Vodcasts
- Sermon Link – ‘I will give you rest: Come’ (Mrs. Blessy Mathew)
Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events
- March 9 – 13 (Monday -Wednesday)
- 7 PM: Lent Sandhya Namaskaram (via Zoom)
- March 14 (Saturday)
- 11 AM: Sevika Sanghom Meeting (at church)
- 5:30 PM: Young Family Fellowship Meeting (at church)
- 5:30 PM: Prayer Group 2 meeting (residence of Thomas Varghese and Usha)
- March 15 (Sunday)
- 9 AM: Sunday School
- 10:15 AM: Holy Communion Service (Malayalam)
- 5:30 PM: Prayer Group 5 meeting (residence of Mr. Shaji & Laly Thomas)
Condolences
- Mr. V. T. Mathunni, elder brother of our member Mr. V. T. Samuel passed away in Kerala on Sunday, March 1st. He was 80 Years old. He was a member of the Salem Mar Thoma Church, Nerattukav, Ranny. Funeral was conducted on March 03, 2026 at 12:30 PM at Salem Mar Thoma Church.
Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolences on the passing and praying for peace and comfort for the bereaved family
Great Lent Prayers
- Our Great Lent prayers will continue this week – Monday through Friday, March 27. Prayer is online via Zoom and will start at 7 PM sharp. Encouraging every one to prayerfully attend the evening meetings. There are certain house keeping rules to follow when you join the zoom,
- Please keep your zoom muted until your turn comes to speak.
- Do not login using two devices in the close proximity as it might create feedback loop for everyone.
- Achan encourages you to have the camera on if possible
- Please have your camera on if you are delivering the devotion.
Attached are the Great Lent Liturgy in English and Malayalam
- Great Lent Liturgy English (1)
- Great Lent Liturgy Malayalam (1)
- Great Lent Liturgy-Transliteration (1)
- Great Lent -Weekly Readings
Cottage Prayers
- Prayer Group 2 will be having a prayer meeting on March 14th at 5:30pm at the residence of Thomas Varghese and Usha. We kindly request for you to prayerful attend this meeting. Address: 21566 Riverwalk Court, Farmington Hills, 48336
- Prayer Group 5 will have a prayer meeting at the residence of Mr. Shaji & Laly Thomas, , on March 15th at 5:30 PM. All prayer group 5 members are requested to attend this prayer meeting. Address: 3425 Cork Wood, Sterling Heights
Sevika Sanghom
- Sevika Sanghom monthly meeting will be on Saturday March 14th at 11 AM at church. Requesting all Sevika Sanghom members to prayerfully attend this meeting.
Young Families Fellowship
- There will be a Young Families Fellowship (YFF) meeting on Saturday, March 14th at 5:30 pm at the church. Please note the date change to Saturday instead of Friday. We will be continuing in our study series on “Relationships”. All young adults and young families are requested to join and to reply to the WhatsApp event.
Executive Committee Updates
- We had our first calendar planning meeting yesterday for the whole year and we will be publishing it soon for you to make all the schedule adjustments.
Also a gentle but important reminder regarding our parish hall desks. Please use the desks for their intended purpose. After use, kindly return each desk to its proper holder / stand. We are noticing that several desks being damaged, resulting in replacements. Your cooperation will help us maintain the parish hall for everyone’s benefit. Thank you for the understanding and the support as we work together to care for our church property.
Also, to all our church organizations, Executive committee is planning to conduct a Leadership Retreat for EC and all the organizations of our parish. The date is March 28, Saturday AM. Please make your schedules to attend this important leadership retreat for all the leaders of our parish as we start the new year for the committees. More details will be sent to everyone later.
2026 Planned Church Events
- MARCH 28 – LEADERSHIP RETREAT ( EC & ORGANISATION COMMITTEES)
- APRIL 19 – FAREWELL FOR OUR VICAR REV.SANTHOSH VARUGHESE
- JUNE 15 – JUNE 20 – VBS
- JULY 31- AUG 1 – MID WEST JUNIOR CAMP ( AT OUR CHURCH )
- AUG 22 – MAR THOMA FEST
- AUG 30 – FIRST FRUIT AUCTION
- SEPT 6 – ONAM SADHYA
- OCT 23 – 25 ( PARISH RETREAT / CONVENTION ) ( TENDATIVE)
- OCT 25 – FAMILY SUNDAY / TITHE
- NOV 28 – DEC 13 – CAROL ROUNDS ( VISITING HOMES )
- DEC 19 – XMAS CAROL SERVICE
Marthoma Mission Board
Native American Mission VBS
Email Issues
- If you are not receiving the church emails or weekly announcements, please send an email to the secretary at sec@detroitmarthoma.org. We will check from our side if there are any issues. You can also check your spam folder or blocked emails to see if this email is being blocked. You can also check our church website www.detroitmarthoma.org to see the weekly announcements
Refreshments
- Thanks to Jojo and Jini for sponsoring today’s refreshments. They are celebrating the first birth day of their daughter Allison with church family. Wishing baby Allison a very blessed and happy birthday. Thanks to the refreshment team for all the arrangements.
- 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.
- Requesting everyone to give the one time yearly contribution for the Refreshment. The minimum required contribution is 100 dollars. If you give the amount at the beginning of the year, it will greatly help the team better plan for the year
- We also request everyone—kids and adults alike—to please dispose of used plates, cups, and glasses in the trash cans provided. Leaving them around the parish hall creates extra work for our volunteers, who already dedicate their time to arrange the refreshments, clean up all the plates, coffee makers and other vessels used in the refreshments and make the space ready for the next event. Let’s all do our part to keep the hall clean and reduce the burden on our volunteers and office bearers. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!
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 extend our sincere thanks to Rev. Santhosh Varughese for the service, Mrs. Blessy Mathew for the message, Sevika Sanghom for assisting with the World day of Prayer services, Rev. P. Chacko, our Lay Leaders, Choir, and the Livestream and Audio teams for their dedicated support in today’s worship 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.