Vodcasts
- Sermon Link – Ecumenical Sunday: The Church that needs to be one in Christ (Rev. Santhosh Varughese)
Condolences
- Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mr. P.A. Thomas, father of our member Mr. Manoj P. Thomas on Wednesday, January 15th in India. Funeral service will be held on Monday, January 20th.
- Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mr. C.M. George – Kochununy, father of our member Mrs. Reena Philip on Friday, January 17th in India. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 21st.
May our Almighty Lord grant the families strength and comfort them with His peace.
Kalpanas/Circulars
- DC/44/2025 – Day of Prayer California Wildfires
Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events
- January 22 (Wednesday)
- 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom)
- January 23 (Thursday)
- 11 AM: MIWAA Prayer Meeting (via Zoom)
- January 24 (Friday)
- 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom)
- January 25 (Saturday)
- 11 AM: Senior Fellowship Monthly meeting (at church)
- Midwest Region Sunday School – 1 Day Students Conference (via Zoom – see details below)
- 11 AM: Junior Session
- 2 PM: Senior session
- January 26 (Sunday)
- 9 AM: Sunday School
- 10:15 AM: Holy Communion Service in English
- After Service: Youth Group General Body meeting
Prayer Fellowships
- Prayer group 2 will be having a prayer meeting on Sunday, February 2nd at 5pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Georgey and Mollykutty Mathews in Farmington Hills. (32446 Sandstone Farmington Hills, MI 48334). All Prayer group 2 members are requested to attend.
Sevika Sanghom
- Monthly meeting of the Sevika Sanghom will be held today Jan 19th after the service and immediately after refreshments. General body meeting will be held after the meeting, 2024 annual report and accounts will be presented. Requesting all Sevika Sanghom members to attend.
Senior Fellowship
- Monthly meeting of the Senior Fellowship will be held Saturday, Jan 25th at 11:00 am at the church. General body meeting will be held after the meeting, 2024 annual report and accounts will be presented. Requesting all Senior Fellowship members to attend.
Sunday School
- Midwest Region Sunday School is arranging a One Day Students Conference scheduled on Saturday, January 25th via Zoom. Dr. Sherin Thomas, Kochamma of St Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Lombard, IL will be the guest speaker. The theme for our conference is “I AM” based on John 1:12-13. There will be two sessions based on age group:
- Session 1: Grades 3-7 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
- Session 2: Grades 8-12 from 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Welcoming all SS students to attend.
- Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82768930303?pwd=EvEWCsS6oDDZJn8m0PvhN3Fyx1y9p2.1
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Meeting ID: 827 6893 0303 Passcode: 306781
- Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5Q9HnrzkYhUYpZOvvwKP6_sAnGtS9ZStKHkpuDOtWZQbBDA/viewform?usp=sharing
Youth Group
- Youth Group General body meeting will be held on Sunday, January 26th, after the service. All youth group members are requested to attend.
- There will be a Bible Study and White Elephant Gift Exchange on Saturday, February 1st at church. Time to be announced this week.Also if there are any new youths the age of 13 and up who would like to join the youth group, please contact Deborah George or Abigail Shinoj as soon as possible.
Midwest Regional Activity Committee (RAC)
- A meeting for the formation of the Regional Activity Committee (RAC) in the Mid-West Region is scheduled to be held virtually via Zoom on Thursday January 30th, 2025 at 8:30 PM. Our Diocesan Episcopa, Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham Mar Paulos will preside over the meeting. The following members are requested to attend the meeting: 2024 and 2025 Office Bearers specifically Vice President, Treasurer, Accountant, Secretary, English & Malayalam Lay Leaders, Diocesan Assembly members and Sabha Mandalam member. The following is the agenda for the meeting:
- Formalization and Establishment of the Regional Activities Committee in the Mid-West region.
- Election of an Ad-Hoc Committee for the Midwest Regional Activities Committee (RAC)
- Any other related matters
Zoom information – Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5014010301
Meeting ID: 501 401 0301
L.E.A.D. (Lay Education & Development) Spring 2025 Cohort
- The Lay Education and Development Program (LEAD) aims to provide opportunities for all members of the church from different generations to learn and grow as leaders within the Mar Thoma Church. The program’s goal is to teach and equip church members with the knowledge and tools to be effective leaders and disciples of Christ within the Diocese, region, center, and parish.In order to facilitate learning, the Lay Education and Development Program (LEAD) subcommittee is conducting a weekly class online over a period of 8 weeks, on Tuesdays from February 4 to March 25, 2025, 7PM-8PM (EST) via Zoom, according to the new Phase 1 of the LEAD curriculum. Classes are open for Mar Thoma members (Ages 18 & above) of parishes & congregations in the Diocese. Registration deadline is Friday, January 31st 2025, or when seat capacity is reached. Registration will only be completed upon Vicar approval. Registration fee for the class is $10. For more information, contact the LEAD subcommittee at marthoma.lead@gmail.com
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/fkWtACfLebSEDpkR9
Altar Boys & Covenant Girls Learning Program – Spring 2025 Cohort
- The Altar Boys and Covenant Girls ministry began in 2013 with the aim to encourage our children and youth to (a) learn more about our church, faith, heritage, and tradition, (b) grow spiritually, and (c) to be well equipped as leaders in the church. Participants in this ministry are to be 12 years of age and above, be full communicant members of thechurch, be committed to learning through training programs, be able to help with the various needs of the parish (in consultation with the parish Vicar), and serve for at least three years.
