MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference — The Annual MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference will be held on Saturday, November 24th at St. Gregorios Valley Stream from 10 AM- 5 PM. Registration is $10 and may be completed online.
Thanksgiving Potluck — The annual MGOCSM and FOCUS Thanksgiving Potluck will be held at church next Sunday, November 25th, at 4 pm. Please sign up to bring a food item to share!
Vans from Queens/Nassau Area for Evening Prayer — We are thinking about starting a van service to bring members to evening prayer on Saturdays. If you are interested please give your name to Dr. Sunil George. If there is enough demand for this service we will make arrangements for this regularly.
2018 Christmas Caroling — This year’s Christmas Caroling will take place the weekend of Dec. 15th. To ensure we have enough transportation, everyone that is interested please give your names in the office.
3rd Christmas Caroling Practice — The next Christmas Carol Practice will be held on next Saturday, 11/24 at 4:00 pm. All members are requested to attend to make it a success.
General Body Meeting – there will be a General Body meeting held on Dec. 2nd, 2018 for Election Of Office Bearers for 2019. All members are requested to attend this meeting. All dues are posted downstairs TODAY, please review it and if needed talk to the Treasurer.
2018 Talent Show — The annual talent show will be held this year on Sunday, Dec. 30th, 2018. All who are interested in participating please reach out to the Sunday School Principal, Mr. Shibu Thomas.
Category: MGOCSM
- MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference — The Annual MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference will be held on Saturday, November 24th at St. Gregorios Valley Stream from 10 AM- 5 PM. Registration is $10 and may be completed online.
- Winter Summit — As announced previously, this year’s Winter Summit for college and post-graduate students will be held at the Holy Transfiguration Retreat Center from December 26th – 29th. The absolute last day to register is this Wednesday, November 14th. Fees for the camp are now $150 and registration must be completed online. For more information please see Ms. Angel Sunny.
- Vans from Queens/Nassau Area for Evening Prayer — We are thinking about starting a van service to bring members to evening prayer on Saturdays. If you are interested please give your name to Dr. Sunil George. If there is enough demand for this service we will make arrangements for this regularly.
- FOCUS Meeting — There will be a FOCUS Meeting next Friday, Nov. 16th at 7 pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Alex Abraham. All FOCUS members are kindly requested to attend.
- 2018 Christmas Caroling — As announced last week, this year’s Christmas Caroling will take place the weekend of Dec. 15th. As we get closer to the date we will announce which areas are being covered on which day.
2nd Christmas Caroling Practice – The next Christmas Carol Practice will be held on next Saturday, 11/17 at 4:30 pm. All members are requested to attend to make it a success.
- Monthly Committee Meeting — There will be a monthly Committee Meeting next Sunday, Nov. 18th, after Holy Qurbana.
- General Body Meeting — There will be a General Body meeting held on Dec. 2nd, 2018 for Election Of Office Bearers for 2019. All members are requested to attend this meeting. All dues will be posted downstairs NEXT week, if you need to clarify any details please talk to the Treasurer.
- 2018 Talent Show — The annual talent show will be held this year on Sunday, Dec. 30th, 2018. All who are interested in participating please reach out to the Sunday School Principal, Mr. Shibu Thomas.
- MGOCSM Drive — The MGOCSM is hosting a drive to support Kids Change the World, an organization that works to support young children in need around the world. Please place children’s books and plastic grocery bags you would like to donate in the marked box downstairs.
- MGOCSM Meeting — The next youth meeting will be held on Friday, November 9, 2018, 5:30 pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Sunny P. Chacko. All youth members are kindly requested to attend.
- MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference — The Annual MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference will be held on Saturday, November 24th at St. Gregorios Valley Stream from 10 AM- 5 PM. Registration is $10 and may be completed online.
