Chennai-Bangalore Diocese Kalamela 2012

By God's grace the Chennai-Bangalore Diocese Kalamela of the Yuvajana Sakhyam was held in St.  Paul's Mar Thoma Church on Nov. 24, 2012. The inaugural speech was made by Rev Manoj Idiccula. The Chennai center came up as overall winners.

There were some great performances by the youth both from Chennai and Bangalore.

Below is the photo update :-)

Minutes of meeting.

Our yuvajana Sakhyam’s second committee meeting(2012-2013) was held on 03.11.12 at 2.00 pm in our church. Sakha President Rev. Gigy Thomas presided the meeting. Achen congratulated the whole team for the success of Onam celebration and our timely completion of the previously scheduled activities.

Miss. Blessy Joseph, treasurer, presented the half yearly accounts and the committee passed the same. Given below are the account details.

Total Income :- 1,59,849.00 (along with previous year’s balance)

Total Expence:- 51,293.00

Balance :

     Cash in hand :- 4,123.00

     Cash at Bank :- 44,433.00

     Fixed Deposit :- 60,000.00

Following are the other decisions taken in the meeting.

01. Charity Program:- Today’s committee decided to sponsor 2 students among those supported by the charitable society of our church.

02. Study class on Sacraments: - Will be conducted from Nov 04^th to Dec 02^nd. Rev. Thomas Mathew, Rev. Philip Philip, Rev. Manoj Idicula, Rev. Joby Thomas and Rev. Gigy Thomas will lead the sessions. Miss. Jerin Abraham and Miss. Feba Sosa are selected as conveners.

03. Diocesan kalamela :-  As per the instructions from Diocesan officials, this year’s Chennai – Bangalore youth kalamela will be held in our church on 24^th Nov 2012. To decide more on kalamela, today’s committee decided to call another meeting immediately.

04. Christmas Carol Program:-  Present Musical skit on Christmas carol eve.

05. Devotional Song Book :- Publish a Devotional Song Book with Malayalam - English Translation and English Songs. The book costs Rs.100.

06. One Day Retreat:- This financial year’s one day retreat will be on 26^th Jan 2013. The committee decided to enquire the availability of Sri perumpathur asha bhavan and Holistic Center, Anna Nagar. Committee requested Achen to arrange a guest speaker for this.

07. Youth Sunday :- Our youth Sunday will be celebrated on Nov 11^th Sunday. The programs are the same as decided earlier in sakhyam meeting. Today’s committee decided to give some light refreshments during youth Sunday meeting.

08. Blood Donation Drive :- Arrange a blood donation camp with the help of Rotary club on Jan 2013. On the same day, also arrange a blood group identification camp and maintain a blood group register.

09. Eco club :- Arrange a ecological seminar by Dr. George Zacharia and plant and protect some trees in our church premises.

10. One day picnic: - The postponed one day picnic will be organized as early as possible.

The meeting ended at 3.15 pm with Achen’s benediction followed by Miss. Feba’s prayer.

Onam Sangamam 2012 - Photo Update

Onam Celebrations by St Paul's Yuvajana Sakhyam - Sept 16, 2012 

You can find more photos in the picassa album share here. 

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History of Onam

History of Onam

Happy Onam

Message by Rev Joby and Farewell to Biju Philip

In today's session we had Rev. Joby Thomas Achen and he talked to us about the realities of life and the need to really depend on HIS grace. He asked the youth members to be thankful for God's gift and reminded the youth that God blesses us wonderfully and graciously. However we should also remember that God can also take it back at any time and hence to rely on HIM even more. Remember our pasts and pray for HIS strength and use our talents and abilities for God's glory.

Today we also bid Biju farewell and best wishes for his relocation to Cochin. He is leaving Chennai on Sunday. All the best Biju and the Yuvajana Sakhyam wishes him all the best and thanked him for his efforts here. 

Here are some photos of the farewell.

For those who missed Biju's performance can get a recap in this photo and additionally in this  slideshow of our Onam celebrations.

Sixth Annual General Body meeting of St. Paul's Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam

The 6th Annual General Body meeting of St. Paul's Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam was held on 17th June, 2012 at St.Paul's Mar Thoma Church, Adyar. 

The meeting was presided over by Rev. Gigy Thomas.

The meeting started with  Prayer by Mr. Thomas John.

The president Rev. Gigy Thomas Achen gave the presidential address and called on the members to work for God's glory. 

A special song was sung by Ms. Nia Sam.

The devotional talk was shared by Mr. Mathew K. M. and he called on all members and office bearers to work as a team as TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More. He meditated on Psalm 1:3.

The annual report was presented by the secretary Mr. Biju Phillip and passed by the General Body. 

The audited report for financial year 2011 - 2012 was presented by the treasurer Ms. Dayana Joseph and passed by the General Body.

The meeting also elected a new secretary Mr. Sumod Cherian and committee member Ms. Nia Sam as replacement for the secretary Mr. Biju Phillip and committee member Mr. Alex George who have been forced to relocate due to work reasons.

The meeting concluded with prayer by the Vice President, Mr. Sujith M. Phillip.