Thomas said to him, “My Lord and My God”. (St. John 20:28)
Issue No. 10 Vol. XI October 2017 Monthly newsletter of Kuwait St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church
St. Thomas Centre Tel : 2564 7060
(For Private Circulation only)
E-mail: st.thomasmtcq8@gmail.com www.st-thomasmtckuwait.com
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From the Vicar .... Dearly beloved in Christ, Greetings to you all in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. By the grace of God our family get together went well and we got whole hearted support and participation from the members of our parish. The month of October is also an important month for our St. Thomas family. Our family day, parish convention, youth day etc. are celebrating during this month. 1) Youths: Founded on the word and focused on the world Youths are living in a world of globalization and media explosion. Globalization encourages the culture of accumulation and competition. The globalized world seeks happiness in money rather than serving others. In a media exploded world youths are influenced by the sexual abuse in the channels and advertisements. In such a situation youths should critically analyze the negative factors of media culture that influence our generations. We are not called for the blind imitation of the worldly culture but for the transformation of this world with God. So our task and responsibility is to make our foundation on the word of God and focus on the world and be the agents of the values of the kingdom of God. 2) Family : The embodiment of the kingdom of God Family is a blessing from God and a great gift. Family is the miniature of the kingdom of God.
But the basic values that we cherished for ages in our families are eroding and are replaced by the value systems that are promoted by the dominant hegemonic structures of the present day. Values, mutual trust, care and purity of life are becoming alien to us and family prayer and study of the word of God are being neglected. The traditional practice of parents and children waking up early in the morning and coming together in reverence for family prayer before the day’s work is almost getting eroded. We should redeem our families for the glory of God. Home is the sanctuary of prayer, the school of value imbibing and the space for faith formation. It is the place of in depth fellowship rooted in divine love. Family members should uphold the kingdom values of love, sacrifice, sharing and humility. The Christian family day service should become an occasion for the rededication of families. In the family day each family should come forward together and receive holy communion and should offer our one day income for the extension and expansion of the kingdom of God during service. Our parish convention is scheduled from October 23 to 26 and family dedication service on 27th. Rev. Sibi T. Mathews is our main speaker. Wholehearted participation of all members are earnestly solicited. With prayerful regards Bobby Achen.
Junior Choir
Organizations - Schedules at St. Thomas Centre Yuvajana 1st and 3rd Fridays after the FRIDAY 2.15 - 4.30 PM Worship service Sakhyam Thursdays 6.00 to 7.30 pm Sevika Sanghom Saturdays 5.15 pm
Senior Choir
Thursdays 7.30 to 9.30 pm
Sunday School
Kuwait St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church. P.O. Box 25562 Safat 13116 Kuwait Tel : 25635253 (Res.) Mob : 67077427 revbobbymathew@gmail.com
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Edavaka Mission Saturdays 7.00 pm Parsonage : Flat No.14, 1st Floor, Bldg # 20, Street 10, Al-Dhahok Bin Qays Street, Block 10 Salmiya. (Opp. Bestow Super Market)
Sargothsavam 2017
Senior Citizens Day
DIOCESAN DAY
VOLUNTARY EVANGELISTS DAY
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BIRTHDAYS DATE
NAME
MEMBER NO
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19
