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PARISH MESSENGERThe Mar Thoma Parish Perth

Volume 51 / January 2013

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God

on this behalf. 1 Peter 4:16

Cost of Discipleship


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Blessedness is a state of life which is the lasting

fruit our choices. It is not a transient feeling or an

emotional festival either. Therefore, the choices we

make in our life define and determine the meaning

and fullness of our lives. Choices are more than

just saying yes to some people or some choices.

It is not choosing one of the best options. On the

contrary, it is an unswerving commitment to a

person, Jesus, who taught us the importance

making choices that are eternal, even at the face of

death, and what it means to be committed to the

will of God. Jesus chose not death, but to live

meaningfully unto death. If it were otherwise,

Jesus death would have been nothing but a

suicide. So, by choosing to live, we choose life itself;

not death. When we choose life over death, God

honours our choices and we become blessed. And,

we shall be called blessed not only by our

generation, but by generations to come. That is,

blessedness of life is a choice as well as a gift.

As children of God, we have only choice-tofear God, which is not a noun but a conscious

action-that can make us blessed. That is, by fearing

God we get personal happiness and fulfilment.

Psalm 128 pledges this experience in two areas oflife: firstly, the personal and the present:

Blessedness of God helps one to eat the fruit of

his/her own labour (v.2). The labour is not in vain

because he/she walks in ways of life (v.1). Seeing

the fruit of ones own labour is the restoration of

the blessedness of the Garden of Eden. And, there

will be joy in family and in places where we work.

God honours the person who chooses way of life-fear of God- with abundance of life. Its not just

the person who made the choice to fear God is

blessed, but the whole family-wife and children-are

too blessed (v.3). Thus, by becoming a channel of

blessing, we ourselves become a blessing (v.4).

Secondly, public and future (vv.5-6): The

blessing of one family is confined to its four walls,

but it blesses the neighbourhood and the whole of

the nation. When we fear God, we receives

blessing; and when our blessings become a channel

of blessing for others, we become blessed. That is,

fear of God is the beginning of our blessedness.

Fear of God is more than being afraid of God. It

means an intense desire to live fully and

meaningfully obedient and committed to the

ultimate source of love and life in all our ways.

Wish you a blessed and prosperous New Year.

May our good God bless you all,

With prayerful regards,

Mothy Achen

Blessedness of God fearing lifeBY REV MOTHY VARKEY
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Date Theme 1st Lesson 2nd Lesson Epistle Prayer Group

06 Jan 2013

(Malayalam)

Danha (Epiphany):

Baptism of our Lord -

Outside Kerala Mission

2 Kings

2:19-22

Acts of the

Apostles

19:1-7

Romans

6:1-11Murdoch

13 Jan 2013

(English)

Destruction of Body and

Soul- Loosing of the

Kingdom of God-

Temperance Sunday

Isaiah

28:1-7

Ephesians

5:15-21

Galatians

5:16-24Fremantle

20 Jan 2013

(Malayalam)

God of Life, Lead us into

Justice and Peace-

Ecumenical Sunday

Genesis

6:13-22

James

5:1-11

Ephesians

6:10-17

Joondalup & North

of River (combined)

27 Jan 2013

(English)Cost of Discipleship

Isaiah

42:1-7

2 Timothy

2:1-13

1 Peter

4:12-19Canning Vale

03 Feb 2013

(Malayalam)

Healing of Body Mind and

Soul through Christ-

Medical Mission Sunday

2 Kings

20:1-11

Acts of the

Apostles

3:1-10

James

5:13-19Willetton

10 Feb 2013

(English)

Pethurtha-Beginning of

Great Lent-118th

Maramon Convention

Begins- You will be my

witnesses

Isaiah

1:10-20

Romans

12:1-8

Ephesians2:1-10

Murdoch

17 Feb 2013

(Malayalam)

Lent:Feeling the Touch ofChrist-118th Maramon

Convention Ends- (2nd

Sunday in Lent)

2 Kings

5:1-14

1 John

2:15-17

Philemon

8-17Fremantle

24 Feb 2013

(English)

Healing through

Forgiveness of Sins (3rd

Sunday in Lent)