- Vans from Queens/Nassau Area for Evening Prayer — We are thinking about starting a van service to bring members to evening prayer on Saturdays. If you are interested please give your name to Dr. Sunil George. If there is enough demand for this service we will make arrangements for this regularly.
- 2018 Christmas Caroling — This year’s Christmas Caroling will take place the weekend of Dec. 15th and 16th, and like last year we will be going as two separate groups. As we get closer to the date we will announce which areas are being covered on which day.
- Christmas Caroling Song Practice — The first song practice for Caroling will take place next Saturday, Nov 10th at 4 pm in the hall. All are encouraged to attend and learn the songs.
Feast of St. Gevarghese Mar Gregorios (Parumala Perunal) — will be celebrated next Sunday, Nov. 4th. Special thanks to everyone that signed up to bring food for the feast. Anyone not bringing food is requested to give donations.
MGOCSM Drive — The MGOCSM is hosting a drive to support Kids Change the World, an organization that works to support young children in need around the world. Please place children’s books and plastic grocery bags you would like to donate in the marked box downstairs.
MGOCSM Meeting — The next youth meeting will be held on Friday, November 9, 2018, 5:30 pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Sunny P. Chacko. All youth members (ages 13 – 22) are kindly requested to attend.
MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference — The Annual MGOCSM Thanksgiving Conference will be held on Saturday, November 24th at St. Gregorios Valley Stream from 10 AM- 5 PM. Registration is $10 and may be completed online.
Winter Summit Registration — This year’s Winter Summit for college and post-graduate members will be held from December 26th – 29th at the Holy Transfiguration Retreat Center. The last day to register for this conference will be this Thursday, November 1st.
House Visits — We have been doing house visits for the past six months and it has been going well. If you would like to schedule one for your home please reach out to Mr. Stanley Thomas.
MGOCSM Drive — The MGOCSM is hosting a drive to support Kids Change the World, an organization that works to support young children in need around the world. They will be collecting children’s books and plastic grocery bags in a marked box downstairs. For more information please see Mr. Joshua Abraham.
FOCUS Meeting — there will be a FOCUS Meeting next Friday, October 26th at 7 pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Alex Abraham.
Monthly Committee — Meeting – there will be a Monthly Committee Meeting next Sunday after Holy Qurbana. All Committee Members are kindly requested to attend.
Weekly Announcements – 10/14/2018
- Male Cantors Group – the parish will be starting a male cantors group. If any men or boys wish to participate please submit your name to the Vicar.
- MGOCSM Drive– The MGOCSM is hosting a drive to support Kids Change the World, an organization that works to support young children in need around the world. They will be collecting children’s books and plastic grocery bags in a marked box downstairs. For more information please see Mr. Joshua Abraham.
- Refreshments – Special thanks to Mr. Shibu Thomas & family for today’s refreshments. May God Bless your generosity.
CROP Hunger Walk — We are one week away from this year’s CROP Hunger walk which will be held on Saturday, October 13th, 10 AM, at Eisenhower Park. If you are available, please join the walk in support of fighting world hunger. You can also make a donation online. Please visit our team page or see the flier on the bulletin for more information.
MGOCSM meeting — The next youth meeting will be held on next Friday, October 12th, 5:30 pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Shibu & Sumini Thomas. All youth members are requested to attend.
Metropolitan’s Silver Jubilee — The Banquet we had planned to honor our Nicholovos Thirumeni’s Episcopal Jubilee was postponed. The new date is Saturday, November 17th (11 am – 3 pm). His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II will bless the occasion. It will also be attended by dignitaries from our sister churches. Tickets for the banquet are $100. To purchase a ticket please contact the Secretary.
Male Cantors Group — The parish will be starting a male cantors group. If any men or boys wish to participate please submit your name in the office.
Radiant Heat Project — If anyone has pledged or wants to pledge donations for the Radiant Heat Project, please see the Treasurer.
