Podcasts
- Sermon Link – Sevika Sanghom Day ‘Women: Defenders of Faith’ – (by Shyny Kochamma)
Kalpanas/Circulars
- CIRCULAR NO. 62
- LETTER FROM DIOCESE – “TRANFORMING LIVES THROUGH CHEERFUL GIVING” CAMPAIGN
Worship Services
- Next Sunday – September 18
- 10:15 AM – Holy Communion Service in Malayalam
- 9 AM – Sunday School
- We strongly encourage all members to follow COVID prevention measures when coming to the church:
- Mask use is optional but encouraged
- If you are Covid positive or have known exposure and experiencing symptoms, you are requested to stay home. You may return to church activities after 5 days of isolating
- Thank you for your understanding and cooperation
Online Weekly Prayers
- Intercessory Prayer on Wednesday at 7 PM (via Zoom)
- Fasting prayer this Friday at 10:30 AM (via Zoom)
Prayer Fellowship
- CORRECTION: A combined prayer meeting of all Prayer Groups will be held this Saturday, September 17th, at 5:30 pm at the church hosted by Mr. Sujeev Cherian & family. All members are kindly requested to attend
First Communicants
- First Communicants class will continue today Sunday, September 11th, at 6 pm via Zoom. All First Communicants are requested to attend.
Metropolitan Visit
- His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Theodosius Mar Thoma Metropolitan will be visiting our parish on Sunday, October 2nd. Thirumeni will celebrate the Holy Qurbana along with the First Communicant Dedication Service. Holy Communion Service will start at 10:15 am. A felicitation meeting is planned after the worship service and will include a special honoring of our senior members over the age of 80. Lunch will be arranged after the felicitation meeting. Please keep Thirumeni, our First Communicants, the service and all preparations in your prayers
Yuvajana Sakhyam
- Mid-West Region Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam Regional Conference and Kalamela 2022 will be held on Saturday, September 24th at Detroit Mar Thoma Church. Regional conference will start at 9:00 AM. Rev. Ajith K Thomas (Vicar of St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Chicago) is the chief guest and speaker. Theme for the conference is “Walking in the way of Christ” (സഞ്ചാരത്തിന്റെ ക്രിസ്തുവഴിരൾ) based on Colossians 1:10. Kalamela will start at 1:00 PM and the shakha with the most points will be awarded the Dona Alex Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy.
Requesting and encouraging participation of Yuvajana Sakhyam members and church family by signing up for the conference by Sept 10th. The Cost for YS members is $10, and free for church family. Registration link below:Registration Link: 2022 MIDWEST REGIONAL YS CONFERENCE and KALAMELA REGISTRATION FORM
Onam Sadhya
- Our Yuvajana Sakhyam & Sevika Sanghom are together coordinating Ona-Sadhya for the parish on Sunday September 18th after the worship service. There is a signup sheet for items that need to be cooked, requesting support from all members. Please reach out to the coordinators Mrs. Reena Philip or Mr. Stanley Samuel to sign-up. Link to the sign-up sheet below:
- Link to sign-up sheet: ONAM SADHYA 2022 Sign-up Sheet
- To make proper arrangements for the Ona-Sadhya all families are requested to confirm with their area prayer group leaders the number of individuals that will be attending by Sunday Sept 11, 2022. Please keep the event in your prayers. Any donations to support this event is also welcome.
Invitation from St. John’s MTC – Annual Convention
- Greetings to Rev. Varghese Thomas and members of the Detroit Marthoma Church
- Dearly Beloved in Christ, we are cordially inviting Vicar Rev. Varghese Thomas & family and all members of the Detroit Mar Thoma Church to our annual convention from Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18, 2022. Convention will start on Saturday at 6:00 pm in St. John’s Mar Thoma Church (2601 E Square Lake Rd, Troy, MI 48085). Our main speaker will be Evg. Kuriyan Thampy (Subi Pallickal). Humbly requesting your prayerful participation, please keep the convention in your prayers. Parish Secretary Mr. Shine Eapen
Audio/Video System Training
- As you all know as part of our church expansion project, we have been using a new audio/video system for parish activities. Last year the executive committee collected names of members who would like to be trained to the new audio/video system. Our audio and video experts have prepared training material and have started to train members recently. We received interest from approximately 14 members last year, the audio/visual team intends to train all members who communicated interest however to make the training effective training sessions will be done in batches. Therefore, all members will not be trained at once. The audio/video team members will contact and provide further details regarding training sessions. The team requests your cooperation and patience. For any further questions please contact Secretary Mr. John Mathews
Note on PayPal Contributions
- On July 29th, 2022, PayPal updated its policies and now charges a fee for contributions to the church Paypal account submitted from a personal PayPal account. Members may still contribute through Paypal without being charged a fee using the Paypal Giving Fund of Detroit Mar Thoma Church. A link to the PayPal Giving fund is posted on the church website and will be sent in the weekly announcements.Link to Paypal Giving Fund – Detroit Mar Thoma Church: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1666494Please note that when using the Paypal Giving Fund, members cannot designate the category of their contribution therefore once completing a transaction through Paypal Giving Fund, members must provide details to trustees so that contributions may be accounted properly.
- Also please note this policy update only impacts contributions through Paypal. Contributions through Venmo are not affected currently. Thank you once again to all members for your wholehearted financial support for the smooth functioning of the parish.
Members Contribution List
- Members’ Contribution list as of July 31st, 2022 is posted in the notice board. Please review and if any questions, please contact the Trustees.
Refreshments
- Thanks to the refreshment committee for arranging today’s refreshments.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Rev. Varghese Thomas for leading today’s service. Thanks to Shyny Kochamma for the message. Thanks to P. Chacko Achen, Lay leaders and Choir 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
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