DELHI MALAYALAM CONGREGATION Lady Hardinge Medical College

New Delhi- 110001

Parsonage: 59 Mandir Marg, New Delhi

Mob: 7289809228, 9447525795 Ph: 011-23363755

Rev. SANDEEP OOMMEN

Email: dmcchurchdelhi@gmail.com

: oommensandeep@yahoo.com

Website: www.delhimalayalamcongregation.org

www.facebook.com/groups/dmccni/

INSIDE THIS

Vicar’s Desk 3

News 4

Birthday 8

Wedding Anniversary

9

Sunday Service Order

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M A R K Y O U R

C A L E N D A R : .

Fasting prayer will be

held on 9th Sept. in

the parsonage and on

16th Sept. in the

Church from 10am to

1pm.

Snehavirunnu will be

held on 23rd Sept.

Parish Convention &

Parish day will be

held from 15th to 17th

Sept.

Senior Citizen Sun-

day will be on 24th

Sept.

VBS will be held

from 29th Sept. to 1st

Oct.

NYC will be from Oc-

tober 20th-22nd in

Marthoma Camp

Centre, Kamshet,

Maharashtra.

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MOTTO 'Keep on doing the things that you have learned and re-ceived and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.' (PHILIPPIANS 4:9)

COMBINED YOUTH RETREAT AT IMC, MAYUR VIHAR ON 30-07-2017

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ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS RETREAT HELD ON 15-08-2017 AT DMC

CHOIR SUNDAY & CHOIR RETREAT HELD ON 20-08-2017 AT DMC

Vicar’s Desk

P A R I S H N E W S

Vicar’s Desk

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Dear beloved in Christ, The Lord enabling us to enter in to a new month of 2017. Lets give thanks to God for his abundance of grace and guidance which He is pouring upon our life.

September 3rd we are observing as the Education Sunday, Mothers help us with our natural birth. Teachers help us to be twice born. The first birth is the gift of God to us; the second birth is our gift to the universe. The word 'genius' is de-rived from Latin, gignere which means 'to give birth to' or ' to bring in to being, create, produce'. I salute all those who are engaged in the mission to create and to give birth to our true genius-something that we are born to do.

“CAN YOU TEACH A ZEBRA SOME ALGEBRA” the book written by De-bashish Chatterjee is about learning, teaching and being. In one of its chapter says about a geography teacher was asking the class to memorise this dubious lesson, 'Nile is a mountain that is situated in Egypt.' The headmaster, on hearing this, confronted the teacher and asked him if he really knew that Nile was a riv-er and not a mountain. The teacher shot back saying, ' For the pittance of a sala-ry I get, it does not matter whether Nile is a river or a mountain. 'To cap it, he said, 'Nile will be transformed into a river as soon as my salary is raised.'

Like all the services teaching has become a kind of a pastime for some, rather than a passionate pursuit. The most highly regarded leaders of human societies for centuries have been teachers. These teachers were the channels through which the DNA of human civilisation was transferred from one generation to another. If the Macedonian hero Alexander had a teacher in Aristotle, the Indian king Chandragupta Maurya had a teacher in Chanakya. These teachers taught not because they could not do anything else, but because nothing else was more valuable to their societies than what these wise teachers taught.

Great teaching is more like a craft than a technique. To evoke curiosity in the learner, to care for the learner and to take the learner on a journey of discovery are some of the most critical elements of this craft. A memorable journey is not when you are forced to take the trip but when the trip takes you to these en-chanting spaces that you have never visited before. The Mahabharata the Indian epic says a story in which Yaksha, a demigod, was having a Q&A session with Yudhishthira- the eldest of the five Pandava princes, who was known for his commitment to truth.

A set of questions of Yaksha to Yudhishthira was. 'What is the best of all laudable things? What is the most valuable of all possessions? What is the highest of all gains? is the And what best of all kinds of happiness?

Yudhishthira responded, 'The best of all laudable things is skill; the best of all pos-sessions is knowledge; the best of all gains is health; and contentment is the best of all kinds of happiness.'

Teachers bridge the gap between our past and our future. They anchor the values of our society. They ensure continuity of cultures in times of change. Teachers stitch together knowledge of generations into the tapestry of our times.

Be a disciple of the ultimate Guru Jesus of Nazareth.

Your Achen, Sandeep Oommen

NEWS AND EVENTS

THANKS Thanks to all for your prayerful participation in the August months programes (Youth Retreat, Committee Retreat, Choir Sunday, Snehavirunnu). We have dedicated choir cross on 20th August during Service, I thank the family who sponsored it. God bless all.

FASTING PRAYER Fasting Prayer will be on 9th September in the Parsonage and 16th Sept. in the Church (Message Evng: Joby Mathew) from 10am to 1pm.

