As the summer vacations are over and our children are back to their new academic activities. Let us pray for their spiritual and intellectual

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1 FROM THE VICAR S DESK.God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. (Col. 2:13-15) Dearly Beloved in Christ, The Epistle to the Colossians contains the cosmic scope of Christ s role and believer s relationship with Christ and its ethical implications of this union. The Cosmic Christ is the main Christological theme of this epistle. St. Paul presents Christ in relation to both the creation and reconciliation of the cosmos. Christ is both the agent of creation and more than that its goal. His believer s identity is dependent on this relationship with Christ. In Christ a new humanity was inaugurated both in individual and corporate (church) entity that transcends the old humanity. Through the above verses Paul emphasizes that the same power of God operative in Christ s resurrection has been effective for the church in its function in this world. Through Christ s death God has stripped off the principalities and powers of this world. The wick rules though they had defeated Christ in cross. But by the resurrection Christ has defeated away their temporary power. We are alive, spiritually alive through this victory of the Cross. Paul pointed out that the signs of spiritual alive contains in forgiveness of our sin, cancellation of record and charges against us, and disarmament of powers and authorities against us (2:13-15). Jesus nailed our sins to the cross. Through this victory a new order of life was inaugurated, it moves on to assert God s forgiveness of all trespasses. To experience the forgiveness of sins is a sign that the hold of the past has been broken and that a new and liberated life has begun. Forgiveness of sin is the first sign in our life. We have victory by the cross of Jesus Christ. Our Lord expects a victorious life in this world, because we already know His victory on the cross. Jesus death on the cross made us alive. As a worshipping community of this Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, are we experiencing a victorious life? Are we spiritually alive? As the summer vacations are over and our children are back to their new academic activities. Let us pray for their spiritual and intellectual

2 development which should be based on the wisdom of God. As a whole parish we wish them all success and blessings for their new academic year. Let us also join together to praise God and to congratulate all the graduates of our parish who have done excellently well. Let God bless their future for the growth of the Kingdom of God through the church and society. As our parish convention is from September please pray and participate for a blessed parish convention this year. May God Almighty bless our parish and all our activities. Rev. A. B. Binu Vicar 2

3 BIRTHDAYS September 1 Susan Thomas 2 Dalton Court, South Huntington, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 1 st September 2 Julie George 114 Haverford Road, Hicksville, NY Mathai Thomas 325A Lenox Road, Huntington Station, NY Luke Benjamin Philip 55 Rhodes Drive, New Hyde Park, NY Dr. Jebin Chacko 25 Legend Circle, Melville, NY September 3 Kunjamma Chacko 2 Robbins Lane, Westbury, NY Sherril Joseph 42 Monterey Drive, Manhasset Hills, NY September 5 Jenna Elizabeth Benjamin 25 South Drive, Manhasset Hills, NY September 6 Rachel Varghese 12 Genesee Street, Hicksville, NY September 7 Hanna Samuel 11 Chadwick Street, Syosset, NY September 8 Benson George Babu 80-20, 251 st Street, Bellerose, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 8 th September 9 Sneha Kalathil 1642 Gilford Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY September 10 Shyla Joseph 23 Ridge Court, Hauppauge, NY

4 September 11 Anjali Thomas 76-32, 264 th Street, Floral Park, NY September 12 Jeffy Jacob 274 Divonshire Drive, New Hyde Park, NY September 15 Baby George 57 Belmont Avenue, Plainview, NY Kayala A. Mathew 10 Harkin Lane, Hicksville, NY Dr. Reena Geevarghese 2320 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 15 th September 16 Tina A. Mathew 1 Adams Street, Hicksville, NY Teeja Thomas 47 Quaker Street, New Hyde Park, NY September 17 Grace Varughese 65 Haverford Road, Hicksville, NY Anie Derry 34 Adelphi Road, Hicksville, NY Sruthi Tibi Philip 175 Cypress Lane, Westbury, NY September 18 Dr. Manish Mammen 5 Country Court, Hicksville, NY Christian T. Mathew 1859 Casper Avenue, East Meadow, NY September 20 Bena Varughese 55 Royal Way, Manhasset Hills, NY Steven Sabu 15 Kingston Street, New Hyde Park, NY Mini K. Philip 19 Main Parkway, Plainview, NY September 21 Mabel G. Varghese 76-23, 251 st Street, Bellerose, NY Joseph Dethose 42 Monterey Drive, Manhasset Hills, NY Sunu Mathew 18 Park Drive East, Syosset, NY Aleyamma Philip 1642 Gilford Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY

