March 12th, 2026

Church News

Upcoming Events

March 12^th Taize Prayer gathering: Asbury Room 7:30 pm
March 14^th Men's Group Breakfast
March 15^th Suburban Music Study Club’s Grace Gimbel Scholarship Competition: Sanctuary 2:00 - 5:00 pm
March 29^th Palm Sunday
March 29th Easter Flower Donations & Mission Giving forms due
April 5^th Easter Sunday
April 9^th Suburban Music Study Club: The Winds of Spring: Sanctuary 10:30 am
May 10^th Brunch Church

Prayers From March 8th

For Tanya, Ken and the Bennett Family.
For Ann Fullarton.
Of healing for a daughter suffering from post partum depression.
Of healing for the Berman Family on the passing of Arnie - Steve D.
For peace in the Middle East, in the world, in our country and in our hearts.
For military members who lost their lives this week. Bless their families with your comfort and presence.

This Sunday’s service on March 15th at 10:00 a.m. will be a Hymn Sunday: a morning with hymns and sacred songs sung throughout the service. We will sing some old favorites as well as learn several new hymns. The Covenant Choir will sing Stephanie Martin's Ave Verum and Peter Hill and Mike Maguire, piano, four-hands, will perform Jane Savage’s Maestoso from A Favorite Duett. Join us!

The next classical music program in CUMC's sanctuary will be the Suburban Music Study Club’s Grace Gimbel Scholarship Competition on Sunday, March 15th from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Awards will take place at 5:00 p.m. All are invited to hear fantastic young classical musicians perform and compete for scholarships. Free and open to the public; a reception will follow.

On Thursday, April 9th at 10:30 a.m., The Suburban Music Study Club will host: The Winds of Spring with Gail Berkshire and Laura Paparatto, flutes, as well as a special appearance by the Chatham UMC Flute Ensemble! All are invited to this free recital of classical music in our sanctuary.

Continue this Sunday March 15th

and Monday March 16th

Why do bad things happen to good people?? Why doesn’t God intervene and stop the madness? How does God respond when bad things happen? Good questions. Come join our Sunday morning Lenten Small Group as we ask these and other tough questions. We’ll take a look at Psalm 137 and John 11:23-35, meeting in the Asbury Room at 11:15am, after worship.

You're Invited!

Wherever you may be on your faith journey, we welcome you to connect with others for conversation, reflection, and prayer during the six-week season of Lent. Each group meeting lasts approximately one hour, and participants are welcome to attend one, some, or all sessions.

The Sunday morning Lenten Small Group will use Questions to God, part of the United Methodist Church’s “Breakthrough Series”. Asking questions, such as Who is God? Why do bad things happen to good people? and How can I face the future? are common questions we might ask God.

Print copies of lessons will be available each Sunday of Lent, and by email (contact Ron Yarger at ryarger01@gmail.com).

For the Monday group our guide and companion through the season will be the daily devotional Living Well Through Lent 2026: Cultivating Healing and Wholeness In Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind. It offers a holistic approach to exploring healing and wholeness for ourselves and for the world.

Print copies are available in the church office, and various digital options are offered at livingcompass.org and on Amazon.

Groups will meet in “hybrid” format – in person in the Asbury Room, and via Zoom on:

Sundays (2/22 – 3/29) at 11:15 am (Ron Yarger, facilitator)
Mondays (2/23 – 3/30) at 7:00 pm (Pastor Sharon Yarger, facilitator)

For further information or to receive the Zoom invitations, contact Assoc. Pastor Sharon Yarger at scyarger@optonline.net

You can now help support the Chatham United Methodist Church and our missions by purchasing fun, high quality CUMC branded items in the new CUMC online store!

A percentage of every item purchased is donated to the church.

Visit the new store at: chathamumc-store.org

Every time you're out and about wearing one of our clothing items you will be helping to spread the word about our church and all of the amazing work we do.

For a limited time, save 10% at check-out by using the promo code KICKOFF10!

Easter Flowers

and Mission Giving

The proceeds from the 2026 Easter flowers will go toward

the following two ministries

Chatham Community Food Distribution:

Chatham Community Food Distribution which stocks a 24/7 food pantry and distributes fresh food to hungry families every Wednesday afternoon in our back parking lot.

The United Methodist Church in Ukraine:

The United Methodist “Under the Castle” complex in Kam’yanytsya Ukraine which currently serves as a shelter for displaced persons and will become a trauma rehabilitation site and then a UMC training center.

Thank You!

Mr. Hrdina's students at Chatham Middle School had a food drive for the Food Distribution and Pantry. Scroll down for the impressive results!

Community Events

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.

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