{"id":2305,"date":"2018-10-28T12:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2018-10-31T07:57:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T11:57:13","slug":"announcements-october-28-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2018\/10\/28\/announcements-october-28-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 October 28, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Condolences<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Detroit Mar Thoma church express our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mr. T. G. Varghese (68 years old, Kaithadi Thoppil, Anchal) uncle of Mr. Jacob Thomas (Shibu) on October 25th in Anchal. The funeral service was held on October 27<sup>th<\/sup>, Saturday at St. Pauls Mar Thoma Church, Anchal. May the Almighty Lord strengthen and comfort the family with peace that passeth all human understanding. Let\u2019s all please stand for a moment of prayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Worship Services<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Next Sunday: November 4th<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Holy Qurbana Service in Malayalam at 10:15 AM<\/li>\n<li>Sunday School at 9 AM<\/li>\n<li>Adult Bible Study at 9:30 AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Weekly Prayers<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Intercessory Prayer<\/strong> on Wednesday at 6:30 PM at the church.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fasting prayer<\/strong> on Friday at 10:30 AM at the Church<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Prayer Fellowship<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 5:<\/strong> Sunday, October 28th, at 5:30 PM\u00a0at the residence of Mr. George (Monachen) and Mary Philip in Sterling Heights. Prayer group leader for 2019 will be elected at this meeting.\u00a0<strong>Address<\/strong>: 43446 Vinters Place Dr., Sterling Hts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 7:\u00a0<\/strong>Saturday, November 3rd, at 6:00 PM at the residence of Mr. Sunil Kurien &amp; Tintu Sunil in Roseville. Prayer group leader for 2019 will be elected at this meeting. <strong>Address:<\/strong> 25825 Salem St., Roseville.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 6:<\/strong> Sunday, November 4th, at 5:30 PM\u00a0at the residence of Mr. Abraham Poovakulathu and Mariamma Abraham in Sterling Heights. Prayer group leader for 2019 will be elected at this meeting.\u00a0<strong>Address<\/strong>: 40614 Harmon Drive, Sterling Heights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Sevika Sangham<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Sevika Sangham meeting\u00a0 will be held on November 3rd, Saturday at 3:30 PM at the church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Youth Group<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday Night Sing (SNS) will be held on November 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, Saturday at 6:30 pm at the church. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our youth group invites everyone to join for a night of praising and worshiping God as a community of believers!<\/li>\n<li>Small Groups Weekend programs will be held from November 2nd, Friday to November 4th, Sunday. Small Group Leaders will contact you about meeting times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Regional Youth Conference 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Midwest Regional Youth Conference-2018 hosted by the St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church&#8217;s Youth Group will be held from December 27th, Thursday to December 30th, Sunday at the Michindoh Conference Center. The main speaker is Dr. Shaun Rajan and the theme for the conference is &#8220;IDENTITY&#8221; based on 2 Corinthians 5:17. The registration cost is $140 and additional $10 for T-shirts. The early registration deadline is November 30th, Friday. We encourage all youths ages 13 and older to attend Regional Conference for a time of growing in your faith and enjoying fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact Tenny Samuel, Tommy Samuel, Maya Abraham or Ashwin Thomas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Sunday School<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>SS is taking part in an initiative called &#8216;Kids Helping Kids Project&#8217; through the month of October. This is to help children seeking financial aid throughout the various mission fields. Every child is encouraged to contribute an offering of $1 for this and a collection box will be placed in the hall during SS time or children can hand it over to their respective teachers in the class..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Yuvajana Sakhyam<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>This year the Yuvajana Sakhyam has decided to sponsor a nursing student in Kerala and there will be a fundraising to support this cause. Request all our Parish members to support this initiative wholeheartedly.<\/li>\n<li>Yuvajanasakhyam general body meeting will be held on November 10th, Saturday at 6:00pm at the church. Office bearers for the year 2019 will be elected at this meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">DMTC Song Book &amp; Parish Photo Directory<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Rt. Rev. Dr. Geevarghese Mar Theodosius Episcopa officially released DMTC Song Book \u201cAthmeeya Geethangal\u201d and Parish photo directory. Parish Photo directory copies will be distributed today after the worship in the sanctuary. Song Book copies will be distributed next Sunday, November 4<sup>th<\/sup> after the worship service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">DMTC Community Center &amp; Parking Lot Project update<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Agreement with Integrity builders have been signed for Phase 1 of the project and our committee started working with the architects in developing the master plan. This agreement is for Phase 1 of the project which is to develop the master plan, getting site plan approval from city, getting the special land use permit and annexing the property with the church. Please keep project in your prayers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Prayer Groups &amp; Organizations<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">All prayer groups and church organizations are requested to elect their representatives to the executive committee on or before November 17th.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Refreshments<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thanks to our Executive committee and Refreshment committee for arranging the Fellowship Lunch today.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Acknowledgements<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thanks to Manoj Idiculla Achen for celebrating today\u2019s Holy Qurbana and the inspiring message. Thanks to our Jogy Achen, P. Chacko Achen, Philip Varghese Achen, Lay leaders for assisting in today\u2019s service and English Choir for leading worship songs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">DMTC Family wishes all our fellow brethren celebrating their Birthday &amp; Wedding Anniversary this coming week; May the almighty Lord bless each one of you and your family in the new year &amp; years ahead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Please uphold our near &amp; dear ones who are sick and those grieving the loss of their loved ones.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">DMTC Mobile App<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you haven&#8217;t already done so, please download the DMTC mobile app on your android or apple cell phone \/ tablet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.app.dmtcqbcbs\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/announcements\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/google_play-300x89.png?resize=167%2C52&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/dmtc\/id1172125390?mt=8\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/announcements\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/app-store-300x89.png?resize=157%2C51&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Admin Update<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">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 <a href=\"mailto:dmtc.sec@gmail.com\">dmtc.sec@gmail.com<\/a>. Send your name and address in the email so that we can identify you properly. Please visit the church website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitmarthoma.org\">www.detroitmarthoma.org<\/a> for weekly announcements and other resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Condolences Detroit Mar Thoma church express our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mr. T. G. 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