MTCSV Weekly Update December 15, 2021

Worship Services

Day and Time	Service
December 19, 7:30AM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service. Lectionary, Click here
December 26, 10:00AM	English Holy Communion Service.
December 31, 6:00PM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service.
January 02, 7:30AM	English Holy Communion Service.
January 09, 7:30AM	English Holy Communion Service.

Programs

Day and Time	Program	Zoom Link to View
December 19, 9:15AM	Bake the Cake	Conference Room
December 19, 6:30PM	Parish Carol Service	Sanctuary (will be streamed live)
December 26, 10:00AM	English Holy Communion, First Communion & Episcopal Visit	Sanctuary

Parish Carol Service

We will be having our Parish Carol Service in sanctuary on December 19, Sunday at 6:30PM. The theme is “Rejoice and Sing” and the Christmas message will be given by Fr. Rajeev Valiyaveetil, Asst. Vicar of Syro Malabar Church, Milpitas. Due to the present circumstances, the service will be in a hybrid format where some of the programs will be pre recorded. Please also join in the dinner after the service. Please RSVP here so that we can make arrangements for seating and dinner. The Carol service will also be streamed live here.

Important Instructions on Parish Carol Service

As you all know, we will be streaming the carol service live. To present a good experience to the viewers, please be aware of the following.
1. The Service will start exactly at 6:30PM.
2. Lights will be turned off fully at 6:29PM.
3. Request all guests to come to Church at around 6:00PM so that all could get seated in sanctuary by 6:20PM
4. Be in your seat always. Listen to the instructions from Ushers and MC.

Neighborhood Mission​

Under the leadership of Edavaka Mission, We are planning to distribute Winter clothing on December 23, Thursday at 11:00 AM. Please donate any cloths that is suitable for Winter.​ Please contact Linesh John for more details.

Directory Update

Please let me know if there are any changes to your address. Also, we please submit if you have an updated family picture. You can find the current address and picture with us by logging in here. let me know if you need your user name to log into portal.

Financial Contributions

We are in the last month of the year. Please take some time and check whether you have contributed the monthly pledged amount (Masaviri) and other pledged amounts. Trustees will be sending a current statement by email this week. You can also log in here to see your contributions. It will be nice if you could do all your remaining payments as early as possible.

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!

15	Elizabeth Koshy
15	David Thomas
16	Levin Lukose
16	Jerry Mannil
16	Anju Geevarghese
18	Sonali Varghese
19	Isabella Myladumkunnel
19	Sheni Mathew
21	Shiney Mathew
21	Ryan Varghese
23	Manoj Abraham
24	Benjamin Kurien
25	Benson Cherian
25	Blessy Cherian
25	John Cherian
26	Bela Abraham

Happy Anniversary!

19	Tony Mathew and Natasha Mathew
20	Sam Mathew and Shiney Mathew
26	Linesh John and Sherin Samuel

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.