Obituaries

1. Mr. C. S. Varghese, RCF/Mahul, February 12th 2021
2. Mrs. Kunjukunjamma Abraham, Chedda Nagar, March 30th 2021
3. Mr. Lukose Samuel, RCF/Mahul, May 26th 2021
4. Mrs. Aleyamma Mathews, Central Chembur 1, June 5th 2021

Baptisms

• Benita Mary Georgy, daughter of Dr. Georgy John and Dr. Priya Georgy was baptized on January 23rd, 2021
• Reuben Jerry Jacob, son of Jerry Jacob and Anne Jerry Jacob was baptized on May 23rd, 2021

Please pray for both the children to have a good spiritual initiation through baptism. We welcome both Benita Mary Georgy and Reuben Jerry Jacob to the faith community of the Chembur Mar Thoma family.

Sneha Bhojanam

Matthew 25:40, KJV: “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

The Chembur Mar Thoma Church has undertaken a humble but heart-warming project of feeding the hungry in our neighbourhood through the Sneha Bhojanam project.

Driven by the vision, passion and heart for hurting and hungry people of our Achen and Kochamma this venture got off to a heady start with support from the NGO Roti Bank on May 14th. They supply food for about 60-70 people which is delivered at the church. There it is packed into individual containers and supplied to two municipal hospitals – Maa and Shatabdi. Approximately 30- 40 meals are distributed every afternoon. The balance meals are distributed to hungry, destitute elders lying on the streets.

From the last week of May it was decided this whole project from procurement of materials to cooking, packing and distribution will be done from our church. The services of two lady helpers are used  to cook food under stringent supervision and in hygienic conditions and then packed for distribution. The food prepared comprises of rice, dal and a vegetable dish. This is then packed into disposable containers and distributed.

This yields about 65-70 meals a day which is distributed to the two hospitals and to hungry street and pavement dwellers many of whom have not had a decent meal in days.

This venture has been ably supported by volunteers from our church along with a few ladies and men from our school who assist with cooking, packing and distribution.

The church is indebted to the team of committed volunteers who willingly come daily to assist with packing and distribution.

The driving force behind this entire philanthropic exercise is our Achen’s heart for the poor, needy and hungry.

May God Almighty continue to bless all those who are involved with this meals on wheels venture and may it bless all the recipients of these meals prepared and distributed, enflamed by Christ’s love for all humanity.

Please visit the Gallery page for the pictures.

Sunday School New Academic Year 2022

Teacher’s dedication was held at the holy communion service on 30th January 2022 before beginning the new academic year class sessions. Our virtual Sunday School classes reopened on 6th February 2022, post our short Christmas holiday break.

By the grace of God we have 6 new additions to our Sunday school teachers group for the academic year 2022. Three of these new teachers have recently graduated from the Prouda class group of Sunday School and it is an inspiration to see our young minds take up this divine responsibility alongside their own academic schedules. It is indeed a blessing to see this progressive shift in our Sunday school teaching team which is shepherding our precious children during the early years of their spiritual life.