Weekly Newsletter - March 7, 2024

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March 10 | 12:00 pm | Fellowship Hall

Meet after worship on Sunday, March 10 for our monthly time of food and fellowship! We’ll have our usual potluck followed by a brief service project, and then the Church Council will convene for a meeting. Everyone is invited to stay for the Church Council to hear about the work of the church!

Together we are sharing the heart of God...

Sunday Worship

March 10, 2024

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Rev. Payton Stone, preaching

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Assisting with Worship

Ushers

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

Acolytes

Avery Morris, Crucifer

Ben Morris & Reynolds Hefner, 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

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.

Lynne Ogden and the family of Bob Ogden

The family of John Ray (Freeda Chapman’s brother)

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

We extend Christian love and sympathy to Lynne Ogden and the family of Bob Ogden, friend and member of Mulberry, who passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Bob's obituary will be shared once available.

We send our love and prayers to Freeda Chapman and family upon the death of Freeda's brother, John Ray, who passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Grace Circle Meeting this Friday!

The Esther Grace Circle of Mulberry UMC will have its March meeting in the church Conference Room at 1 pm on Friday, March 8. Elyene Thompson will lead us in the study of Chapter 3 of Unrelenting Grace. All women of the church are invited to join us!”

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.

Easter Egg Hunt - Egg Donations & Volunteer Call!

The annual Easter Egg Hunt on Coleman Hill will be Sunday, March 24! We need your help to get ready for this fun family event! Ways you can help:

Sign up to volunteer, including games & activities, set up, and clean up!
Take a bag of eggs home to stuff with candy (Eggs can be found in the tubs in the atrium & narthex)
Donate 2 dozen pre-filled eggs
Donate extra bags of candy

"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

General Fund

In memory of Bob Gerson by E. Clyde Kelly, III.

Church Maintenance Fund

In honor of Bill Stembridge, Jr. by friends

...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