MTCSV Weekly Update November 24, 2021

Wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! As we celebrate thanksgiving, let us all take some time to remember all the blessings that we received last one year.

Worship Services

Day and Time	Service
November 28, 7:30AM	English Holy Communion Service.
December 05, 7:30AM	English Holy Communion Service.
December 12, 7:30AM	English Holy Communion Service.
December 19, 7:30AM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service.

Programs

Day and Time	Program	Zoom Link to View
November 28, 9:30AM	Sunday School	Sanctuary/Fellowship Room
November 28, 7:00PM	Sevika Sanghom Bible Study	Click Here
November 30, 8:00PM	Prayer Led by Yuvajana Sakhyam	Click here
December 4, 3:00PM	Yuvajana Sakhyam Meeting	Online

Special Parish Programs

Day and Time	Program	Venue
December 19, 5:00PM	Parish Carol Service	Sanctuary (will be streamed live)
December 26	Episcopal Visit	Sanctuary

Office Bearers for Year 2022

Congratulations to the Office bearers for year 2022 and Thank you for accepting the positions. They are

Role	Name
Vice President	Jobin Abraham
Secretary	Arun Johnson
Trustee (Cash)	Sam Mathew
Trustee (Accounts)	Koshy Abraham (Bobby)
Lay Leader (Malayalam)	John Geevarghese
Lay Leader (English)	Vijay Rajan
Auditor-1	George Thomas (Sanu)
Auditor-2	Sebu Koleth

Thanksgiving Distribution Event

Under the leadership of Edavaka Mission, we delivered 50 tents and 70 sleeping bags to the homeless.​ Thanks to Linesh and Soney for coordinating the event and to all who signed up for the event. We are planning to distribute winter clothing on December 11. Let Linesh know if you want to donate any cloths that is suitable for Winter.

Sevika Sanghom Retreat

Sevika sanghom held a Retreat last Sunday. Sharon Kochamma from Horeb MTC, Los Angeles led the retreat on the theme “Trust at the Red Sea”. The retreat was well received. Thanks to Kochamma for leading, Merlin Mammen and Shiney Philip for organizing it and all who volunteered and participated in it.

Bake The Cake

Payment Options Available for Donations 

Donations to church can be done in multiple ways
1. Regular check, payable to MTCSV or Mar Thoma Church of Silicon Valley and mail it to
Parsonage Address
158 Teralba Ct
San Jose, CA 95139  
OR
Trustee Address 
Sam Mathew
3853 Bucknall Rd
Campbell, CA 95008 

2. Zelle payment
You can use your bank or Zelle App and make a payment to [email protected] . We will receive the payment immediately.  
You can write memo the cause of the payment.

Happy Birthday!

25	Vismaya Vijay
25	Prince Mathews
1	Ajay Koshy
2	Aleeza Chelyil
3	Tony Mathew
4	Rheya Kurian
4	Sherin Samue1

Happy Anniversary!

27	Jojo John and Shiney Jojo
27	Nirmal Varghese and Chinchu Joseph
27	Anish Mathew and Linda Mathews

Amazon Smile Program

Similar to Benevity, Amazon supports local and national charity organizations when their customers shop with them. We have signed up for Amazon smile, which will give a small percentage to our church when someone uses Amazon smile to make any purchases. We request you to sign up for smile program through smile.amazon.com.