SNEHAVIRUNNU Snehavirunnu will be on 23rd September. Those who wish to participate should come to parsonage at 10:30am.

CONVENTION & PARISH DAY The annual spiritual gathering and Parish Day will be from Sept 15th-17th. Our Convention speaker will be Evng: Joby Mathew, Ettumanoor. Pray for the spiritual blessings and glorious fellowship. SENIOR CITIZEN SUNDAY We will observe Senior Citizen Sunday on 24th Sept. Senior citizen members will lead the worship on that day. Those who have completed 60 years between Sep-tember 2016-2017, may give your names to the church committee members in or-der to honour and pray for the blessings.

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VBS VBS will be held from 29th September to 1st October (Friday, Saturday & Sunday). Mr. Joseph Emmanuel & his team from Youth For Christ will be the Resource peo-ple. GOLDEN JUBILEE We are marching towards the Golden Jubilee celebration of our existence as a spir-itual family in this city. Its time to suggest a suitable theme for our Golden Jubilee year. The theme should reflect our mission, witness and hope as a congregation in Delhi. Suggest your theme before October 1st. Golden Jubilee planning committee will be on 27th August after the worship. CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to the new choir members Mst. Allen Joseph, Mst. Rhyan K Suresh, Mst. Adish Sherin. May God Almighty bless you for this ministry. NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE 2017 NYC will be from October 20th-22nd in Marthoma Camp Centre, Kamshet, Maha-rashtra. Those who are participating in the camp give your name to Mr Justin Ja-cob, Youth Secretary for the arrangement before 27th August. WF JOINT RETREAT WF Joint Retreat will be held on 2nd October. Bible quiz portion is the Gospel ac-cording to St. Luke 1-24 chapters. FINANCIAL HELP Medical help- Rs.30,000/-

Iverkala CSI Church- Rs.20,000/-

PRAYER REQUESTS Pray for the better health and deliverance of;

Ms. Ajina Justin, D/o Mr. R. Justin Raj, Teen Murti

Mrs. Saramma Yohanan, mother of Ms. Leelamma P John, Kapashera

Mr. Benny, brother in law of Mr. V T Paul

Mrs. Sosamma Thomas, mother of Mrs. Mercy Oommen, Vasundhra Enclave

Ms. Jisel John, D/o Mr. John Thomas, Ayur Vigyan Nagar.

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HOUSE VISIT PLANNER

Date Area Remarks

SEPTEMBER 2017

Sun, 3rd Sept South Delhi : (Alaknanda, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Pushp Vihar)

Sat, 9th Sept Noida, Indirapuram, Sahibabad

Sun, 10th Sept South Delhi : (Sarojini, South Extn., Ayur Vigyan Nagar, IIT, Malviya Nagar, Madangir, Khandpur, Dakshinpuri, Chirag Dilli, Saket)

Sat, 16th Sept Parish Con-vention

Sun, 17th Sept Parish Day / Convention

Sat, 23 Sept West Delhi: (Paschim Vihar, Dwarka, Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri)

Sun, 24th Sept East Delhi: (Yojana Vihar, Mayur Vihar, Vasundhara Enclave)

Sat, 30th Sept Central Area: (Patel Nagar, New Ranjit Nagar) VBS

OCTOBER 2017

Sun, 1st Oct West Delhi: (Tagore Garden, Mayapuri, Hari Na-gar, Rohini)

VBS Last day

Sat, 7th Oct West Delhi: (Lawrence Road, Moti Nagar, King-sway Camp, Sarai Basti)

Sun, 8th Oct Dhwani 2017

Sat, 14th Oct Faridabad

Sun, 15th Oct Army Hospital R&R (Daula Kuan)

Sat, 21st Oct Bahadurgarh

Sun, 22nd Oct Gurgaon

Sat, 28th Oct South Delhi: (RK Puram, Munirka, Vasant Kunj, Mehrauli, Andheria More, Lado Sarai)

Sun, 29th Oct Tis Hazari, Burari

NOVEMBER 2017

Sat, 4th Nov Central Area: (Mandir Marg, Teen Murti, RML, MAMC Campus)

Sun, 5th Nov South Delhi: (Ashram, Okhla, Sarita Vihar, Ba-darpur, Kapashera)

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02-09-17 Saturday 7:00pm Mr. Jibby John, Vikaspuri