Numbers

12:1-16

Acts of the

Apostles

16:11-18

Romans

7:15-24

Joondalup & North

of River (combined)

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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 classes will resume in

February 2013. Contact: Mr Ninan Thomas or

Mrs Babbin Mathews for further details (sunday-

[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 Mr. Oommen Thomas (76), father of Dr Sajan

Thomas (North of River Prayer Group) on Sunday 9th December 2012 in Hyderabad, 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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Area Prayer Group Date & Time Venue (residence of) Representative

Canning Vale

Contact Vicar

Fremantle

Mr Anish Varghese

Joondalup

Mr Binu Jacob

Murdoch

Mr Shaji Mathews

North of River

Mr Joji Varghese

Willetton

Mr Benny K David

Pray for our Parish, Vicar and the members;

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

Pray for the upcoming Parish Camp 2013;

Pray for this nation and its government especially during the occasion of the Australia Day; Pray for world peace and for all war torn countries;

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

Pray for a blessed 2013 for our parish and for all the members.

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Parish Choir in action at the Parish Carols 2012 The Master in action

PARISH CAROLS 2012

The Parish Carols of our parish was held on 01

December 2012 at the St. Davids Anglican Church,

Applecross. This year the event was conducted as an

ecumenical event and members of our sister parishes

and other christian organisation were invited to

participate in the Carols. Our Parish Choir and the choir

from other parishes and organisations performed during

the event. It was an memorable evening filled withjoyous songs proclaiming the birth of our Saviour Jesus

Christ on this world. All glory to God Almighty for the

amazing talents given to our parish choir members. We

as a parish appreciate all our Choir members for their

dedication and hard work to make this event a huge

success.

The photos of the event are available from the parish

photo gallery (www.photos.perthmarthoma.org.au) and

the parish Facebook page.

HOUSE CAROLLING

The Yuvajana Sakhyam organised and coordinated

the house carolling activities of this year. The house visit

was conducted over six days to around 40 houses by a

bubbling team of our parish members from all age

groups. The joy and enthusiasm of the team cannot be

explained in words. We are confident that the Carols

team was able to share the joy of Christmas to every

families we visited.

YOUTH CAMP 2012

This years Youth camp was hosted by the Mar

Thoma parishes in Melbourne. Seven of our Yuvajana

Sakhyam members attended the camp and was blessed.

A more detailed report by the camp attendees will be

published soon.

CHRISTMAS SERVICES

The Parish conducted special Christmas service onthe Christmas day.

YEAR END SERVICES

The Parish conducted Watch Night service on the 31

December.

Young Talents @ tthe Parish Carols
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WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Malayalam Service Holy Communion Service every first and third Sundays at 09.00 am.

English Service Holy Communion Service every second and fourth Sundays at 09.00 am

and Divine Worship Service on other Sundays at 09.00 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.

Inviting articles for Thoolika section of our Parish Messenger. The

language is not a barrier here, all are invited to participate.

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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QUIZ NO. 002

1. Who lied to God when he was asked where his brother was?

2. Which Old Testament character showed his faith by being willing to offer his son on an altar to

God?3. What significant event is recorded in Genesis chapters 1 and 2?

4. What was inscribed above Jesus cross?

5. Whose mother placed him in an ark of bulrushes?

6. For how many days and nights did it rain in the story of the flood?

7. What was special about Jesus mother?

8. Who gave gifts to Jesus when he was a young child?

9. What happened to Jonah after he was thrown overboard?

10. In whose image was man created?

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. 00011. Mary (Matt 1:18)

2. Garden of Eden (Gen 2:8)

3. Loaves of bread and fishes (Matt 14:19)

4. Crucifixion (Mark 15:25)

5. Rib (Gen 2:21)

6. (Simon) Peter (Matt 26:69-74)

7. Serpent (Gen 3:1-6)

8. Crown of Thorns (Matt 27:29)

9. Our Father which art in heaven (Matt 6:9)10. Daughter-in-law (Ruth 1:4)

Winners

of Quiz No. 0001

Shradha Mariam Shibu

& Christina Mathew

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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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]

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