September 11, 2025

Church News

Upcoming Events

  • Sept 13 - Men's Breakfast (parsonage) 9:00 am
  • Sept 14th - Blessing of the Backpacks during Sunday worship 10:00 am
  • Sept 14th - Rally Day after Sunday services 11:00 am
  • Sept 15th - Wesley Ringers Monday night rehearsals resume 7:15 pm
  • Sept 21st - Adult Discussion Group resumes 11:15 am
  • Oct 7th - Sarah Circle meets 10:00 am
  • Oct 12th - Flutes and Friends Concert 6:30 pm
  • Oct 19th - Brunch Church 10:00 am
  • Oct 29th - Annual Church Conference - Zoom meeting 7:30pm

Prayers Lifted September 7th

  • For Alan and Mary Lou.
  • For Fran as she recovers.
  • For Katie Radler and her family as they grieve Teri's death and give thanks for her life.
  • For those living with, or caring for, someone with ovarian cancer.
  • For those waiting on test results.
  • For those watching loved ones going through a season of depression.
  • For those who are sad, disappointed, or feeling let down about something.
  • For Doug H facing health challenges and for hi family.
  • Of healing for Mary Lou and Allan for their health concerns - NC
  • Of healing for Sandy and her husband Richard dealing with illness.
  • Of healing for my friend Ginny who is fighting cancer - Linda Connors
  • Of gratitude for all who are caring for, fostering, and adopting shelter pets.
  • Of gratitude for God's gift of creation and all who are caring for it.
  • Of gratitude for time spent with family.

This week’s 10:00 am Sunday service will include The Covenant Choir singing The Welcome Table, Spiritual, with Mike Maguire, piano and Steve Davis, drums. Join us!


We welcome our Choral Scholars singing with the Covenant Choir for our 2025-2026 season: Lauren Byrne, Mia Lombardo, TD Brody, and Diego Cabo. We are so glad to have your voices in our music program. Welcome!


Thank you to all of the musicians who provided music throughout our Summer months of July and August including Dorothy McCorry, Joanna Thiligar, Leah Van Doornik, Ronald Campbell, Bob Kaplan, Mike Maguire, Ron Yarger, members of the Summer Choir, and members of the Ukulele Orchestra! We appreciate you and your music. 


For more information contact Peter Hill, Director of Music Ministries at petepiano@mac.com

Adult Discussion

Our Adult Discussion Group will resume its weekly sessions on Sunday, September 21st. We’ll meet in the Asbury Room, adjacent to the sanctuary, at 11:15 am, right after

worship. Get a cup of coffee or tea and join us! We’ll begin with introductions and discuss the week’s gospel lesson in a bit more detail. How does this lesson apply to our lives today? We’ll explore that and perhaps some history around the scripture. Periodically, we’ll focus on a particular topic; in the past we’ve discussed Paul’s letters, Love, How to Write a Hymn, and The Difficult Sayings of Jesus. 


If you have any questions, or suggestions, please contact Ron Yarger at ryarger01@gmail.com

Library News

Altar Flowers


Last Sunday, September 7th


In loving memory of

Ed and Ruth Hughes


Jan Dvorkin

Blessing the Backpacks

Sunday September 14th

during worship!

We invite all students (pre-school through grad-school) and educators

to bring their literal or figurative school bags

to receive a blessing

Congratulations

ChangYong & Hanna

Dear my friends in Christ, 


I hope you are doing well. I’m so happy to share this joyful news with you: our newborn baby, Leon Shin, has safely arrived in this world. He was born on 8/31 at 6:47 p.m. at Community Medical Center in Toms River, NJ. My wife, Hanna, is recovering well. Please keep our family in your prayers. God bless you all.


ChangYong Shin

(Former CUMC seminary intern)

Community Events

Chatham UMC has supported CUMAC in Paterson for many years as they have been a faithful expression of United Methodist compassion for those in need in the city of Paterson. CUMAC is celebrating their 40th Anniversary on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 5PM at the Westmount Country Club. Chatham UMC is invited! I am on their Board of Trustees and will be attending with my wife Julie. If you would like to carpool, let me know. Here are the links to RSVP: 40th Anniversary Celebration


With gratitude, and hope,

Jeff

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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