By the immense grace of God, a new Jacobite Syrian Orthodox congregation was formed in the Bay Area (San Jose/San Francisco). The first divine liturgy was celebrated on Saturday May 9th, 2009 by H.E. Archbishop Clemis Eugene Kaplan the Archbishop of Western USA Patriarchal Vicarate and assisted by Fr. Sabu Thomas the Vicar of St.Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Los Angeles. Almost 15 families from the Bay Area (San Jose/San Francisco) and several families accompanying Fr.Sabu Thomas from the St.Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Los Angeles partook in the first Holy Qurbono.