NEEBA T. ABRAHAM ASHISH KURIAN MATHEW SARAMMA KOSHY KUNJU DANIEL NITHIKA ANN SAJU ABRAHAM VARGHESE SIBIN CHACKO ALEX SUSY MATHEW REGI ALEX MATHEW (DR.) SHANNON CHINNU SOJI SAMUEL MATHEW AISHWARYA MATHEW JOY THOMAS JASMINE K. VETTUPARAMPIL RONNIE GEORGE JACOB GEORGE RUBEN NISHAD THOMAS DON THOMAS CROSS ASHA ANNIE PHILIP DAISY ISSAC ABRAHAM GEORGE K. THOMAS SUNIL TOM MATHEWS NIMMY ELIZABETH KOSHY SHEENA ANNA GEORGE ACCAMMA JOHN SUSHA ZACHARIA AKASH VARGHESE NINAN THOMAS PYNUMMOOTTIL MATHEW MARIAM JOSEPH JONINA MIRIAM ABRAHAM JULIE ELSA JACOB BRYAN DANIEL ROBY THOMAS ABEL OOMMEN THOMAS TRESSA MARIE JOHN KRUPA SARA BIJU JOSELIN ANN JOSE KARTHIK THOMAS MATHEW NAVIN VARGHESE NINAN SHEEBA ROY GLEN GEORGE MATHEW RENJI RAJU SARA JACOB SAMUEL MATHEW SANTHOSH PHILIP DANYA ELIZA ASHISH JOSE V. MATHEW JINU JOJU EDWIN SIBI KUNJACHEN JOHN M. ASHA MARY ACHANKUNJU
01684 01861 02682 03064 05311 05403 00092 01331 01525 02121 04803 01821 04672 05021 05431 04973 01724 04632 00022 00621 02571 02902 03732 01162 03722 05223 01793 02872 01643 01772 02663 04693 01362 01783 00664 04044 04721 00522 01993 03281 00554 00931 01131 01864 02961 04662 04953 00061 00883
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PET NAME
PRAYER GROUP
NEEBA ASHISH KUNJUMOLE NITHIKA ABRAHAM SIBIN SUSY REGI CHINNU SAMKUTTY SONA SHIBU JASMINE RONNIE JACOB RUBEN KITHU ASHA DAISY PRAKASH SUNIL NIMMY SHEENA LATHA SUSHA AKASH RYAN REMAH JONINA JULIE BRYAN ABEL TRESSA KRUPA JOSLIN KARTHIK NAVIN SHEEBA GLEN RENJI JIJE BABU/SAM SANTHOSH ACHU JOSE JINU EDWIN KUNJACHEN ASHA
MAHANAIM CANAAN OLIVET EPHRAIM MAHANAIM CANAAN GIHON JERUSALEM OLIVET ARARAT JERUSALEM EDEN EMMAUS EPHRAIM JERUSALEM HERMON MAHANAIM MIZPAH OLIVET ARARAT GIHON OLIVET MAHANAIM CANAAN ARARAT MAHANAIM JERUSALEM MIZPAH CANAAN ARARAT EMMAUS GETHSEMANE HERMON OLIVET ARARAT CANAAN GETHSEMANE EMMAUS MIZPAH EPHRAIM EDEN GETHSEMANE GIHON CANAAN CANAAN MIZPAH EDEN MIZPAH HERMON
TELEPHONE
MOBILE
25629174 25645275 25640989
65581644 99858961 99575308 66884238
99523874 65001957 22657126 24330564 25628044 24315281 50819100
22391783 67726989 25649357 23710871 25634157 24335198 25626196
25630400
25613750 23718450 25648067 24318939 25627554 25621376 25653028 25630169 24317138 25660857 25650273 25652984
25622382 25652543 25645275
65001957 99730699 67096465 66267537 99552771 69649492 66014866 66494156 97228816 55402733 99597282 66792715 66239656 66044008 99835773 55291322 97254038 66588173 99583014 94040813 69096501 66846021 99416554 99105702 66779089 66408581 99281995 99223165 99712793 99398297 94008724 69338585 99432984 66857851 65170031 66671409 60446500 99858961 66481465 97411840
99084797 25646384
66473650 66547820
BIRTHDAYS DATE 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 23 23 23 24 24 25 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 30 31 31 31
NAME KEVIN TOM VARGHESE RUHEN ANISH JACOB ANU MATHAI ABEL GEORGE ALEX SERAH SUSAN DEEPU SHERIL SARA NOBLE ANSU P. RAJAN VARUGHESE JOHN JENU JOY THOMAS CHINNAMMA KOSHY BOBBY JOHNSON GEORGE USHA JAGAN THOMAS ANJU ANN PHILIP (DR.) AROOP THOMAS PHILIP RICHARD JOHN MILI ROBY MATHEWS SHEENA ELSA JACOB RAKHEE ELIZABETH MATHEW MATHEW PHILIP CODIATTU SWAPNA SEBASTIAN PHILIP ABRAHAM ISAAC RONN GEORGE JESSY THOMAS FEBA ABRAHAM AMIE SAIRA KURIAN AARON BENNY THOMAS ANGEL MARIAM MATHEW IDICULA MATHAI SHOLLY THOMAS SRUTHI GEORGE CHERIAN CROSSBLE THOMAS TANIA ELZA ALEXANDER IRVINE VARUGHESE JERRIN TOM MATHEW
MEMBER NO 01394 05493 02052 02503 03724 04422 05472 00691 01822 04881 01591 00252 02492 05191 00544 02662 00385 03472 00193 04832 04861 05023 00262 01503 01534 02043 03823 00451 01352 03764 01721 01083 02614 03934
PET NAME
PRAYER GROUP
KEVIN CHACKOCHI ANU ABEL SERAH SHERIL ANSU SAJI JENU CHINNAMMA BOBBY USHA ANJU AROOP RICHU MILI SHEENA RAKHEE SANJO SWAPNA BOBBY ISAAC JESSY FEBA AMIE AARON MON ANGEL JOY SHOLLY AMMU SHIBU TANIA IRVINE TOM
HERMON HERMON GETHSEMANE CANAAN ARARAT GIHON OLIVET EMMAUS EDEN GETHSEMANE EMMAUS OLIVET CANAAN EPHRAIM HERMON EMMAUS EDEN ARARAT EDEN ARARAT GETHSEMANE EPHRAIM EMMAUS OLIVET GETHSEMANE EDEN GIHON MAHANAIM OLIVET EPHRAIM MAHANAIM MAHANAIM ARARAT MAHANAIM
TELEPHONE
MOBILE
25621469
69997355 50448914 99578545 66062752 99583014 50157206 97593898 66106744 66014866 65147897 65134650 66289971 66236469 65087900 50394490 66779089 99410212 97153151 99796536 97663981
25619359 98534146 65100023 25646274 65147897 25622547 25636918 25662310 25633251 25627554 25616438 24346703 25629665 24336752 97691708 22391783 25610213 25652846 25663820 25654872 25633985 67776695 25649357 25643302 25632457
97228816 99795431 97592351 99100729 99671087 65970401 99605899 65898052 99662437 99597282 99582291 69693197 99800713
Thanking God Almighty for His mercy. May Lord God Bless you abundantly.
