Announcements – April 21, 2019

Podcasts


  • Sermon Link – ‘Kemta: Easter ­ Celebration of Resurrection’ (by Rev. Jogy O. Philip)

Worship Services


  • Next Sunday: April 28th
    • Holy Qurbana Service in English at 8:30 AM
    • There will be no Sunday School and Bible Study

Weekly Prayers


  • Intercessory Prayer on Wednesday at 6:30 PM at the Church.
  • Fasting prayer on Friday at 10:30 AM at the Church.

Prayer Fellowship


  • Prayer Group 1 will have a prayer meeting on April 21st, Sunday at 5:30 pm at the residence of Mr. Alan & Sunu John in Livonia.
    Address: 17205 Brookview Dr, Livonia

Choir


  • Choir farewell for Jogy Achen and Family will be held on today after the Worship service.
  • Choir will be conducting a voice test on Sunday, May 12th after the worship service to add new members to both Malayalam and English choirs. Those who wish to participate in the audition, please give your names to the choir leaders Mr. Sherin Kuruvilla or Miss. Crystal Chacko before 5 PM on May 5th, Sunday. The songs for the audition areMalayalam – CH 57 Karthavine Naam Sthuthikka, CH 299 Modham Athi Modham

    English – How great thou art, Be thou my vision

Youth Group


  • Bowling event: On April 27th, Saturday at 2 pm at Woodland Lanes in Livonia followed by dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings.
  • ALABAMA NATIVE AMERICAN MISSION TRIP 2019 – The Alabama Native American Missions Trip will be held from June 15th to June 21st in Mt. Vernon, Alabama. Anyone who is 18 years and older may attend and if you are interested, more information can be found in the Youth Group Email. Registration Deadline is May 12th.
  • DIOCESAN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE 2019 – The Diocesan Youth Fellowship Conference 2019 will be held from July 25th to July 28th, 2019, hosted by the Youth Fellowship of the Mar Thoma Church of Dallas – Farmers Branch in Dallas. The theme is “Bloom Where You Are Planted” based on 1 Corinthians 3:6-9. Anyone who is 18 years and older may attend and if you are interested, more information can be found in the Youth Group Email. Registration Deadline is May 26th.

Farewell Program


  • The Farewell program of our beloved Jogy Achen & family will be held on April 28th immediately after the Holy Qurbana. Please note that the service will be at 8:30 am on April 28th, Sunday and the plan is to end the program by 11:30 am. Lunch will be provided after the program. Everyone is welcome to attend the program and partake in the fellowship lunch afterwards. Achen will be leaving from Church at 1 pm and the departure time is 4:23 pm from Metro Airport – North Terminal.

New Vicar


  • Our new vicar Rev. Varghese Thomas and family will arrive in Detroit on May 3rd, Friday at 12:30 am.

Edavaka Mission


  • The Mar Thoma Voluntary Evangelist’s Association of the Diocese of North America and Europe is hosting the 15th MTVEA Diocesan Conference from August 1st to August 4th in Toronto at the St. Mathew’s Mar Thoma Church. The theme of the conference is based on 1 Cor 3:9, “Co-Workers of the Kingdom of God” and will be led by Rt. Rev. Dr. Isaac Mar Philoxenos Episcopa,
    Rt. Rev. Dr. Mathews Mar Makarios Episcopa, clergies and lay leaders. Those who are interested to attend the conference please contact Mr. Georgey Mathews. Registration deadline is June 30th.

Senior Fellowship


  • Senior Fellowship monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, April 27th at 3.00 pm at the Church.
  • Senior Fellowship National Conference – Senior Fellowship 5th National Diocesan Conference will be held from September 25-28 at Ascension Mar Thoma Church, Philadelphia, PA. Those who are interested to attend please contact Mr. George Thomas ( Babu ) or Mr. P.M. George for registration forms and more details.

Development Project


  • As of now 85 families pledged 108,000 dollars towards this project and we have donations from 750 dollars to 10,000 dollars. We are very thankful to those who have pledged. Project committee members are available in the fellowship hall with the pledge form. Please stop by and give your pledge and please support this project.

Refreshments


  • Thanks to Dr. Thomas & Daisy Mathew for sponsoring today’s refreshments and thanks to our refreshment committee for all the arrangements. Today we will have Appam and Mutton stew.

Acknowledgements


Thanks to Jogy Achen for celebrating today’s Holy Qurbana and the inspiring message. Thanks to P. Chacko Achen, Lay leaders, Malayalam Choir for assisting today’s service.

DMTC Family wishes all our fellow brethren celebrating their Birthday & Wedding Anniversary this coming week; May the Almighty Lord bless each one of you and your family in the new year & years ahead.

Please uphold our near & dear ones who are sick and those grieving the loss of their loved ones.

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