This Week at Morristown UMC
March 2, 2025
UMCOR Sunday – Special Offering
9:15 AM Sunday Morning Adult Class, WR
10:30 AM Children’s Sunday School, PG
10:30 AM Worship
12:00 PM ASP Meeting, FH
3:00 PM Harmonium Concert, S
March 3, 2025
7:00 PM AA, YL
7:00 PM Methodism 101 Class, WR
7:30 PM Disciple Bible Study, Z
7:30 PM Concert Board, Z
March 4, 2025
11:00 AM Property Team Meeting, WR
5:00 PM Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, FH
7:30 PM SPRC, Z
March 5, 2025
Ash Wednesday
12:00 PM Imposition of Ashes
7:00 PM Imposition of Ashes
March 6, 2025
1:30 PM Staff Meeting, WR
March 8, 2025
4:00 PM NJ Youth Chorus Concert, S
12:00 PM AA, YL
March 9, 2025
Daylight Savings Begins
9:15 AM Sunday Morning Adult Class, WR
10:30 AM Children’s Sunday School, PG
10:30 AM Worship
12:00 PM Black, White, and Yellow Taxis: Morris County and The Green Book presented by Janet Foster, FH
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Join us on Tuesday, March 4 for a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – PANCAKES! (plain, blueberry and chocolate chip), fried apples and baked ham will be served from 5pm to 6:30pm.
RSVPs are necessary to make sure we have enough food! https://bit.ly/MUMCPancakeSupper2025
Multi-faith Iftar Dinner
Saturday, March 15 at 6:30pm
Morristown United Methodist Church is delighted to once again welcome Peace Islands Institute for a Ramadan presentation followed by an Iftar dinner, the meal taken at sunset to break the daily fast during Ramadan.
Peace Island Institute’s mission is to promote inter-faith dialogue and friendship to create understanding and peace in our society. The Ramadan Programs shared by PII are impactful initiatives that celebrate the spirit of Ramadan and promote interfaith dialogue and harmony, providing a platform for people of all backgrounds to come together, learn, and share in the blessings of the sacred month. In the Muslim tradition, Ramadan is the holiest month, one of spiritual reflection, fasting and prayer. PII shares, “Ramadan is a time for spiritual reflection, but it’s also an opportunity to extend the spirit of unity and friendship to the broader community.” This year it begins on February 28.
Enjoy a delicious Iftar dinner prepared by Turkish American women, and come together with people from the Greater Morristown community for conversations that will deepen our relationships with one another and foster understanding, empathy, and stronger relationships across our diverse communities.
Join us in embracing the values of compassion, peace, and togetherness during Ramadan and beyond.
RSVP required by March 9 to ensure enough food for all: bit.ly/2025MUMCIftarDinner
We encourage you to fast (if health permits) to be in spiritual unity with all.
Lent Begins on March 5 with Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday begins our Lenten journey, which can be – needs to be – both an individual and a corporate experience. This year we will let music be our guide to connecting our hearts to our minds, our beliefs to our actions. As we lose ourselves in the music, we will find ourselves closer to our own feelings, faith, and fears. We invite you to experience music and open yourself to feel and the feels. And together we will learn or remember, that God will meet us there with steadfast love.
Lenten Worship Themes
March 9 Rescue Me
March 16 Conceal Me
March 23 My Soul Clings (Worship Field Trip to Craig Chapel, Drew University)
March 30 Steadfast Love
April 6 Fill Me with Laughter
April 13 – (Palm Sunday) Open the Gates
Ash Wednesday – March 5, 2025
Imposition of Ashes
Noon – 12:30pm – In Front of the Church
7:00-7:15pm – Sanctuary
Adult Sunday School Book Study through March
The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel
Greselda Powell, Facilitator
Science and Faith – Are they compatible? Can Christian faith co-exist with the concept of evolution? Or are they mutually exclusive? These questions are as relevant today as they were centuries ago. As a journalist and atheist, Lee Strobel began looking for answers using his journalistic skills through conversations with leading scientists. His discovery changed his life!
During this six-week study, Lee Strobel will lead us through his journey where science provides evidence towards the belief in God. We will explore the compatibility of science and faith, including the Big Bang Theory and Intelligent Design. We will also discuss our own views and questions concerning the compatibility of science and faith. Come join us on an adventure of faith and science.
Sessions: March 2, 9, 16; Meets Sunday mornings at 9:15am in the Wesley Room
ASP Rummage Sale
March 22, March 26, and March 29
We’ve collected quite a lot for the Rummage Sale, but we can handle a lot more! Help us fill the stage with donations!
Donations are accepted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s helpful if your items are packed in boxes so they can be efficiently stacked. NO LARGE ITEMS OR FURNITURE will be accepted until March 16. Sorry, no exceptions.
Souper Bowl of Caring Results
591 pounds of food donated
Thank you for your generosity! Our next official challenge will be for Easter, but we’ll publish urgent needs for the food pantry in the What’s Up Wednesday email and in the bulletin.
Whippany River Cleanup
March 22 – 8:30am-12 Noon
Join members of EarthAware for the annual Whippany River Cleanup. Meet at 59 Spring Street. More information.
EarthAware & Eat For Impact Potluck
March 10 at 6:00pm
EarthAware is partnering with Eat for Impact to bring a sustainable, plant-based potluck dinner for the community to Morristown UMC on March 10. Full details: https://bit.ly/MUMCPlantBasedPotluck
Work & Cleanup Day
March 14, 2025 at 10am
We will have a general work and cleanup day on Friday, March 14 from 10am-12pm. Help us get tables and chairs setup for the Iftar Dinner and make sure all of our spaces are tidy, clean and beautiful to welcome guests.
Let Andrew Cattano know (ACattano@MorristownUMC.org) if you can join us!
Support Regina’s St. Baldrick’s Efforts
Our office manager, Regina, is shaving her head for St. Baldrick’s for the 10th time on March 9, and would love your support to help her reach her goal of raising $4,000 this year to find cures for childhood cancers. You can donate online at https://bit.ly/ReginaBaldAgain2025 (where you can also learn about why she does this every year!) If you to prefer to donate via check, make checks out to St. Baldrick’s and leave them for Regina in the office. THANK YOU!
Educational Presentation
Sunday, March 9 – 12pm-1pm
Black, White, and Yellow Taxis: Morris County and The Green Book presented by Janet Foster
The first edition of the “Negro Motorist Green Book” came out in 1936, published by a New Jersey postal carrier as a way to guide African-Americans to welcoming businesses during their travels across the country. Although the guide is popularly thought of today as being used in the Jim Crow South, it covered the entire country. During its 30 years of annual publication, The Green Book listed some 581 individual businesses in 31 different New Jersey towns. In Morris County, Madison had three listings, Morristown had two, and research into what those businesses were and who operated them illuminates a whole chapter of mid-20th century history.
Janet W. Foster has been working on the New Jersey Green Book project for over two years, with a team of scholars from around the state, to identify all the sites listed in the Green Book in order to recover their histories.
A collaborative educational event presented by the churches on the Morristown Green – The Presbyterian Church in Morristown and Morristown United Methodist Church
