Mar Thoma Church to share its blessings this weekend

They are a small community with a big heart.
Members of the St Thomas Mar Thoma Church will be feeding over 120 people in the Whalley area on Saturday Oct. 9 to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
They will be partnered with the Surrey Urban Mission Services at Christ the King Lutheran Church on 104 Ave/ 134 St, where the hot meals will be served between 5 and 6 pm.
The St Thomas MarThoma Church, Vancouver, has been in existence here since 2002, worshiping at 5.00 pm at the St Helen’s Anglican Church, Surrey.
It is part of the North America & Europe Diocese of the Mar Thoma Church with its headquarters in Kerala, India. It is a reformed Eastern Church that goes back to AD 52, when St Thomas, the Disciple of Jesus founded the Church in the coastal region of Malabar, now known as Kerala.
Though this Church in Vancouver is very young compared to its many sister churches globally, with about 30 families, one of its principal activities is to help the under privileged and helpless people in the community.
It is involved in the Mexican Mission, spear headed by the Diocese head quarters in New York. Whenever the call comes from different parts of the world to help, this Church digs deep into its pocket and gives. The Haiti Relief Call, Medical Mission needs in Orissa, and other parts of India are just few examples of “Helping the Helpless” program of this Church.
Here in Vancouver, in association with the Union Gospel Mission, St Thomas Mar Thoma Church has been involved in feeding the homeless under the “Soup Kitchen” program for the last two years.
You can get more information about this event and the St Thomas Mar Thoma Church by contacting John Joseph at  604-588-2514.