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Charge Conference Monday, October 19
Mulberry St. Charge Conference will take place Monday, October 19 in the Fellowship Hall at 6:00 p.m. Our District Superintendent Rev. Jeff Cook will be present to lead us as we celebrate the ministry of our church for another year. All elected leaders are encouraged to attend, and the meeting will be open to all others.
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Third Sunday Organ Tour
Following Worship this Sunday, meet Daniel McIntosh after the postlude at the organ console for a special organ tour! On the tour, you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at the organ, hear about the restoration process, and be able to ask Daniel any questions you have about the organ & music at Mulberry!
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Sign up to Volunteer!
We are looking for volunteers to help out with our annual Fall Festival! It takes all of us together to bring this event to the Macon community, and there is a spot for you to help out! Sign up at the link below - trunk-or-treat cars, face painting, games, the popcorn machine and more!
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Candy Donations
We are collecting candy for the trunk-or-treat! Please bring individually-wrapped bags of candy and drop them in the marked bins in the church Narthex & Atrium.
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Digital Discipleship Sunday School Class
A Scripture-based curriculum as current as this week's news! Starting October 25, this class will meet in the Parlor for weekly discussions structured around biblical commentary and questions related to a topic in that week's news.
Bernard and Wende Meyer von Bremen will lead this class every week. If you are interested in participating in this class, please call the church office at 478-745-8601 to get signed up!
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All Hallows Eve Organ Concert
The annual All Hallows Eve organ concert will be Saturday, October 31 at 4 pm in the Northminster Presbyterian sanctuary. Mulberry organist Daniel McIntosh will be joined in the performance by Colton Barber, Jackie Brettschneider, Lindsay Whatley, and David Kenney, Jr.. It will be a fun night of Halloween music - you won't want to miss!
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From Elisa Reece, Director of Family Ministries:
“Wow! What a wonderful spiritual journey @ Duke Divinity School with Nita Smith. Participating in the initiative “Let the Children Come” through The Lilly Foundation. Children growing in faith through congregational worship, where children shift from being passive observers to active participants, learning through the senses and truly feeling a connection and belonging to God’s family. Nita and I connected with other ministry leaders and pastors from across the country while engaging in the rhythms of worship through the lenses of children. Showing how their spiritual journey can transition into ministry by them rather than just to them. This engagement by children enhances their curiosity, questions, and stories that allow them to deeply connect with God through their worship experience.”
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A place to share happenings in Macon & what the Mulberry community is up to!
Something you'd like highlighted? Email to Millie Thompson.
| Payton, Mallory, and big brother Xander Stone welcomed baby Zeke to the world Monday, October 12! If you would like to bring them a meal, you can sign up for the Meal Train here: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/28n2gq | | | |
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A Bicentennial Moment
In conjunction with Mulberry’s Bicentennial Celebration, The Leonard Hill Cochran Historical Room presents a moment from Mulberry’s history.
Carolyn Kennedy Dominy, Church Historian
The following is a history of the Edith Coleman Class, one of Mulberry’s several ladies Sunday School Classes.
“In the 1920s, a group of about 12 teenagers and pre-teens met at Mulberry Methodist Church for study and worship. Mrs. Edith Stetson Coleman was their teacher. They loved Mrs. Coleman so much that they often went to her home to continue their studies and to enjoy refreshments. They called themselves “Do Unto Others” class. Upon Mrs. Coleman’s death in June 1946 the class was renamed the Edith Stetson Coleman Class in her honor. The stained-glass window in the sanctuary, ‘The Home in Bethany’ was given as a memorial in memory of Mrs. Colmen and installed in 1947.
Mrs. Ion E. Dwyer, a dedicated Christian, soon came to Macon and was a beloved teacher of the Class and later its “Mother” until her death. Mrs. Dwyer was determined to keep the bookshelves in the children’s ward of the hospital filled with books of a ‘happy type.’
