MTCSV Weekly Update December 29, 2021

Worship Services

Day and Time	Service
December 31, 6:00 PM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service. Lectionary, Click here
January 02, 7:30 AM	English Holy Communion Service. Click here
January 09, 7:30 AM	English Holy Communion Service.
January 16, 7:30 AM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service.
January 23, 7:30 AM	English Holy Communion Service.

Sunday School

There is no Sunday School on January 02.

First Communion and Episcopal Visit

On behalf the entire Parish I would like to congratulate our First Communicants: Sharon, David, Abigail and Joanna. May they grow in the light and love that comes from our Lord Jesus Christ and may God’s blessings, love and grace be showered upon them. ​
We had a blessed Episcopal Visit last weekend. I would like to thank all who mad arrangements for the episcopal visit and First communion.

Christmas Toy Drive

We received a thank you note from Family Supportive Housing in San Jose where we contributed toys during Christmas. Thanks to Mona Mathew for coordinating the effort.

Neighborhood Mission​

The donation of winter clothing to the homeless that was supposed to happen on December 23, Thursday was postponed due to bad weather.​ New date will be announced when we get an update from “Sleep Bags for the Homeless” organization.​ Any questions, please contact Linesh John or Edvaka Mission Organization.

2022 Sign Up/Volunteer sheet

To access the sign up sheet for 2022, please click here.

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.

Bake the Cake Winners

Sevika Sanghom is thanking everyone for the participation in the bake a cake event on December 19. The winners are​
First: Saumya George
Second: Rachel Chandy
Third: Sneha Thomas

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!

31	Juanne Prince
4	Abigail Mathew
5	Shiney Jojo
7	Josh Abraham
8	Abhay Menil
8	Priyatha Abraham
8	Sheryl Mathew
9	George Kezhakekuttiyil
9	Dave Shaun
9	Dinah Chandy

Happy Anniversary!

29	Prasanth Thomas and Tiji Thomas
29	Chris Philip and Feba Sam
29	Nikhil Thomas Ninan and Anupama John
29	Jobin Jacob and Jeena Thomas
31	Georgy Varghese and Amy Cherian
3	Abuttan Thomas and Shilpa Mohan
3	Denison John Kuruvilla and Sheetal Dmello
5	Cherian Mathew and Vigny Mathew
5	Blesson Sam and Nova George
9	Arun Johnson and Sneha Thomas

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.