s meet in my office at about 11:20am until 12:Noon.


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. 

Sign up here.

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

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