MTCSV Weekly Update October 05, 2022

Worship Services

Day and Time	Service	Location
October 09, 10:00 AM	English Holy Communion Service	Sanctuary
October 16, 10:00 AM	Malayalam Holy Communion Service	Sanctuary
October 23, 10:00 AM	English Holy Communion Service	Sanctuary
October 30, 10:00 AM	English Divine Service	Sanctuary

Lectionary

Worship Assistance

Sevika Sanghom will be assisting the worship service on Oct 09, 2022

Programs

Day and Time	Program	Location
Oct 6, 7:00 PM	Parish Convention: Day 1	Sanctuary
Oct 7, 7:00 PM	Parish Convention: Day 2	Sanctuary
Oct 8, 10:00 AM	Parish Convention: Day 3	Sanctuary
Oct 15, 9:30 AM	Edavaka Mission Bible Study	Sanctuary
Oct 21, 7:00 PM	South West area Prayer	Online
Oct 23	Family Sunday	Sanctuary
Oct 23	Sevika Sanghom Bible study	Sanctuary
Oct 28, 7:30 PM	South East area Prayer	Online
Oct 29, 9:00 AM	Sevika Sanghom: Half day conference	Sanctuary
Nov 05, 9:30 AM	WRSS Students Retreat 2022	Online

AV Team expansion

AV team welcomes all members of the parish who are motivated and interested and ninth grade and above to help out with AV activities in church. These activities include managing audio, computer on all Sundays and Videos, photographs/lighting for special functions.

Please send your interest to [email protected] or [email protected] by October 13, 2022.

We are planning to have AV training on Oct 15 and/or Oct 22.

Talent Night Playlist

Please see the Talent Night playlist here

Parish Convention – Oct 6 / 7 / 8

This years parish convention is planned as follows:

Theme: A Sacramental experience that illuminates the way of life

Thursday, October 6	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday October 7	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, October 8	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Rev. Abraham Thomas will be the leading the event. Achen is the Assistant Vicar of Marthoma Church of Dallas, Farmer’s Branch. He has ministered at several parishes. Achen’s home parish is Pandanad Immanuel Mar Thoma Church (H.P.).

Sevika Sangham Conference

WRSS Students Retreat 2022

( Western Regional Sunday School  Students Retreat 2022 )

Date & Time: Nov 5th Saturday from 9:30 – 12pm via zoom

Theme is “Rise and Shine“, Matthew 5:16 “Let your light shine before men, that. they may see your good works, and. glorify your Father which is in heaven”

Registration Form:  –WRSS Student Retreat 2022

Speakers for the Students Retreat:

• Nursery-Grade 1 -> Mrs. Christie Innocencio [Christie’s Creative Cupboard]
• Grade 2 -Grade 4 ->Dr. Jeane Thomas [Adult and family medicine
• Kaiser, Sacramento]
• Grade 5 -Grade 8 -> Mrs. Ann Cherian [ Emmanuel MTC, Lubbock
• Crossway MTC, Dallas]
• Grade 9 – Grade 12 -> Rev. Dennis Abraham [Vicar of Austin Mar Thoma Church & San Antonio Mar Thoma Congregation]

2022 Sign Up/Volunteer sheet

Anybody who wish to sponsor for lunch after the service are requested to update the below sign up sheet OR email [email protected]
To access the sign up sheet for 2022, 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 
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!

Oct 5	Nigy Thomas
Oct 10	Sofia Kurian
Oct 11	Rekha Mathew
Oct 11	Eben Isan
Oct 13	Vinod Baby
Oct 14	Bindiya Thomas
Oct 16	Noel Thomas

Wedding Anniversary

Oct 7	Chacko Easow and Sara Easow
Oct 10	Zachariah Zachariah and Annie Zachariah
Oct 22	Linil Kurien and Priya Kurien

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.