Announcements – July 27, 2025

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Vodcasts

  • Sermon Link – Training for the Ministry of the Kingdom of God (Rev. Santhosh Varughese)

Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events

  • July 30 (Wednesday) 
    • 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom)
  • August 1 (Friday) 
    • 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom)
    • 6:30 PM: Young Families Fellowship (YFF) meeting (at church)
  • August 2 (Saturday) 
    • 11 AM: Senior Fellowship monthly meeting (at church)
  • August 3 (Sunday)
    • 10:15 AM: Holy Communion Service (Malayalam)
    • After Service: Sunday School Teacher’s meeting
    • After Service: 2025 Marthoma Festival Table Tennis Tournament

Young Family Fellowship 

  • There will be a Young Families Fellowship (YFF) meeting on Friday, August 1st at 6:30 pm at the church.  All young adults and young families are requested to join. There will be a session arranged for kids during the meeting. If attending please respond to the WhatsApp event that has been shared. For any questions please contact John Mathews – Tiffy.

Senior Fellowship 

  • Senior Fellowship meeting on Saturday August 2nd at 11 AM at church. All senior fellowship members are requested to attend.

Sunday School 

  • There will be a teachers meeting next Sunday after the worship service. All Sunday school teachers are requested to attend

Mar Thoma Festival

SPORTS COMPETITION:

Registration for the Marthofest summer sports is still currently open. Anyone interested in playing pickleball, table tennis, volleyball and basketball please sign up on the google form found on the QR code at the bulletin boards or with the link that’s provided here in the announcements. The deadline for registration has been extended to TONIGHT, July 27th for all sports. The cost for each tournament to play in is $10 per person per tournament, with a maximum cost of $35 per person for all tournaments

Tournament Schedules:

  • Aug 3 (after Service): Table Tennis (singles and doubles) – Aug 4 will also be utilized if tournament does not conclude on Aug 3
  • Aug 5/6 (6 – 10 pm): Pickleball (Men’s Doubles)
  • Aug 12/13 (6 – 10 pm): Pickleball (Women’s and Mixed doubles, Men’s singles)
  • Aug 15 (6 – 9:30 pm): Volleyball draft tournament
  • Aug 16 (8 – 11:30 am): Basketball draft tournament

Please sign up soon as you can so that you can be placed into a team – Registration form

PAINTING COMPETITION:

Registration for the painting competition opens today and will conclude August 9th. All children under 13 are eligible to participate in this competition.

The painting competition will be on Saturday, August 16th @ 1 PM during the Food Stall Sales.  Please register by signing up on the google form that it attached to today’s announcements

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_kmSsrwgrh38B6mRpbAE_PK-7GM_oKQ3IKoYZlCEcW8/edit

FASHION SHOW:

We are looking for participants to be in the fashion show program. All ages are welcome to participate. Girls, boys, uncles, aunties, appachans and ammachies. Please contact Benna Subin, Pheba John as soon as possible

COOKING COMPETITION:

                CALLING ALL CULINARY CHAMPS OF DETROIT MAR THOMA CHURCH!!!!

The 2nd annual cooking competition returns during this years Mar Thoma Fest and the spot light dish is  *****Beef Curry****. DO you have a recipe that could steal the show?. We are looking for 10-12 talented chefs to join the fun and battle it out for the rolling trophy and ultimate bragging rights. To register, please text or call Runcie at 734-716-2594

Marthoma Fest-2025

Yuvajana Sakhyam

  • Mid-West Region Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam Regional Conference and Kalamela-2025 is planned to be held on Saturday, August 23rd, 2025, at St. John’s Mar Thoma Church, Michigan from 8 AM to 4 PM (EST). From 8 AM to 9 AM (EST), registration and breakfast will be served. All YJS members participate in both the conference and Kalamela. Rev. Sanjo P Varghese (Vicar, St. John’s MTC) will inaugurate the conference and Rev. Ashish Thomas (Vicar, Chicago MTC) will lead the session on the theme “Youth: Shapers of Tomorrow” based on 1 Timothy 4:12.Last date to register for the Conference with $10 Registration fee: August 15th, 2025. (Late Fee: $15)Following the conference, Kalamela will start and the Shakha with the most points will be awarded the Donna Alex Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy.Last day to register for Kalamela: August 3rd, 2025. (Late Fee until August 10th: $5). Registration after August 10 will not be accepted.Kalamela -Competition Events are as follows:1.   English Solo (M & F)
    2.  Malayalam Solo (M & F)
    3.  Group Song (Participants: 5-12)
    4.  Elocution – English
    5.  Elocution –Malayalam
    6.  Bible QuizFor competition details reach out to Convenor: Sandeep George or YS Secretary.

