MTCSV Weekly Update November 08 2023

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

Worship Services

November 12, 10:00 AM	English Holy Communion Service
November 19, 10:00 AM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service
November 26, 10:00 AM	English Holy Communion Service
December 03, 10:00AM	English Holy Communion Service

Lectionary

Prayer Meetings

November 11, 6:00PM	North West Area Prayer	Satish David and Anu David
November 18, 10:00AM	Edavaka Mission Fasting Prayer	Sanctuary
November 18, 6:00PM	South West Area Prayer	Sam Mathew and Shiney Mathew
November 25, 6:00PM	South East Area Prayer	Mathew Kurien & Annamma Kurien

Upcoming Programs

November 11, 9:30 AM to 11:30AM	Youth Half Day Retreat	Sanctuary
November 12, After Holy Communion Service	Parish General Body	Sanctuary
December 03	Blood Drive	Church Parking Lot
December 09	Parish Christmas Carol Service	Sanctuary
December 10, 16, 17 and 23	Christmas H2H Carol Service	Parish Houses
December 25, 7:00AM	English Holy Communion Service	Sanctuary
December 31, 10:00PM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service	Sanctuary

Youth Half Day Retreat

Winter Cloth Drive

Edvaka Mission will be partnering with Hope Charity to distribute winter cloths to the needy. Any unused and lightly used winter cloths can be donated until November 19. Please put it in the box at back of the sanctuary.

Blood Drive

Signature Project Update

STARD has confirmed that the funds for facility construction have reached their account. Construction of the facilities has started. We received pictures of installation of first pillar of the Shed for CDC.

Church Purchase Update

Please pledge the donations/member loan that you can contribute to the church purchase so that we know the capital that we could raise for any purchase. You can enter the pledge commitment here.
Currently 28 families have pledged a total of $711,500​ ($160,000 as Donation and $551,500 as loan).
The property at 37 North 27th Street, San Jose was bought by developers for 2.4M to construct 80 units of apartments. Building committee is continuing to visit potential sites and properties.

Cottage Prayer Sign up

We are looking for families to host monthly cottage prayer meeting in each area. Please let your area representative know or sign up here.

2023 Sign Up/Volunteer sheet

Anybody who wish to sponsor for lunch after the service or would like to volunteer to any teams are requested to update the below sign up sheet OR email [email protected]
To access the sign up sheet for 2023, please click here

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 
Abraham Panicker
1340 Bulb Ave
Santa cruz, CA 95062 

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!

November 9	Siju Abraham
November 9	Tanya George
November 9	Linesh John
November 13	Liju Varghese
November 13	John Geevarghese
November 14	Rahul Jones
November 14	Nikhil Ninan

Happy Anniversary!

November 15

Mathew Kurien and Annamma Kurien