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This past Sunday, Harold and Freeda Chapman were honored and recognized for a gift made in their honor to the E.L. Brooking Tree of Life. During worship, the Chapmans were presented with the engraved leaf that will be added to the tree. Harold and Freeda were honored for their many years of service and dedication to this church.
The E.L. Brooking Tree of Life was built to commemorate the establishment of the Brooking Endowed Fund in 1989, which supports Missions & Music at Mulberry. It hangs in the main corridor of the first floor of the Mulberry Education Building.
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Annual Conference Opening Worship
Sunday, June 1 | 6:30 pm | Wesleyan College
The South Georgia Annual Conference will hold the Opening Worship Service with
Holy Communion in the Porter Auditorium of Wesleyan College on Sunday, June 1.
Bishop Robin Dease will peach, and the special offering for the service will go to
the South Georgia Disaster Relief Fund. Everyone is invited to attend this service.
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Vacation Bible School 2025
Join us June 16-20 as we go on a Road Trip on the Go with God! Together with the Navigator and his buddy Scout, kids will learn that God is always with them, based on Joshua 1:9 – “The LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Discover God’s presence everywhere as we explore new places, make new friends, and experience God’s goodness together. Contact Elisa Reece with questions or to volunteer! Link to register below.
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June Second Sunday Lunch & Service Project
For our June Second Sunday Lunch, we will meet for our usual potluck lunch, and then after we eat, everyone is invited to help our Family Ministries Team prepare for Vacation Bible School! Projects will include preparing kits for the craft station, preparing decorations, and more!
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Save the Date - Macon Bacon Game This Summer
Save the date for July 25, when Mulberry is headed to the ball field for a night with the Macon Bacon! Tickets are $17 each, and a portion of each ticket sold goes back to Mulberry Street. Your ticket will include: game admission, free Macon Bacon hat, all-you-can-eat food and drinks, and more! If you'd like to purchase your tickets now, contact Elisa Reece at ereece@mulberrymethodist.org.
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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.
| Sarah Neaves, Mulberry member and choir member, graduated from Mercer University School of Medicine on Saturday, May 3. We extend our congratulations to her on this accomplishment - way to go, Sarah! | | | |
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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.
At the Board of Stewards meeting, November 21, 1946, Ted English, chairman of the property committee, presented the following report:
“During the past year $5,347.16 has been spent on our properties. Of this $600.77 was spent on the parsonage and $4,686.39 on the church. The expenditures on the parsonage represents the payments due semi-annually with interest there on and miscellaneous small repairs.
At the church the following repairs and improvements were made:
- The roof was put in first class condition at $1,376.85.
- The pews were braced and repaired at $112.44.
- Venetian blinds were placed in the Porter room, also heating facilities installed, cost $242.70.
- $209.60 has been spent on the church grounds, replacing boxwoods, azaleas and other improvements.
- The Young Adults class was renovated and venetian blinds installed, cost $284.11.
- Tables cloths and additional dishes purchased, cost $55.22.
- The parlor and adjoining room have been refinished, cost $646.50.
- Miscellaneous plumbing repairs total $45.70.
- Venetian blinds have been installed in two kindergarten room and in the primary department, cost $235.97.
- An entrance light has been installed cost $43.00.
- Work on the pianos in addition to the regular contract for tuning, $79.50.
- The portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Dunlap were purchased from the estate of Mrs. Badgley and have been hung in the parlor. This room is being furnished as a memorial room.
- $780.00 has been paid to the janitor on repairs, since he serves as the general maintenance man, keeping up with minor repairs to the buildings.
- Miscellaneous small jobs have been done, numerous classrooms painted, the kitchen painted, etc.
Your Committee is glad to report that the properties are being looking after and are in better condition than for many years.”
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"The Saints of Mulberry" Recipes
As part of Mulberry's Bicentennial Celebrations in 2026, we are sharing recipes from some of the saints of Mulberry's past.
Martha Thompson's Sour Cream Pound Cake
- 1 cup butter
- 3 cups white sugar
- 6 eggs, separated
- 3 tsp. almond extract
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. lemon
- 1 tsp. soda
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 pt. sour cream
Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, 1 at a time. Add soda and flour alternately wiht sour cream. Beat whites stiff. Add flavorings to other mixture. Fold in whites. Bake in a large tube pan, greased and floured, for 1 hour and 5 minutes at 300° F. Cool 15 minutes before removing. Easy and freezes well. Never fails.
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Week 26: Promise
Day 1. Genesis 12:1-2 (Morning); 2 Corinthians 5:1 (Evening)
Day 2. Joshua 21:45 (Morning); Romans 4:20 (Evening)
Day 3. Galatians 3:29 (Morning); Psalm 105:42-43 (Evening)
Day 4. 2 Timothy 1:1 (Morning); Deuteronomy 23:21 (Evening)
Day 5. 2 Corinthians 1:19 (Morning); Psalm 119:81 (Evening)
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Morning Prayer of Petition
Faithful God, you promise to hear us when we pray to you. With confidence and boldness, I offer up to you:
- places in my life where I need your guidance and direction,
- people in my life who need your healing,
- situations in my community that need transformation,
- leaders in my world who need courage and wisdom.
May your kingdom in heaven be made real on earth. Amen.
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Evening Prayer of Gratitude
God of restoration and life, you are ever faithful to your promise to love me and watch over me. May your promise give me greater ability to:
- set aside my stress from today,
- give thanks for the joy of today,
- receive freely the gifts of today,
- receive freely the gifts of today,
- deal wisely with problems from today,
- rest fully from the burdens of today.
As I sleep, may your Spirit renew and restore my soul. Amen.
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Macon Outreach Needs
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
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)
Water
Sugar
Cough & Flu medicine (non-alcohol)
Biofreeze
Liquid Laundry Detergent
Flushable wipes
Disinfectant Spray/Air freshener
Benadryl
Readers
Triple Antibiotic Ointment
Denture paste
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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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One Matters Resource Toolkit
As part of this year's conference focus of "One Matters", 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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