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PARISH MESSENGEThe Mar Thoma Parish Pe

Volume 50 / December 20


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Message from the VicarGrace

God created through love and for love. God did not

create anything except love itself, and the means to

ove.He created beings capable of love from all

possible distances, Because no other could do it, hehimself went to the greatest possible distance ,the

nfinite distance. This infinite distance between God and

God, this supreme tearing apart, this agony beyond all

others, this marvel of love, is the crucifixion. Nothing

can be further from od than which has been made

accursed (Weil 1987)

The grace of God is that God goes the greatest possible

distance to join gravity-bound humanity. The distance iso great that it means a supreme tearing apart of Gods

own self. When Jesus Christ is crucified, made

accursed, he is as far from God as is possible. Jesus,

bound by the gravity of human sin and suffering, is God

going that ultimate distance out of love and creation.

Weil sheds new light on the familiar word grace, Grace

s supreme tearing apart of God. God, powerful

creator of all that there is, is loving enough to lay down

all that power and submit himself to the force of gravity.

n Jesus the crucified God becomes the victim of

gravity. Grace means God becomes the accursed and

uffering servant, joining us where we are.

n the world of human affairs, being the victim, the

weak one, seems no insignificant and ineffective. Weil

knows this is not the way the world wants to operate.

Similar to Jesuss parable of the yeast which leavens

whole lump, Weil compares Gods grace to a cata

which operates by their mere presence in chem

reactions. Gods supreme tearing apart means

the world will never be the same again. This

becomes the catalyst which creates our love of God

love of neighbor.

God is the only one who could submit to the force

gravity, take it upon himself in Jesus Christ

continue to love, Gods love is stronger than the forc

gravity. Because it is, we have the sure hope that gra

cannot keep us in bondage forever, God has bridged

distance, suffered and died, but continued to love. Gr

is at work in our world.

Hark the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born k

Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinn

reconciled! Have a blessed and joyous Christmas.

May our good God bless you all,

With prayerful regards,

Mothy Achen

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from your SecretaryChristmas Message

Shepherds who watched the sheep at night, received a

divine message about the ultimate Lamb who would

ake away the sins of the world through His death and

esurrection.

The lack of money or worldly riches precludes no one

from spiritual privileges and blessings. The things of

God's kingdom are often hidden from the great and

noble and revealed to the poor. The busy labor of the

hands need not prevent someone from being favoured

with special visit from God.Let us resist the suggestion

of Satan that religion is not for the working man. The

weak of the world are often called before the mighty.

The last are often first, and the first last.

So Let this Christmas be a time when Christ is born

within us changing our basic human nature into divine

ones. Let this Christmas be a life changing experience

nstead of being just another celebration.

Have a BLESSED Christmas

May our good God bless you all,

With prayerful regards,

Christy Tom

Secretary



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Church Service & Area Acolytes


Date Theme 1st Lesson 2nd Lesson Epistle Prayer Group

02 Dec 2012

(Malayalam)

Visitation of Virgin Mary

to Elizabeth - Bearers of

Good News

Genesis

18:1-16

1 John

1:1-10

1 Timothy

3:10-17Fremantle

09 Dec 2012(English)

Birth of John the Baptist Judges13:2-25

Hebrews2:1-10

1 John5:l3-20

Joondalup & Nortof River (combine

16 Dec 2012

(Malayalam)Annunciation to Joseph

Isaiah

40:1-11

Revelation

2:12-17

Philippians

4:4-9Canning Vale

23 Dec 2012

(English)

The Mystery of Holy

Incarnation

Isaiah

11:1-10

1 John

5:1-12

Romans

1:8-16Willetton

25 Dec 2012

(English)

Yaldo - Feast of Nativity.

Birth of Our Saviour

Micah

5:1-9

Colossians

1:15-20

1 Timothy

1:14-17All

30 Dec 2012

(Worship Service)

Our Lord who is coming

again

Zechariah

14:l-5

Acts of the

Apostles

1:6-11

1 Thessalonians

1:14-17Yuvajana Sakhyam

31 Dec 2012

(English)

Year ending - Watch Night

Service God who is

always with us

Exodus

33:12-23

Hebrews

13:7-21

1 Peter

5:6-11All

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

5:16-24 Fremantle

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 & Nort

of River (combine

27 Jan 2013

(English)Cost of Discipleship

Isaiah

42:1-7

2 Timothy

2:1-13

1 Peter

4:12-19Canning Vale


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Organisation NewsYouth 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

he activities of the Youth Fellowship. For further

d e t a i l s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t M r V i t t y J a c o b

[email protected]).

Sunday School

RegularSunday School classes will resume in February

2013. Contact: Mr Ninan Thomas or Mrs Babbin

M a t h e w s f o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s ( s u n d a y -

[email protected]).

