Thursday, April 21, 2022
WORSHIP
Masks are optional during worship.
Sunday services at 8 am and 10 am this week will be Morning Prayer.
Sunday School
Sunday School resumes this week with Mary Foster leading. All children are welcome!
Prayers
We ask your prayers this week for Morgan, Meghan, Rick, Jennifer, Dot, Don, Kevin, Brian, Cora, John, Amaryllis, Martha, Marcy, Kathy, Michael, Gloria, Beth, Mark, Marilyn, Sophia, John, Sarah, Mary and Matt.
Please notify the office if you have any changes or additions to the Prayer List.
SUNDAY SPEAKER SERIES
Refugee Resettlement
This Sunday, 4/24, we welcome Don MacGowan and his wife, Diane Grabowski
Don and Diane will explain how five congregations joined together to sponsor and host a refugee family in Morris County. Working with Church World Service, St. Peter's and five other Episcopal churches in the regional ministry network agreed to provide housing and support for a refugee family. It started with cleaning up the unoccupied rectory at St. John's, Boonton, furnishing it from top to bottom, and then welcoming a family of seven (dad, mom, and five children) in early December. Since then it's been a series of opportunities and challenges to help them acclimate and adjust to their new surroundings. Almost every aspect of life for an Afghan family is different from our lives in the U.S., ranging from language, to religion, to eating habits, and more. Working with the family has opened everyone's eyes to the many things we take for granted as Americans, and has helped everyone involved appreciate cultural differences around the world.
Upcoming Speakers
May 15 - All the Way Up, Empowering Adult Learners in and around Newark
June 12 - Notre Dame Committee on Human Trafficking
Upcoming Events
An Evening with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Poet, Theologian, Story-teller, Community-Builder
Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 7PM in the Sanctuary of the Chatham UMC.
Topic: Poetry and Prayer
Followed by a round table discussion, and Q+A with the gathered community.
Saturday, 4/30, the Chatham United Methodist Church will host a Drive Thru Drop Off to benefit North Porch. Between the hours of 10 am and Noon, please drop off any baby supplies including diapers, formula, jars of baby food and baby wipes.
Mother's Day Chinese Music Concert
May 8, 2022 at 11:30 am, after Sunday Service
Performed by Mrs. Sylvia Wong
Music Instruments including Gu Zheng, Eu Wo, Wu Lo Silk and Bamboo Flute
Donate Your Used Bikes!
On Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Faith Lutheran Church, 524 South Street in New Providence, will again be collecting second-hand bikes for use by adults and children in Third World countries.The collection is being conducted on behalf of Pedals for Progress (P4P), an organization which annually recycles 6,000 bicycles for persons in developing countries. Any repairable bike will be accepted!
Harmonium Choral Society June 3-5 Open Hearts weekend
June 4th , 1pm - NJ premiere of the 2021 documentary Pieces of Us at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ,
Friday, June 3rd at 7:30pm and Sunday, June 5th at 3:00pm - Harmonium’s Open Hearts concert at Our Lady of Sorrows, 217 Prospect St., South Orange, NJ.
On June 4th at 6:00pm - catered fundraising dinner featuring Prince Manvendra from India at Christ Church in Short Hills, 66 Highland Ave, Short Hills, NJ, followed by a dessert reception at 7:30pm. There will be music and Prince Manvendra will speak about his humanitarian work.
For details visit: https://www.harmonium.org/specialevents, call 973-538-6969, or email manager@harmonium.org.
NEWS
Announcing...
Sun Spriggs and her husband, Dale, will be moving to California to be closer to their children. Sun's last day as Deacon at St. George's, Maplewood, will be May 8th.