Weekly Newsletter - August 29, 2024

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH

Contribute to a Welcome-to-Macon Gift for Rev. Jack Varnell

Our new Senior Pastor, Rev. Jack Varnell, will begin at Mulberry on September 1, and we want to welcome him to Macon with a special gift basket! If you’d like to contribute to this basket, you can give a gift card from your favorite restaurant in town, favorite Macon memorabilia, or a special note welcoming him. We will have a basket in the office to collect the cards, and the gift will be presented to him at our September Second Sunday Lunch. Please bring any gifts by the church office before September 8.

Flowers Needed for September 8

There is a spot available to sponsor the flower arrangement for the sanctuary on September 8. This is a great opportunity to honor loved ones in your life, in memory or celebration of! Contact Beth Smith at bethns7972@gmail.com or (478) 719-9041 or call the church office at (478) 745-8601.

No Worship & Prayer for September

Please note that Wednesday Night Worship & Prayer will not be meeting for September. We will meet again for our October Worship & Prayer on Wednesday, October 2.

Second Sunday Lunch Honoring Jack Varnell

September 8 | 12 pm | Fellowship Hall

Our September Second Sunday Lunch will be a chance to welcome our new Senior Pastor Rev. Jack Varnell into Mulberry! We will have our usual potluck lunch with the church providing the chicken, so bring your favorite side dish to share!

Meal Train for the Stone Family

Alexander Malcolm Stone was born Tuesday, August 27 to Payton & Mallory Stone! We are so excited to welcome Xander into the Mulberry family, and you can help celebrate by bringing a meal to the Stones. If you would like to bring them a meal, you can sign up here:

Mulberry Book Group

September 15 | 10 am | Parlor

Highly recommended by Payton, Gilead is a Pulitzer-winning novel by Marilynne Robinson set in mythical Gilead, Iowa in 1956 as a letter from a father to his son describing his life and that of his ancestors. With themes centered on creation, grace, wisdom, and generational bonds, this book will be hard to put down!

Order your copy from Amazon or your favorite bookseller. At just under 250 pages, you’ll want to get started and have plenty of time to savor the storytelling.

Sunday Worship

September 1, 2024

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Rev. Jack Varnell, preaching

Matthew 3:13-17

Assisting with Worship

Ushers

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

11 a.m. Worship Service will be Live-Streamed and available on Facebook and the Website

Prayer List

Scott and Wanda Fitzgerald

Nancy Belk

Jared Heggins

Jimmy Roach

Freeda Chapman

Sam Lamback

Thomas Marlow

Linda Sankey

Yetta Price

Eddings Smith

Bettie Causey

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

Sharon and Tony Marks, sister and brother-in-law of Kathy Welch

Mable Mashburn, Kathy Welch’s mother

Ashley and Mary Hurt

Frances Inzer

Charlotte Barker

Michael Downs, grandson of Harold Downs

Elaine Jones

Judy Freeney

Charlie Cloaninger

Greg Elliott

Amy and Brad Roberson, and the family of Ethan Roberson

Sarah and Tommy Neaves and their newborns Oliver and Owen

Bill Stembridge and the family of John Stembridge

Shaunacy Fifield

Sidney Palmer, granddaughter of Florence & Steve Allen

The family of Dee Barnes

Susan McIntosh, Daniel’s mother

Mallory and Payton Stone and their newborn Alexander

Charles Seabrooks (father of CCM assistant director Mrs. Annette)

Chelsea Anderson (CCM employee) and family after the death of her father

The United Methodist Church, Bishop David and Nancy Graves, incoming Bishop Robin Dease

District Superintendent Paula and Scott Lewis

Our church, its clergy, and its members

Coming Up at Mulberry

September 1

Jack Varnell's First Sunday

September 2

Office Closed for Labor Day

Full Calendar

On Call Line

478-219-9926

Check out what's going on in Realm!

Be sure to check out the News feature on Realm!

If you need help getting connected, contact the church office at

478-745-8601.

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, for questions.

**Nursery is provided during Choir Rehearsal for any parents wanting to join!

Donation Needs

Macon Outreach Needs

Plastic Bags

Boxes of oatmeal and grit packets

Cereal

Snack bars

Hamburger helper

Cornbread mix

Condiments

Cake/cookie/muffin mix

Snack items

Daybreak Needs

Financial donations

Volunteers

Cereal

Chips (individual serving)

Snack Bars

Canned fruit, fresh fruit

Vinegar

$10 gift card for WEAR, McDonalds, Kroger

Cough Drops

1-min instant grits

Orajel

Daytime cold medicine (non-alcohol - tablet only)

Insect Repellant

Gatorade

Coffee

Disinfectant Spray

Shaving Cream

Small toiletries

Lotion

Men's & Women's underwear (new)

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