Sevika Sangham

Sevika Sangham meets once every two month at the

esidence of a parish member.

Encourage all women in our parish to participate in theactivities of the Sevika Sangham. For further details,

p l e a s e c o n t a c t M r s M a r y J o h n

[email protected]).

Parish Choir

Parish Choir meets for practice every Sunday after

Holy Communion Service at Murdoch Worship Cen

For further details please contact Mr. Ginsu Ni

([email protected]).

Senior Citizens Fellowship

Senior Citizens Fellowship meets fourth Saturday

every month at 12:00pm at the residence of a par

member. For further details, please contact

Retnarajan.

Edavaka Mission

Edavaka Mission meets at the residence of a pa

member.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER

Edavaka Mission conducts intercessory prayermee

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

residence of a parish member. Prayer requests can

deposited in the box kept at Murdoch Worship Ce

during the services.

Encourage all parish members to participate in

activities of the Edavaka Mission. For further deta

please contact Mr Ninan Thomas.

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Sacrament: The word sacrament is derived from the Latin wordsacramentum meaning to make sacred. A sacrament is a visible means oexperiencing the invisible Grace of God. Without the help of symbolic

language and visual expression, it is difficult to communicate spiritual truths (Eph.2:8-9).

Area Prayer Group Meetings


For Your Prayer Pray for our Parish, Vicar and the members;

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

Pray for the upcoming Parish Carols, House Caroling, Christmas events and services;

Pray for all our parish members who are going to India for holidays for their safe journey and stay;

Pray for this nation and its government;

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.

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


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Each sacrament has five essential aspects specific intention, meaning, Words of Institution, Matterand celebrant.

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Birthday and Wedding Anniversary


Messenger NotesTwo new sections are introduced in ourParish Messenger. Please read along to explore them. Please feel free

drop in your comments and suggestions at [email protected].

We are looking for articles to be published in our monthly newsletter. Those who can write articles, poem

drawings (kids) please contact the Webmaster at [email protected]. This is another opportunity to u

our God given talents for the Glory of God.

Birthdays December 2012 Wedding Anniversaries December 2012

Angela John (2 December)

Dr Lekha George (3 December)

Abel Varukunnel Mathews (4 December)

Alex Varghese (6 December)Sarah John (8 December)

Vitty Varghese Jacob (12 December)

Smitha Jacob (13 December)

Joel Raja (15 December)

Mabel Mathew (16 December)

Reny Elizabeth Mathews (17 December)

Alara John (21 December)

Allen A George (22 December)

Margret Thomas (24 December)

Jerry Cherian (27 December)

Jinu Johnson & Sheen Jinu (19 December)

Ninan K Thomas & Elizabeth Ninan (20 December)

Toms M John & Mary Toms (27 December)

James R Rajesh & Dhanya Rajesh (29 December)

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.

WISHING ALL THE CELEBRANTS HAPPY

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!
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News - November 2012


Sunday School Exams 2012

The Sunday School examination was conducted on 18 November 2012. The exam was a conducted for the firs

time in our Sunday School and the kids were very excited about preparing for the exam. Majority of the student

attended the exams and commented that it was a worthwhile exercise. They are looking forward for the result

now.

World Sunday School Day 2012

The World Sunday School Day was commemorated on Sunday, 04 November 2012. On the occasion our Sunday

School kids and teachers co-ordinated and organised various parts of the Sunday Service. Miss Priyanka Suzzan

Philip delivered the message on the occasion. The kids took the leadership in singing beautiful songs and it brough

a special spiritual presence to the worship service.

The photographs of the event is available for download from the Parish Gallery.

Parish Choir

The Parish Choir was busy preparing for the Christmas events especially for the Parish Carols on 1 Decembe

2012. They had regular practice sessions fine tuning their musical talents. This years Parish Carols will definitely

be a cherishable moment for us.


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Events - December 2012


Parish Carols 2012

When: Saturday 01st December 2012 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Where: St. Davids Anglican Church, 54 Simpson St, Ardross, WA.

Come along for an eve filled with music and fun.

House Caroling 2012

It is that time of the year again Santa is coming to visit your homes along with our marvellous voices. The date

and corresponding areas covered will be advised in the coming days.

Christmas Service 2012

The Christmas Service will start at 8:00am at Murdoch Worship Centre.

Watch Night Service 2012

The Watch Night Service will start at 10:00pm at Murdoch Worship Centre.

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.


