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During the last Sunday's worship service, we received the following requests for prayers...
- For all who continue grieve friends and loved ones who died on September 11, 2001.
- For the churches in South Sudan, Cuba, Singapore, and Egypt and other countries where there is a high cost for Christian discipleship.
- Bless all who are grieving the death of Queen Elizabeth.
- Of Healing and Concern- 9/11 families and friends are in our thoughts and prayers today and always.
- All students, parents, and educators as they begin a new school year.
- Gratitude for safe travels and good times with family.
- A family dealing with Covid.
- For Jean W. (Hal's sister) who is facing major cancer surgery tomorrow in Washington DC.
- For David H. in hospital near Denver-heart transplant complications.
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Rally Day 2022 is this Sunday!
Join Us!
Rally Day, our annual community-building event, is this Sunday September 18th!
We will start our day of with joyful worship in the sanctuary at 10:00AM. Following worship service, join us for grilled burgers and hotdogs, and fellowship! Please bring a side salad and/or a dessert.
We will need you to RSVP so we can plan accordingly. In order for our day to be a success, we will need some helpers to lend a hand. Please use the RSVP button on the left. If you prefer, a paper sign up sheet will be available starting this weekend on the bulletin board outside Jeff's office.
Youth And Kids: Please stop by our table to see Pastor Sharon and register for Sunday School! Make sure you check out the activities and games organized by our new Simpson Seminarian, David Gaitán. Want to know more about David? Scroll down to Youth and Kids.
Let’s start the new school year and launch our fall programs with a fun time filled with food, friends, and laughter! Hope to see you there.
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CUMC Clean-up Day
Please join us in Fellowship and Community for our CUMC Clean-up Day on October 1st, from 9:30AM-12:30PM.
Our mission is to bring the CUMC member and family community together for a few hours to give our beautiful building some "TLC touchups". This will be a great time to gather again just two weeks after Rally Day and share more fellowship and fixing up fun. Many hands make light work and we will have some simple indoor projects for all ages and abilities. Refreshments will be served! Please sign-up by clicking the RSVP button below so we can complete all preparation and planning. If you prefer, there is a paper sign up sheet on the bulletin board outside Jeff's office as well – see you on October 1st!
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Sunday, September 18th
Join us for our Rally Day worship this Sunday at 10:00 AM in our Sanctuary. Following worship, all are welcome to come to our annual Rally Day celebration on the front lawn.
We will resume our Fellowship Coffee in Rodda Hall following our September 25th 10AM service.
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Adult Discussion Group Resumes
Next Week!
The Adult Discussion Group will resume its weekly meetings on Sunday, September 25th, at 11:15am in the Asbury Room. While we often discuss the gospel lesson for that day, we’ll have sessions this fall on Prayer, OT Kings, and Advent. Please join us and watch for our announcements. If you have questions, contact Ronald Yarger at ryarger@optonline.net.
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Our 10:00 a.m. service on Sunday, September 18th will include the Covenant Choir singing Mark Miller’s Welcome to God’s Love and Stephen Fineman, trumpet with Mike Maguire, organ performing music by Georg Philipp Telemann. Join us!
Thank you to all of our musicians who made our Summer services rich with music! We appreciate your hard work and willingness to share your talents. Many thanks to: Leah VanDoornik, horn, Dorothy McCorry, flute, Zrinka Cvetkovic, handbells, Tom Belding, harmonica, Miriam and Sharon Yarger, voices, George Small, voice, Mike Maguire, organ, Steve Davis, drums, Ron Yarger, flute, members of the Ukulele Orchestra, and members of the Covenant Choir.
Music Groups Begin!
Our next meeting of the Ukulele Orchestra will be on September 17th in the Asbury Room, both in-person and on Zoom. The Covenant Choir has begun rehearsing on Sunday mornings at 8:45 a.m. in the Music Room. The Wesley Ringers will begin practice on Thursday evening of September 29th at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. If you would like information about any of our music groups: The Covenant Choir, The Wesley Ringers, the Wind Ensemble, The Praise Band, or The Ukulele Orchestra contact Music Director, Peter Hill, at petepiano@mac.com. Singers and instrumentalists of all experiences welcome.