Happy Birthday
St.Thomas Family Reformation Week and our Parish Convention will be held from 23rd to 26th October 2017 at St. Thomas Center @ 7:00 pm. Rev. Sibi T Mathews will be the Main Speaker.All are requested to attend prayerfully and be blessed.
GULF YOUTH CONFERENCE '17
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES DATE
NAME
F. No.
PRAYER GRP.
TEL. RES.
MOBILE
2
RAJESH ABRAHAM VARKEY & SEEMA RAJESH VARKEY
00193
EDEN
67050820
1805151
5
MATHEW V. ABRAHAM & MARY MATHEW
00154
GIHON
25341972
66935777
6
GEORGE T. KOLETH & ANU M. GEORGE
00084
CANAAN
25625029
97504243
7
ABRAHAM VARUGHESE & MARIAMMA OOMMEN
00191
EPHRAIM
24347481
97757607
7
NEBU JOHN & SARAMMA NEBU
00142
MIZPAH
25759574
66978321
8
PHILIP VARGHESE & LEETHU THOMAS
00470
OLIVET
25613235
99256828
9
BIJU THOMAS & SHERLY ANNI JOHN
00412
MAHANAIM
66425309
67094578
10
KURUVILLA MATHEWS & SUJA KURUVILLA
00160
OLIVET
25667304
99423735
10
ROY JOHN & SISSILI JOHN
00111
HERMON
25613051
97223988
11
SHINU ABRAHAM VARGHESE & SIBI GEORGE
00418
JERUSALEM
14
BOBBY JOHNSON GEORGE & DIANA BOBBY GEORGE
00159
EMMAUS
25622547
65134650
14
DILEEP K. MATHEW & JESLE D. MATHEW
00146
GETHSEMANE
25639678
67057479
17
JOBIN JOSE & RINKY SUSAN JOHN
00539
EDEN
55627230
55627230
17
JIKKY SANJAY KURUVILLA & ANI ISNARENI SANJAY
00246
MIZPAH
18
PHILIP ABRAHAM & JINI JOHN
00486
GETHSEMANE
97691708
18
BLESSON PALLICKAL KOSHY & DIVYA SARA SATHEESH
00511
MIZPAH
50981958
65738505
19
GEORGE K. THOMAS & ANNIE GEORGE
00062
ARARAT
24335198
66044008
19
JOHN MATHEW & SUJA MATHEW
00180
MAHANAIM
94403845
66049592
19
GEORGE VERGHESE (DR.) & SUSAN MATHEWS (DR.)
00317
EMMAUS
25636489
20
JOHN ABRAHAM & LIGY JOHN
00364
EPHRAIM
20
ISSAC JACOB & ALEYAMMA ISSAC
00013
CANAAN
25634270
94953085
20
VALLIYA THAZHEL SAJAN & MINI CHERIAN
00413
JERUSALEM
25645717
97790304
25
JIBU CHACKO VARGHESE & SWAPNA ELIZABETH JOSEPH
00405
EPHRAIM
24731745
97682203
25
THOMAS MATHEW & ANNETTE THOMAS
00544
MAHANAIM
26
MANU ABRAHAM C. JOHN & RINCY MANU ABRAHAM
00175
JERUSALEM
27
BINU VARGHESE JOHN (DR.) & MERLEY ELIZABETH (DR)
00241
CANAAN
25617784
65078450
29
TENNY JOHN (DR.) & MANJU KOSHY (DR.)
00268
OLIVET
25640989
99575308
30
BINU ABRAHAM & SHEENA MOL K.
