MOM : Nov. 14 Unity Sunday

We had a pleasant meeting last Sunday which also happened to be Children's day and Unity Sunday (the CSI, CNI, Marthoma Churches).

We spent most of the time practicing for the group song for the Kalamela.

The below are the group songs we will be singing.

- Blessed Assurance

- O What a wonderful, wonderful day

Malayalam Group song : Same song we sang for the Youth Sunday.

Please note all those who attend the Yuvajana Sakhyam can participate. Please get in touch asap if you want to join an event.



Individual Events :
English : Solo (1 given + 1 songs): Nia, Ruby
Malayalam Song (Any 1 song) : Solo : Nia, Ruby
Essay Writing : ? , Sujith
Poetry : Christo, Soumya
Elocution : Sujith, Rino
Mimicry : Christo
Recitation : Cinchu, Deepti
Sketching : Deena, ?
Painting : Deena, ?
Cartooning : ?
Clay Modelling : Kuruvilla, Sherin
Instrumental Music :
String - Jenzo
Keyboard - Nia
Wind - Nia

GROUP EVENTS :
Singing :- English (2 songs ) : Everyone : Up to 12 members. We will sing the song, Blessed Assurance & O What a wonderful day.. .
Singing :- Malayalam : Everyone : Up to 12 members.
One Act Play : ?
Bible Quiz : Christo, Gladwin, ?
Choreography : ?
Tableau : Christo & Team

The above list was updated on Nov. 22

Summary of the sermon in church :

• It was the CSI, CNI, Marthoma Church Unity Sunday.
• The main theme was one flock, one shepherd. Rev. Samuel stressed on the need for unity among all for fullness of life.
• It was based on the Bible portion: St. John 10. The threat of globalization and manipulation is far from what we read about the good shepherd in John's gospel.
• We need to also remember that we are all equal in God's sight. Take it literally. No exceptions, and seek the other so that we lead more humane lives.

Have a great week ahead.

MOM : Nov 7 : Cyclone, World Sunday School Day and Today's session

Today we had lesser than the usual number of people in church, due to the bad weather. Actually I should not say, bad weather. We need rains in Chennai.

Today is celebrated as World Sunday School Day and Ms Nisha of the Velachery Prayer group gave the sermon.

To summarize, the sermon highlighted the four important characteristics of Jesus.

• Curiosity
• Deep Knowledge  : we too should strive to learn in-depth, of whatever we work in.
• Sense of duty
• Obedience

We decided to have the Youth Meeting in-spite of the fact that we had very few members in church. We had 5 members attending it. We met for 30 minutes and had a quick discussion on what events we will participate in during the Kalamela.


One important note : The Kalamela is being held in our Parish. Hence we need the help of all members to conduct the activities successfully. Those who may not be registered members can participate by organizing the events.

Here is a list of persons with events we have in mind for them. This is far from the starting line up. So please register yourselves.

Individual Events :
English : Solo  (1 given  + 1 songs): Nia, Ruby
Malayalam Song (Any 1 song) : Solo : Gladwin, Ruby
Essay Writing : Dayana , Sujith
Poetry : Christo, Soumya
Elocution : Sujith, Deepti
Mimicry : Gladwin
Recitation : Cinchu
Sketching : Nancy, Deena
Painting : Nancy, Deena
Cartooning : ?
Clay Modelling : ?
Instrumental Music : Jenzo,  Ashwin

GROUP EVENTS :
Singing :- English (2 songs ) : Everyone : Up to 12 members. We will sing the song, Blessed Assurance & Amazing Grace.
Singing :- Malyalam : Everyone : Up to 12 members.
One Act Play :
Bible Quiz : Grace, Christ, ..
Choreography :
Tableau : Christo & Team

To get more details about the various events, please take a look at the details here.

We have not finalized the above list. Please get in touch with Gibu / Christo / Cinchu if you want to participate.

On another note, Preetha, one of our Youth League members, is getting married to Arun (who works in Bangalore). On behalf of the Yuvajana Sakhyam, we wish her happy married life !

Hope you are enjoying your long weekend. See you all in church next week.

Chennai Center Kalamela 2010 – 2011

You can view the details of the various events in our Yuvajana Sakhyam website (there is also a new dedicated tab at the top). You can also get details of our church location at our church website.

MOM : Oct 31

Meeting started with a Prayer (By Deepthi). Achen joined the meeting and we had an open discussion on  "How to lead a meaningful life in circumstances which looks odd to us".

Every one added their there valuable points and shared their life experience.

We also decided to give Ravi some gift for his marriage.


We concluded the meeting with prayer, by Lincy.


-  Kuruvilla Mathew

MOM : Oct. 24 Center Kalla mela, Family Sunday ...

Family Sunday was the central theme in church, with Rev. Sam Koshy delivering the sermon. There was brunch after the service. So after rejuvenating,  15 members participated for the follow on meeting.  

We had a few updates : 

1) Center Kalla Mela will be on Nov. 27th Saturday. Will post the full list of activities / competitions soon.

2) Discussed about what we could present for the Christmas programs. 

3) There was also a discussion about some fund raising programs so that we can contribute to the charitable activities of the Sakhyam. 

BTW our offertory collection during the Yuvajana Sakhyam meeting this week was one off the highest we have had ! Those who attended will know why I explicitly mentioned it here :-) For those who did not understand, please come for the next meeting.

Have a nice week ahead.

MOM : Oct 17 - Cyrus Sir

We had a intriguing session today with Cyrus Sir, who is a down to earth person (ex. lawyer) working in the backward regions of Orissa. Well he called on the youth to work as doctors, administrators, nurses, teachers etc. to help those deprived of basic human rights and living in abject poverty.

His speech in church was equally challenging. The youth meeting was a follow on discuss to the sermon in church.

The sermon in church was based on the healing of the paralytic person by Jesus. The paralytic was brought to Jesus by 4 persons. Their faith resulted in the healing of the paralyzed man.There is a difference between being cured and being healed. Healing involves the healing of the heart too. And the four persons here can be looked at, like the community of people who need to help the poor. We must bring in a meaningful change by our faith in the lives of the poor people. He also called upon everyone, to go out of the way, like the 4 persons who broke open the roof of the house, in the parable, to make a change in our society.


Next sunday is the Family Sunday. Do bring your family members too when coming to church and celebrate the Holy Qurbana as a family.

MOM : Oct 10 - Youth Sunday

We celebrated the Youth Sunday on Oct 12. Rev V M Mathew led the church service. The yuvajana sakhyam members played an active role in assisting the achen and other activities in the church.