Announcements – November 1, 2020

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Worship Services

  • Next Sunday – November 8th (World Sunday School Sunday)
    • Holy Qurbana Service in English at 10:15 am (Live Streaming)
    • Sunday School – Common Session at 9 AM (via Zoom)

As per the decision of the Executive committee:

      • Total of 25 members are allowed to attend the worship service
      • Total of 8 members will be allowed to participate in the Holy Qurbana.  Each individual that is interested to participate needs to register individually and sign the waiver using the following link:
        • https://detroitmarthoma.org/main/resources/attendance-registration/
        • You will receive an initial email confirming your request and then another email once the request has been approved.
        • If you have any questions, please contact Alan John (313-999-3365)
        • Note: If you have recently participated in the Holy Communion, please give other members a chance to participate also.

If anyone is interested to come and participate in the service at the church, especially those who are celebrating birthday or wedding anniversary please inform the Vicar or Secretary.

(Please subscribe to the DetroitMarthoma YouTube channel for future services/events)

Online Payments through PayPal

  • Please note that if you choose to send in your contribution through PayPal, please choose “Sending to Family & Friends” option. Otherwise there is 3% fee that will be taken out of your contribution by PayPal. The church will not receive the full amount contributed.

Suvishesha Nidhi Sunday

  • Next Sunday will be observed as SUVISHESHA NIDHI SUNDAY, Please donate generously for the mission activities of the Diocese.

Online Weekly Prayers

  • Prayer Meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7 PM by Zoom
  • Fasting prayer on Friday at 10:30 AM by Zoom

Sevika Sanghom

  • Monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, November 7th at 6.00 pm via Zoom.

Sunday School

  • Next Sunday Nov 8th will be observed as World Sunday School Day. Our Sunday school children will be taking the lead in worship service “Learning and Nurturing of the Faith and Practice”. World Sunday school day offertory will be collected and the funds will be completely utilized by the Diocese for the ‘Kids for Kids’ project. Please mail the checks to our church address with “World SS Day” in the memo by Nov 22nd

Diocesan MTVEA Prayer

  • Marthoma Voluntary Evangelist’s Association – Diocese of North America and Europe conducting Monthly Prayer Meeting via Zoom on November 2nd, Monday at 8.30 pm EST.

Rev. Mathew Joseph (St. Paul’s MTC, Dallas) will give the message.
Meeting ID 874 9350 2060
Password 101010.

Diocesan Leadership Conference

  • The 24th session of the Diocesan Leadership Conference will be hosted by the Diocesan Youth Fellowship and will take place virtually (via Zoom) from Friday, January 8th to Saturday, January 9th, 2021. Our Diocesan Bishop, along with the Youth Chaplains, Clergy, and lay leaders will serve as the main leaders for this conference.

The theme for the conference is: “Restored to Restore” based on Jeremiah 15:19a.

The Diocesan Youth Fellowship Council cordially invites youths (ages 21-35), who are actively involved in their home parish and community, to register and attend the conference. Registration will begin on Sunday, November 1, 2020 and will be open until Monday, November 30, 2020. For more details, please visit the conference website at https://www.teammartho.com/dlc2021

Diocesan Directory – 2020

  • Diocesan Directory-2020 is ready for distribution. Those who ordered the Diocesan Directory-2020, please contact Mr. C. V. Samuel (586-216-0602) for your copy.

DMTC Project Update

  • Integrity builders have finished roof work and windows installation. Dome will be installed in the next week and brick work is also scheduled. Land clearing for the parking lot construction has started and back side parking lot access will be limited in the coming weeks. You can view the construction progress by visiting the church website. If you have any questions regarding the project, please contact Project convener Mr. Vinod Thomas or Parish office bearers. Those who have not paid your pledge amount yet, please mail the check to church address as early as possible. Please continue to support the project through your prayers and generous financial support.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Varghese Thomas Achen for celebrating today’s Holy Qurbana and the message. Thanks to Philip Varghese Achen, lay leader Mr. Kuruvilla Thomas & Malayalam Choir members for assisting in today’s service. Thanks to Mr. Sujeev Cherian, Mr. Thomas Abraham for assisting with live streaming and Mrs. Sheena Mathews for helping as volunteer. Thank you all for participating today’s worship service. Have a blessed week.

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

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