Vodcasts
- Sermon Link – Reformation Sunday: Church that needs to be cleansed every day (Rev. Santhosh Varughese)
Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events
- August 20 (Wednesday)
- 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom)
- August 22 (Friday)
- 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom)
- August 23 (Saturday)
- 8 AM: Mid-West Region Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam Regional Conference and Kalamela-2025 (at St. John’s MTC)
- August 24 (Sunday)
- 10:15 AM: Holy Communion Service (English)
Sunday School
- We are pleased to announce that Sunday School will start on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 9:00 AM. We kindly invite all children from Nursery through 12th Grade to participate. The service will also include a Dedication Ceremony for Teachers and Students, as well as the collection of Vijaydhanastothram.We look forward to a blessed and enriching new academic year.
Senior Fellowship
- Senior Fellowship monthly meeting is scheduled on August 30th Saturday at 11 AM at church. This is going to be prayer meeting as well as the annual picnic for the senior fellowship. Requesting all senior members to prayerfully participate.
Light-to-Life
- A meeting of the Light To Life promoters will be held on Tuesday, August 19th 2025 at 9:00 PM ( EST ) on the Zoom. Diocesan Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham Mar Paulose Episcopa will preside over the meeting. Requesting the appointed Light to Life promoters from our parish to attend this meeting.
Mar Thoma Festival
- Our biggest Summer event Mar Thoma Fest concluded yesterday. Thanks to every one who made the event such a great experience. Thanks especially to the convenors, Dr. Shane Thomas, Mr. Runcie Chacko, Mr. Stanley Samuel and Ms. Rebecca Varghese. Thanks to all our DMTC parish families who attended & supported yesterday’s event and also for bringing many of your friends and neighbors. The final numbers are still coming in, but we made sales of more than 10K dollars and the biggest attendance for the cultural program. As we announced earlier, all profits will be given to Detroit Rescue Mission and Grace Centers of Hope, the two local organizations that we have identified and we will be working with in the future also
Cross Roads 2025 – North America-wide short film competition
- The Canadian Marthoma Church Yuvajana Sakhyam, Toronto, is excited to launch a North America-wide short film competition – CrossRoads 2025. We request your prayers and support for this event. Please see the letter below and the guidelines for the short film competition. Requesting your participation in the Short Film Contest. Thank you all.The theme for the competition is “Life’s Turning Point” (ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ വഴിത്തിരിവ്)The best short film will receive 1500 USD, and the top 2 runners up will receive 250 USD each. The distinguished panel of judges consist of,
- Blessy (Film Maker)
- Don Max (Film Maker)
- Rev. Rency Thomas (Director, Church Animation Centre)
Registration Fee is $100.00
The detailed rules and guidelines and the poster of the competition will be shared with the announcements. Interested teams, please register on or before August 31st, 2025.
Registration Link : https://forms.gle/34xvAkfyGwtgL5CZA
Teaser Link: https://youtu.be/HBFCIMwvk4k
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. Following the conference, Kalamela will start and the Shakha with the most points will be awarded the Donna Alex Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy.
Kalamela – Competition Events are as follows:
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- English Solo (M & F)
- Malayalam Solo (M & F)
- Group Song (Participants: 5-12)
- Elocution – English
- Elocution –Malayalam
- Bible Quiz
For competition details reach out to Convenor: Sandeep George or YS Secretary.
- YUVAJANA SAKHYAM NATIONAL CONFERENCE (Logo design contest:We are blessed to announce that Salem Mar Thoma Church Yuvajana Sakhyam, Eastern long island will be hosting the 23rd Diocesan Yuvajana Sakhyam Conference to be held in New York from August 14–16, 2026. As part of the preparations, we are inviting creative logo design submissions for the conference.
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- Theme: Stronger than struggles, Resilience with the Savior
- Submission Deadline: September 1st, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST (Kindly note that late submissions will not be considered.)
- CASH PRICE: $250.00
- Selection Process: Winners will be selected by the DYSNCC team and judges through criteria-based voting.
We encourage all interested members to prayerfully consider participating in this exciting opportunity to contribute creatively to our conference.
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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
Invitation from the Champagne Congregation
- We are delighted to invite you to the inauguration of our new Mar Thoma congregation in Champaign, Illinois, on Saturday, September 21, 2025, at 2:00 PM. We kindly request you to announce this joyous event in your parish and encourage your members to join us. Our new congregation in Champaign-Urbana, home to the University of Illinois, also plans to provide fellowship and support to the student community in the area. We deeply appreciate your prayers, presence, and support as we embark on this new chapter – Rev Johnson Varughese Achen, Vicar
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 Signup – Genius 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
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.
Showers of Blessings
- Mr. John Mathews (Tiffy) and family were blessed with a baby girl, Sreyah Allyanna Mathews, on Monday August 11, 2025 at 4:52 pm. Baby weighed 7lb 8oz. Baby Sreyah and Tessy are at home and doing well. Congratulations to both parents & grand parents.
Refreshments
- Thanks to refreshment team 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. Santhosh 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
- 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