Announcements – January 19, 2020

Condolences


  • Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mrs. Sosamma George, 69 years old, sister of our members Mr. Samuelkutty Abraham and Mrs. Aleyamma Samuel on Thursday, January 16th, 2020. Funeral service will be held on Monday, January 20th, 2020 at the Troy International Church of God. May the Almighty Lord strengthen and comfort the family with peace that passeth all human understanding. Let’s all please stand for a moment of silence and prayer.

General Body Notice


  • The General body meeting of the Detroit Mar Thoma church will be held on January 19th, Sunday in the church sanctuary after the Holy Communion Service presided by the President and Vicar, Rev. Varghese Thomas. All General Body members are requested to attend this meeting.The agenda is as follows:
    1. Election of the Sabha Mandalam Member for 2020-2023
    2. Election of the Diocesan Assembly Members(2) for 2020-2023

Worship Services


  • Next Sunday: January 26th (“Christian Participation in Nation Building”)
    • Holy Qurbana service in English at 10:15 am
    • Sunday School at 9 AM
    • Adult Bible Study at 9:30 AM

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 Fellowships


  • Prayer group 3 will have a prayer meeting on January 26th, Sunday 5:30pm at the residence of Mr. Jeji Mathew and Bahitha Uthup in Troy.
    Address: 4038 Hanover Dr, Troy MI 48085.

First Holy Communion


  • Children who are planning to take the First Holy Communion in March, 2020 will be having their preparatory class with Achen on January 25th, Saturday 1 pm to 3 pm at the church.

Senior Fellowship


  • Senior Fellowship Annual General Body meeting will be held on January 25th, Saturday 3:00 pm at the Church. The annual report and audited accounts for the year 2019 will be presented in this meeting.

Youth Fellowship


  • Youth Fellowship General Body meeting will be held on January 19th, Sunday after the service. Election for 2020 will be held in this meeting
  • Youth Group Kick-off on January 25th, Saturday at 2 pm at the Zap Zone in Farmington. Afterwards for dinner at the Buffalo Wild Wings.

Yuvajana Sakhyam


  • Yuvajana Sakhyam General Body meeting will be held on January 26th, Sunday after worship service. Election of Regional representative and Sakha committee members for the year 2020 will be held in this meeting.

Global Mar Thoma Meet and the 33rd Diocesan Family Conference


  • The Global Mar Thoma Meet and the 33rd Diocesan Family Conference of the Diocese of North America and Europe is scheduled to be held from July 2nd – 5th, 2020 at the Carmel Mar Thoma Center, Atlanta. The Theme of the Conference is “Living in Christ, Leaping in Faith” based on John 15:7. The registration fee will be $ 100 USD and the conference fee will be $100 USD per person till March 31, 2020 and from April 1, 2020 an additional $25.00 USD will be added for each person.

Diocesan Directory


  • The new Diocesan Directory will be released on July 3rd, 2020. Those who ordered the copies please pay $10.00 ASAP. Church members are requested to check and verify their address information to be published in the Diocesan Directory 2020. For more information please contact Mr. C. V. Samuel at 586-216-0602.

DMTC Project


  • Those who haven’t pledged your contribution yet, please give that to the vicar or trustees as soon as possible. If you are interested to give personal loans, please contact project convener Mr. Vinod Thomas. Please keep our expansion project in your prayers.

Refreshments


  • Thanks to Mr. P. M. George and Annamma George for sponsoring today’s refreshments- Appam & Curry.

Acknowledgements


Thanks to Varghese Thomas Achen for celebrating today’s holy Qurbana and for the message. Thanks to P. Chacko Achen, Philip Varughese Achen, Lay leaders and Malayalam choir for assisting in 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.

Admin Update


If you are currently not receiving emails from the church or would like to update your email address, please notify us by sending it to dmtc.sec@gmail.com. Send your name and address in the email so that we can identify you properly. Please visit the church website www.detroitmarthoma.org for weekly announcements and other resources.