July 10,2022

 1.     Next Sunday,July 17th , 2022, we will have Holy communion service in Malayalam at 10:00 am.

2.     Face-mask requirements

The wearing of masks is encouraged within the church premises during the services. However, each person to decide if they use or disuse of face-mask.

3.     Parish Picnic 2022

CMTC Annual Family Picnic will be held at Bruce’s Mill Conservation Park in Stouffville on Saturday, July 30th. It will be a full day of fun events for children, youth and seniors. Registration is starting today and a registration desk is setup in the foyer.Please register at the earliest and pick up your free park

entry passes. If you do not register ahead of time, you will be required to pay the park entry fee of approx. $7/person.

Picnic Registration Rates are as follows:

Family of 4 or 5           =          $50

Family of 2                  =          $25

Single                          =          $15

Students                     =          $10

Rate Includes: BBQ Lunch, Park Admission and Parking

 

Picnic Sponsors

Grand Sponsors:         Alex Alexander, Re/Max Community Realty.

                                    James Zachariah, Team JZACH, HomeLife Frontier Realty.

 

Silver Sponsor:            George Mathai, Re/Max All Stars Realty

 

From Benny Joseph & George Mathew Madackal,Picnic Coordinators

 

4.     THE HONOURABLE HELENA JACZEK, Minister for the Federal

Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario and Member of Parliament from Markham—Stouffville made a friendly visit last Friday and had conversations with the office bearers and Achen’s family. We are thankful to the Honarable Minister for the visit and for all the support extended to our parish.

 

5.     CMTC VBS –Thank you Note.

By God's Grace we were able to successfully complete our in-person VBS this year with a lot of turnout. All programs ran smoothly without any interruptions and the kids thoroughly enjoyed it and were able to learn many lessons from the Word during the course of this event.

 

We would like to thank God Almighty for His Guidance and His Hand in ensuring that everything turned out on time and even better than we intended. 

 

We want to thank Roji Achen and Ancy Kochamma for their continued participation and guidance throughout the event. We especially want to thank Roji Achen for his leadership during the dedication, devotions and singing sessions, which greatly impacted the kids to know more about the Lord.

 

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the VBS committee, the Sunday School committee, the church executive committee, the tech team, the teachers and the volunteers for their continued and dedicated support throughout the event. 

 

 

We would like to thank all the children who participated in this event and also their parents who encouraged them to come to VBS this year.

 

This was truly a team effort led by God, and we hope to see the effects of the seeds that have been sown through this event.


Thank you,  Jino Thomas & Sneha Mathews,VBS 2022 Coordinators.

6.     Youth Fellowship Announcements

The Praise & Worship Team is conducting an open audition for  interested vocalists and instrumentalists who have expertise playing strings, keyboard and drums, to join our team. The Audition will take place on July 17th,next Sunday, after the Holy Communion service. You must prepare a 2 minute performance of the common hymn song: Lord I Lift Your Name On High. Register at bit.ly/igniteaudtions if you're interested!

Thank you Note- Youth Event BLAST 412

We, the Canadian Marthoma Church Youth Committee would like to sincerely thank everyone who participated in the BLAST 412 games day event yesterday held at Richmond Green Park.

It was a day filled with fun, good food and a competitive spirit where our youths were able to spend quality time and develop strong bonds playing team games together.

We would like to thank God Almighty for His presence, the good weather and for allowing the event to go smoothly without any hiccups. 

We would like to thank Roji Achen, Ancy Kochamma and their family for their continued leadership, guidance and participation for this event.  

A big thankyou to all the youth committee members and the parent volunteers who worked hard to bring this to a success and also to our sponsors, who contributed towards this event. 

Finally, we would like to wholeheartedly thank our youths who had come out for this event and showed their competitive spirit to make it a success!

From The CMTC Youth Committee.

 

 

 

7.     Prayer Meetings

1.                   Fasting prayer on Wednesday, July 13th @10:30 am virtually on Google Meet.

2.                   Edavaka Mission prayer meeting on Friday, July 15th @ 8 pm virtually on Google Meet.

3.                   Chain Prayer on Saturday - 6.00 AM to 6.00 PM.

Prayer requests should be send to the prayer_requests@marthoma.ca or be dropped in the prayer requests box kept outside the Vicar’s office or be sent via WhatsApp directly to Achen @ +1-647-294-8796.

4.   An Area  6 prayer meeting will be held next Sunday, 17th  July at 6.30 PM at  the residence of Mr.Thomson Sam. Address:  7 La Quinta Lane, New market, L3Y 0E2.All the area members are requested to attend this prayer meeting.

From Rajan C.George, Area 6 representative.

5.   Suvishesha Sevika sangham, Monthly prayer meeting will be held on Saturday ,July 16th from 4pm to 5-30 pm at Church.

From Jeena Sajan, Sevika Sangham Secretary.

8.     Edavaka Mission Announcement

Under the leadership of Edavaka Mission, a one-day in-person revival meeting will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at our church, for all parish members across all ages.  The main speaker will be Bro. Finney Premkumar, Founder & Director of Truth Matters International.  We shall also have worship, intercessory prayers, group discussions, group activities and Q & A sessions.  Food and snacks will be provided for all participants.  For facilitating further arrangements, we request all parishioners to ascertain their participation by giving their names to Mr. TD Samuel, Vice President of Edavaka Mission.    Thank you!

9.     House Keeping items for everyone’s attention : Gentle reminder

1. Keep shoes on the shoe racks provided under the Coat hangers.

2. Please remember to keep the Bible and liturgy books back in the bench pockets before you leave.

3. Please make sure you have picked your valuables before leaving your seat.