General Fund

In honor of Payton Stone & Jack Varnell for their commitment to the Carlyle Place Communion Group by Wanda Atkinson

Macon Outreach

In honor of Shirley Lanford’s 90th birthday by Rick & Kim Lanford

In memory of his parents by Ralph B. Jordan

Music Fund

In memory of Bob Waters by Frank and Mary Anne Gaudry

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.

Below are excerpts from the Macon Telegraph Newspaper, Sunday, April 4, 1926. 

“Program is Complete for Mulberry Street Church Centennial.

CELEBRATION TO BEGIN NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.

Observance Will Be City-Wide, Former Pastors To Take Leading Parts.

EVENT TO RUN FOR WEEK

Church to Erect New Building: Beginning Campaign During Celebration.

The Centennial celebration of Mulberry Street Methodist Church which begins Tuesday evening at 8:00 p.m. will mark one of the outstanding events in Georgia Methodism as well as the history of Macon.  Here was cradled the first activities of the Methodists in the middle Georgia conference which met here in 1831.  Beginning with a society of 18 members, three of which were men, Mulberry Street Methodist today numbers approximately 2,300 members including some of the most prominent men and women of Macon.  Now active spreading from the mother church are First Street, Centenary, Vineville, Cherokee Heights, East Macon, Second Street, Newberg and Ingleside Methodist churches. During the week pastors prominent in the history of the church who contributed largely to the present attainments, will return to take part in the celebration which is city-wide and congregations and ministers of not only the various Methodist churches but also the Protestant denominations of the city will meet each evening from Tuesday through Sunday to participate. 

The Centennial will mark the beginning of an effort to build a new Sunday School building to take care of the large Sunday school attendance.

Various committees created for the occasion were the Centennial,  Pageant, Finance, Music, Invitations, Publicity, Decorating  and Building.  Each nightly celebration features pastors and musical programs from Macon Baptist churches, Christian Church, Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church plus other Methodist churches as Cherokee Heights, Vineville, First Street, Second Street, East Macon, Centenary, Ingleside, Newberg.  At the final celebration Sunday at 11:30 a.m., April 11th a, a Centennial offering will be taken for the new building.  And that Sunday night, an organ concert it to be held at 8:00 p.m. with the benediction given by Dr. Alonzo Monk, Mulberry pastor from 1893 to 1896

"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.

Rebecca Smith's Squash Puppies by Emma Richardson

• 4 cups fresh yellow squash 12 cups cooked and mashed)
• 1 medium onion
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire
• 1 slightly beaten egg
• Self-rising cornmeal (see directions for amount)
• Crisco for frying

Slice squash and onion; simmer in small amount of salted water until tender. Mash and drain well (very important). Add Worcestershire and egg; salt and pepper to taste. Now add enough meal to make a stiff mixture which will drop from a spoon - a cookie scoop works well. Drop into very hot oil or shortening (as in making hush puppies) and fry until a golden brown. Drain on several thicknesses of paper towels. Serve warm (Canned squash may be used.)

This recipe may be halved or doubled according to the number of people served, but be sure to have plenty as they are delicious and will disappear fast.