5 September 22 Rachel Thomas 325A Lenox Road, Huntington Station, NY Bindhu Anu David 87-20, 259 th Street, Floral Park, NY Shawn Thomas 368 Commack Road, Commack, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 22 nd September 25 Roshin Thomas 111 Sigsbee Avenue, Albertson, NY Viji Mathew 28 Pine Street, Plainview, NY Vanitha Alex , 72 nd Road, Floral Park, NY September 26 Elizabeth Chacko 6 Maxwell Drive, Westbury, NY Marlin John 7 Milburn Street, Hicksville, NY K. P. Varughese 1642 Gilford Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY September 27 Jiji Mathew 30 Cantiaque Lane, Westbury, NY September 28 Kunjukunjamma Joseph 42 Monterey Drive, Manhasset Hills, NY Ashwin Varughese 49 Conklin Street, Deer Park, NY September 29 Alice Oommen 63 Cresthollow Lane, Searing town, NY Evan Kiran Mathew 20 High Land Blvd., Dix Hills, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 29 th September 30 Jacob Thomas Chacko 686 Kiel Street, Elmont, NY Sony Mathai 1 Whitehall Lane, Garden City Park, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON OCTOBER 6 th 5

6 W E D D I N G A N N I V E R S A R Y September 1 Mr. & Mrs. Shaji Jacob 154 New Bridge Road, East Meadow, NY Mr. & Mrs. Jijo Mammen 1844 Midland Dr. East Meadow, NY Mr. & Mrs. Biju Philip 90 Hillside Lane South, Syosset, NY Dr. & Mrs. Bibbin George 118 Ketchams Road, Syosset, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 1 st September 2 Mr. & Mrs. Yohannan Varghese 25 David Avenue, Hicksville, NY September 3 Dr. & Mrs. Shobin Oommen 35 Pilgrim Street, New Hyde Park, NY Mr. & Mrs. Adarsh Abraham 12 Franklin Street, Hicksville, NY September 4 Mr. & Mrs. Gibi Babu Philip 20 King Avenue, Melville, NY September 5 Mr. & Mrs. Sajo Varkey 2 East Park Court, Old Bethpage, NY Mr. & Mrs. Reggie Jacob 9 Shari Court, Hicksville, NY September 7 Mr. & Mrs. Varughese Thomas 864 Bauer Street, Elmont, NY Mr. & Mrs. Sabu K. Thomas 820 Bryant Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 8 th September 11 Mr. & Mrs. Varughese John 65 Haverford Road, Hicksville, NY

7 September 12 Mr. & Mrs. P. S. Samuel 76-41, 267 th Street, New Hyde Park, NY Mr. & Mrs. John Chacko , 78 th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY September 13 Mr. & Mrs. Siju Varghese A, 76 th Avenue, Bellerose, NY September 14 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas David 87-26, 259 th Street, Floral Park, NY September 15 Mr. & Mrs. John Babu 133 Cold Spring Road, Syosset, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 15 th September 16 Mr. & Mrs. Biju C. John 280 Jefferson Avenue, Amityville, NY September 18 Mr. & Mrs. Yohannan Jacob 89, 4 th Street, Garden City Park, NY Mr. & Mrs. Alfie Thomas 76-32, 264 th Street, Floral Park, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 22 nd September 23 Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Mattackal 3 Whitehall Lane, Garden City Park, NY September 26 Mr. & Mrs. Cherian Abraham 121 Oakwood Drive, Syosset, NY Mr. & Mrs. Jeevan Babu 80-42, 257 th Street, Floral Park, NY September 28 Mr. & Mrs. Kalathil Varughese 55 Royal Way, Manhasset Hills, NY Mr. & Mrs. Joy Keneth 21 Ray Street, Hicksville, NY September 29 Mr. & Mrs. Shaun Thomas 12 Royal Way, Manhasset Hills, NY OFFER PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING ON SEPTEMBER 29 th 7