03-09-17 Sunday 7:00pm Mr. Mathew Joy, Kalkaji

17-09-17 Sunday 7:00pm Mrs. Leelamma Mathew, Faridabad

24-09-17 Sunday 7:00pm Mr. Oommen John, Vasundhra Enclave

COTTAGE PRAYER FELLOWSHIPS

NOTES

Holy Communion Service

Every Sunday Except 5th Sunday

Sunday School

Every Sunday

Except 4th Sunday

Choir Practice

Every Sunday after Service

Youth Movement Meeting

2nd and 4th Sunday

Women’s Fellowship Meeting

2nd and 3rd Sunday

Church Executive Committee Every First Sunday

Special Thanksgiving Prayer

Every Sunday

Fasting prayer

Every 2nd Saturday

BIRTHDAY

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01-Sep Mrs. Nissy Rohit C/o Mr. Rohit George

03-Sep Mr. John AC Vikaspuri

03-Sep Mrs. Liji Suresh C/o Mr. Suresh John

05-Sep Mr. Siju Alex Cherian Gurgaon

07-Sep Mrs. Neetha Susan Jacob C/o Mr. Siju Alex Cherian

08-Sep Mrs. Aleyamma C. John C/o Mr. John AC

09-Sep Mr. Vipin Jo V.L. Subroto Park Airforce Station

09-Sep Mast. Mathew Jacob C/o Mr. Jacob Mathew

10-Sep Mr. Cherian Mammen Uttam Nagar

10-Sep Mast. Addy P Sunil C/o Mr. Sunil P Babu

12-Sep Ms. Mini K Thomas C/o Mr. Mathew Kurian

12-Sep Mr. Devasia C. M. Ghaziabad

15-Sep Mast. Rhuan Stephenson Jacob C/o Mr. Stephenson Jacob

16-Sep Ms. Sudha Raman Dwarrka

17-Sep Ms. Valsamma Bobby Chattarpur

17-Sep Mr. Anjin J Ajay C/o Mr. Ajaykumar C

17-Sep Mr. John Thomas Ayur Vigyan Nagar

18-Sep Dr. Manu Mathews Alaknanda

18-Sep Mrs. Anniamma Thomas C/o Mr. Thomaskutty N

19-Sep Mrs. Babitha Stephenson C/o Mr. Stephenson Jacob

19-Sep Mrs. Aleyamma John Dhaula Kuan

20-Sep Ms. Leelamma P John Kapashera

21-Sep Mr. Richu Mathew C/o Mr. Mathew CO

21-Sep Mast. Kevin John Suresh C/o Mr. Suresh John

23-Sep Mr. Anoop Sonny Gurgaon

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

PRAISE THE LORD O MY SOUL AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS

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24-Sep Mrs. Leena Alfred C/o Mr. Alfred Joy

24-Sep Mr. Thomas P Varghese C/o Mr. Varghese PT

26-Sep Ms. Anlin J Ajay C/o Mr. Ajaykumar C

26-Sep Mr. Biju Mathew RK Puram

27-Sep Mrs. Annamma Varghese C/o Mr. Varghese Thomas

27-Sep Mr. Mohit Oommen C/o Mr. Oommen John

27-Sep Mrs. Grace John C/o Mr. John George P

27-Sep Mrs. Liji Bobbin C/o Mr. Bobbin C Mammen

28-Sep Mr. Jibby John Vikaspuri

29-Sep Ms. Sony Amar Ashram

30-Sep Mrs. Mabel Cherian C/o Mr. Cherian Thomas

02-Sep Mrs.& Wg Cdr Suresh Philip Trivandrum

04-Sep Mrs.& Dr. Sherin Raj T P Munirka

05-Sep Mrs.& Mr. Stephenson Jacob Muhammadpur

05-Sep Mrs.& Mr. Varghese P T Andheria More

06-Sep Mrs.& Mr. Jose P Rohini

08-Sep Mrs.& Mr. Renchan Mathew Rohini

09-Sep Mrs.& Mr. Mathew C O Rohini

11-Sep Mrs.& Mr. Rohit George Mayur Vihar Ph I

20-Sep Mrs.& Mr. Cherian Thomas Vasant Kunj

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C.J. THOMAS ACHAMMA THOMAS

(Retired Catechist) Died on 9th July 2002 Died on 20th September 2013

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7

REMEMBERED BY

JISEL, JIBY, ASHISH, ALEYAMMA JOHN & JOHN THOMAS

IN LOVING MEMORY

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6th DEATH ANNIVERSARY

In ever loving memory of our beloved ACHAYAN

“The lord gave and the lord has taken away:

may the name of the lord be praised”.

Job 1:21

Mr. CHACKO YOHANNAN

Called Eternal Rest on 04-09-2011

PANAPPARAMPIL HOUSE, MEPRAL, THIRUVALLA

INSERTED BY

MR. MANOJ P JOHN & FAMILY

MR. BINOY P JOHN & FAMILY

MR. BIJOY P JOHN & FAMILY

MR. JACOB P JOHN

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