The St
Thomas Orthodox Christian Youth Movement Perinad, the Youth-wing of the Perinad St Thomas
Orthodox Syrian Chruch contributes to the goodness and progress of the Church
and community in the three-fold path of worship, study and service. It aims at
moulding the minds and visions of the youth against the background of the
contemporary issues. At least one member of every family of the parish joined
the movement that made it a household name. They are guided by the
visionary leaders whose vision and dreams is the source of inspiration that
permeates through the activities of the present generation.
The
organisation is involved providing financial assistance to the needy and sick both
within and outside the parish. It provides school kit and dress
to Sunday school children who hail from poor families every year. The church calendar and bible reading card issued every year by the organisation helps the daily prayer of our families .We also contributes to the social responsibilities of our church by organizing blood donation,eye testing camps. During the reconstruction phase of our church, youth
members actively took part in it. The leadership and service rendered by the
presidents, vice presidents, secretaries and joint secretaries and youth
members is gratefully acknowledged.
Feast of St George is among the important
feasts of our church. During the “Perunnal”, members of the
organisation actively take part and co ordinate various activities associated with
it . During the month of December, the youth league is actively involved in
teaching carol songs and is in the forefront of conducting Christmas carol.
On Saturdays, after the “sandhya namsakaram”
the meeting starts at 7:30pm. It is presided by the vicar who is the president
of the organisation. The meeting commences with singing hymns, followed by
prayer, reading the holy scriptures, reciting the verses, later the
secretary presents the weekly report which is kept before the
general body for its approval, then the president passes the report which
is followed by quiz competition , discussion on contemporary issues
, presentation by members. The meeting concludes with a prayer and blessings
from the vicar.
