Announcements – April 19, 2026

Vodcasts

• Sermon Link – Come and Dine: Invitation by the Risen Lord (Rev. Santhosh Varughese)
• Farewell Event for Rev. Santhosh Varughese, Donna Kochamma, Nivedhya, Naomi and Nanma

Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events

• April 22 (Wednesday) 
  • 1:15 PM: Final farewell for Santhosh Achen & family before departure (at church)
  • 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom)
• April 24 (Friday)
  • 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom)
• April 25 (Saturday)
  • 10 AM: Midwest Sunday School Teacher’s Retreat (via Zoom – see details below)
• April 26 (Sunday) 
  • 9 AM: Sunday School
  • 10:15 AM: Holy Divine Service (English)

Youth Group

• Youth Group is selling the last clothing Merchandise to raise funds for the Regional Conference. Please contact Ms. Abigail Shinoj or Joshua Thomas if would like to order some.

Sunday School

• There will be a Mandatory Mid-West Sunday School Teacher’s Retreat on April 25th from 10-12 PM via Zoom. Please register ASAP. A flyer is attached and will be placed in the fellowship hall. For details, please contact Dr. Suma Thomas or Susan Cherian.
• Flyer

2026 Planned Church Events

• JUNE 15 – JUNE 20 – VBS
• JULY 18 – PICNIC
• 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

Farewell for Rev. Santhosh Varughese & family 

• Farewell program for Santhosh Achen and Family will start immediately after the benediction. Requesting everyone to stay back and attend the service. Lunch is arranged for everyone after the service.

  Travel arrangements for Rev. Santosh Varughese are as follows:

  Travel Date: Wed, 04/22/26.

  12:45 PM	Office-bearers Meet at Parsonage to Transport family***
  1:15 PM	Leave From Parsonage to Church (members may be at church)
  2:15 PM	Leave from Church to Airport
  2:45 PM	AIRPORT ARRIVAL- (park in Short Term Parking to Bid Farewell)
  6:15 PM	Flight Departure

Update of Rev. Jobin Jose

• Jobin Achen & his family starts their travel from India on Thursday May 7 and will reach here on Friday May 8 at 1:15 PM. He is coming in through Air France via Paris. Executive Committee has all the transition plans finalized and they will be working to get everything ready for a smooth transition.

  During this transition period, the Diocese has not officially assigned the charge of our parish to any other Achen. If any of our families requires pastoral care during this time, please reach out to the Office Bearers, who will arrange the necessary support.

  Santosh achen has also requested Rev. Sanjo Varghese (Vicar, St. John’s) to assist as needed.

Executive Committee updates

• Quarterly contributions list is published and posted in the notice board. Please take a look at your contributions and contact Trustees if you have any questions. This is also a time to remit your dues, especially Resissa, Self Denial, Refreshments, Voluntary Contributions. Per the latest accounts, we haven’t received the required Resissa  and Diocesan Sunday collections for our parish yet. Each member is suppose to remit 3 dollars / adult for Resissa and 20 dollars per family for Diocesan Contribution. This is a mandatory collection for the church. Please check the list and pay the amount to the trustees

Marthoma Mission Board 

• Urban Missions 2026 Flyer
• Urban Missions Letter 2026

2026 Choir Festival 

• St. John’s MTC, Michigan – Invitation Letter

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

• Our thanks to the refreshment team for arranging todays lunch
• 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 leading the service & message, Rev. P. Chacko, our Lay Leaders, Malayalam Choir, 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.