- CROP Hunger Walk — We are less than 2 weeks away from this year’s CROP Hunger walk which will be held on Saturday, October 13th, 10 AM, at Eisenhower Park. Please visit our team page to join the team or make a donation online. All of the money raised goes to the Church World Services who work locally and around the globe to battle hunger. They will also be providing aid to those recently affected by Hurricane Florence. For more information, please see the flyer posted on the bulletin downstairs.
- Paint Night —The FOCUS and MGOCSM will be hosting a paint night in the auditorium this Friday, October 5th at 7 pm. Participants can either paint a large canvas for $20, small canvas for $10, or a craft pumpkin for $5 and all proceeds will be donated to the CROP walk. There are limited supplies so please register online or see Ms. Leslie Babukutty as soon as possible.
- MGOCSM meeting — The next youth meeting will be held on Friday, October 12th, 5:30 pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Shibu Thomas. All youth members are requested to attend.
- Metropolitan’s Silver Jubilee — The banquet we had planned to honor our Nicholovos Thirumeni’s Episcopal Jubilee was postponed. The new date is Saturday, November 17th (11 am – 3 pm). His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II will bless the occasion. It will also be attended by dignitaries from our sister churches. Tickets for the banquet are $100. To purchase a ticket please contact the Secretary.
- Male Cantors Group — The parish will be starting a male cantors group. If any men or boys wish to participate please submit your name in the office.
- Kerala Flood Disaster Relief Fund — Anyone that has signed up for the Kerala Flood Relief effort see the Treasurer to give your contribution, the list of contributions is posted downstairs. We will be sending all the money collected tomorrow.
- MMVS and MGOCSM donations — Through the bake sale held three weeks ago, the MMVS was able to raise $870 for the Kerala relief fund and the MGOCSM collected $200. Special thanks to everyone who took the time to make food for the sale and also to those who supported these efforts.
- CROP walk — We are less than 3 weeks away from this year’s CROP Hunger walk which will be held on Saturday, October 13th, 10 AM, at Eisenhower Park. Please visit our team page to join the team or make a donation online. All of the money raised goes to the Church World Services who work locally and around the globe to battle hunger. They will also be providing aid to those recently affected by Hurricane Florence. For more information, please see the flyer posted on the bulletin downstairs.
- Paint Night —The FOCUS and MGOCSM will be hosting a paint night in the auditorium on Friday, October 5th at 7pm. Participants can either paint a canvas for $20 or a craft pumpkin for $5 and all proceeds will be donated to the CROP walk. There are limited supplies so please register online or see Ms. Leslie Babukutty to reserve a spot if you are interested.
- Metropolitan’s Silver Jubilee — the Banquet we had planned to honor our Nicholovos Thirumeni’s Episcopal Jubilee was postponed. The new date is Saturday, November 17th (11am – 3pm). His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, will bless the occasion. It will also be attended by dignitaries from our sister churches. Tickets for the banquet are $100. To purchase a ticket please contact the Secretary.
Weekly Announcements – 09/16/2018
- Kerala Flood Disaster Relief Fund – Anyone that has signed up for the Kerala Flood Relief effort see the Treasurer to give your contribution. We would like to send the money to Kerala as soon as possible.
- CROP walk: We will be participating in the 9th annual CROP Hunger walk on October 13th, 10 AM, at Eisenhower Park. All are encouraged to join our team for the walk online at www.tinyurl.com/CROPwalkregistration. Please see the flier on the bulletin downstairs for more information.
- Metropolitan’s Silver Jubilee – the Banquet we had planned to honor our Nicholovos Thirumeni’s Episcopal Jubilee was postponed. The new date is Saturday November 17th (11am – 3pm). His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, will bless the occasion. It will also be attended by dignitaries from our sister churches. Tickets for the banquet are $100. To purchase ticket please contact the Secretary.
- Monthly Committee Meeting – There will be a monthly Committee Meeting next Sunday after Holy Qurbana. All committee members are kindly requested to attend.