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Macon Volunteer Clinic is holding a Tennis & Pickleball tournament on Monday, October 20 at Idle Hour Country Club. Players of all skill levels are invited to come play to support MVC! Tournament details and registration information can be found here.

Many of us remember Caleb Esmond, the young pianist who blessed us with his singing in the Ainsworth Memorial Choir and with his wonderful piano playing while he was a student at Mercer. Caleb is currently completing a Doctorate in Piano Performance at University of North Texas while he begins his teaching career at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho.  He has just recorded a new CD album of Christmas hymn arrangements to be released November 10.  Price will be $10, but is available for $5 to anyone who signs up to pre-order before the November release date. To get your name on the pre-order list,  you can call the church office or text Harold Chapman at 478-954-5139.

A Bicentennial Moment

In anticipation of Mulberry’s upcoming Bicentennial Celebration in 2026, the Leonard Hill Cochran Historical Room presents a moment of Mulberry history.

Some of Mulberry’s pastors experienced dramatic conversions and subsequent calls to what at one time was known as the “Methodist itinerancy." Below are excerpts from The Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgia by E. J. Hammond, published 1935:

Consider Ignatius Alphonso Few, our pastor in 1829, 1830 and 1834. One night in 1825 Methodist preacher Joseph Travis, who was spending the night in Few’s home, fell into  debate with the agnostic Few over the Reality of God and the supremacy of faith. Later during the night, Few was taken with an attack of bleeding of the lungs and sent for Travis. “I told you that I was not afraid to die,” he said, “But, oh, Sir, it is not so.” After Few recovered, the wise Methodist preacher, Travis, influenced Few to re-examine his stance. The result was a bright conversion.

Also consider John B. Payne, our pastor in 1844. Payne was the overseer of a plantation. He was an awful drunkard, but had a good Methodist wife. One night in 1834, when attending a meeting with his wife, he united with the church while drunk. Next morning when he was sober his wife said to him, “James, do you know what you did last night?” “No, what did I do?” “You joined the society.” “Did I? Well, God helping me I’ll stick to it.” And he did and soon afterwards became converted and made a useful pastor.

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