Weekly Newsletter - February 1, 2024

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The Chili Cook-off and Apple Pie Contest is almost here! On February 11 after worship, you’re invited to show off your culinary skills by bringing your best pot of chili or homemade apple pie! There will be a prize for our great winners. Come join the fun and fellowship!

Please drop off your chili or apple pie before church in the Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, contact Elisa Reece at 678-300-4828.

Together we are sharing the heart of God...

Sunday Worship

February 4, 2024

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Rev. Dr. Ted Goshorn, preaching

Malachi 2:17-3:6

Assisting with Worship

Ushers

J. B. Easterlin, Bill Jarrard, Tim Anderson, Eric Hefner, Bill Henderson

Acolytes

George Dunn, Crucifer

Barrett Moody & Walter Moody, Candle Lighters

Communion Servers

Bill & Keri Fickling

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

Robert Gerson

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

Jackson Goshorn

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

Alice Collins Strozier (Carolyn Kennedy Dominy’s sister)

The family of Margaret Sellers Elliott, Rader Sellers’ sister

Mary Charles Dunn

Naomi Gerson and the family of Robert Gerson

Lisa Cawthon (friend of Elisa Reece)

Ted Goshorn

Erin Darley

The United Methodist Church, Bishop David and Nancy Graves,

District Superintendent Paula and Scott Lewis

Our church, its clergy, and its members

We extend Christian love and sympathy to the family of Margaret Sellers Elliot, sister of Rader Sellers, who passed away January 27, 2024.

Margaret's obituary can be found here.

Wednesday Night Worship & Prayer

February 7 | Fellowship Hall | Dinner at 5:30 & Programming at 6:00

Join us for a new worship opportunity: a monthly Wednesday night worship & prayer service.

Join with others in a time of musical worship and prayer as we explore diverse ways of praying. The theme for our first service is “The Life of Faith.”

Ash Wednesday

February 14 | 6:30 pm

Join us for our annual service of ashes to mark the beginning of Lent, where we come before God recognizing our humanity, repenting of our sin, and remembering who we are and who we can be. The service begins at 6:30 in the Sanctuary, with a soup supper in the Fellowship Hall before the service at 5:30.

11th Annual Sleepout to Support Daybreak!

On February 29, 2024, Mulberry will once again have several members at the DePaul/Daybreak Sleepout. The sleepout is held outdoors in the winter to remind us of those with no choice in housing. This is the big fundraiser for Daybreak - all donations are used locally!

You can support Daybreak and the participants at the links below, by sending a check to Daybreak, or by giving a check directly to the participant.

Creede Hinshaw

Carol Seegert

Emory Dunn

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

Kidz for Christ Schedule for Spring 2024

Confirmation Class Schedule

Macon Outreach

In memory of Henry Hall by Carolyn Kennedy Dominy

MSUMC is grateful to have received a bequest from the estate

of Dr. John Felix Mash, Jr.

His generosity towards Mulberry will make a lasting impact on our church's mission to share the heart of God from the heart of downtown Macon by fostering healing for the broken places of life.

...from the Heart of Downtown Macon

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

Coffee Creamer

Jelly

Cold Cereal

1 Min. Instant Grits

Sugar

33 gal. Lawn Bags

Men's T-shirts (white) size L-2X

Men & Women's underwear (new)

Brown Paper Snack Bags

Large Sturdy Backpacks

Bio-freeze

Claritin

Daytime Cold Medicine (non-alcohol)

Eye Drops

Insect Repellant

Hydrocortisone Cream

Reader Glasses (2.00 or higher)

Benadryl (tablet/liquid)

Ponchos

Disinfectant Cleaner (pine-sol)

Disinfectant Spray/Air Freshener

Hand/foot Towels

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

Together we are sharing the heart of God...

Sunday Worship

Coming Up at Mulberry

...from the Heart of Downtown Macon

Donation Needs

Resources & Links