News Letter March 2013

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PARISH MESSENGERThe Mar Thoma Parish Perth

Volume 53 / March 2013

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfastunto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as

in the provocation.(Hebrews 3:14-15)

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Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an

apostle, set apart for the gospel of God (Rom 1:1)

When Paul wrote the letter to the Romans, he

was plausibly in Corinth on his third missionary

journey. His work in the eastern Mediterranean

was almost finished, and he greatly wanted to visit

the church in Rome. At this time, however, he

could not go to Rome, so he sent a letter there,

intending to visit Rome while en route on amission to Spain.

1.Apostle: Supervisor or Servant?For Paul, an apostle means a servant in the first

place, not an enticing title or a brand or a label or

a privileged office. It is a responsibility and a life

style. He understands his life and mission in

relation to the life style of Jesus. It means that

gospel of God shapes Pauls own thinking andattitude towards himself and to one another. He

does not treat himself as a supervisor or as

someone who boss over those who do the ministry

of Jesus. Paul is called to be an apostle, not as an

apostle, but as a servant (v.1). So, Paul has to

become an apostle, through his servant ministry,

and by the grace of God (v. 1, 5). In other words,

when we forget our calling as servants, we cease to

become apostles. As an apostolic church, let usidentify ourselves as servants of Gods creation and

the God of creation, not mistake our calling as a

superior right to superintend the servant

ministry and the servants of Jesus.

2. What is more important-Messenger or

Message?

Paul understands his apostolic calling as the

messenger of the loving grace of God, manifestedin the life, death and resurrection of Jesus (vv. 2-4).

That is, an apostles message has the following

contents: Jesus is the fulfillment of Gods promises

to his creation (v.2); Jesus is truly God and truly

human (v.3, 4); Jesus is risen from dead (v. 4); it is

because of the grace of God that those who

believe in Jesus become apostles (v.5); all those

believe in Jesus belong to Jesus (v.6); and, mission

of bringing about the obedience of faith is

distributed (v.5) among all those who are called to

be the apostles. This shows that Paul is remindingthe apostolic responsibility to his fellow apostles in

Rome (v.5) and to himself (v.1). As an apostolic

church, let us always remind ourselves about our

common responsibility to share the common

message. The message we share is more important

than our role as messengers.

May our good God bless you all,

With prayerful regards,

Mothy Achen

Apostle: A Man with a Message
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A few reminders

The one day camp organized by our Parish is

on 16th March 2013 .Saturday . Please

consider this as an opportunity to know &

interact with each other .

As we all know 50 Days Lent (Great Lent)

started from 10th Feb 2013 . The 25 Days Lent starts from - 6th March

2013

Luke 4:1-4 says "Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,

returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit

in the desert, where for forty days he was temptedby the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and

at the end of them he was hungry."

If we have not observed Lent yet , let us start from

March 6th and prepare ourselves to rejoice at theresurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter.

Let us set good examples for the younger

generation .

May our good God bless you all,

With prayerful regards,

Christy Tom

Secretary

Parish UpdatesBY MR CHRISTY TOM


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YOUTH FELLOWSHIP

Youth Fellowship meets third Saturdays of

every month at 04:30pm at the residence of a

parish member.Encourage all youngsters of our parish to

participate in the activities of the Youth

Fellowship. For further details, please contact Mr

Vitty Jacob ([email protected]).

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Regular Sunday School on all Sundays before

the Holy Communion Service. Contact: Mr Ninan

Thomas or Mrs Babbin Mathews for further

details ([email protected]).

SEVIKA SANGHAM

Sevika Sangham meets once every two month

at the residence of a parish member.

Encourage all women in our parish to

participate in the activities of the Sevika Sangham.

For further details, please contact Mrs Mary John

([email protected]).

PARISH CHOIR

Parish Choir meets for practice every Sunday

after the Holy Communion Service at Murdoch

Worship Centre. For further details please contactMr. Ginsu Ninan ([email protected]).

SENIOR CITIZENS FELLOWSHIP

Senior Citizens Fellowship meets fourth

Saturdays of every month at 12:00pm at the

residence of a parish member. For further details,

please contact Mr Retnarajan.

EDAVAKA MISSION

Edavaka Mission meets at the residence of a

parish member every month.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER

Edavaka Mission conducts intercessory prayer

meeting on first Friday of every month at 07:00pm

at the residence of a parish member. Prayer

requests can be deposited in the box kept at

Murdoch Worship Centre during the services.

Encourage all parish members to participate in

the activities of the Edavaka Mission. For further

details, please contact Mr Ninan Thomas.

With heart felt sorrow we inform you the demise of Grand-Mother of Mr Binu Jacob (Joondalup

Prayer Group) on Sunday 12th February 2013 in India.

Mar Thoma Parish Perth expresses heart-felt condolence to the bereaved family members on the

sad demise of their beloved one. May the Lord strengthen and comfort them with His abundant

Peace.
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Pray for our Parish, Vicar and the members;

Pray for all our Parish Organisations and for all their activities;

Pray for our Sunday School kids and teachers;

Pray for the upcoming Parish Camp 2013;

Pray for this nation and its government;

Pray for world peace and for all war torn countries; and

Pray for the youth of our parish for them to have a blessed and God fearing future.