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Sunday School Classes for ages Pre-K through Senior High will resume on
Sunday, September 25th at 11:15 am.
Be sure to see Pastor Sharon's table at Rally Day to register for Sunday School.
We look forward to seeing you!
Questions? Email Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonline.net
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Introducing..
Our New Simpson Seminarian Intern/Youth Ministry
David Gaitán
About David:
David Gaitán was born into an Evangelical-Pentecostal Christian home in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. He has worked as a journalist, radio and television producer, media editor, and graphic designer. Also, he has been an international consultant on communication, social media, leadership, and theological issues.
His influence has been spread throughout Latin America and the United States through his articles and essays (mainly in Spanish) in which he has approached social topics of the 21st century. Also, he served as pastor at “La Casa del Arbol de Almendro – Bogotá” for 8 years.
His research and journalistic contributions have added voices to the political, theological, and social discussion in the places where he is consulted, raising important questions regarding human behavior and proposing evaluation topics to improve communities. As the author of the book “Inmersion”, and other publications, he is part of a group of pastors and theologians who identify themselves with Contextual Theological movements in Latin America and the United States. Currently, David is a full member of the United Methodist Church, a Master of Divinity student at Drew University Theological School, and he is pursuing the UMC Ordination. He is the father of a six-years-old girl, Laura Camila. (More Information: davidgaitan.wordpress.com | casadealmendro.wordpress.com)
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Upcoming Youth Events
There are already two events planned to add to your calendar! Questions, email David at the address below.
Email: dgaitan@drew.edu
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Join us at our First Meeting!
This Sunday at 12:30 PM
Asbury Room
We would like to invite our youth and their families to our introductory meeting this Sunday after our Rally Day Picnic at 12:30 PM in the Asbury Room. This will be a time to meet each other and talk about what the vision for the new season is.
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Be a Hero! A UMC Youth Collective Event
Sunday, September 25th
7-10PM : Morrow Church
In celebration of National Comic Book Day, we will have our own gathering of heroes. The UMC Youth Collective will be gathering our youth, have bringing in their favorite comics, and join us for a night of hero adventures, games, challenges, conversations and of course food. Let us know if you can join us! Dress for comfort and movement. For Ages 12 - 17.
Morrow Church
600 Ridgewood Rd.
Maplewood, NJ 07040
In an effort to build strong community ties with our youth, Youth Leaders, Pastors, and volunteers have joined together to expand on the collaborative effort of a United Methodist Youth Collective for the Meadowlands District. What started as a small collective last spring between the Chatham, Madison, and Summit UMC's has now grown to include churches from Little Falls, Green Village, Maplewood, South Orange, Union and beyond. We are very excited for what God has in store for this collective and continued ministry efforts.
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Current Masking Status and
Frequently Used Links
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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. Going forward, this tracker will help 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.
Thank you for your ongoing patience, and expressions
of care for your neighbors!
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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.
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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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CUMC
Community Food Pantry
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.
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Chatham Out of the Darkness
Morris County Walk
This Saturday! 09/17/2022
Cougar Field - Chatham Township
Registration / Check-in Start Time: 4:00 pm
Walk Ceremony Begins: 5:00 pm
Event Ends: 7:00pm
The Out of the Darkness Community Walk is a journey of remembrance, hope, and support. It unites our communities and provides an opportunity to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and mental health conditions have affected our lives and the lives of those we love and care about.
If you're looking for support and/or resources, please visit www.afsp.org/get-help and www.afsp.org/resources.
Click Here for more information or to Register
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Chatham Emergency Squad
Blood Drive
Saturday, September 24th
8:30 am - 2:30 pm
St. Patrick Church, 85 Washington Avenue, Chatham
Appointments are available at www.nybc.org/njdrive Sponsor code 61961
Click Here to read flier
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Chatham United Methodist Church
460 Main Street Chatham, NJ 07928
(973) 635-7740
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