The Coleman Class has been blessed with a long line of dedicated Christian teachers and members. Some of the teachers were wives of the ministers or associate ministers. Among them were Mrs. Georgia Cochran, Mrs. A. W. Ray and Mrs. W. H. Bracken who is presently our ‘Class Mother.’ Lessons are basically lecture type with use of materials provided in ’Adults Bible Studies.’ Over the years, the class has grown spiritually, materially, and physically to occupy the beautiful classroom it has today. Bakes sales provided funds for the refinishing of the floors and two window air conditioners. The class continues to contribute generously to projects of the church – Vacation Bible School, Children and Youth ministries, The Methodist Home, Magnolia Manor, the Morgan Johnsons (missionaries), Macon Rescue Mission, Mulberry’s Outreach, the Crisis Closet and to help alleviate world hunger. In lieu of flowers, memorial or honorary gifts ae sent to areas of work with Heart Fund, Cancer Fund, Lung Association, Mulberry’s Bible Fund and the mission activities of the church. Meals are prepared for and served to bereaved families of the class.
The class devotes many hours in visitation to home members of the class and church. Fun, fellowship and Christian love are shared often by this group of ladies whose age varies, but whose spirit remains young.”
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Organ Fund
In honor of Alton Basilico by Cam and Bruce Bishop
Memorial Fund
In memory of Betty Morris by Lynn Deaton
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Week 49: Generosity
Day 1. Luke 12:33-34 (Morning); Proverbs 11:25 (Evening)
Day 2. Philippians 2:7 (Morning); Isaiah 55:7 (Evening)
Day 3. 2 Corinthians 9:11 (Morning); Luke 21:4 (Evening)
Day 4. Matthew 20:15 (Morning); 1 Timothy 6:18 (Evening)
Day 5. Romans 2:4 (Morning); 2 Corinthians 9:6 (Evening)
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Morning Prayer of Petition
God of all good gifts, you surround me with blessings that I can't count or repay. May your outpouring of blessing on me inspire me to be a blessing in the lives of others. May you turn my heart toward your needs in the world that I may:
- use my gifts and capabilities to impact other people,
- grow in financial generosity towards your church and other worthy missions,
- share my struggles and failures in a way that might help others,
- be present with others and offer my time where it can make a difference.
Help my life to be a mirror of your generosity towards me. Amen.
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Evening Prayer of Gratitude
Good and gracious God, you have been generous to me and provided for me in ways that I did not deserve or expect. Today may I call to mind the ways you have blessed me:
- through people who nurtured and supported me when I needed it,
- with mentors and others who have invested in my growth,
- through surprising opportunities or resources that I didn't expect,
- by guiding me through challenging times with resilience and perseverance.
Thank you, God, for generously providing for me. Thank you for the ways you have gone before me, for your presence today, and for your promises in the future. Amen.
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Macon Outreach Needs
**Plastic Bags**
Cereal
Pop tarts
Canned peas
Canned black eye peas
Canned collards
Jelly
Cases of bottled water
Financial Donations
Cereal
Hamburger helper
Cornbread mix
Condiments
Cake/cookie/muffin mix
Snack items
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Daybreak Needs
Individually-wrapped snack items
Sugar
Vinegar
Volunteers!!!
Canned or fresh fruit,
fruit cups
Applesauce (individual containers)
Jelly
Vienna sausages (4.6 oz.)
1 min. Instant Grits
1 min Instant Oatmeal
Chips (individual bags)
Snack items (individually wrapped)
Gatorade (Powder)
Muscle Cream (Biofreeze, Icy Hot)
Disinfectant Spray/Air freshener
Women underwear (New) M,L,XL
Bug Spray
Aleve (Ibuprofen)
Pine-sol
Liquid Laundry Detergent
Hydrocortisone cream
Dish detergent
Paper towels
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South Georgia Advocate
The South Georgia Advocate, a twice monthly online news publication, is the official news source of the South Georgia Annual Conference and a ministry of the Office of Connectional Ministries.
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SGAUMC Resource Toolkit
As part of this year's conference focus of "Unto the Least of These", the South Georgia Conference is providing monthly resources designed to empower each of us in our mission of making meaningful connections and living out transformative discipleship. Each toolkit presents a challenge questions & resources tailored to address that challenge.
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