8 ORGANIZATION CALENDAR SUNDAY SCHOOL Sept 8: Back to School, Parent Teacher meeting Sept 21: Regional Talent Festival at St. Thomas MTC, Parents of the students representing our School are requested to bring their children on time. FOOD DRIVE For the month of September the Edavaka Mission will be responsible for this drive. PRAISE AND WORSHIP From 9:30-10:00 every let us prepare ourselves with open hearts and open minds together as a Christ Centered Community. YOUTH FELLOWSHIP ELEMENT 26 Youth Fellowship meetings will continue to be held every other Friday at 7:00 PM at the Church. Weekly Bible Study: Every Wednesday 8:00 PM 9:00 PM at the Youth Chaplain s Parsonage, 194 Bregman Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY Phone: or vmmallappally@yahoo.com CHOIR Malayalam Choir practice will be held every after the service at the Church. English Choir practice will be held every immediately after the service and until 2:30 8

9 EDAVAKA MISSION Edavaka Mission meets every Thursday at 7:30 PM at the Church. SEVIKA SANGHOM Kalamela is scheduled to be held on September 7 th MarThoma Church. at St. John s Monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, September 21 st at 10:00 AM at the Church. Weekly bible studies will be announced during the service each week. YUVAJANA SAKHYAM Fundraising Family Night Program on 9/7/13 at 5:30PM at the church. Lancaster Trip is scheduled for October 12 th, Please contact Mathew P. Varghese for more details. Cottage prayer meeting will be announced during the month. PARISH CONVENTION Parish Convention is scheduled Friday, September 20, 2013 through September 22, Speaker is TBD Friday: 7:30 PM Saturday: 7:00 PM : Message will be after the Holy Communion Service. Please note the schedule and attend the convention with prayers. 9

10 YOUTH CHAPLAIN S CORNER Live the Word The Gospel of John is different in its perspectives, approach and in its language. All the other Gospels start with the infancy narratives of Jesus but John s Gospel approaches the birth of Jesus in philosophical way. John 1:1-14 reveals Jesus as the Word who came to the world. Logos is the Greek word used in the New Testament to mean Word and dawar is the word used in the in Old Testamen.t In Greek philosophy Logos is a much loaded term and it has a comprehensive meaning. John s Gospel portrays three different aspects of the Word when he compares God himself as the word; the Pre existence of the word eternity, Co existence of the word equality and Self existence of the word essence. In order to comprehend this we need to meditate upon the infinite and eternal essence of the reality of God. To understand this massive concept I want to focus on the three aspects of the Word that we see in the Bible. Spoken Word In the Old Testament we see the Word as the spoken word. In creation word was the means to create the whole universe. God revealed Himself through His word to his people. We also see God s words as prophetic revelation and His servants were communicated through the spoken word thus says the Lord. We also see God s word as the law which set the life style of His people. Jesus used His words to console and heal those who were sick and dead. So we see a spoken word. Written word We also have the written word with us today the Bible. It is the inspired word of God. It is God s message in human language and from Genesis to Revelation we see the message of Salvation and love running through. This word is a Lamp unto our feet and the light unto our path. Living word Now John s gospel brings to us the new concept the Living word. He says Word became flesh and lived among us. This word lived among us a human being and identified with this world. Now this Word is living among us as the spirit to guide us and lead us. It also challenges us and invites us to live the Word. 10

11 Live the Word Word is to be lived and that is the challenge that we have today. God gave us that mission to be lived as living word. Jesus revealed to us the model of incarnation and invites us to be the Word today in this broken world. Live the Gospel is the challenge that we have today. We know what is it and we are trying to study it but are we able to live it. As our children prepare themselves to begin a new academic year, this is our challenge to live out the Gospel among a broken world. The Word that came to this world to offer salvation as a free gift let us also be a part of this process to proclaim the Gospel through our lives. I wish all our children a happy and blessed academic year. I also take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the Jubilee night to make it a success. May God bless us all. V. M. Mathew Achen 11

12 PARISH PROGRAMS September 9/1 Family School Classes Begin 9/7 Sevika Sangham Regional Competition St. Johns MTC, NY Yuvajana Sakhyam Fundraising Family Night 9/8 Sevika Sangham Day 9/14 Yuvajana Sakhyam Regional Volleyball Tournament 9/15 Senior Citizen Day 9/20-9/22 Parish Convention 9/21 School Talent Festival St. Thomas MTC, NY October 10/3-10/6 Sevika Sangham National Conference Lubbock MTC 10/6 MTVEA Day, School Annual Day 10/13 Youth Fellowship Praise Night 10/19 School Fall Fest 10/20 Youth 10/26 Family Talent Night 10/27 Yuvajana Sakhyam Day November 11/2 World school Day- Regional Program 11/8-11/10 Young Family Conference St. John s MTC, NY 11/9 Sevika Sangham Regional Meeting St. Andrew s MTC, NY 11/23 Diocesan Jubilee Finale at NY December 12/1 Thanksgiving Day 12/21 Christmas Carol Service 12