BIRTHDAYS MARCH 2013 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MARCH 2013

Jeffy Koshy (6 March)

Susan George Raja (9 March)

Jubin Koshy (13 March)

Prisha E Shibu (14 March)

Ginsu Ninan (15 March)

Anil George (20 March)

Jaisel Varukunnel Mathews (March)

Shibu Jacob & Anita Mathews (5 March)

God Created You with his own hands; He Knows

your name and your thoughts; He Blesses you

with life, with love; And the joy of another year to

know him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!

May the Almighty God continue to bless your family

more and more in the coming years. May you be an

inspiration and example for others in the days to

come.

W IS HI NG AL L T HE CELEB RAN TS HA PP Y

ANNIVERSARY!!


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Remembering our humble beginnings and themilestones ofgrowth are opportunitiesto praise and thank God, for a young parish like ours. Memories of our first Good

Friday Service in April 2009 are still fresh in the mind. When our Parish committeedecided to have the service on Good Friday morning-the only one in all passionweek- I thought it was beyond our abilities. No achen,none very familiar with the

Passion week prayers and Chants in Malayalam. We could not say how many would

turn up leaving the congregation where they now worship , whether it is possible tohave a kanji session following the long service and where it will be. However we

proceeded.

Kuruvilla Mathew booked the Murdoch WorshipCentre (which we had not seen tillthat day) before he left for Easter holidays.Philsy and wife Susan familiarised us with the Malayalam Chants.( he got the tunethro' mobile phone from his dad in Tiruvella). He along with Vijay, the lay leader

conducted the service. We sang the Chants loud and prostrated. The choir sang fewEnglish and Malayalam hymns. Late Dr.Thomas Varghese gave a powerful message.

C. J. John prononced the benediction.It was a beautiful service and all were happy.

Sevika Sangham had taken over the kanji Project, researched and found out a bowl

big enough to hold payar thoran, pappadam, kachiya moru and pickle withkanji. We gathered again in Piney Lakes with the food warmed up. A pick up vanwas there to hold and serve food,chairs and carpets to sit under the shady trees andour fellowship extended for another hour. As there was no other Good Friday servicein the traditional way those days, members from sister churches participated making

the number about 50. It was a miracle that every thing went off very smoothly.

Yes , nothing is impossible for the great God if we humbly submit ourselves and be

willing to be used by Him for His glory.

The first Good Friday Service of Perth Marthoma Parish

BY MRS MARY JOHN


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WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Malayalam Service Holy Communion Service every first and third Sundays at 09.30 am.

English Service Holy Communion Service every second and fourth Sundays at 09.30 am

and Divine Worship Service on other Sundays at 09.30 am.

Special thanksgiving prayers will conducted for birthday and wedding anniversaries during

the communion services.

The Bible study, on the Gospel according to Mathew lead by our Vicar, starts at 08:00am

every Sunday.

SANDHYA NAMASKARAM - 25 and 26 March 2013 @ 7:30PM AT MURDOCH WORHSIP

CENTER. 27 March Venue and timing to be confirmed.

MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE - 28 March 2013 @ 7:30PM AT MURDOCH WORHSIP

CENTER

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE - 29 March 2013 @ 8AM AT MURDOCH WORHSIP CENTER

EASTER SERVICE - 31 March 2013 @ 7AM AT MURDOCH WORHSIP CENTER


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QUIZ NO. 0004

1. On what were the Ten Commandments written?

2. What did Jesus sleep in after he was born?

3. What was man created from?4. What did Jesus do to each of the disciples during the Last Supper?

5. To which city did God ask Jonah to take his message?

6. Who was Davids father?

7. Which of the gospel appears last in the Bible?

8. What is the only sin that cannot be forgiven?

9. How did David defeat Goliath?

10. What did Josephs brothers do to get rid of him?

Please email your answers to [email protected]. Please do so with your parents

permission.

(The winners and the answers will be published in the following months newsletter)

Answers of Quiz No. 0003

1. Twelve (Luke 6:13)

2. Death (Rom 6:23)

3. Eve (Gen 4:1)

4. Shepherds (Luke 2:16)

5. Samson (Jdg 16:15)

6. Joseph (Matt 1:19)

7. Psalms (Ps 1:1-150:6)

8. Flood (Gen 7:7)

9. He ascended into heaven (Acts 1:3-11)

10. Pigs (Matt 8:32)

Winners

of Quiz No. 0003

Shradha Mariam Shibu

Congrats to all who

participated.

Inviting articles from our kids for this section.

Please note all articles required to be published the

following month must reach the Webmaster by email

([email protected]) on or before 20th of the

current month. Please restrict your passages to half a

page or around 200-250 words.
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DRAWING BY JORDAN CHRISTY -

AGE 4 YEARS


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For more information, please contact

Rev Mothy Varkey

(Vicar)

Mob: 0426 283 829

Landline: 08 6161 6797

email: [email protected]

Mr Christy Tom

(Secretary)

Mob: 0431 479 134

email:

[email protected]

Webmaster

email: [email protected]

The Mar Th ma Parish Perth, P.O. Box 3104, She ley, WA 6148

for private circulation only

MESSENGER NOTES

Please feel free to drop in your comments and suggestions regarding our Parish Messenger at

[email protected].

We are looking for articles to be published in our monthly newsletter. Those who can write articles,poems, drawings (kids) please contact the Webmaster at [email protected]. This is another

opportunity to use our God given talents for the Glory of God.

THINGS TO NOTE

Sunday School Registration Form - Please remember to fill the enrollment form &

send by email to [email protected], or give the registration formto Babbin Bijoe (0413 812 078) / Neeta Sanju (0401 291 344)
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