MTCSV Weekly Update February 29 2024

This Sunday, we will have English Holy Communion Service at 10:00AM starting with Praise. Sunday School will be at 8:45AM and Bible Study will be at 9:00AM. This Sunday will be celebrated as Diocesan Sunday.

Worship Services

March 03, 10:00AM	English Holy Communion Service
March 10, 10:00AM	English Holy Communion Service
March 17, 10:00AM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service
March 24, 10:00AM	English Holy Communion Service

Passion Week Services

March 24, Sunday, 10:00AM	English Holy Communion Service – Hossana
March 25, Monday, 7:30 PM	Malayalam Sandya Namaskaram
March 26, Tuesday, 7:30 PM	Malayalam Sandya Namaskaram
March 27, Wednesday, 7:00 PM	English Holy Communion Service (Tentative for Maundy Thursday Service)
March 28, Thursday, 7:30 PM	Malayalam Sandya Namaskaram (Tentative)
March 29, Friday, 10:00 AM	First and Second Service: Malayalam Third Service: English
March 31, Sunday, 7:00AM	English Holy Communion Service – Easter

Lectionary

Programs

March 09, Saturday, 9:30AM	Fasting Prayer led by Edavaka Mission	Sanctuary
March 09, Saturday, 6:00PM	North-West/South-West Area Prayer	Jerrin George and Shobitha John
March 10, Sunday, After Service	Choir Audition	Sanctuary
March 16, Saturday	Edavaka Mission Retreat	Sanctuary
March 17, Sunday	Parish Day/ One Day Income Offertory	Sanctuary
March 23, Saturday, 9:00AM	CPR Training	Sanctuary

Diocesan Sunday

There will be a special service this Sunday as part of Diocesan Sunday. Rev. Sibin D. Varghese, Vicar of the Phoenix Mar Thoma Church will be visiting our Parish. Our Vicar, Rev. Jinu John will be visiting Los Angeles Mar Thoma Church.
The Diocesan collection will also be done this Sunday. Each family is expected to contribute $70 per year to Diocese. Please Send your payments by Zelle to [email protected] or by Check with memo “Diocese Contribution”. If by cash, please put in the special cover.

Choir Audition

The MTCSV Choir is looking to add 9 male voices to the existing choir – all interested male parish members (ages 9 and above) are invited to participate.
Kindly note that there has been a change in the audition date – the new audition date would be March 10th Sunday soon after service.
Those interested can submit their names to [email protected]. Please reach out to the Choir Secretary, Shobitha John for more information related to the audition.

Praying Home: A Pleasing Sacrifice

We will be celebrating the Parish Day on March 17, Sunday. We will be celebrating the 9th Parish Day and entering the 10th year. The week leading to the Parish Day will be the final week of “Praying Home: A Pleasing Sacrifice”. We will have a chain prayer from March 10 to March 16 from 6:00PM to 9:30PM. We need 14 volunteer families per day to do the chain prayer. Please sign up. Click here.

Edavaka Mission Retreat

We will have Edavaka Mission Retreat on March 16 in preparation for the Parish Day on March 17. Please sign up for the retreat, click here.

CPR Training

We are scheduling a CPR training on March 23, Saturday at 9:00AM. The training will be less than 3 hours. Please register here if you would like to attend the training.
Parents with small children showed interest in taking this training. If you can volunteer for engaging small children for 3 hours, it will be a great help. Please let us know if you can volunteer.
Any question, please let me or the coordinator, Sherly Mathew know.

WRSS Retreat

The retreat held in Mar Thoma Church of San Francisco is expecting a large number of registrations from our Parish. It will help the host Parish a lot if registrations are made as early as possible. So, if you plan to attend the retreat, Please register as soon as possible.

Yuvajana Sakhyam Retreat

If you are interested in attending the Yuvajana Sakhyam Retreat, please sign up as early as possible as the space must be booked in advance.

2024 Volunteer Sheet

The volunteer sheet for year 2024 is here. Please sign up if you would like to host Prayer, sponsor after service refreshment or join any Parish team.

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 
Vijay Rajan
2597 Leigh Ave
San Jose, CA 95124

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!

March 04	Serena Chacko
March 04	Renju Manoj
March 06	Gaurav Misra
February 28	Susan Koshy