Neighborhood Missions

Neighborhood Mission incudes the outreach activities focused on the neighborhoods surrounding our parishes.

 

Vision:

The goal of Neighborhood Mission is to serve the local community through ministry outreach.

Project Design:

The mission encourages the parishes of the Diocese to work in collaboration with local churches, agencies, and institutions to effectively respond to the local needs and to witness Christ in the local neighborhoods.

Activities:

Urban Mission Trip: Neighborhood Mission annually coordinates an Urban Mission trip to foster the Mar Thoma Church’s missional presence and impact at the local parish level, highlighting the need to view the local community as a vital mission field. Urban Mission trip are arranged in partnership with mission organizations located in various urban centers. Participants in this mission trip come from different parishes of the Diocese and participate in many activities that bring awareness to the root causes of violence, poverty, and income inequality, inaccessibility to quality education, homelessness, and injustice in the urban cities of the United States.

Your Involvement:

  • Form a mission committee at the parish level.
  • Coordinate with organizations and other parishes to participate in local missions.

 

Neighborhood Mission Subcommittee:

Rev. Christopher Phil Daniel (Convener)

Rev. Alex Kolath

Rev. Biju P. Simon

Ms. Zenia George

Mr. Adam T. Mathew

Ms. Annie Verghese

Mr. Jerry Joseph

In partnership with different agencies and dioceses of the Mar Thoma Church, the aim of this project is to reach out to 5,000 children in a span of five years providing necessary education and wholesome food for every child. The support received from the parishes and individuals towards this cause is praiseworthy. Achens and Promoters in each parish have done tremendous work in organizing sponsors for this cause. In the report year, a total of 3,342 children were supported by the Light to Life program through the Christian Agency for Rural Development (CARD), Ranni– Nilackal Diocese, Chennai–Bangalore Diocese, South Travancore Agency for Rural Development (STARD), Kottayam-Kochi Diocese, and Mission Centers under the Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association (MTEA).

The Light to Life Subcommittee consisted of Rev. George Abraham (Convener) Rev. Christopher Phil Daniel, Dr. Reshma Phillips, Mr. Rinu Varughese, Mr. Ebby Varughese, Mr. Koruthu Mathew, Mr. Arun Thomas Alex, Mrs. Sherly Thomas.

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