The release of the Raffle Coupon for Kuwait St. Thomas Marthoma Church Harvest Festival 2019, was held on 26th October, 2018 (Friday) in a meeting at St. Thomas Centre after the Holy Qurbana.
Rev. Bobby Mathew, Vicar - St. Thomas Marthoma Church handed over the Coupon to Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham Mar Paulose Thirumeni (Marthoma Church Adoor diocesan bishop) to release the coupon for the event and sold the first batch of coupons to our fest preliminary contributors. Rev. Shaji Thomas (Vicar Alwaye Marthoma Church and our main speaker of the convention) graced the occasion with his presence.
Renji Varghese (Fest General Convener), Manoj M. Mathew, Biju George Thomas & Jiji Mathew George (Fest Joint Conveners), Christy Thomas (Vice President ), John Varghese (Reji - Parish Secretary), George K. Thomas (Parish Trustee), Jiji Idiculla John (Trustee - Accounts), Lukose Raju and Sunley P Varghese (Lay Ministrants) were present.
Harvest Festival is scheduled to be held on 15th February 2019 at Indian Community School Salmiya, Senior Branch, from 8:00AM to 6:30PM. Daya Bai (originally Mercy Mathew) the social activist from Kerala working for the upliftment of tribals in central India will bless us with her presence as the chief guest for the Festival. It will be a full day packed with variety of Cultural Programs, Food Stalls, Game Stalls etc.
The general theme of the Fest is “Sharing & Caring"; as part of the 12th year celebrations like previous year Kuwait St. Thomas Marthoma Church will participate in the project “Home for Homeless” to extend our help for the needy individuals in our mission fields in Kerala.