{"id":4605,"date":"2023-02-26T12:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2023-02-26T20:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:31:29","slug":"announcements-february-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2023\/02\/26\/announcements-february-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements \u2013 February 26, 2023"},"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_02_26_23.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sermon Link\u00a0<\/a><b>&#8211; 2nd Sunday in Lent &#8211; Sanctification &#8211; <\/b>[by Ms. Evangaline (Anju) John]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Kalpanas\/Circulars<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CIRCULAR NO. 77<\/strong> &#8211; PROVISIONAL NOMINEES FOR EPISCOPATE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Worship Services<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunday, March 5th &#8211; <\/strong><strong>10:15 AM &#8211; Holy Qurbana Service in Malayalam (Diocesan Sunday)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>9 AM &#8211; Sunday School<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>As part of pulpit exchange <strong>Rev. Joymon S.K., Vicar of St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Indianapolis<\/strong> will celebrate the Holy Qurbana next Sunday. Our expected contribution this year for Diocesan Sunday is $3,040. We are requesting each family to contribute a minimum of $30 to meet our target. The Diocesan Sunday offertory covers will be distributed today. Please note that this does not include other yearly contributions our Parish has to make to the Diocese. On an average, each parish family needs to contribute between $100 to $120 to fully cover the Diocesan dues every year. Thank you to all our members for their support towards our Diocesan activities.<\/li>\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>Mask use is optional but encouraged<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If you are Covid positive or have known exposure and experiencing symptoms, you are requested to stay home. You may return to church activities after 5 days of isolating<\/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 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;\">Youth Group<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>There will be <strong>Bible Study<\/strong> next Saturday, March 4th, at 1:30 pm. All youths are encouraged to attend<\/li>\n<li>Youth Group will be selling <strong>Diocesan Lenten bookmarks i<\/strong>n the fellowship hall today. Price of the bookmark is $1.50 each.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lent fellowship prayer<\/strong> organized by the diocesan youth fellowship will be held every Wednesday through Zoom during the Lenten season. Zoom link and details will be provided in the youth group email<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Yuvajana Sakhyam<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monthly meeting<\/strong> of the Yuvajana Sakhyam will be held on Saturday March 11th at 6 pm at the church. Encourage all YS members to participate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Sunday School<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunday School Talent Festival<\/strong> will be held on Sunday March 26th in our church sanctuary after the worship service. There will be four parts to the program which includes: singing, storytelling, quiz, and elocution. We encourage students of all ages to participate and share their talent with others for the glory of God. For more information or to register, please give your names to Anil George, Jocelyn George or to your Sunday School teacher by Sun. March 5th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Member&#8217;s Contribution List<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Members\u2019 Contribution list<\/strong> for the year 2022 is posted in the notice board<\/li>\n<li><strong>2022 Tax Receipts<\/strong> are available in the fellowship hall, please see the 2022 Trustees to pick up your copy<\/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. Special thanks to Jeni Abraham for sponsoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eae7e7;\">Church Zoom Information<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Zoom Meeting ID<\/strong>: 811 6679 1004\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Password<\/strong>: 926644<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zoom on computer<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/81166791004?pwd=NU40ZGZmL2hSa29BSEhKMGZ4MTRqQT09\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/81166791004?pwd=NU40ZGZmL2hSa29BSEhKMGZ4MTRqQT09<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From the Web Browser<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/wc\/join\/81166791004?pwd=NU40ZGZmL2hSa29BSEhKMGZ4MTRqQT09\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/wc\/join\/81166791004?pwd=NU40ZGZmL2hSa29BSEhKMGZ4MTRqQT09<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dial-in<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(US) +1 312 626 6799 and then enter the access code\u00a0<strong>811 6679 1004#\u00a0<\/strong>and then<strong>#\u00a0<\/strong>again and then the passcode\u00a0<strong>926644#<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>(Canada) +1 647 558 0588 and then enter the access code\u00a0<strong>811 6679 1004#\u00a0<\/strong>and then<strong>#\u00a0<\/strong>again and then the passcode\u00a0<strong>926644#<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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. Varghese Thomas for leading today\u2019s service and Ms. Evangeline John (Anju) for the message. Thank you to P.Chacko Achen, Lay leaders and Choir for assisting in today\u2019s service. Thank you all for participating, have a blessed week.<\/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 in 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; 2nd Sunday in Lent &#8211; Sanctification &#8211; [by Ms. Evangaline (Anju) John] Kalpanas\/Circulars CIRCULAR NO. 77 &#8211; PROVISIONAL NOMINEES FOR EPISCOPATE Worship Services Sunday, March 5th &#8211;&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-4605","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\/4605","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=4605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4608,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4605\/revisions\/4608"}],"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=4605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}