{"id":2937,"date":"2019-10-20T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2019-10-21T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T02:06:10","slug":"announcements-october-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2019\/10\/20\/announcements-october-20-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 October 20, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Condolences<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Detroit Mar Thoma Church expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of our member Mr. George M. Samuel (71, Mazhavencheril House, Poovanmala, Ranny) on Saturday, October 19th, 2019. The viewing\/ Visitation Service will be held on October 23rd, Wednesday 5pm to 9pm and Funeral Service on October 24th, Thursday at 9am at the Detroit Mar Thoma Church. 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 silence and prayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Kalpana<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; 345, 346, 347<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Worship Services<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Next Sunday: <\/strong><\/strong>October 27<sup>th<\/sup>, Christian Family Dedication Sunday\n<ul>\n<li>Holy Qurbana service in English at 10:15 am<\/li>\n<li>Sunday School at 9 AM<\/li>\n<li>Adult Bible Study is cancelled<\/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 is cancelled.<\/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><strong><strong><strong>Prayer Group 2:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>will have a prayer meeting today, October 20th at 6:00 PM at the residence of Rev. Varghese Thomas &amp; Shyny Varghese in Farmington Hills.\u00a0 <strong>Address: <\/strong>23949 Susan Dr, Farmington Hills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prayer Group 4: <\/strong>\u00a0will have a prayer meeting on November 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, Sunday at 5 PM at the residence of Mr. Varughese and Gracy Abraham in Plymouth. Prayer group leader for 2020 will be elected at this meeting.<br \/>\n<strong>Address: <\/strong>49595 Winslow Ct., Plymouth<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Election of Representatives<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>All prayer groups and church organizations are requested to elect their representatives to the executive committee on or before November 24th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Youth Group &amp;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\"> Yuvajana Sakhyam<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth Group &amp; Yuvajana Sakhyam combined meeting will be on October 26<sup>th<\/sup>, Saturday 10 am &#8211; 1 pm at the Church with Rev. Aby M. Thomas Tharakan.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Youth Group<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth Group community service event Zoo Boo Will be held on Saturday, October 26<sup>th<\/sup> from 2:30 p.m. &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Sevika Sanghom<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mid-west Regional conference: <\/strong>Sevika Sanghom Mid-west Regional one day conference will be held on November 2nd, Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm hosted by DMTC Sevika Sanghom. Main speaker for this conference is Rev. Suneeth Mathew, Vicar of St. Thomas MTC, Lombard, Chicago. Theme is \u201cWomen: Equal participation in the ministry of the Kingdom of God\u201d. If you are interested to attend this one day conference, please register your name and make donations for the smooth running of this conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Parish Convention &amp; Christian Family Dedication Sunday<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DMTC Parish convention-2019<\/strong> will be held from October 24th Thursday to October 26th Saturday. Rev. Aby M. Thomas Tharakan will be the convention speaker. Convention will start at 7:00 PM on Thursday October 24th, Friday October 26th and 6:30 PM on Saturday October 26th. October 27th Sunday will be observed as the Christian Family Dedication Sunday and Tithe Sunday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2894\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/convention-2019-1024x791.jpg?resize=660%2C510\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/convention-2019.jpg?resize=1024%2C791&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/convention-2019.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/convention-2019.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/convention-2019.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/convention-2019.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Ecumenical Choir\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Those who are interested to join Ecumenical choir for Christmas are requested to give the names to ecumenical representative from our church on or before October 31, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Refreshments<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanks to Mr. Sony and Reni Abraham for sponsoring today\u2019s refreshments &#8211; 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 Mrs. Ancy Thomas for the inspiring message. Thanks to P. Chacko Achen, Lay leaders, Yuvajana Sakhyam members and Malayalam choir for assisting in 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;\">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 expresses our deepest condolence at the sad demise of our member Mr. George M. Samuel (71, Mazhavencheril House, Poovanmala, Ranny) on Saturday, October 19th, 2019.&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-2937","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\/2937","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=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2939,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions\/2939"}],"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=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}