While many of our friends are away this summer, we have been busy preparing our building and grounds for your return! Some of the "summer spruce up" activities completed so far have been painting nursery school classrooms, closet clean outs, weeding, mulching, and landscaping. We look forward to welcoming you back soon and

hearing about your summer.

During the last Sunday's worship service, we received the following requests for prayers...

• Of Healing for Bill B. as he continues to recover and Marge as she cares for him.
• Of Concern for Dorothy M, Tyler, & Lake in the sudden loss of their husband and father.
• Of Healing for Jack as he recovers from heart surgery.
• Of Gratitude for Miriam's 20^th birthday on Tuesday.
• For Chris as he enters a new season of his life.
• For Salmon Rushdie and the community of Chautauqua, New York.
• For all who are traveling today and this week. 

Can You Help?

We are in need of one or two volunteers to help restock our Community Food pantry next week while members of our team are away. The following days/times are open. It takes about 45 minutes of time:

Thursday: Come any time between 10AM-2PM.

OR Friday: Come any time 9AM-4PM (Friday helper must have key to church door since the office will not be open)

If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Eileen Ruggiero at eruggiero@chathamumc.org or call the church office at (973) 635-7740. Thank you!

Saga of The Upper Room

Our summer saga of the missing Upper Room has come to a semi satisfying conclusion. Our July/August edition has arrived and is now available on the information ledge (located at the top of the staircase) and in Rodda Hall. We also received the September/October issue. Staying consistent the mysterious inconsistent summer delivery, we only received about half of our order. We will put out the limited number of issues for September/October next weekend.

Thank you for your patience.

A Special Thanks

We recently received a lovely thank you note and gift in support of our Covid Relief fund and our efforts to ease food insecurity in our community.

You may read this note by Clicking Here. The original card may be found on the bulletin board.

Food Pantry Update:

Thank you for your continued support. We are so grateful for the orders we have received, the bags being dropped off, and finding our sheds being restocked by our friends. We are still working diligently to replenish the shelves inside our building to make sure we can restock the outside sheds 4-5 days per week. Your continued assistance this summer is greatly appreciated. 

We still need help filling our inside shelves with pasta (any and all types)

and boxes of cereal!

If you have questions regarding the pantry or our efforts, please contact Eileen Ruggiero in the church office by Clicking Here.

Sunday, August 21^st

Sunday at 10:00 AM in our Sanctuary 

Our weekly coffee fellowship following the worship service will be outside the Narthex Main Street Doors. In addition to our usual goodies, we will have juice boxes and sidewalk chalk available for our youngest friends.

All are welcome to join us!

This Sunday our service will include George Small, voice, singing Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Our hymn sing before the service will include the hymns: As The Deer, and Blessed Assurance. Join us!

Thank you to our singers who joined in the two Summer Choirs during July and August! Our Covenant Choir will begin rehearsals on Sunday morning of September 11^th at 8:45 a.m. in the Music Room. Our other music groups will begin later in September. If you would like information about the Covenant Choir or any of our music groups: The Wesley Ringers, the Wind Ensemble, the Praise Band, The Ukulele Orchestra contact Music Director, Peter Hill, at petepiano@mac.com. All are welcome.

Church Office Schedule

The Church Office will be closed on Fridays until the week of Labor Day.

The Church Office will be closed on

Monday, September 5^th in observance of Labor Day.



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 Here

Thank you for your ongoing patience, and expressions

of care for your neighbors!

The Center will be closed for the annual summer break 8/22-9/5. The Center will reopen on Tuesday September 6^th. 

The Senior Center of the Chathams is an independent, 31-year old non-profit organization located here in town and offer a wide range of programs, activities, and services to older adults in Chatham and the surrounding areas. Click Here to read the latest newsletter and learn about their fantastic programs. 

Tickets for Verdi Requiem,

On Sale Now!

The Masterwork and Worcester (MA) Choruses join forces with the Worcester Orchestra in a reprise performance of Verdi’s breathtaking Requiem – a musical tour de force guaranteed to provide an unforgettable afternoon.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Carnegie Hall

57th Street and Seventh Avenue 

New York City, New York 10019

Conductor: Chris Shepard

Family and Friends Save through September 15, 2022

10% off select seats use code MWF39876

30% off select parquet seats use code MWP39823

CarnegieCharge: 212-247-7800

Before attending an event at Carnegie Hall, please review the most up-to-date safety guidelines. The safety of all relies on the greatest participation.

Thank you for being our partner in these efforts.

Online Worship Liturgists Needed!

Please sign up to read and record yourself reading scriptures, this will be a blessing to our online worshiping community. 

Click Here to Sign Up

Can You Help the Bread Ministry?

The bread ministry is looking for more volunteers to assist in collecting bread from Panera. Sign Up Here

Communities of Care

If you wish to receive a call, a text or an email from someone at the Chatham UMC community?  Email Church Office Here

CUMC Community Food Pantry

 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 Here.