{"id":3763,"date":"2021-10-05T09:11:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:11:10","slug":"announcements-october-3-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2021\/10\/05\/announcements-october-3-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 October 3, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Marriage Banns<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jason Thomas Abraham and Sneha Bency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Worship Service<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Next Sunday &#8211; October 10 (Youth Sunday)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Holy Qurbana Service<\/strong> in English at 10:15 AM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday School<\/strong> &#8211; 9 AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Online Payments through PayPal<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Please note that if you choose to send in your contribution through PayPal, please choose <strong>&#8220;Sending to Family &amp; Friends&#8221;<\/strong> option. Otherwise there is <strong>3% fee<\/strong> that will be taken out of your contribution by PayPal. The church will not receive the full amount contributed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Online Weekly Prayers<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Intercessory Prayer<\/strong> on Wednesday at 7 PM (via Zoom)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fasting prayer<\/strong> this Friday at 10:30 AM (via Zoom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Farewell Program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>A Farewell program for our former Youth Chaplain Chris Achen &amp; Neethi Kochamma will be held on October 10th, Sunday immediately after the Holy Qurbana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">DMTC Choir<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Piano Players:<\/strong> Our choir is looking for Piano players. Those who are interested and have at least few years of piano education, please contact the choir leaders Mr. Philip Varghese (586-604-6246) or Ms. Rebecca Varghese (248-289-2598).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Voice Test:<\/strong> Choir voice test will be held on Sunday, October 10th after the worship service to add new members to both English and Malayalam choirs. Church members who are 12 years or older can participate in the audition. Participants will be asked to sing one of the following 2 songs and those who receive a minimum score of 40% will be selected.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>English choir<\/strong> \u2013 AG 73 (O What a wonderful, wonderful day), AG 110 (When upon life\u2019s billows)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malayalam choir<\/strong> \u2013 CH 86 (Sthuthi Sthuthi Ninake), CH 251 (Yeshu En Swantham Halleluah)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Those who wish to participate in the voice test, please inform the Vicar or the choir leaders Mr. Philip Varghese \/ Ms. Rebecca Varghese no later than October 8th, 2021.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Charity Project &#8211; Home for Evangelist<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>As a part of Madbaha dedication we decided to celebrate the occasion by providing a house to a needy evangelist in Kerala with an estimated budget of 13,000 dollars (10 lakhs rupees). We request every family to participate generously towards this project and it\u2019s a very genuine need during this pandemic time. Please make a check to DMTC and in the memo please write \u201chome for evangelist\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Sunday School<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday School Teachers meeting will be held today\u00a0immediately after the refreshments.<\/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 on October 10<sup>th<\/sup>, Sunday is <strong>cancelled.<\/strong><\/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>DMTC Parish convention-2021 will be held from October 22nd Friday to October 24th Sunday. Rev. Dr. Mothy Varkey will be the speaker. October 24th Sunday will be observed as the Christian Family Dedication Sunday and Tithe Sunday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Honoring Healthcare Workers<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Executive committee has decided to honor our health care heroes those who cared our community during the Covid-19 crisis on October 24th, Family dedication Sunday after the worship service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Edavaka Mission<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Monthly Prayer Meeting of MTVEA Diocese of North America and Europe will be held on Monday, October 4 at 8.30 pm EST by Zoom. <strong>Rev. George Varghese<\/strong> (St. Thomas MTC, Delaware valley) will give the message.<br \/>\n<strong>Meeting ID:<\/strong> 872 4274 0053\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Password:<\/strong> 101010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Yuvajana Sakhyam<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Diocesan YS essay competition, Topic \u2018\u0d2f\u0d57\u0d35\u0d4d\u0d35\u0d28\u0d02 \u0d05\u0d7c\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d25\u0d35\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d3e\u0d2f \u0d1c\u0d40\u0d35\u0d3f\u0d24\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d28\u0d41\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33 \u0d05\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d35\u0d47\u0d37\u0d23\u0d02&#8217; (Youth &#8211; search for a meaningful life ) Competition will be in both Malayalam and English . First prize will be a 150 dollar cash prize; Second prize 100 dollar cash prize each in Malayalam and English. Submit your essays to marthomayuvajanasakhyamnae@gmail.com by October 17th at 9pm EST.<\/li>\n<li>Yuvajana Sakhyam Mid-West region is organizing a study session on October 17<sup>th<\/sup>, Yuvajana Sunday at 8pm. Rev. George Abraham (vicar, Austin Mar Thoma Church) will be the leader and the theme is \u201cMinistry of Resilience\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210926-WA0012.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3764\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210926-WA0012.jpg?resize=241%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210926-WA0012.jpg?resize=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210926-WA0012.jpg?resize=822%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 822w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210926-WA0012.jpg?resize=768%2C956&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210926-WA0012.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Refreshments<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thanks to Refreshment committee for arranging today\u2019s refreshments<\/p>\n<h3><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Acknowledgements<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thanks to Rev. Varghese Thomas for celebrating today\u2019s Holy Qurbana and Rev. P. Chacko for the message. Thanks to Rev. M. P. Yohannan, Rev. Philip Varghese, Lay leader Mr. Kuruvilla Thomas, Mr. P. M. George, Malayalam Choir Members, Rebecca Varghese (Piano) and Edavaka Mission members for assisting in today\u2019s service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">DMTC Family wishes all our fellow members 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<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thank you all for participating today\u2019s worship service. Have a blessed week.<\/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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage Banns Jason Thomas Abraham and Sneha Bency Worship Service Next Sunday &#8211; October 10 (Youth Sunday) Holy Qurbana Service in English at 10:15 AM Sunday School &#8211; 9 AM&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-3763","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\/3763","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=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3765,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions\/3765"}],"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=3763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}