{"id":4422,"date":"2022-07-31T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2022-07-31T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T22:00:29","slug":"announcements-july-31-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2022\/07\/31\/announcements-july-31-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 July 31, 2022"},"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_07_31_22.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sermon Link\u00a0<\/a><b>&#8211; Theological Education for the Confirmation of Faith &#8211; <\/b>(by Rev. Dr. Moni Mathew)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<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 Mr. Jinu Philip (45), nephew of our member Mr. George Abraham (Rajan), in Qatar on Friday July 29th. May our Almighty Lord grant the family strength and comfort them with His peace. Let\u2019s all stand for a moment of prayer<\/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 &#8211; August 7th<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10:15 AM &#8211; Holy Communion Service in Malayalam<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>We strongly encourage all members to follow COVID prevention measures when coming to the church:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Please wear a face mask.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Those who live in the same household are requested to sit together<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If you have a fever, cough, high temperature or any other symptoms, you and all members within your household are requested to stay home<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If you have tested positive for COVID you and all members within your household are requested to stay home until testing negative or per CDC guidelines (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/your-health\/quarantine-isolation.html#iso\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/your-health\/quarantine-isolation.html#iso<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Thank you for your understanding and cooperation<\/strong><\/span><\/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 a <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;\">Choir<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>27th Mar Thoma Choir Festival<\/strong> is hosted by our church this year and will be conducted this Saturday <strong>August 6<sup>th<\/sup> at 5 pm <\/strong>at the Detroit Mar Thoma Church. Please note only choirs from the Detroit Mar Thoma Church and St. Thomas Church, Chicago will be participating in the Choir Festival in-person. The remaining choirs will participate in the Choir Festival virtually through recordings shown through livestream.Livestreaming Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/2022ChoirFestival\">https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/2022ChoirFestival<\/a>\n<p>To make the program a blessing the Choir Festival committee warmly welcomes all the members of the Detroit Mar Thoma Church to attend the Choir Festival in-person here at our church. Dinner will be provided for those attending in-person. Please keep the Choir Festival and its arrangements in your prayers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Yuvajana Sakhyam<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mid-West Regional Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam Regional Conference<\/strong> and <strong>Kalamela-2022<\/strong> is planned to be held on <strong>Saturday, September 23, 2022<\/strong> at Detroit Mar Thoma Church. Regional conference will start at 9:00 AM. Rev. Ajith K. Thomas (Vicar of St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Chicago) is the chief guest and speaker. Theme for the conference is \u201cWalking in the way of Christ\u201d based on Colossians 1:10. Kalamela will start at 1:00 PM. Shakha with the most points will be awarded the Dona Alex Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy.<\/li>\n<li>To participate in the Kalamela-2022 on September 23<sup>rd<\/sup>,\u00a0DMTC Yuvajana Sakhyam will have a <strong>Kalamela <\/strong>on <strong>Saturday, Aug 13<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022 at 4:30pm.\u00a0<\/strong>Requesting all Yuvajana Sakhyam members to participate and provide names if interested by Aug 7, 2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Kalamela \u2013 Competition Items: <\/u><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Malayalam Solo Vocal<\/strong> (Male &amp; Female) \u2013 Individual\n<ul>\n<li>a. Kristheeya Keerthanam 54: Akhilesha-Nandanan Akhalanda-Nayakanum<\/li>\n<li>b. Kristheeya Keerthanam 157: Jeevanakane Manuvele<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>English Solo Vocal<\/strong> (Male &amp; Female) \u2013 Individual\n<ul>\n<li>a. Great is thy faithfulness<\/li>\n<li>b. As the dear panteth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contestants should sing one song selected by the judge<\/li>\n<li><strong>English Elocution<\/strong> \u2013 Individual<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malayalam Elocution<\/strong> \u2013 Individual<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bible Quiz<\/strong> (Book of James 50%, Whole Bible 25%, Mar Thoma Church History 25%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Kindly uphold the conference and kalamela in your prayers and encourage all sakhyam members to attend the conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Mar Thoma Fest 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mar Thoma Fest 2022<\/strong> will be held\u00a0on the weekend of <strong>Saturday August 20<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022<\/strong> at the church. Cordially inviting all church members to participate and attend to make this event successful. Activities will include sports, painting competition, Bounce House for children, and Health &amp; Wellness Promotion. Food stall with a variety of freshly made and delicious cuisine will be available on Saturday at noon time and through the afternoon. Finally, Saturday evening we will have a cultural program filled with songs, dance, skit, fashion show and other entertaining items.For the cultural program:\n<p>Those who are interested in participating in dances from 1<sup>st<\/sup> grade to college age group are requested to fill out the following google form. Deadline to sign up for 1st grade to college age group dance is this Tuesday, Aug 2<sup>nd<\/sup>:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/DCSA4Lv3vrjWgvTv9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/DCSA4Lv3vrjWgvTv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those who are interested in participating in the painting competition, Fashion show, or adult &amp; couple dances are requested to fill out the following google form:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vdnTW54728WrtuoH8\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/vdnTW54728WrtuoH8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three sports activities are planned for Mar Thoma Fest 2022:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Basketball<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>3 vs 3 half court basketball on Saturday, August 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>A team roster may have a maximum of 4 players<\/li>\n<li>Registration Fee per team is $30<\/li>\n<li>Coordinators: Ashwin Philip (ashwininvasion99@gmail.com) or Jaden Reji (jadenreji@gmail.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Volleyball<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>6 vs 6 volleyball on Friday evening, August 19<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>A team roster must have a minimum of 5 players and a maximum of 8 players<\/li>\n<li>Registration fee per team is $40<\/li>\n<li>Coordinators: Ethan John (ethanjohn125@gmail.com) or Reuben Philip (reubensam7898@gmail.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Table Tennis<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Doubles Tables Tennis, 2 vs 2, on Friday evening August 19<sup>th<\/sup> or Saturday morning August 20<sup>th<\/sup>. Date to be finalized by coordinators<\/li>\n<li>Registration fee per team is $10<\/li>\n<li>Coordinator: John Mathews (Tiffy) (tiffymi@gmail.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All members, male or female, are welcome to participate in any of the sports activities. An individual may participate in multiple sports activities if there is not a scheduling conflict. For all three sports activities teams that are interested in participating, one team representative preferably the team captain, is requested to fill out the following google form for the team, deadline to sign up for sport activities is Wednesday, Aug. 10<sup>th<\/sup>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9YNZJ8D5ZPs9nx6w6\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/9YNZJ8D5ZPs9nx6w6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns regarding Mar Thoma Fest, please contact the Mar Thoma Fest conveners.<\/p>\n<p>Reji Alexander (734) 658-1021 \/\u00a0 \u00a0Sheena Mathews (248) 636 7796\u00a0 \/\u00a0 \u00a0Malini Reji\u00a0(248) 778-7520<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Refreshments<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanks to the refreshment committee for arranging today\u2019s refreshments.<\/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 Rev. Dr. Moni Mathew, our former vicar, for leading today\u2019s service and for the wonderful message. Let us pray that God continues to abundantly bless Moni Achen and his family and also pray that the Lord Almighty continues to strengthen and use Achen for His glory as he begins the retirement phase of his ministry life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thanks to Jose Achen, P. Chacko Achen, Philip Varghese Achen, Lay leaders and Choir 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>Podcasts Sermon Link\u00a0&#8211; Theological Education for the Confirmation of Faith &#8211; (by Rev. 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