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Thoolika


An Introduction

At some point in our lives, we all have felt the need to comecloser to God. After long thoughts and prayers and with theExecutive Committees approval decided to start a newsection in our Parish Messenger named as Thoolika.Thoolika is a Malayalam word meaning pen. In this newsection you will find positive spiritual short messages thatcould lighten up your minds. This section will be completelyopen to all Parish members who can write. This is an

opportunity for using your God given talent to glorify Hisname. You can write about any topic which could bringgoodness and peace to the heart of your fellow beingincluding short passages, short stories, travelogues,experience, etc.

Now to the technical bits - All material will be reviewed byour Vicar and appropriate changes may be made. However, thecomplete responsibility and ownership of the content lies withthe author of the topic. The following disclaimer will beincluded along with your passage The opinions expressed onhis material are the authors personal views and do not reflectthose of the Mar Thoma Parish Perth or its members in anyway.

Please do not provide any copyrighted contents. If you need touse a quote in your passage please provide appropriate creditto the original author.

We believe that these messages will bring some peace andtranquillity to your lives. We trust the parish members wouldutilise this opportunity and make this new initiative a success.Please note all articles required to be published the followingm o n t h m u s t r e a c h t h e We b m a s t e r b y e m a i l([email protected]) on or before 20th of thecurrent month. Please restrict your passages to half a page oraround 200-250 words.

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Unique Claims - byShibu Jacob

I am the way the truth and the life, no man cometh unt

the Father, but by me (John 14:6) This is one of th

seven I am statements made by Jesus in the gospe

according to John.

One of the most common accusations flung at Christians ithat they claim to be arrogant. "How can you believe tha

you're right and all the thousands of other religionsarwrong?" Isn't it the height of arrogance to claim that Jesuis the way to God? A way, possibly. But .the way?

To claim that all religions are essentially the same is to sathat it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you'rsincereand this neglects the fact that you can believsomething sincerely and be sincerely wrong. Hitler held hibeliefs with sinceritythat doesn't make them truthough !

Jesus does not compare with anybody. Nobody else ihistory has risen from the dead, calmed storms, raiseothers from the dead and fulfilled numerous prophecies

nobody else in history claimed to be able to deal with thproblems of the human heart like he did. Nobody else ihistory claimed, as he did, to be Immanuel (God with usTo say that we believe Jesus is the only way should havnothing to do with arrogance and everything to do witintroducing people to Him. The act of sharing the gospel ioften likened to one beggar telling another beggar wherfood is available. The gospel is not good advice to men, bugood news about Christ; not an invitation to us to danything, but a declaration of what God has done; not demand, but an offer.And that brings us face to face with Jesus himself: a Jesuwho made astonishing claims about himself. C S Lew

said that Jesus left us only three options. Either he was madutterly insane.

Or he was bada cynical liar.

Or else Jesus was who he claimed to be- Goincarnate.

The Bible and its message that declares Gods love fomankind has been debated throughout history and it hawithstood the test of time. As we approach Christmas lethe wonder of the season fill our hearts with gratitude foGods very best gift given to us in Jesus Christ.
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Little Hands


An Introduction

Little Hands is a new section we would like to

introduce which is very close to our hearts. A section

dedicated to all our talented little angels. Matthew

5:14-16 says You are the light of the world. A city set

on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp

and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it giveslight to all in the house. In the same way, let your light

shine before others, so that they may see your good

works and give glory to your Father who is in

heaven. Let us take this opportunity to show our

talents for our Creators glory. You can use this section

to publish your own short passages, short stories, hand

drawn drawings or paintings, travelogues, experience,

etc. We can include your personal achievements in this

section to glorify our Lord.

As part of this section well be publishing quizzes orpuzzles on a monthly basis. All winners (giving

maximum correct answers) and the correct answers

will be published in the following month.

All articles will be reviewed by the Vicar but no

changes will be made to the document. Well try to

publish your creation in its original form (hand

writing) if technically possible. All entries can be

f o r w a r d e d t o t h e W e b m a s t e r b y e m a i l

([email protected]) or by hand to your

Sunday School teacher. It will be much appreciated ifyou could kindly send the material by 20th of the each

month to be published in the following months Parish

Messenger. We request full support from the parents in

this regard. Praise the Lord.

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Quiz No. 001

1. What was the name of Jesus mother?

2. What was the name of the garden where Adam

and Eve lived?

3. With what food did Jesus feed 5,000 people?

4. What method did the Romans use to kill Jesus?

5. From which part of Adams body did God creat

Eve?

6. Who, when accused of being with Jesus, lie

and said that he did not know him, three times?

7. Which creature tricked Eve into eating of th

forbidden fruit?

8. At Christs crucifixion what did the soldier

place on his head?

9. What is the first line of the Lords Prayer?

10. What relationship was Ruth to Naomi?

P l e a s e e m a i l y o u r a n s w e r s t

[email protected]. Please do so with you

parents permission.

(The winners and the answers will be published in th

following months newsletter)
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F r 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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