Weekly Newsletter - January 25, 2024

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Mulberry Music Makers Children's Choir - This Sunday!

Don't miss worship this Sunday - the Mulberry Music Makers will be giving a special performance! Our children's choir has been hard at work these past months and are excited to share with all of us!

Together we are sharing the heart of God...

Sunday Worship

January 28, 2024

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Rev. Dr. Ted Goshorn, preaching

Ecclesiastes 4:4-12

Assisting with Worship

Ushers

Onna Pollard, Charlie Bridges, Austin Carter, Becky Kerner, Baxter James, Amy Morgan

Acolytes

Stebin Horne, Crucifer

Sonford Horne & Ramzi Harley, Candle Lighters

Flowers

The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in memory of Rita Heger, given by Harold Downs.

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)

Family of Duane Gleason (Harold Downs’ cousin’s late husband)

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 Anne McCrary on the death of her brother, Charles "Buddy" Hodges. The immediate family will gather this weekend, and the interment of his ashes will be at a later date at the family lot in Sandersville.

We send our condolences and love to Naomi Gerson and family on the death of her husband, the Honorable Robert Gerson, who passed away Thursday, January 25. Robert's obituary and arrangements will be shared once available.

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.”

Chili Cook-off Contest

February 11, | after worship

For February’s Second Sunday Lunch, we are bringing back a Mulberry tradition - the Chili Cookoff & Apple Pie Contest! Bring your best pot of chili or your best homemade apple pie! There will be a prize for our great winners! Come join the fun and fellowship.

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

Kidz & Youth programming will begin again in the new year on January 14!

Youth Schedule for Fall 2023

Kidz for Christ Schedule for Fall/Winter 2023

Confirmation Class Schedule

General Fund

In memory of Bettye and Henry Hall by Frances H. Inzer

In memory of Curtis Barnes by Frances H. Inzer

In memory of Curtis Barnes by Doris G. Mountjoy

Macon Outreach

In memory of Bettye & Henry Hall from Susan & Travis Moss & Jud Vann

In memory of Bettye & Henry Hall from Frank & Mary Anne Gaudry

In memory of Curtis Barnes from Frank & Mary Anne Gaudry

...from the Heart of Downtown Macon

Newtown Macon "Macon Action Plan"

January 25 | 5-8 pm | Tubman Museum

Newtown Macon is hosting a "Macon Action Plan" open house to hear from Maconites about the next installment of the story of Downtown Macon! Stop by any time between 5 - 8 pm to hear about and weigh in on ideas for the future. There will be refreshments and a raffle for a free dinner at a Downtown Macon restaurant!

RSVP

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.

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