Blood Drive

  • As we have been announcing for last couple of weeks, Detroit Mar Thoma Church Medical Team, Yuvajana Sakhyam and Youth Group is planning to host a blood drive here at the Detroit Mar Thoma Church on Sept 28
  • We request interested individuals to sign up for the blood drive. So far they have got 45 people signed up.  Please sign up using the link provided with today’s announcement. Blood donation is easy and harmless and it is also divine as it saves life. Below is the registration link for the Blood Drive

https://detroitmarthoma.org/main/resources/2025-dmtc-blood-drive/

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Mini Varghese or Mrs. Sansu Mathai

Photo Directory

  • We will be releasing a 2025 Photo Directory book later this year. As done with previous editions, this directory will include names, a photo, current addresses and contact numbers of every parish family, formatted in a physical copy released to all families. To compile all the photos needed for the directory, the Photography sessions will take place at church on September 12th-14th of this year.
  • The sessions will be as follows:
    • Friday the 12th: 2pm-10pm
    • Saturday the 13th: 9am-10pm
    • Sunday the 14th 2pm-10pm.
  • Photography sessions will be scheduled via this SignupGenius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054EA5AA2DA6FAC25-57289147-2025
  • Each family is asked to sign up for a single 10 minute slot during one of the 3 days that is available and works with their family’s schedule. If you have any questions, please reach out to Debbie George or Justin Jones.
  • Time slots are filling up fast now. Please go in and add your name. We also got request from extended families to make group pictures. If you have plans to get a big group picture of your family while you are taking the pictures for the directory, please make sure, all individual families reserve time next to each other so that your extended family picture can be taken while you are all there. Just note that, your big group picture will not appear in directory, this is for your needs only.
  • We will be setting up a signup desk from next week to help with the sign up

Invitation from St. John’s MTC

  • We cordially invite DMTC Church to the cultural fest “Chiraku 2025” organized by St. John’s Mar Thoma Church, MI. The event will be held on August 9, 2025, at our church

Change of Dates

  • Our First fruit auction: First Fruit auction is moved to September 7th Sunday from Sept 14 th due to a conflict with the Photo directory photo shoot. Please adjust your schedule & Calendar.
  • Our Church Convention: Our church convention is moved to Sept 19-21, which is also a change from the original published date of Sept 26-28. Please adjust your schedules. Rev. Dr. Abraham Skaria P. from India is going to lead this year’s convention. We will be sharing more details in the coming days.
  • Church Retreat: We’re excited to announce that our parish will be hosting a retreat this year from October 24–26. We are honored to have Pastor Dwight Yoo, a respected and influential leader among our youths, as our retreat speaker & leader.

Please be sure to mark your calendars for these important dates. More details about the retreat program will be shared soon.

Refreshments

  • Thanks to refreshment committee for arranging the refreshments today.
  • Note from the refreshment team:
    • Refreshments will be served for 30 minutes only and the cleanup will start after. Requesting every one to join the fellowship time as soon as we finish the benediction.
    • They are also requesting those who haven’t contributed to the annual refreshment fund to do so soon. The minimum expected is 100 dollars.

Birthdays & Wedding Anniversaries

  • DMTC Family wishes all our fellow members celebrating their Birthday and Wedding Anniversary this upcoming week. May the Almighty Lord bless each one of you and your family in the New Year and the years ahead.

Acknowledgements

We want to thank, Rev. Santosh Varughese for leading todays service and the message, Rev. P. Chacko, Lay Leaders, Choir, Live stream and Audio teams for assisting today’s service

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.

Office Bearers Contact Information

  • As part of our transition to the new domain, contact emails of the office bearers has been updated. Please take a note of the new email Ids for the church office bearers
    • Vicar: vicar@detroitmarthoma.org or 248-792-1134 (Mobile)
    • Secretary: sec@detroitmarthoma.org
    • Trustees: trustees@detroitmarthoma.org

We are not monitoring the old emails any more. Please take a note of the new emails.

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

Note about Security – Email/Phone Contacts from the church

  • As we are all aware there are many security threats to our personal information in the modern age and unfortunately many ill-intended people try to access this information through underhanded methods. One of the common methods used are communication mediums such as e-mail or phone. We ask members to please take precaution when reviewing and responding to text messages and e-mails they receive including text messages/e-mails from church representatives. In regards to church emails our vicar (Santhosh Achen), secretary and trustees have specific church e-mail accounts: Vicar: vicar@detroitmarthoma.org or 248-792-1134 (Mobile) Secretary: sec@detroitmarthoma.org Trustees: trustees@detroitmarthoma.org. The Vicar, Secretary, and Trustees have their own personal e-mail which they rarely use to communicate parish related matters. If any member is suspicious or uncomfortable with a text message or email they have received from a church representative we ask that you do not respond and instead contact the church representative by phone or in -person. Also please note the Vicar or office bearers will NEVER ask for any personal information (ex. bank account or credit card number) or request for purchases to be made on their behalf via text message or email. We have recently been made aware of a scam e-mail that was sent out using the name of a church representative and therefore we are recommending appropriate precautions by parish members. If you have any further questions please contact the church office bearers.

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. Thomas Abraham or Mr. Alan Thomas, at any time

Church Zoom Information

Zoom Meeting ID: 811 6679 1004       Password: 926644

  • 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

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