Monday, January 17^th Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Day of Service

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is:

'What are you doing for others?' "

Please scroll down for information about the MLK Day of Service Food Drive on Monday.

Seeking to Hire, two part-time Sunday Morning Children’s Room Caregivers

CUMC’s two (2) Sunday Morning Service Caregivers will give parents a safe space for their children, ages 1-4, to be cared for while parents participate in choir rehearsal or church actives prior to the 10:00 a.m. service. The caregivers will report to the Associate Pastor for Children’s Ministries and will oversee the children's room on Sunday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Aspects of the position include: maintaining procedures in accordance with Safe Sanctuary policies; maintaining cleanliness and safety in the children’s room; ensuring that check-in processes and staff to child ratios are followed; handling and resolving any issues or concerns with children and informing supervisor of unusual situations or unresolved issues, and maintaining a positive environment and a high level of care and engagement with children. Minimum age for this position is 21 years old. Applicants will undergo a background check. 

Interested Applicants may email inquiries to churchsecretary@optonline.net.

A special thank you for all that helped us create another successful Cookies4Life event in December. Your gifts of cookies, supplies, time, artistry, holiday cheer, and compassion truly made a difference to those that were the recipients. This week we received this thoughtful note of thanks from the inmates at the Morris County Correctional Facility.

Adult Class Resumes!

This Sunday, January 16^th, the Adult Class will resume its study and discussion of the weekly gospel lesson. Come join us at 11:15am in the Asbury room, adjacent to the sanctuary. Contact Ronald Yarger at ryarger@optonline.net if you'd like the Zoom link to join the class remotely.

Sunday School/Christian Ed. for all ages! 4+

We look forward to seeing you in person at 11:10am this week. 

(If you would like a Zoom option please let Pastor Sharon know at scyarger@optonline.net)

Monday, January 17^th

Martin Luther King Day

Day of Service Food Drive at

CUMC Rear Lot

10AM - 12 Noon



The Chatham Borough Committee on Diversity and Inclusion is organizing a food drive from 10AM-12Noon on Martin Luther King Day to benefit our CUMC Community Food Pantry. Donations can be delivered, contact free, by driving through our rear parking lot. Click Here to see and print flier.

Volunteers to help unload cars and stock our shelves will be needed as well.

Email Eileen Ruggiero at chatumc@optonline.net for information.

In the event of inclement weather on Monday, please check our website and social media sites for any updates or changes.

Online Worship Liturgists Needed!

Please sign up to read and record yourself reading scriptures, this will be a blessing to our online worshiping community. We have open weekends through the end of February.

Many Sundays Available in 2022!

Celebrating a Milestone? Would you like to honor a loved one? Please consider the gift of Altar flowers on Sunday. You may dedicate the arrangement from Sunnywoods Florist as you chose; the dedication will be printed in the Weekly ENews and announced on Sundays.

Click here to see and print the Dedication Form

Arrangements may be taken home after our worship service; the cost of a dedication is $50. Most weekends this year are still available. Please see the bulletin board across from Jeff's office to reserve your Sunday. Questions or to request from home, please contact Eileen Ruggiero at chathumc@optonline.net

CUMC Community Food Pantry

The community support and need of

our 24/7 pantry has grown.

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.

Masters of Hawaiian Music Concert

Friday, January 21^st at 7PM

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Chatham, NJ

Please see flier for more information.

All submissions for next week's CUMC Weekly E-news are due by Tuesdays, 2PM. Submissions may be emailed to Eileen Ruggiero

Chatham United Methodist Church www.chathamumc.org

460 Main Street, Chatham NJ

(973) 635-7740