{"id":2629,"date":"2019-04-21T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2019-04-23T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:03:54","slug":"announcements-april-21-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2019\/04\/21\/announcements-april-21-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 April 21, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<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_04_21_19.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sermon Link\u00a0<\/a><b>&#8211; \u2018Kemta: Easter \u00ad Celebration of Resurrection&#8217;<\/b> (by Rev. Jogy O. Philip)<\/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: April 28th<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Holy Qurbana Service in English at <strong>8:30 AM<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There will be no Sunday School and Bible Study<\/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<\/strong> will have a prayer meeting on April 21st, Sunday at 5:30 pm at the residence of Mr. Alan &amp; Sunu John in Livonia.<br \/>\n<strong>Address:<\/strong> 17205 Brookview Dr, Livonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Choir<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Choir farewell for Jogy Achen and Family will be held on today after the Worship service.<\/li>\n<li>Choir will be conducting a voice test on Sunday, May 12th after the worship service to add new members to both Malayalam and English choirs. Those who wish to participate in the audition, please give your names to the choir leaders Mr. Sherin Kuruvilla or Miss. Crystal Chacko before 5 PM on May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, Sunday. The songs for the audition are<strong>Malayalam<\/strong> \u2013 CH 57 Karthavine Naam Sthuthikka, CH 299 Modham Athi Modham\n<p><strong>English<\/strong> &#8211; How great thou art, Be thou my vision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Youth Group<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bowling event:<\/strong> On April 27th, Saturday at 2 pm at Woodland Lanes in Livonia followed by dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ALABAMA NATIVE AMERICAN MISSION TRIP 2019 &#8211; <\/strong>The Alabama Native American Missions Trip will be held from June 15<sup>th<\/sup> to June 21st in Mt. Vernon, Alabama. Anyone who is 18 years and older may attend and if you are interested, more information can be found in the Youth Group Email. Registration Deadline is May 12th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIOCESAN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE 2019 &#8211; <\/strong>The Diocesan Youth Fellowship Conference 2019 will be held from July 25th to July 28th, 2019, hosted by the Youth Fellowship of the Mar Thoma Church of Dallas &#8211; Farmers Branch in Dallas. The theme is &#8220;Bloom Where You Are Planted&#8221; based on 1 Corinthians 3:6-9. Anyone who is 18 years and older may attend and if you are interested, more information can be found in the Youth Group Email. Registration Deadline is May 26th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Farewell Program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>The Farewell program of our beloved Jogy Achen &amp; family will be held on April 28th immediately after the Holy Qurbana. Please note that the service will be at 8:30 am on April 28th, Sunday and the plan is to end the program by 11:30 am. Lunch will be provided after the program. Everyone is welcome to attend the program and partake in the fellowship lunch afterwards. Achen will be leaving from Church at 1 pm and the departure time is 4:23 pm from Metro Airport \u2013 North Terminal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">New Vicar<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Our new vicar Rev. Varghese Thomas and family will arrive in Detroit on May 3rd, Friday at 12:30 am.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Edavaka Mission<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>The Mar Thoma Voluntary Evangelist\u2019s Association of the Diocese of North America and Europe is hosting the 15th MTVEA Diocesan Conference from August 1st to August 4th in Toronto at the St. Mathew\u2019s Mar Thoma Church. The theme of the conference is based on 1 Cor 3:9, \u201cCo-Workers of the Kingdom of God\u201d and will be led by Rt. Rev. Dr. Isaac Mar Philoxenos Episcopa,<br \/>\nRt. Rev. Dr. Mathews Mar Makarios Episcopa, clergies and lay leaders. Those who are interested to attend the conference please contact Mr. Georgey Mathews. Registration deadline is June 30th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Senior Fellowship<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Fellowship monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, April 27th at 3.00 pm at the Church.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Senior Fellowship National Conference &#8211; <\/span><\/strong>Senior Fellowship 5th National Diocesan Conference will be held from September 25-28 at Ascension Mar Thoma Church, Philadelphia, PA. Those who are interested to attend please contact Mr. George Thomas ( Babu ) or Mr. P.M. George for registration forms and more details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Development Project<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>As of now 85 families pledged 108,000 dollars towards this project and we have donations from 750 dollars to 10,000 dollars. We are very thankful to those who have pledged. Project committee members are available in the fellowship hall with the pledge form. Please stop by and give your pledge and please support this project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Refreshments<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanks to Dr. Thomas &amp; Daisy Mathew for sponsoring today&#8217;s refreshments and thanks to our refreshment committee for all the arrangements. Today we will have Appam and Mutton stew.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Acknowledgements<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thanks to Jogy Achen for celebrating today\u2019s Holy Qurbana and the inspiring message. Thanks to P. Chacko Achen, Lay leaders, Malayalam Choir for assisting today\u2019s service.<\/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>Podcasts Sermon Link\u00a0&#8211; \u2018Kemta: Easter \u00ad Celebration of Resurrection&#8217; (by Rev. Jogy O. 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