Announcements – May 3, 2026 – Detroit Mar Thoma Church

Vodcasts

Sermon Link – Walk with Christ in Passionate Love (Rev. P. Chacko)

Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events

May 6 (Wednesday)
- 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom)
May 8 (Friday)
- 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom)
May 9 (Saturday)
- 11:30 AM: Sevika Sanghom meeting with Mother’s Day lunch (at church)
- 1:30 PM: Youth Fellowship Bible study (in school gym)
May 10 (Sunday)
- 9 AM: Sunday School
- 10:15 AM: Holy Qurbana Service (Malayalam) – Mother’s Day

Worship Service

As we announced earlier, there will be a few temporary adjustments to the Holy Communion service schedule for the month of May due to the vicar transition. We kindly ask for your understanding and cooperation as our new Achen settles in with us.
May Service Schedule
- May 10 – Malayalam (Achen’s first service)
- May 17 – English
- May 24 – Malayalam
- May 31 – English
From June onward, services will continue as per the regular schedule.

Youth Group

Youth Group will have a Bible Study on Saturday, May 9th at 1:30pm in the gym.
Youth group is conducting a Bake Sale on Sunday, May 17th, after service to raise funds for hosting the Midwest regional conference. Pre-sale tickets will be sold in the hall after service today. Please contact Debbie George or Abigail Shinoj for information about donating or sponsoring items.

Sevika Sanghom

The monthly meeting of Suvisesha Sevika Sanghom will be held next Saturday, May 9th at 11:30 am at the church followed by Mother’s Day lunch celebration. We request all Sevika Sanghom members to join the meeting. \
Midwest Region Sevika Sanghom monthly prayer meeting will be held on May 14th 8:30pm via. Zoom. Details will be shared as it becomes available through Sevika sanghom WhatsApp channel.

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

Update of Rev. Jobin Jose

Achen & Family will be arriving on 8^th, Friday at 1:15 PM at Detroit McNamara Terminal through Air France.Executive Committee is making all necessary arrangements to ensure a smooth transition for Achen and his family into our parish. We kindly request everyone’s cooperation and support. If anyone reaches out to you for assistance during this time, please do your best to help.We have been working in the parsonage to make it all tidy up for Achens arrival. Yesterday we had the maintenance team and office bearers in the parsonage working on few fixes and maintenance issues and I would like to thank all of them who helped out especially, Maint. Convenor Dr. Soman Philip, Mr. Ajith Varghese, Mr. Gegi George, Mr. Alan John and Mr. Boben George & Mr. Thomas Abraham. Even Chacko Achen showed up to cheer us up. We have scheduled for cleaning the Carpet, Vehicle, and the whole house before the new vicar & family occupies the parsonage. Santosh Achen left the parsonage in very pristine shape but we still want to make sure that the routine maintenance and cleaning takes place before the new family gets in.
For the first couple of weeks, Achen’s schedule will be managed centrally. If you have any requests or needs, please contact the Secretary, Mr. Vinod Thomas, rather than reaching out to Achen directly.

House Visit Schedule

House visits are planned to begin from May 17th. Prayer Group Leaders will be coordinating and making arrangements for visits to homes within their respective prayer groups.
- The plan is to schedule approximately one week per prayer group.
- We hope and pray that most of the house visits can be completed during this period.
Kindly extend your cooperation by accommodating the visit when your prayer group leader contacts you to schedule a time.

Thank you all for your prayers, understanding, and continued support as we welcome Jobin Achen and his family into our parish.

Ecumenical Committee

Executive Committee is looking for two volunteers as representatives to the Ecumenical Committee of Kerala churches in Detroit. We are looking for people who have a drive and vision to bring changes and lead ecumenical committee for the betterment of our community in Detroit. If you are interested, please reach out to me or any of the office bearers.

Marthoma Mission Board

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

Thanks to the Refreshment Committee for the refreshments today. Thanks to all volunteers for making 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. P. Chacko for leading the service & message, Todays service, Praise & Worship were led by Young Family Fellowship. They are doing this for the first time in our parish as an organization. Thanks to YFF for leading all arrangements today. Thanks to Lay Leaders, Audio & Live Stream teams for supporting the service. Thanks everyone for attending todays service, have a blessed rest of the week.

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.

Announcements – May 3, 2026