00270
EDEN
25622107
97514540
30
JOHN VARGHESE & JINU JOHN VARGHESE
00020
CANAAN
25627036
99086449
30
THOMAS MATHEWS & ANIE KALAMANNIL JACOB
00349
HERMON
66657380
67766034
65962411
66220892 66224249
55618765
Thanking God Almighty for His mercy. May Lord God Bless you abundantly.
Happy Wedding Anniversary “Come unto Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” - Matthew 11:28
CONDOLENCES ON THE SAD DEMISES OF:
Mr. M.V Solomon (77) Mundackal, Nariyapuram father in law of Mr. Varghese Mathew (Saju) & father of Mrs. Mini Varghese Mathew (Mem #0048 Emmaus P.G.) was called to heavenly abode on 07/09/2017. Mr. P.C Albert (72) Paikada House,Cheruthuruthy father in law of Mr. Geol Abraham & father of Mrs. Deena Geol (Mem #0203 Jerusalem P.G.) was called to heavenly abode on 09/09/2017. Mrs.Annamma George (79) Charuvilaputhenvedu,Channapetta Mother of Mr. Johnson George (Mem #0254 MIZPAH P.G.) was called to heavenly abode on 15/09/2017. Kuwait, St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church extends heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. May the Lord strengthen and comfort them.
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SEVIKA SANGHAM DAY
EDUCATION DAY
COMPASS '17
Evg. Simon Narayanankutty
DRAWING COMPETITION
NEW MEMBERS
Mr. Henu Baby, Helen Villa, Bharanickavu P O., Mother Parish St. Thomas, Kattanam has joined the parish with membership No. 557 in Gethsemane Prayer Group, Mobile : 55032987
Mr. Santhosh Varghese, Mootham Vakkayil House, Vettiyar P O., Mother Parish St. Thomas, Vettiyar has joined the parish with membership No. 558 in Hermon Prayer Group, Mobile : 65809735
NEW BORN
Mr.Jovin Mathew & Mrs.Priya Jovin Mathew (Olivet Prayer Group, Mem# 0804) blessed with a baby girl on 17/09/2017 Mr. Arun Thomas Laloo & Mrs. Nisha Daniel (Gethsamene Prayer Group, Mem# 0273) blessed with a baby boy on 17/09/2017
ST. THOMAS FAMILY DAY October 27 at 7.30 am at St. Thomas Center.
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TIME
VENUE
THEME
WORSHIP
1st LESSON
2nd LESSON
1 THESS 4: 1-8
EPISTLE
LUKE 10: 30-37
GOSPEL
EDEN
ASSISTED BY:
WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2017 DATE / DAY
1 PET 2: 1-10
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25710468 / 97859325 25639141 / 97117487 pc_alexander@hotmail.com daniel.chacko@alshaya.com
Chacko Daniel Lay Ministrant
HERMON
MAHANAIM
Will be assigned
EDAVAKA MISSION
SUNDAY SCHOOL
JERUSALEM
YUVAJANA SAKHYAM
EPHRAIM
MIZPAH
AMOS 7: 10-17
JOHN 5: 1-9
HOLY QURBANA
2 COR 12: 1-10
Voluntary Evangelist's Day: Witness of Laity
ACTS 3: 1-10
NECK - HOP
ISA 42: 16-20
LUKE 10: 25-28
07:30 PM
HOLY QURBANA
1 TIM 4: 7-16
03-TUE Day for the people with Special Skills: Accept the differences of God's creation
PHIL 3: 1-16
St. Thomas Centre NECK - HOP
GEN 41: 37-43
LUKE 19: 1-10
JOHN 3: 1-8
EPH 3: 14-21
TITUS 3: 3-8
TITUS 2: 1-8
ROM 6: 1-11
7:30 AM 07:30 PM
HOLY QURBANA
FASTING PRAYER
HOLY QURBANA (English)
Youth Sunday: Youth Life focused on the word
The Sacrament of Holy Baptism
HOLY QURBANA
JOSH 24: 14-22
EXOD 14: 15-31
06-FRI 10-TUE St. Thomas Centre
St. Thomas Centre
St. Thomas Centre
NECK - HOP
7.30 AM
7.30 AM
9.30 AM
7.30 AM
7.30 PM
13-FRI 17-TUE
20-FRI 27-FRI 29-SUN
Family Dedication Sunday: Family a Place of Faith Formation
Roy John Trustee - Accounts
07:30 PM
Mathew K.C Trustee - Finance
25613051 / 97223988 johnroy16@gmail.com
31-TUE
Note:- Any changes in worship venue or time will be informed through e-mail.
Byju P.Mathews Secretary
24316015 / 99561506 mchacko61@gmail.com
Chacko Alexander Lay Ministrant
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25661536 / 97839101 byjuparappattu@gmail.com
Office Bearers Team
25646726 / 99816826 manoj@hescokuwait.com
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