{"id":2654,"date":"2019-05-05T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T16:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2019-05-07T08:47:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T12:47:12","slug":"announcements-may-5-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2019\/05\/05\/announcements-may-5-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 May 5, 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_05_05_19.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sermon Link\u00a0<\/a><b>&#8211; \u2018Resurrection Experience that Gives Hope&#8217;<\/b> (by Rev. Varghese Thomas)<\/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:May 12th<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Holy Qurbana Service in English at 10:15 AM<\/li>\n<li>Sunday School at 9 AM<\/li>\n<li>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<\/strong> will have a prayer meeting on May 5th, Sunday at 5:30 pm at the residence of Mr. George A. &amp; Ally George in Livonia.<br \/>\n<strong>Address<\/strong>: 18871 Yorkshire Drive, Livonia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 2 <\/strong>will have a prayer meeting on May 12th, Sunday at 5:30 pm at the residence of Dr. Soman &amp; Nancy Philip in Farmington Hills.<br \/>\n<strong>Address:<\/strong> 39275 Silverthorne Bent, Farmington Hills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Sunday School<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday School <strong>teacher&#8217;s meeting<\/strong> will be held today after the service<\/li>\n<li>Sunday School<strong> Diocesan Exam<\/strong> will be held on Sunday, May 19th at 12 Noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Choir Audition<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\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 Ms. Crystal Chacko before 5 PM on May 5th, Sunday. The songs for the audition are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Malayalam<\/strong> \u2013 CH 57 Karthavine Naam Sthuthikka, CH 299 Modham Athi Modham<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>English<\/strong> &#8211; How great thou art, Be thou my vision<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Youth Group<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth Group Friday prayer will be held on May 10th at 7 PM at the church<\/li>\n<li>Bible Study will be held on May 11th at 1:30 PM at the church<\/li>\n<li><strong>Midwest Sports Tournament<\/strong><br \/>\nOur youth group will be hosting the 4th Annual Midwest Sports Tournament on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st at the Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield. Youths from the Midwest Region will be competing in Women&#8217;s Volleyball and Men&#8217;s Basketball. Our Youth group invites everyone from our church to join this tournament and enjoy the fellowship of our brothers and sisters in Christ. As they prepare to host the tournament, they are in need of houses to host the guests from the other churches and financial donations to help cover the costs of hosting the tournament. Please contact Sincie, Evangeline or Tenny if you are able to host the guests and Tommy or Maya if you are interested in financial donations. Please keep the Midwest Sports Tournament in your prayers.<\/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;\">Yuvajana Sakhyam<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Yuvajana Sakhyam monthly meeting will be held on May 11th, Saturday at 5:00 pm at the church.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diocesan Yuvajana Sakhyam Conference<\/strong><br \/>\n20th Diocesan Yuvajana Sakhyam Conference will be held from October 4th to October 6th, hosted by Christos Mar Thoma YuvajanaSakhyam, Philadelphia. Those who are interested to attend the conference please contact Thomas Scariah. Registration deadline is July 31. More information is available at https:\/\/www.ysconference2019.org.<\/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 May 18th, Saturday at 5:30 pm at the Church<\/li>\n<li>The Mar Thoma Voluntary Evangelist\u2019s Association of the Diocese of North America and Europe is hosting the <strong>15th MTVEA Diocesan Conference<\/strong> 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, Rt. 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><strong>Senior Fellowship 5th National Diocesan Conference<\/strong> will be held from September 25th-28th 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;\">Sevika Sanghom<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Sevika Sanghom meeting will be held on Sunday, May 12th after the worship service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sevika Sanghom 19th Annual Diocesan Conference<\/strong> will be held from Thursday, October 10th through Sunday, October 13th at Trinity Mar Thoma Church, Houston. The theme for this year\u2019s conference is Women: Agents of Life (Exodus 1:17) and will be led by Rt. Rev. Dr. Isaac Mar Philoxenos Episcopa, Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham Mar Paulos Episcopa. The registration deadline is July 31st. Those who are interested to attend the conference please contact Mrs. Suja George.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sevika Sanghom &#8211; Midwest Region \u2013 Prayer Line<\/strong><br \/>\nIntercessory prayer on May 9th, Thursday 9 pm. Rev. George Varghese (Chicago) will give the message and please send your prayer request to Rev. Saju John, Indianapolis, email: revsajujohn@gmail.com Phone: 317-900-2380. <strong>Prayer Line Dial-in number:<\/strong> 605-313-4498 Access code: 304336<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Jogy Achen &amp; Family<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Jogy Achen and Family reached safely in Gudalur on Saturday, May 4th. Achen conveyed regards and thanks to all of you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Parsonage Maintenance<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Since the Parsonage maintenance is not finished at this time, our vicar and family will be hosted by our treasurer Mr. George Koshy until the work is done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Spring Cleaning<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Spring Cleaning scheduled for May 11th, Saturday is cancelled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Refreshments<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Church is sponsoring today\u2019s refreshments. Thanks to the Refreshment committee members for all the help. Today we will have Appam and Chicken Curry.<\/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 Varghese Thomas Achen for celebrating today\u2019s Holy Qurbana and the inspiring message. Thanks to P. Chacko Achen, Philip Varughese 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; \u2018Resurrection Experience that Gives Hope&#8217; (by Rev. 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