Centralized Written Competitions - Saturday, October 22nd, 9am - 12 noon

The Sunday School Centralized Written Competitions will be held Saturday, October 22nd.  The competition topics and guidelines are below for your reference. The CWC will be held in person from 9am - 12 noon so please arrive on-time. 

Topics and Guidelines

Deadline for Registration:  Sun., October 9th (10am PST)

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Sunday School Restarts September 11h at 9am

 

2022 OVBS, August 5-7

 

The 2022 OVBS will be held at our church from Friday, August 5th to Sunday, August 7th.  Please see schedule below.  All volunteers please contact Fr. Samuel Varghese or Mr. George Mathew (Madhu), Principal.  If any parents would like to sponsor meals during the event, please let Madhu know.

Theme:  “Our Lord Heals”
- Psalm 41:4

Schedule:
Friday - 9am - 4pm
Saturday - 9am - 4pm
Sunday - After Holy Qurbana

Please register before July 16th using link below.

Church OVBS Registration Link

2022 Feast of the Resurrection - April 17th at 8am

 

Holy Saturday Service

 

2022 Holy Week Schedule

 

Catholicate Day 2022

 

Lenten Schedule

 

Holy Qurbana for Feast of Annunciation of St. Mary - Thu., March 24th @ 6:30pm

A Holy Qurbana will be held to celebrate the Feast of Annunciation to St. Mary on Thursday, March 24^th at 6:30pm.   We request everyone to attend the special services and pass on this information to others.

Read more on the Feast of Annunciation to the Virgin St. Mary.

Mid-Lent Service - Tue., March 22nd @ 6:30pm

There will be a Mid-Lent Holy Qurbana on Tuesday, March 22nd at 6:30pm. Please make every effort to attend this Special Service.

This is the day we erect the Golgotha in the middle of the church. There are several significances to the erection of Golgotha.

The Bible Reading says: "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3: 14-15. Jesus predicted his eventual crucifixion to his disciples in this verse.
Moses lifted up the bronze serpent in the middle of the desert (wilderness) around the middle of the Exodus, the journey of the Israelites from slavery to their promised land. He lifted up the serpent so that those who are bitten by the snake might look at it and have life. Similarly the cross (Jesus) is lifted up in the middle of the church so that we are reminded that those who are bitten by sin can look at Jesus and gain eternal life by the Him.

The Golgotha and erection of cross in the middle of the church also signifies that God came down from heaven and dwelt among us in this world. This is why the Golgotha is in the middle of the church with us, the common folks, and not in the Madbaha as we normally expect to find it. It is going to be in the middle of the church till Good Friday (representing the Public Ministry of Jesus) when it will be taken to Calvary and then buried. On Easter, Jesus will rise from the dead and then the cross will be placed in the Madbaha for another 40 days till the Feast of Ascension. Between the Easter and Ascension, Jesus only revealed to selected people (no public ministry as earlier), so the veiled cross will be seen only in the Madbaha during this time.