Weekly Newsletter - February 29, 2024

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March 6 | Fellowship Hall

5:30 • Dinner

6:00 • Programming

Join us for our March Wednesday night worship & prayer service. Join with others in a time of musical worship and prayer as we explore diverse ways of praying.

Together we are sharing the heart of God...

Sunday Worship

March 4, 2024

Third Sunday in Lent

Rev. Creede Hinshaw, preaching

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Assisting with Worship

Ushers

Bert Thompson, Kyle Starling, Waverly Golson, Mel Jamison, Ed Powell, Tom Woodcock

Lay Communion Servers

Spencer & Megan Smith

11 a.m. Worship Service will be Live-Streamed and available on Facebook and the Website

Ainsworth (Adult) Choir Rehearsal

Wednesdays at 7:15 pm in the Choir Room!

We welcome all who like to sing and want to be part of music ministry in worship. Come join us! Please contact Terre Johnson, Director of Music, at tjohnson@mulberrymethodist.org for questions.

**Nursery is provided during Choir Rehearsal for any parents wanting to join! **

Prayer List

Scott and Wanda Fitzgerald

Nancy Belk

Jared Heggins

Harry Linkous

Jimmy Roach

Freeda Chapman

Bob Ogden

Sam Lamback

Thomas Marlow

Linda Sankey

Mickey Pope

Yetta Price

Jeff Dein

Cindy Elliott

Carol Pope

Norma Tucker

Eddings Smith

Mary Hurt

Quentin Ehrhart

Bettie Causey

Robin Lokey

Noah Pope (grandson of Jodi and James Palmer) and parents Leyna and Ryan

Alice Collins Strozier (Carolyn Kennedy Dominy’s sister)

Mary Charles Dunn

Sarah Neaves

The family of Margaret Brogdon

The family of Tom Richardson, Jr.

The family of Gene Cramer

The family of Carolyn McDowell

Tony Long, Sr.

Lisa Cawthon (friend of Elisa Reece)

Ted Goshorn

Travelle (staff member at Macon Outreach)

The United Methodist Church, Bishop David and Nancy Graves,

District Superintendent Paula and Scott Lewis

Our church, its clergy, and its members

Order a Name Tag!

We are ordering more magnetic name tags to wear at church! Name tags are $10 each. Name tags are a great way to create a welcoming atmosphere for visitors and members alike! If you would like to purchase a name tag, visit bit.ly/mul-nametags. Be sure to order soon to have a nametag by Easter!

Order Here

Monthly Book Study

We’re kicking off a new monthly book study on Sunday, March 10 at 10:00 AM in the Parlor. Our first selection is The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read (But Is Too Embarrassed to Ask), which is available through your favorite bookseller, including Amazon. As always, we’ll have coffee and doughnuts to enjoy beforehand.

Read the book before March 10 and then come that Sunday ready to discuss it together. All are welcome! We’ll announce April’s book then, so watch for updates. Questions? Contact Julia Magda at (478) 719-9562.

Second Sunday Potluck & Service Project

March 10 | 12:00 pm | Fellowship Hall

For our March Second Sunday Lunch, we will have our usual potluck followed by a brief service project!

"Easter at Mulberry" Yard Signs

If you bought an Easter yard sign last year, bring it to the church office to exchange for a new, updated sign with this year’s Easter schedule! If you didn’t get one last year, now is your chance. Come pick one up either in the office or after worship. Suggested donation $15.

Save the Date - VBS 2024 will be June 17-21!

Volunteer to Help with the Easter Egg Hunt

Volunteer for VBS

Kidz for Christ Schedule for Spring 2024

Confirmation Class Schedule

Lending Library

In honor of Freeda Chapman by the Daughtery Sunday School Class

...from the Heart of Downtown Macon

TBI Scholar in Residence Interfaith Lunch

March 8 | 11:30 am | Mulberry Fellowship Hall

Temple Beth Israel is pleased to announce they will be hosting Rabbi W. Jack Romberg as a Scholar in Residence Thu, Mar 7, 2024 - Fri, Mar 8, 2024, and they would like to invite you to join us for this rich educational experience. On Thursday, Mulberry will be hosting a luncheon led by Rabbi Romberg titled “Stories from Kristallnacht along with why it happened”.

Please use this link to RSVP and make your meal selection by Monday, March 4th

https://forms.gle/mDXyeQX5ed8gwzB5A

Please use this link and select “Tapestry Lunch” to pay - https://onrealm.org/MulberryStUMC/-/form/give/now

Cherry Blossom Festival Organ Concerts

March 18-22 | Noon | Sanctuary

30-minute pipe organ concerts held daily in historic Mulberry Street UMC. Co-Sponsored by Mulberry St UMC & Macon Chapter of The American Guild of Organists

Old City Flower Festival

March 15-18 | Hosted by St. Joseph

St. Joseph Catholic Church will host the Old City Flower Festival from March 15-18. Ticket sales for both dates of the Spring Teas begin February 12 at the church office. All other events are free! Click here for a detailed schedule of events.

Donation Needs

Macon Outreach Needs

Boxes of oatmeal and grit packets

Cereal

Snack bars

Hamburger helper

Cornbread mix

Condiments

Cake/cookie/muffin mix

Snack items

Daybreak Needs

Volunteers

Canned and/or Fresh Fruit & Fruit cups

Applesauce (individual containers)

Breakfast Bars (soft)

Vienna sausages (4.6 oz)

Sandwich Crackers (packs)

Powdered Lemonade & Tea

Jelly

1 Min. Instant Grits

Men & Women's underwear (new)

Brown Paper Snack Bags

Bio-freeze

Bengay

Daytime Cold Medicine (non-alcohol)

Eye Drops

Ponchos

Disinfectant Cleaner (pine-sol)

Bus Passes - four ride

Vinegar

Bleach

Resources & Links

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.

Click here for the Georgia Advocate

Have an addition to the newsletter?

Email Millie Thompson at mthompson@mulberrymethodist.org