It is with deepest regret that we inform you of a loss in our Mar Thoma Youth Fellowship community. Mr. Toby Yohannan, 21, of the St. James Mar Thoma Church, was called to eternal rest on Sunday. oby Yohannan, who was 21, was called to eternal rest on Sunday morning, February 22,2009. He passed away while he was sleeping in his car. His car had a leak and Carbon Monoxide entered his car and suffocated him during his sleep. Toby is the son of Rev. Philip Yohannan. Please remember Toby’s parents and brother and friends in your prayers.

Toby was very active in his youth fellowship and played the drums for his praise and worship team. Let us uphold Toby’s parents, Yohannan Achen & Kochomma, his younger brother Timmy, and his extended family and friends in our prayers as they mourn the loss of their dear son, brother, and friend. Let us pray that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will provide them His comfort and strength during this difficult time.

The Wake and Funeral will be held at:
India Pentecostal Fellowship
85 Marion Street
Nyack, NY 10960

The Wake is, Tuesday February 24rd from 7 PM to 9 PM. The Funeral is set for Wednesday, February 25th at 10 AM.

As we mentioned yesterday at the Youth Meeting, the Youth Chaplain of Chicago, Rev. Varghese Mathew, will be visiting our parish this coming weekend. During his visit we have planned the following activities with him.

1. Youth Meeting: We have organized a Youth Meeting for THIS COMING Saturday, February 28,2009 at 6:00 P.M. at the residence of Hannah George’s house (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby C. George). The Youth Chaplain, Rev. Varghese Mathew, of Chicago will be presiding over the meeting. We request ALL Youth Members to find time in there schedule to come and participate in this Youth Meeting.

Hannah’s House Adress
2220 Summit Oaks Ct.
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
HOME PHONE#: 678-985-8188

2. Holy Communion Service: The Youth Chaplain will also celebrate Holy Communion Service in English on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 9:45 A.M. in our sanctuary. All Youth Members are encouraged to attend this service on time. [Those of you who were at the Youth Retreat last year know that Youth Chaplain's (in general) conduct service's very differently from what we normally have.]

~ We encourage that all Youth Members attend these activities that have been planned during the Youth Chaplain’s visit. Even if you can’t attend both of them, please try to find time to attend AT LEAST one of them. ~

The next youth meeting will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 4:30 P.M. at Sean George’s house. Our Achen will be presiding over the meeting. All youth members are requested to attend. Updates on the upcoming events in 2009 will be discussed at this meeting, so please make it a priority to attend this youth meeting.

Sean George’s House Address:
2182 Shin Court
Buford, GA 30519
~Home Phone: 770-237-8756

The new website for our Church is the following:

www.hermonmarthomachurch.com

Dear Member,

Welcome to the Hermon Mar Thoma Church Youth Fellowship!

It is a pleasure for Jaysly, Steve and I to be working one more year for the Hermon Mar Thoma Church Youth Fellowship. We hope everyone is excited about the New Year like we are. We pray that this year will be a blessed year for both our Youth Fellowship and for our church. We hope to plan and coordinate fun events like we did last year. We wish to notify each and every one of you that there will be a informational meeting immediately after the worship service on January 4^th, 2009. We will be re-registering names for those who wish to be part of the Hermon Mar Thoma Church Youth Fellowship in 2009. And just as a reminder please remember that the age requirements for our group is ages 12 and above.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Serving Christ Together,

Sean George                           Jaysly George

Secretary                               Joint Secretary

There will be a possible visit to the Life Care Center in Lawrenceville, GA made by our youth fellowship for the Christmas Season to sing carols for the Senior Citizens.

We spoke about having a Secret Santa at the practice on Saturday and at church today; so just to let everyone know we will pick names, for who we will have to purchase a gift for, on Friday, December 12th (At the Youth Meeting). Those of you who are not there at the youth meeting will get a person assigned by us. (If you do not know the concept of Secret Santa you can re-search it online or speak to one of us about it) We will exchange gifts on December 20th (the day of our Christmas Program). The gifts can cost from $10.00 (minimum) to $20.00 (maximum).

If you have any questions please feel free to speak to any of the Office Bearers.

1. Sunday, September 21, 2008 ~ Prayer Session for Johnson uncle~

We request ALL YOUTH MEMBERS to report to the Gym (aka Fellowship Hall) immediately after the English Holy Communion Service to participate in a Special Prayer Session for Johnson Uncle. For as it says in St. Mark Chapter 11 verses 22, 24:  ”Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it, and it will be yours.” Please make all effort to be at Next Sunday’s service and participate in this Prayer Session. If you know in advance you will not be coming to church because of transportation problems then PLEASE car pool with someone. Johnson uncle has done a great amount of things for our Youth Group, not only for our Youth group but for our church as well. It is our responsibility to pray for him when he is going through hard times.

1. Saturday, September 27, 2008 ~ Youth Meeting~

Shannon Alexander’s House at 2:00PM

1. Sunday, October 5, 2008 ~Joint Service~

In celebration of Youth Sunday, the Youth Fellowships of Hermon Mar Thoma Church AND Atlanta Mar Thoma Church are organizing and conducting a worship service together on October 5^th, 2008. All families (NOT JUST THE YOUTH) are invited to the worship service led by the youth’s of Hermon & Atlanta MTC’s.

Venue: Atlanta Mar Thoma Church

775 Rays Road

Stone Mountain, GA 30083

Time: 3:30PM   Guest Speaker: Mr. Philip Simon

All are invited to stay for dinner afterwards.

1. Saturday, October  25^th, 2008: ~ Kidney 5K Walk~

To honor Johnson Uncle, our Youth Fellowship WILL BE participating in the National Kidney Foundation 5K Walk on October 25^th, 2008 at Lullwater Park at Emory University. All youths are requested to partake in this event. If you parents would like to chaperone then please contacts us. We will keep you updated on this event as details come available for us.

HMTC One Day Youth Event

Where: Stone Mountain National Park                  When: Saturday, August 2nd

Time: ALL DAY                                                      Cost:$20

Please remember this years VBS will held from July 17-19 with the theme
GOD’S BIG BACKYARD. We invite all youth members to come and help out in the VBS..!

Youth Meeting: Aug.9th  at 1PM at Sam Itty’s House.

We were requested with a prayer request from some of the youth members of the Staten Island Mar Thoma Church Youth Fellowship (Staten Island, New York).The Staten Island Mar Thoma church is Geen’s, Joel’s Sean’s,Nibin’s, Jaysly’s,& Vibin’s hometown church back in New York.

One of their youth members, Mr. Arun Chacko, had gone in for a surgery for his dislocated shoulder. After surgery he had a Anastasia Complication. Now he is going through severe pain and also he can’t breathe on his own and currently is in critical condition.We request all of you to pray for Arun and his family. Please pray that God will work a miracle in Arun and relieve everything from him because with God’s help EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Like it says in James 5: 15-16: “And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.”