Weekly Newsletter - February 22, 2024

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Calling all VBS helpers! Vacation Bible School 2024 will be June 17-21, and we need your help to make it happen! Sign up to volunteer as a station leader, assistant, and more! To sign up, visit bit.ly/mul-vbsvol24. Contact Elisa Reece with questions!

Volunteer Here

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Sunday Worship

February 25, 2024

Second Sunday in Lent

Rev. Payton Stone, preaching

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

Assisting with Worship

Ushers

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

Acolytes

Zane Harley, Crucifer

Mary Caroline Bushway & Piper Bushway, Candle Lighters

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

The family of Alice 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

Sarah Neaves

The family of Tom Richardson, Jr.

The family of Carolyn McDowell

The family of Gene Cramer

Lisa Cawthon (friend of Elisa Reece)

Ted Goshorn

The United Methodist Church, Bishop David and Nancy Graves,

District Superintendent Paula and Scott Lewis

Our church, its clergy, and its members

We send Christian love and sympathy to Carol and Ray Stalvey on the death of Carol's mother, Carolyn McDowell, who passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2024.

Carolyn's obituary can be found here.

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

Wednesday Night Worship & Prayer

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

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.

"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.

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.

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

...from the Heart of Downtown Macon

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

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Donation Needs

Resources & Links