Podcasts
- Sermon Link – ‘Annunciation to Joseph’ (by Rev. Varghese Thomas)
Worship Services
- Next Sunday: December 22nd
- Holy Qurbana service in English at 10:15 am
- Sunday School – Cancelled (due to the Carol Service on Saturday)
- Adult Bible Study – Cancelled
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 3 will have a prayer meeting on December 22nd, Sunday at 5 PM at the residence of Thomas George (Chachi) & Shiny George in Rochester.
Address: 3864 Fawn Dr., Rochester, MI 48306
Christmas Carol Service – 2019
- DMTC Christmas Carol Service will be held on December 21st, Saturday at 5:30 PM at the church. Rev. Pathrose Panuel, Vicar of Syro-Malankara Catholic church will be the chief guest. Melodious carols by our English and Malayalam Choir, special performance by our Sunday school children and carol rounding group. All our members and friends are invited to the Christmas carol service.
Sunday School
- Christmas Carol Service practice will be held today after the service and there is a mandatory practice on Friday Dec 20th from 7pm to 9pm. All Sunday school children are requested to attend these two practices.
- Children above 12yrs of age interested in taking First Holy Communion in March 2020 please give your names to the Sunday school Superintendent Mrs. Sarasu David at the earliest.
Youth Group
- Regional Youth Conference 2019:Today is the last day to give Regional Registration Checks to Youth Secretary, Tenny Samuel. Payment will NOT be accepted on the day of the conference.
There will be a MANDATORY informational meeting for those who are attending the Regional Conference on December 22nd, Sunday after the service. General information regarding Regionals, transportation, meeting place, time, what to bring, rules, drivers, all these details will be discussed in this meeting.If any parent or youth is planning to visit conference any of the days from December 26th to 29th and if any youths who are attending the conference are able to drive please contact Tommy Samuel. They still in need of drivers so any volunteers would be helpful.
Carol Rounding
- Dec 15th Sunday – Windsor, Canada – Starting at the residence of Mr. Abraham & Rebecca George and ending at the residence of Mr. Rijo Koshy & Bigi Paul.
The Diocesan Directory 2020 – Diocese of North America & Europe
- The Diocesan Directory 2020 is a reference guide, the revised and most up-to-date information of all the members of all parishes / congregations in the diocese will benefit the members in maintaining closer relationship and to get connected to one another. A brief history of each parish / congregation is also given to get an idea of the important milestones in its journey of growth in the diocese. The new Diocesan Directory will be released on July 3rd, 2020. Pre-publication cost is $10.00 per copy and after December 31st, 2019 the cost will be $15.00 per copy. Please order your copy today at the counter in the fellowship hall. For more information please contact Mr. C. V. Samuel at 586-216-0602.
Ecumenical Christmas program – 2019
- Ecumenical Christmas program will be held on December 29th, Sunday at 4:30 PM at St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church in Southfield. Detroit Ecumenical Council of Kerala Churches invites all the members from all Churches and congregations to the 2019 Ecumenical Christmas program. Address: 17235 Mt: Vernon Ave, Southfield, MI.
Trustees Appeal
- We have only 2 Sundays to close the financial year on Dec 31st. Kindly make all the payments as early as possible. Your support is prayerfully appreciated. Contribution list as of December 1st is posted on the notice board.
Refreshments
- Thanks to our refreshments committee for arranging today’s refreshments- Chapati and Hyderabadi Chicken Curry.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Varghese Thomas Achen for celebrating today’s holy Qurbana and for the message. Thanks to P. Chacko 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
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