Announcements – April 28, 2024

Vodcast Sermon Link – Marriage: Call and Commission (Rev. Santhosh Varughese) Condolences Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of our parish member Mr. Lancy Fariah (63), brother-in-law of our parish members Mr. Koshy P. Thomas, Mr. Vinod Thomas, and Mr. Lal Thomas on Saturday April 27th. Viewing will be held … [Read more…]

Announcements – April 21, 2024

Vodcast Sermon Link – The Resurrected Christ who encourages the dispirited (Rev. Santhosh Varughese) Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events April 24 (Wednesday) 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom) April 25 (Thursday) 11 AM: MIWWA Prayer (via Zoom) April 26 (Friday) 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom) 5:30 PM: Church Spring Cleaning (see details below) April 27 … [Read more…]

Overcoming Hatred with Love

Romans 12: 9-21 As we continue in the Lenten season, we are called to reflect on what it means to follow Christ.  The world teaches us to be self-seeking and focus on what we want. However, in Romans  Chapter 12, Paul describes the marks of a true Christians. He teaches us to love each other … [Read more…]

Perseverance through suffering

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9  Devotion:  As we age at a certain point, we begin to see gradual greater decay in the external world. Our forefathers mostly used jars of clay, affordable but … [Read more…]

Storms of life

Acts 27:27-37 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair  from his head.” (Acts 27:34)   Devotion   Have you ever been caught in a severe storm, one in which the winds were strong and rain  poured down forcefully? Paul was … [Read more…]

Willing Suffering

Isaiah 53 v10a “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,” What does it mean to be in the will of God?  Is His will always benevolent and a blessing? As children of God, we want to believe that we are living within His will.  But we never think that the bad … [Read more…]

Announcements – April 14, 2024

Vodcast Sermon Link – Jesus Christ who restores (Rev. Santhosh Varughese) Kalpanas/Circulars DC/205/2024 – AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events April 17 (Wednesday) 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom) April 19 (Friday) 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom) April 20 (Saturday) 10 AM:  Midwest Regional Sunday School Teachers Retreat & Farewell Meeting (via Zoom … [Read more…]

Announcements – April 7, 2024

Vodcast Sermon Link – Jesus Christ the Lord and God (Rev. Santhosh Varughese) Upcoming Prayers, Meetings & Events April 10 (Wednesday) 7 PM: Intercessory Prayer (via Zoom) April 12 (Friday) 10:30 AM: Fasting Prayer (via Zoom) April 13 (Saturday) 9 AM:  Midwest Regional Sevika Sanghom April Retreat (via Zoom – see details below) 6 PM: Yuvajana … [Read more…]

Jesus Christ – The Lord and God

John 20:24-29 Vs 28  Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”. Peter Wehner wrote for the New York Times a remarkable meditation titled Why Is Jesus Still Wounded After His Resurrection? This was about the wounds that remain even in the risen Christ. John’s gospel says that in the midst of their fear, Jesus appears to … [Read more…]