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ABOUT HULI: The team, led by the Revs. Jazzy Bostock, Jenn Latham and Bree Lloyd, was awarded a Creation Care Grant from The Episcopal Church and named their year-long project Huli: Ka lima i lalo, which means to turn the hand down. When our hands are turned down, they are working, they are productive, and they are stewarding that which is in front of them. This ‘ōlelo noʻeau invokes the image of hands planted in the lepo (dirt, earth) as they care for ʻāina. These hands are not just turned up waiting for something to happen or waiting for others to step in. They are taking initiative, they are planting and connecting, serving, helping, and stewarding well the kuleana (responsibility, privilege) they are given. They are caring well for ʻāina as well as for other kanaka, and it is from that place of both connection and action, that there is ola (life and health).
From a Hawaiian perspective, the health and well-being of both ʻāina and kanaka are tied, and kanaka has a kuleana to mālama (care for) this relationship. When ʻāina is sick, we become sick, and when it is thriving, we also thrive; and vice versa. We see this in the cultivation of kalo. Kalo needs to be planted and tended to in order to thrive. While it can grow on its own, it responds best to the care of kanaka. This relationship, in and of itself, is lifegiving to both people and ʻāina, and, when cultivated well, the result is good, healthy, healing ʻai (food, taro) that nourishes us in mind, body, and spirit.
Huli ka lima i lalo is a year of creation care centered events, beginning with this Spring training and continuing into the summer with virtual online events. It will wrap up with a service/education day during Convention 57 in October. This special collaboration is weaving mālama ʻāina through their shared work and activities throughout 2025.
Please join them on this journey to huli or transform our hearts, minds, and hands to continue and carry on this important call and responsibility in the Diocese and the world.
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