In order to facilitate learning, the Diocese’s Altar Boys & Covenant Girls subcommittee is conducting a weekly class online over a period of 8 weeks, on Tuesdays from February 4 to March 25, 2025, 8PM-9PM via Zoom, according to the new curriculum. Classes are open for full Communicant Mar Thoma members (Ages 12-18) of parishes & congregations in the Diocese. Seats are limited. Registration will only be complete upon Vicar approval. Registration fee is $10. The deadline for registration is Friday, January 31st 2025, or when seat capacity is reached. After successful completion of the course, a certificate of completion will be given. For more information, contact the Altar Boys & Covenant Girls subcommittee at marthoma.abcg@gmail.com.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/2xyReUzvtGXryPp7A
Online Photo Directory
As many of you may or may not know we maintain an online photo directory of parish families. Many photos in the directory are outdated and we invite and encourage all families to provide a more recent photo to be included in the directory. If families have a new photo please e-mail it to the secretary at sec@detroitmarthoma.org. We thank everyone for their support. Link and log-in information for the photo directory will be included in the weekly announcements.
Online Photo Directory Link: https://detroitmarthoma.org/main/resources/parish-directory/
Photo Directory Passcode: 48033
Tax Receipts – 2024
- Tax Receipts for 2024 are available with the trustees. If anybody would like a copy of their 2024 Tax Receipt please contact the trustees in-person or by email at trustees@detroitmarthoma.org
Yuvajana Sakhyam
- Limited copies of 2025 Yuvajana Sakhyam Calendars and Bible reading cards are available for purchase by your YS.
1 Calendar and 1 Bible reading card (per family) – $10
1 Bible reading card (per family) – $2
The items will be available for purchase in the fellowship hall after the worship service. Encouraging all families to support
Note from Trustees
- We are blessed to have our church and fellowship hall as our collective home where we worship and gather for fellowship. And as we keep our own homes and residences in a clean and tidy fashion it is our obligation to keep our church clean as well. Couple of general housekeeping reminders:
- If you are consuming food or drinks on the church premises please clean up after yourselves and dispose of your plates, cups, napkins, food & drink leftovers etc. in the trash bins.
- Request that food and drinks are not consumed in the sanctuary however for those who must especially those with small children please ensure to clean your area and trash before you depart the sanctuary
- Also request that chewing gum is not consumed in the church however if you do please keep the gum in your mouth or dispose in the trash bins.
- Finally if you see trash in general in the wrong place please throw it out in the trash bins instead of leaving where it is
It is unfortunate that we have to make such an announcement but almost every week we have trash left in the sanctuary on the church pews, in the book holders; cups with drinks left on window sills in the church or hall, food left throughout the hall especially on the tables and in the stage/ramp area, bath tissues left on the bathroom floors, and/or chewing gum left on furniture or in the bathrooms particularly in the men’s urinals. We do have cleaners for the church but it is frustrating for them to have to pick up after us instead of focusing on their general cleaning responsibilities and it’s embarrassing when they send us, the office bearers, pictures of our mess. So we ask everyone to cooperate with this; Children, Youths, Adults and Seniors. These are practices that would not be acceptable in our own homes so let us treat our church home the same way or better. We ask parents to please communicate this information with your children appropriately and please ensure they do not leave a mess before you leave the sanctuary and hall. We thank everyone for their understanding and cooperation
Refreshments
- Thanks to the refreshment committee for arranging today’s refreshments.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Rev. Santhosh Varughese for leading today’s service and for the message. Thank you to P. Chacko Achen, Philip Varughese 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, have a blessed week.
Live Streaming of Church Events
Live streaming will be available on the church YouTube channel – https://youtube.com/@DetroitMarthomaChurch. After clicking the link, click on “Live” and find the livestream for the respective church event.
We will do our very best to live stream all church events, however as this is dependent on trained volunteers, there may be technical interruptions and occasions where live streaming is not available. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Zeffy – Online Payment Option
- Zeffy is a user-friendly platform for not-for-profit organizations that allows for one-time and reoccurring monthly contributions with a no transaction fee option. Contributions can be made with credit card, bank account, Apple or Google pay. We strongly encourage all members to utilize Zeffy for electronic payments. Our Trustees want to thank all the members who have utilized this method as this streamlines the financial activities of the parish.
- Zeffy is available through the DMTC Mobile App or church website (link below):https://detroitmarthoma.org/main/resources-2/online-donation/
- With this online payment option, Paypal will no longer be available as an online payment option. If any member has questions or would like additional assistance with Zeffy please contact our Trustee or Accountant, Mr. Jacob Thomas or Mr. Alan Thomas, at any time
Church Zoom Information
Zoom Meeting ID: 811 6679 1004 Password: 926644
- From the Web Browser
- Dial-in
- (US) +1 312 626 6799 and then enter the access code 811 6679 1004# and then# again and then the passcode 926644#
- (Canada) +1 647 558 0588 and then enter the access code 811 6679 1004# and then# again and then the passcode 926644#
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 sec@detroitmarthoma.org. Send your name and address in the email so that we can identify you properly. Please visit the church website