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Monthly Prayer Meetings – We will be having monthly prayer meetings at 6pm the fourth Sunday of every month starting on January 27th. If anyone would like to host the 1st monthly prayer of 2019 please reach out our Prayer Coordinator Mrs. Sandhya Stephen. Please reach out to her at 516-974-3817 or Stephenthomas1007@gmail.com to discuss.

1. New Year Service: The New Year Service will be held on Tuesday, January 1st at 8:15am.
2. Denaha Service: Next Sunday, morning prayer will begin at 7:30 am followed by Denaha Service and Holy Qurbana.
3. Combined Christmas & New Year’s Celebrations – The Council of Indian Orthodox Churches of Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island will be hosting its annual Christmas & New Year’s Celebrations on Saturday, Jan. 5th from 4pm-8pm at the Glen Oaks High School auditorium. The flyer for the event will be posted on the parish website.  All members are kindly requested to attend the event.

1. Christmas Service – Monday, 24th evening at 6:30, we will have Christmas evening prayer. The 25th Morning, service will begin at 7 am.
2. MGOCSM Meeting – There will be elections for next year’s youth committee after service on December 30th. All youth members are requested to attend this meeting, especially if they are interested in serving on the committee for 2019.
3. 2018 Family Night/Talent Show – The annual talent show will be held this year on Sunday, Dec. 30th, 2018 at 4 pm.  The Talent Show is open to all who are interested in participating. If you would like to show your talents, please reach out to the Sunday School Principal, Mr. Shibu Thomas or Emily George. The deadline for submitting programs is today.
   1. In addition, we will be providing dinner to all participants and guests. If you would like to donate for the dinner, please see Mrs. Lali Daniel or Mr. Nevin Joseph
4. Combined Christmas & New Year’s Celebrations – The Council of Indian Orthodox Churches of Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island will be hosting its annual Christmas & New Year’s Celebrations on Saturday, Jan. 5th from 4pm-8pm at the Glen Oaks High School auditorium. All members are kindly requested to attend the event.
5. Committee Meeting – There will be a 2019 Committee Meeting on next Saturday, 12/29/2018, at 4 pm at the church.  All 2019 Committee Members are requested to attend that meeting.

1. The Feast of St. Thomas – will be held on Thursday, December 20th at 6:30pm. If any who wishes to bring nercha for that day you may do so.
2. Christmas Service – Monday, 24th evening at 6:30, we will have Christmas evening prayer. 25th Morning, service will begin at 7am.
3. 2018 Talent Show – The annual talent show will be held this year on Sunday, Dec. 30th 2018. The Talent Show is open to all who are interested in participating. If you would like to show your talents, please reach out to the Sunday School Principal, Mr. Shibu Thomas or Emily George. The deadline for submitting programs is Dec. 16th.
   • In addition, we will be providing dinner to all participants and guests. If you would like to donate for the dinner, please see Mrs. Lali Daniel or Mr. Nevin Joseph
4. Christmas Caroling – Our Christmas Caroling program will be starting next Saturday at 9am from the house of Valiya Achen.  Everyone please be there promptly so that we get the day started.
   • Also at the houses that we are visiting, if there are snacks are being given, please pack it in to-go bags.
5. 2018 Contributions – members should give all contributions for 2018 before 12/30/2018.

With great sadness we wish to inform you of the falling asleep of Mr. P.I. John. The wake and funeral service arrangements are as follows:

WAKE
June 22nd from 3pm to 9pm
St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church
110 Schoolhouse Road, Levittown NY 11756

FUNERAL SERVICE
June 23rd at 8am
St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church
110 Schoolhouse Road, Levittown NY 11756

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1. Apostles Lent – We are now in the season of Lent of the Holy Apostles. Let us spend time in reading the scriptures, in fasting as well as prayer. Holy Qurbana for the end of the fast and for the celebration the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul will be held on Thursday, June 28th at 6:30 pm.
2. Blood Drive –The blood drive was held here, at the church, yesterday and people from this parish as well as the community came out to donate. Around 17 pints of blood were collected which could save up to 51 lives! Special thanks to all those who came to donate and volunteer!
3. Basketball Tournament – The STYL Presents: Anil John Memorial Basketball Tournament is coming up on Saturday, June 30th at Island Garden Gym. As every year, the success of this event is due to the combined efforts of not only the youth and FOCUS, but also the parents, so the presence and support of all church members are kindly requested.
4. MGOCSM Meeting – The next MGOCSM meeting will be held this Friday, June 22nd at 5:30pm at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Shibu & Sumini Thomas. All youth members are kindly requested to attend.
5. Hadootho – The Philadelphia area MGOCSM is hosting Hadootho, a 3-day camp, at the Holy Transfiguration Retreat Center from July 4th – 7th. The theme for this year’s camp is “Trust the Process” and it will be led by the main speaker, Rev. Fr. Mat Alexander. The cost for this camp is $125 and registration must be completed online by June 30th. For more information please see Ms. Sonia Joseph or Mr. Joshua Mathew.
6. Sunday School Announcements
   1. Centralized Exams – Centralized exams for grades 5, 8, 10 and TTC exams will be held on next week (6/24) at St. Gregorios church Cherry Lane, Floral Park.
   2. Area OVBS – Students who are still interested to participate in Diocese area OVBS contact Principal/Asst. Principal, which will be on July 11 to 13th at Our Lady of Lourdes RC church, Queens Village.
7. Half-Yearly Dues – Just a friendly reminder that first six months of the year are almost over, please see the Treasurer to review any outstanding dues.
8. Monthly Committee Meeting – we will having our monthly committee meeting this Saturday, June 23rd at 4pm. All committee members are kindly requested to attend.

9. 2018 Parish Picnic – This year’s picnic will be held on Saturday, July 14th, 2018.

   

1. Feast of Ascension – we will be celebrating the Feast of Ascension on this coming Wednesday, May 9th. Evening Prayer will start at 6:30PM, followed by Holy Qurbana.