13 2013 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: Betsy Abraham George Babu Cynthia Elizabeth Cherian Stephanie Jacob Justin Mathew Ryan Mathews Steven Sabu Jiji Sabu Shawn Sam Sherin Samuel Manna Samuel Vinny Thomas Naveen Varughese Alexi Varughese 13

14 2013 COLLEGE GRADUATES: Priya Jacob BBA in Accounting and Minor in Legal Studies from Hofstra University Alicia Joseph Bachelors in Human Development and Family Science from Messiah College Jensil Lukose Bachelors of Arts in Accounting from Queens College Toby Mathew Bachelors in Music Therapy and Minor in Psychology from Molloy College Alex Mathew BBA in Accounting with Double Minor in Business Law & Mathematics from Baruch College Sushil Mammen Bachelors in Business Administration from Baruch College 2013 POST COLLEGE GRADUATES: Jeff James Bachelors & Masters of Occupational Therapy from New York Institute of Technology Roshin Thomas Juris Doctorate from Touro Law College Susan Thomas Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania Alvin Varghese Doctorate of Osteopathic Physician from NYCOM 14

15 THANKS The Vicar and Members of the Parish express their sincere thanks to Area Representative Mr. Philip K. George & members of Prayer Group F ((East Meadow, Levittown, Massapequa, Merrick, Ocean Side, Syosset & Westbury) for their assistance at the pulpit, arranging flowers and refreshments during the month of August During the month of September 2013, the above responsibilities are assigned to Mr. James Varghese and members of Prayer Group C. PULPIT ARRANGEMENTS AND REFRESHMENTS Month September October November December Hosting Prayer Group and Area Representative Prayer Group C: James Varghese (Herricks & New Hyde Park) Prayer Group A: Thomas David Prayer Group B: Sabumon Idiculla Prayer Group E: Joseph C. Mathew AREA PRAYER MEETINGS Day Date & Time 9/1/2013 7:00 PM 9/8/2013 6:00 PM Saturday 9/15/2013 6:00 PM Area Prayer Group Prayer Group F: East Meadow, Levittown, Massapequa, Merrick, Syosset, & Westbury Prayer Group D: Bethpage, Hicksville, & Plainview Prayer Group A: Bellerose, Floral Park, Glen Oaks, & Queens Village Hosting Family Address & Phone Mr. & Mrs. Shaji P. Jacob 154 New Bridge Road East Meadow, NY Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rajan 35 Tudor Road Hicksville, NY Mr. & Mrs. Babu George 80-59, 257th Street Floral Park, NY

16 Day and Date 9/1/2013 9/8/2013 9/15/2013 9/22/2013 9/29/2013 Time 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM WORSHIP Schedule Holy Communion Service English Education Day- Education: Quest for Divine Knowledge (15th after Pentecost) Holy Communion Service Malayalam Sevika Sanghom Day: Motherhood Participation in the divine Plan (16th after Pentecost) Holy Communion Service English Senior Citizen day-hopeful Old Age (17th after Pentecost) Holy Communion Service Malayalam The Sacrament of Marriage (18th after Pentecost) Holy Communion Service Malayalam Salvation The Gift of God (19th after Pentecost) LECTIONARY Day and Date 9/1/ st and 2 nd Lessons Pro.4:1-19 1Cor.2:1-9 Epistle 1Cor.1:1-9 Gospel St.John.14:1-7 9/8/2013 1Sam.1:20-28 Eph.6:1-9 2Tim.1:1-10 St.Luke.2: /15/2013 Josh.14:6-15 Eph.6:10-20 Titus.2:1-7 St.Luke.2: /22/2013 Gen.24:1-14 Heb.13:1-6 Eph.5:21-32 St.Mark.10:1-12 9/29/2013 Exo.14:15-31 Rev.7:9-17 Rom.5:1-11 St.John.3: