Announcements – December 5, 2021

Condolences


  • Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mrs. Saramma Abraham (77) elder sister of our member Mrs. Gracy John (wife of Mr. P. C. John) on November 28th, Sunday in Sterling Heights. Funeral service was held on December 4th, Saturday. May our Almighty Lord grant them strength and comfort them with His peace.

Kalpanas/Circulars


  • CIRCULAR – 37 & 38

Worship Service


  • Next Sunday – December 12
    • Holy Qurbana Service in English at 10:15 AM
    • Sunday School – at 9 AM

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


  • Intercessory Prayer on Wednesday at 7 PM (via Zoom)
  • Fasting prayer this Friday at 10:30 AM (via Zoom)

Christmas Carol Service – 2021


  • DMTC Christmas Carol Service will be held on December 18th, Saturday at 5:00 PM at the church. Fr. Jerry John Mathew, Vicar of St. Mary’s Malankara Syrian Orthodox 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 are invited to the Christmas carol service

Carol Rounding – 2021


  • Christmas Carol Rounding-2021 will be held on December 11th & 12th.
    • West Side:  December 11th, Saturday 3:00 PM
      • Starting at the Parsonage and ending at the residence of Mr. Shinoj & Sheeba Chacko.
    • East Side: December 12th, Sunday 2:00 PM
      • Starting at the residence Mr. Sunil & Tintu Kurien and ending at the residence of Mr. John & Betsy Varghese.

Sunday School


  • Sunday School Christmas Carol Program practice will be held today after service. Next practice will be on December 11th, Saturday at 10 am and December 12th, Sunday after service.
    There will be a practice for the drama/skit participants on Friday, December 10th at 6:30 pm at the church. ALL UPCOMING PRACTICES ARE MANDATORY.
    (The outfits for the Carol Program are as follows: Girls will be wearing a white sweater dress with black leggings or white sweater with black pants and a red & black plaid scarf. Boys will be wearing a red sweater with black pants and a blue & green plaid scarf).

Choir


  • The Choir General Body Meeting will be held today Sunday, Dec 5th after the worship service in the sanctuary. Office bearers for the year 2022 will be elected in this meeting. All choir members are requested to attend.

Youth Group


  • Youth Group General Body Meeting will be held today December 5th, Sunday after the worship service at the church. Election of office bearers for the year 2022 will be held during this meeting.
  • Midwest Regional Youth Conference-2021 will be held on December 27th and 28th at St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church of Chicago. The theme for this year is “Unashamed” based on 2 Corinthians 3:18. Deadline for the registration will be Friday December 10, 2021.

Edavaka Mission


  • Edavaka Mission General Body Meeting will be held on December 12th Sunday immediately after the Holy Communion service at the Church. Election of office bearers for the year 2022 will be conducted during this meeting.
  • Monthly Prayer Meeting of MTVEA Diocese of North America and Europe will be held on Monday December 6 at 8.30 pm EST by Zoom. Rev. Dr. Eappen Varghese (Immanuel MTC ,Houston) will give the message.Meeting Id: 872 4274 0053   Password: 101010

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87242740053?pwd=UXYwYXBVeXVWYWRaZ0JnVFUxSjBsZz09

Yuvajana Sakhyam


  • Yuvajana Sakhyam General Body Meeting will be held on December 12th Sunday after refreshments at the church. Election of office bearers for the year 2022 will be held during this meeting

Sevika Sanghom


Trustees Appeal


  • We have only 3 Sundays to close the financial year on De 31st. Kindly make all the payments (subscription, Tithe and Auction) as early as possible. Your support is prayerfully appreciated

Refreshments


Thanks to the Refreshment committee for arranging today’s refreshments

Acknowledgements


Thanks to Rev. Varghese Thomas for celebrating today’s Holy Qurbana and for the message. Thanks to Rev. P. Chacko, Lay leader Mr. Kuruvilla Thomas, Mr. Vinod Thomas, Malayalam Choir Members & Andrew Varghese (Piano) for assisting in today’s service.

DMTC Family wishes all our fellow members 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.

Thank you all for participating today’s worship service. Have a blessed week.

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