Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events
- October 27 (Monday)
- 9 PM: Midwest Region Senior Citizens’ Fellowship Meeting (via Zoom – see details below)
- October 29 (Wednesday)
- 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom)
- October 31 (Friday)
- 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom)
- November 1 (Saturday)
- 4 PM: Virtual World Sunday School Day program (via Zoom)
- November 2 (Sunday)
- 9:00 AM: Sunday School
- 10:15 AM: Holy Communion Service (Malayalam)
- After Service: Sunday School Anniversary Program
Condolences
- Mr. Kurian Mathew (73), Pulikkakuzil house, Kerala dear father of our member Mrs. Sherin Easow ( Deny ), of Prayer Group #3 passed away on 20th Oct in Kerala. He was a member of the Peroorkada Ebenezer Mar Thoma Church ,Kerala, India. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Susheela Mathew, son Mr. Roy K. Mathew and daughter Mrs. Sherin Easow.
Funeral Service was held on 10/21/2025 at 11:00 AM in Kerala.
Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolences on the passing of Mr. Kurian Mathew and praying for the peace and comfort of the bereaved family.
Cottage Prayers
- Prayer Group 5 will have a meeting today at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chacko, 4126 Springbrook, Sterling Heights at 6 PM. Prayer Group leader for 2026 will also be elected at this meeting. Requesting all prayer group 5 members to attend this meeting.
- Prayer Group 6 will be holding a special prayer meeting on Wednesday, November 5th, at 8:00 PM, immediately following the Wednesday Intercessory Prayer via Zoom. All Prayer Group #6 members are kindly requested to attend this meeting. Election of the election of Prayer Group #6 representative will be conducted during this meeting.
Zoom Meeting ID: 811 6679 1004
Passcode: 926644
Sunday School
- Teacher’s Meeting on 11/2/25. Elections for office bearers and Midwest rep will be selected at this meeting. All teachers should plan to attend.
- Midwest Region is hosting a Virtual World SS Day program on Saturday, Nov 1st at 4 pm. We request all students to participate.
- Sunday School Anniversary will be held on 11/2 after service. Class awards will be dispersed at this time.
- If any parent/guardian is not receiving the SS updates via WhatsApp SS parents’ group, please see your child’s teacher or superintendent Dr. Suma.
- Diocesan Sunday School is organizing a teacher’s training on Sunday October 26, 2025 @8pm (EST) through a zoom video conference. Rev. Sajesh Mathews, General Secretary, Mar Thoma Sunday School Samajam has graciously agreed to be the speaker. All Sunday school teachers are requested to attend the training.
Please complete the google form using the link below for your attendance: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cwpnSIVYJLWpKhytHN5lYi9DMWmu4DPKJsP2Fx7jPPw/edit
Youth Group
- This year’s Midwest Regional Conference is being hosted by Chicago Mar Thoma Church from December 26-29th. The conference’s theme is “Chosen Through The Storm (Isaiah 43:2)”. We encourage all youths within the region to participate in this conference. Early registration will end on December 1st. Late registration deadline will be on December 8th. Link will be in the youth group email. Link for registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXoDY_lsBlyRL0TOeyqXADN-cfTzfyPg_STb3KI3Yj93Nc9g/viewform
- This year’s Diocesan Leadership conference will be hosted by St. Stephen’s Mar Thoma Church in New Jersey from January 8th-11th, 2026 and the theme will be “Mosaic” based on 1 Corinthians 12:12:
“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.”
The conference is open to all youth members ages 21-35 and will be in-person. All that are interested must first fill out an application and verification form. Links are in the youth group email. Please encourage your youth members to attend! The deadline to apply is November 23rd, 2025 - All members from age 13-35 are eligible to join the Detroit Mar Thoma Youth Fellowship. If interested in joining for the upcoming year, please give your name to Debbie George or Abigail Shinoj
Senior Citizen
- We are glad to inform you that the first Midwest Region Senior Citizens’ Fellowship Meeting will be held on Monday, October 27th ( ie Tomorrow ) , at 9:00 PM (EST) / 8:00 PM (CT) through the Google Zoom platform.
The inaugural message will be delivered by Shri. Shaji George, former Principal of St. Thomas Teachers Training School and recipient of the Mar Thoma Sabha Puraskar Award.
Time: Oct 27, 2025 08:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81562143906?pwd=NDOoQv9rhtlQMeWaSbPSHqUn81diTJ.1
Meeting ID: 815 6214 3906
First Communion
- Parish is planning to conduct First Communion service as part of the next year’s parish day celebrations in March. We are starting the first communion classes for kids who are planning to take the communion. Your child is eligible to participate in the communion classes if he or she is going to be 12 by March next year. Please contact achan and register the name.
Edavka Sangham List
- Edavaka Sangham List is published and is posted outside. Requesting every one to review and let Achan or secretary know if you find any issues
First Communion
- Parish is planning to conduct First Communion service as part of the next year’s parish day celebrations in March. We are starting the first communion classes for kids who are planning to take the communion. Your child is eligible to participate in the communion classes if he or she is going to be 12 by March next year. Please contact Achan and register the name
Photo Directory
- 2025 Photo Directory has been rescheduled to November 7th-9th of this year. The sessions will be as follows:
- Friday, November 7th: 4pm-10pm
- Saturday, November 8th: 9am-10pm
- Sunday, November 9th 2pm-10pm
- Saturday, November 29th (make-up day for families who cannot make it on the earlier dates)
- Photography sessions will be scheduled via Signup Genius. The link to the Signup Genius will be sent to parish families through their respective prayer group leaders as well as in the weekly announcements. 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 your family is unable to attend one of the sessions from November 7th-9th, please inform either your prayer group leader, Deborah George, or Justin Jones. We are looking forward to having an updated directory and ask all parish families for their prayerful participation.
- SIGNUP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054EA5AA2DA6FAC25-58723666-dmtc
Flu / Vaccine Clinic
- We are pleased to announce that the Executive Committee, in coordination with our church Medical Team has approved the organization of a Flu Vaccine Clinic at our parish. As the flu season approaches, its important to keep our church and our members as healthy as possible. The date is Nov 2nd Sunday ( that is next week ) after the service. If you are interested in getting the shot, members of our medical team and pharmacists will be available outside to assist you in filling out the necessary forms and answering any questions.
Link also is shared to register for Flu shot next week
Special Guest
- A special guest is attending our service today. Pastor Dwight Yoo of the Presbyterian church of America, is with us from last three days leading our parish retreat. He is former senior pastor of Renewal Presbyterian Church and currently working as the Regional Coordinator of Church planting network in the Philadelphia area. He is very familiar to our senior youths as the speaker for their regional conferneces and now familiar to all of us. We have been blessed with his gospel-centered messages for last two days and it was a blessing for everyone who have attended the retreat from Friday and Saturday. He is originally from New Jersey, son of South Korean immigrants, currently lives in Philadelphia with his wife and 4 kids. We gladly welcome Pastor Dwight Yoo once again to our parish and thank him for attending todays worship service.
Refreshments
- Last week refreshments were sponsored by Mr.Vijoy Mathew & Family, 3799 Santa Fe Trl, Ann Arbor. We missed to announce that, so doing it this week.
Fellowship Lunch is arranged for everyone today. Thanks to executive committee and refreshment committee for making all the arrangements.
Inviting everyone to join the lunch after the conclusion of the retreat session
- 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 conducting the Holy Communion and 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