Announcements – December 27, 2020

Condolences


  • Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of our member Mrs. Rosamma George (77 years) mother of our members Mrs. Shiny George and Mr. Shaji George, on December 27, 2020 in Normal, Illinois. Funeral arrangements will be informed later. May the Almighty Lord strengthen and comfort the family with peace that passeth all human understanding.

Kalpanas & Circulars


  • DC 440

Worship Services


  • Year End – Watch Night Service – December 31st
    • 9:30 PM – Witnessing Session via Zoom
    • 11:00 PM – Holy Qurbana service in English via live streaming.
  • Next Sunday – January 3rd
    • Holy Qurbana Service in Malayalam at 10:15 am (Live Streaming)
    • Sunday School – morning session at 9 AM

Due to current Covid situation only 25 members are allowed to attend the worship service and partake in the Holy Qurbana.

Those who wish to attend in person, please register online and sign the waiver by Saturday morning.

Note: If you have recently participated in the Holy Communion, please give other members a chance to participate also.

Only if you get the approval email should you proceed to come for the service

(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.

Online Weekly Prayers


  • Evening Prayer on Monday and Wednesday at 7 PM by Zoom (Friday Evening prayers are cancelled)
  • Fasting prayer this Friday at 10:30 AM via Zoom

Prayer Groups


  • Combined meeting of Prayer Groups 1 & 2 will be held on January 3, Sunday at 6 pm via Zoom

Sevika Sanghom


  • Monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 at 6.00 pm via Zoom.

DMTC Expansion Project


  • UPDATE: Parking lot Curb work is continuing. Brick work is also continuing and hope to finish it next week.
  • Finance Update: We still have families who haven’t pledged yet and who hasn’t send the pledged amounts. We request the families who haven’t pledged yet to send in the pledge and the check. If you have any questions regarding the project, please contact Project convener Mr. Vinod Thomas or Parish office bearers. Please continue to support the project through your prayers and generous financial support
  • Sponsorship Form: Thank you for the great response from our families. Many of the items from the list have been sponsored. There are still more items that are available for sponsorship. We request individuals/group/Organization to sponsor some of the remaining items. Please see the attached form for details. For any further information, please contact church trustee Mr. George Koshy (248-615-1888).

DMTC sponsorship Doc_V3

Trustees Appeal


  • We have few more days to close the financial year on Dec 31st. Kindly make all the payments as early as possible. Your support is prayerfully appreciated.

Ecumenical Christmas Program – 2020


  • Ecumenical Christmas program will be held on December 27th, Sunday 6:00pm to 7:30pm by online platform. Detroit Ecumenical Council of Kerala Churches invites all the members from all Churches and congregations to attend the 2020 Ecumenical Christmas program virtually.

Acknowledgements


Thanks to Varghese Thomas Achen for celebrating today’s Holy Qurbana and for the message. Thanks to lay leader Mr. Justin Abraham & English Choir members for assisting in today’s service. Thanks to Mr. Sujeev Cherian, Mr. Thomas Abraham for assisting with live streaming and Mrs. Juby Abraham for helping as admission 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