{"id":2326,"date":"2018-11-11T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T17:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2018-11-13T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T12:33:08","slug":"announcements-november-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2018\/11\/11\/announcements-november-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 November 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Condolence<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Detroit Mar Thoma church express our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mrs. Anna Gupta (97 years old) Aunty of Mrs. Ani Abraham on November 5<sup>th<\/sup> in Windsor. The funeral service was held on November 10<sup>th<\/sup>, Saturday in Windsor. 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;\">Podcasts<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitmarthoma.org\/mp3\/sermons\/sunday_sermon_11_11_18.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sermon Link\u00a0<\/a><b>&#8211; \u2018To be Little is to be Great&#8217;<\/b>\u00a0(by Mrs. Tessy Mathews)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">General Body Notice<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>The General body meeting of the Detroit Mar Thoma church will be held on Sunday, November 25th, 2018 in the church sanctuary after the Holy Communion Service presided by the President and Vicar, Rev. Jogy Oommen Philip. All General Body members are requested to attend this meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The agenda is follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Election of the office bearers, Prayer groups &amp; Church organization representatives, Auditors and Refreshment Committee for the year 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Presentation of the multipurpose building and parking lot site plan for approval.<\/li>\n<li>Proposal for a new Mar Thoma congregation.<\/li>\n<li>Proposal to give permission to the current executive committee to decide the venue and date for Picnic and Retreat for the following years.<\/li>\n<li>AOB with prior written permission.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Worship Services<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Next Sunday: November 18th<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Holy Qurbana Service in Malayalam 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 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Sunday, November 11th, at 5:30 PM at the residence of Mr. Samuel George and Susamma George in Livonia. Prayer group leader for 2019 will be elected at this meeting. <strong>Address<\/strong>: 19114 Canterbury Drive, Livonia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 7:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 13th, at 7:00 PM\u00a0at the residence of Mr. Samji &amp; Rosily Koshy in Madison Heights.\u00a0<strong>Address<\/strong>: 1724 E.13 Mile Road, Madison Heights<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 7:<\/strong> Sunday, November 18th, at 5:30 PM\u00a0at the residence of\u00a0Mr. Varghese &amp; Sheeba Chacko in Sterling Heights. <strong>Address<\/strong>: 35542 Rainbow Dr., Sterling Heights<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, November 23rd, at 5:30 PM at the residence of\u00a0 Mr. Mathew &amp; Santhamma Abraham in Livonia. <strong>Address<\/strong>: 19679 Liverpool, Livonia<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/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 will be held on November 11th, today after the worship service 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;\">Edavaka Mission<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Edavaka Mission meeting will be held on November 17th, Saturday at 2:00 pm at the church. Office bearers for the year 2019 will be elected at this meeting. Please note the time change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Choir<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>DMTC choir general body meeting will be held on November 18th, Sunday after the worship service 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;\">Senior Fellowship<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Fellowship meeting will be held on November 24th, Saturday at 3.00 pm 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;\">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 2Corinthians 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 will be starting Christmas Carol Service practice today after service and there will be practices every Sunday after service. All SS Children are requested to be present for all the practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">DMTC Song Book<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Copies of the DMTC Song Book \u201cAthmeeya Geethangal\u201d will be distributed in the parish hall after worship service.<\/li>\n<li>Song Books for the prayer groups will be distributed today after the service, all prayer group leaders are requested to collect the copies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Suvishesha Nidhi Collection\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Suvishesha Nidhi Collection will be held on November 18th, Sunday. Please collect the envelopes for the Suvishesha Nidhi offertory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Christmas Carol Rounding<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas carol rounding practice will be held after the refreshment in the fellowship hall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Refreshments<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thanks to the refreshment committee for arranging today\u2019s refreshment- <strong>Suhiyan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Acknowledgements<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thanks to Rev. M. C. John Achen for celebrating today\u2019s Holy Qurbana and Mrs. Tessy Mathews for the inspiring message. Thanks to our Jogy Achen, P. Chacko Achen, Philip Varghese Achen, Lay leaders for assisting in today\u2019s service and Malayalam 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>Condolence Detroit Mar Thoma church express our deepest condolence at the sad demise of Mrs. Anna Gupta (97 years old) Aunty of Mrs. Ani Abraham on November 5th in Windsor.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StayingConnected.jpg?fit=1050%2C786&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2328,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions\/2328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}