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Prayers Lifted on Sunday May 14, 2023
During the last Sunday's worship service, we received the following requests for prayers...
- Of joy for all mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, mother figures both here and those who have passed.
- Of joy for Megan and Evan on the birth of their son on Friday May 12. Nina T
- Of healing for Ann English. Linda H
- Of healing for Ed's neck after a procedure. May he feel favorable results and relief from pain.
- Of concern for Laurie and family on the loss of her sister on May 13. Nina T
- For all who find Mother's Day a difficult day.
- For the family of Jean Baird who entered life eternal on May 11.
- For all migrants coming to the US, for their safety and welcoming. Ron
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Below is an introduction to the newest member of the CUMC team! Sami Main will be serving as the part time Director of Children's and Youth Ministry. Sami will be moving into the office that David Gaitan has used this past year. She will be working with Pastor Sharon in a transition time throughout the Summer and Fall regarding Christian education and faith formation plans for children and youth. We are grateful for the ways that Pastor Sharon stepped into the ministry with Children in the interim as the SPRC searched for the right person to do both ministry with children and youth. We are grateful to our Simpson Seminarian David Gaitan who took on the added youth ministry in this interim period as well. David will be appointed pastor of Trinity UMC in Ewing. We are grateful that Pastor Sharon will continue to be appointed by the Bishop to Chatham UMC as Associate Pastor.
Sami and Pastor Jeff are hoping to take a small team of youth to RISE from July 9-16. Thank you for your ongoing prayers and support for the ministries of RISE.
Welcome Sami!
"Hello! I'm Sami Main, a recent graduate from Union Theological Seminary's Master of Divinity program. I'm so thrilled to be joining the team at CUMC as your new Director of Children and Youth Ministry starting in June. I currently live in Short Hills with my boyfriend, Johnny, and our four pets: Benchley, Basil, Barbara and Bosco — when you meet me, guess who are the dogs and who are the cats.
During my time at Union, I had the privilege of doing my field education internship at Christ Church Summit with Rev. Julie Yarborough, where I worked with people of all ages to talk about God, theology, spirituality, and also about life's challenges and meanings. It is these skills and much more that I am excited to bring to this community as well. Prior to attending Union, I worked in the digital media field for five-ish years after graduating from the University of Florida's journalism program.
Again, thank you for welcoming me into this community — I can't wait to see what we'll do together. I'll be joining our crew of high schoolers on this year's RISE trip in July, and I highly encourage you to join if you haven't signed up already. It will be a really cool volunteer opportunity that I'm so looking forward to. Feel free to ask myself or Rev. Jeff any other questions about the trip. See you in June!"
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Time to Celebrate Our Graduates!
Deadline: Monday, June 12
If you are graduating or have a loved one that is graduating from Middle School level or above, please notify the church office. You may call (973) 635 -7740 or email Renae James at rjames@chathamumc.org.
Please include: Their name, from where they are graduating, if their studies are continuing, and the name of the next school they will be attending. Please send in your information no later than Monday, June 12th to be included in the special graduate insert on Sunday, June 18th.
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SUNNYWOODS IS OPEN!
We are celebrating with Sunnywoods Florist who reopened their store this past week! We are thrilled for Rosa, Cindy and the team and wish them the very best!
Flowers are a wonderful way to honor, celebrate or commemorate a special occasion or a loved one. Flower arrangements are created by Sunnywoods Florist and delivered to the Sanctuary for the Sunday morning service, you may choose to take the flowers with you after the service or specify to have them donated.
The flower calendar sign up sheet and forms are located on the bulletin board opposite Rev Jeff’s office or you can Click here to see and print the Dedication Form
The cost of a dedication is $60, checks can be made out to CUMC (please specify Alter Flowers in the memo line.)
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CHURCH OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
The Chatham United Methodist Church is actively seeking an organized and detail-oriented Church Office Administrative Assistant to keep our church running smoothly and efficiently. This is a great opportunity to assist the church staff, congregation and ministries with its diverse activities and provide general administrative support on a part time basis (22 hours/week).
Applicants should possess strong communication and recordkeeping skills along with financial and light bookkeeping skills to assist the Financial Manager. Solid computers skills are also required- working knowledge in Word, QuickBooks, and Excel. This position will also support the Community Relations & Communications Coordinator with the church's interface with outside groups and the greater community. Resumes may be sent to our church office at Chatham UMC, 460 Main Street, Chatham NJ 07928, or to our Office Manager at finmgr@chathamumc.org. For more information about our church please visit: www.chathamumc.org
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Jesus prays for his disciples in his Farewell Discourse in John 17. Come join us in the Asbury Room at 11:15 to see what the prayer is all about.
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Our Sunday, May 21st, 10:00 a.m. service will feature Dorothy McCorry and Ron Yarger, flutes, with Mike Maguire, organ, performing Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, the sopranos and altos of the Covenant Choir performing Lauren Daigle’s You Say, and the Instrumental Ensemble performing We May Rise by Elaine Hagenberg. Join us!
The Ukulele Orchestra will next meet in-person and online Saturday, May 20th at 10:00 a.m. in the Asbury Room and on Zoom. For more information contact, Peter Hill, music director at petepiano@mac.com.
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The Masterworks Chorus presents Mozart Requiem on Saturday May 20, 2023 at 7.30pm at the Dorothy Young Performing Arts Center, Drew University, Madison NJ. Click image to enlarge the picture. | | |
Jim Pinaire is one of our key volunteers on Wednesday afternoons in the Chatham Community Food Distribution here at CUMC, and an ongoing supporter of the Chatham UMC Food Pantry. He and his wife Joan have invited our greater community to a fundraiser done in the memory of their son Jamie Pinaire. Blessings to you Jim and Joan in your good work! Click on images to enlarge. | | |
St Patrick Church is hosting a blood drive on Saturday June 10. Pleas click on image to enlarge. | | |
Parsippany United Methodist church is hosting a Garage Sale on Saturday June 10. Please click on image to enlarge. | | | |
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Faith Formation (Sunday School) takes place on Sunday mornings at 11:15 until noon for Kindergarteners and up!
Whirl Kids (K - 4th grade), led by Edie Myers-Arnold and Kate Radler, meets in Room 6 and includes Singing and Signing with Mr. Peter Hill, a fun video, crafts and activities, all based on the Bible reading used in that day's Worship Service.
Middle School (5th-8th grade), led by Pastor Sharon meets in the Library for growing in faith and community though sharing, Bible reading, discussion, activities, and prayer.
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High School Discussion – Sundays at 11:15 am meet with David Gaitan (our Simpson seminarian) and Matthew Beland in the Wesley Room.
Questions?
Email Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonline.net
or David Gaitán at dgaitan@drew.edu
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The CUMC Church Council has voted unanimously to follow the CDC Covid Data tracker for Morris County to evaluate weekly Covid levels. This tracker is used to guide us in determining our indoor mask usage for all CUMC functions. Covid levels and recommendations are updated weekly on Thursday nights by the CDC. These updates will be used at CUMC from Friday-Friday and will state if masks required (high level) or optional (medium/low). You may check to see what the current Morris County Covid levels are prior to coming by clicking below.
Check Covid Level Here
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CUMC Rides for David
We are scheduling rides for our seminarian, David Gaitan, to get to and from church from his home in Madison. Please follow this link to sign up. Thank you for your help!
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Online Worship Liturgists Needed!
Please sign up to read and 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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Help keep our food pantry and weekly distribution sustained.
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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Chatham United Methodist Church
460 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
(973) 635-7740
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