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Worship

Trinity Sunday

Sermon by Josann Jenks

"Ho‘opūnana: Nesting in the Divine Circle"

7 AM: Atherton Memorial Chapel

8:45 AM – Gift of Music

9 AM: Sanctuary

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11 AM: Parish Hall

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Guest Preacher: Josann Jenks, Kahu Pono

Josann Jenks is a Licensed Minister with standing in the Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches (AHEC) within the Hawai‘i Conference of the United Church of Christ (HCUCC). Locally, she serves on the HCUCC Justice and Witness Missional Team. Extending her leadership to the national and global settings of the church, she serves as the Secretary of Pacific Islander & Asian American Ministries (PAAM) UCC and is an active member of the Council for Racial & Ethnic Ministries (COREM). Josann also represents the wider denomination on the United Church of Christ Board and the Common Global Ministries Board, a joint mission between the UCC and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

CHILDREN & YOUTH



Nursery

A staffed Nursery is available during the 9 & 11 AM worship service.

Children, from birth through 3 years old, may be left in the Nursery with our caregivers during the service.



Sunday School

We offer a Sunday School program for children, ages 3 through 5th grade, during the 9 & 11 AM worship service. Children participate in the first part of the service and will leave for Sunday School following the Time for Keiki.

Contact: cayanna-herrera@centralunionchurch.org

Youth Group

Our Youth Group is for young people in grades 6 through 12.

This Sunday, youth will gather following the 11 AM worship service.

Contact: melissa-thach@centralunionchurch.org

Reminder: Pastor Rushan is out of the office and returns on June 15.

Wear Orange Next Weekend!

In honor of Wear Orange Weekend, which is part of Gun Violence Awareness Month, we invite you to wear orange to honor survivors and show support for a future free from gun violence. Learn more at wearorange.org.

Reminder: At the Hawai‘i Conference UCC ‘Aha Pae‘āina in 2022, Central Union put forth a resolution of witness which was affirmed by the delegates and calls our churches and members “to make their voices heard in the wider community” that “[we] find a pathway to become a church against gun violence and for peace.” It implored churches “to pray for peace and for an end to these horrific acts of violence, and to let our prayers move us to meaningful action.”

New Hours for Thrift Shop

Our Honolulu Thrift Shop will be operating with new hours going forward. Shop on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 AM to 1 PM (instead of 3 PM). These new hours of operation also reflect the current hours at our Windward Thrift Shop (at the Central Union Windward campus).

Hours may be further modified on certain dates in the summer depending on volunteer capacity.

If you're interested in volunteering at the Thrift Shop, please contact:

cuc@centralunionchurch.org.

Registration Open for Compassion Camp

Looking for summer plans for keiki? Kids ages 3–11 are invited to Compassion Camp, hosted by our Children's Ministry, from July 20–24, 8 AM to 12 PM each day. Suggested donation is $65. Space is limited! Learn more and register online at bit.ly/cuc2026compassion.

Say It with Flowers!

Got a birthday, anniversary, or other special occasion coming up? Commemorate it with flowers at a Sunday worship service!

Our Flower Committee creates floral arrangements for our worship spaces each week. You can give flowers in honor of someone with a printed dedication in the worship bulletin.

Email:

flowers@centralunionchurch.org

Church Council

Next meeting: May 28

In 2026, Church Council meetings will be held on the fourth Thursday of the month at 5:00 PM in the Rewick Board Room in the Church Admin Building. These regular monthly meetings are open to all CUC members who wish to attend as an observer.

Contact the Church Council: council@centralunionchurch.org

Pause on Donations

The Thrift Shop (Honolulu campus) will NOT be accepting any more donations until further notice. Many items have been donated around the turn of the year, but we don't have enough volunteers and space right now to sort and store all the donations. Please hold your donation items or offer them to another organization. Mahalo for remembering the Central Union Thrift Shop! We look forward to accepting more donations in the future.

Click to view The Spire for May 2026

Pray for renewed wisdom, compassion, and creativity for our Church Council. Give thanks for our leaders, their willingness and efforts.

Give thanks for the Trinity, the various forms of God that move and inspire us in a multitude of ways.

Pray for those who come to our campus hungry, may they receive nourishment.

HCUCC NEWS

The Coconut Wireless is a weekly e-newsletter of what is happening in and around the Hawai‘i Conference United Church of Christ. Get word on the latest news, events, learning opportunities, and more. Connect, share news and resources with sister churches.

Volunteer at the CUC Thrift Shop

Wednesdays and Saturdays, between 9 AM - 1 PM

Contact Joanne Matsumoto thriftshop@centralunionchurch.org

Volunteer with the Flower Committee

Fridays or Saturday mornings

Contact flowers@centralunionchurch.org for more info

Volunteer at Serving Aloha

Wednesdays, 10 AM - 1:30 PM; check in at the Women's Building

NEED FOOD? Walk-in: 11 AM - 12 PM; Drive-through: 12-1 PM

Volunteer with the Garden Club

Thursdays, 9 AM - 11 AM; Help keep our campus looking beautiful!

Questions? Contact: troy-tomita@centralunionchurch.org

Read in the Sunday worship service!

Sundays at 7 AM / 9 AM / 11 AM

Worship is one of the heartbeats of our church – it is the work of the whole church community in praising God, hearing God's word to us and responding in faith. One way to help each other in our worship is by reading scripture and other parts of our service. It enhances our experience of worship when we can have different faces and voices leading worship. If you are willing to read in a worship service, please join our pool of readers! Learn more and sign up by clicking HERE.

Volunteer with Community Ministry Next: June 9

Every second Tuesday, our small but dedicated team of volunteers prepares a hot meal to be delivered to shelters in the community. They are in need of extra help! If you're available around 2:00 – 4:30 to help cook, or a bit later to deliver in Waikiki, your support would be greatly appreciated! If you're available for any of the Tuesdays and would like to volunteer, let us know how/when you can help. Sharing the responsibilities will allow volunteers to take breaks.

Online Zoom Fellowship

Are you interested in helping folks stay connected with the CUC ‘ohana? Are you unable to come to the church campus but want to connect? Join this casual time of virtual fellowship via Zoom on Sundays at 11 AM. Just drop in whenever! It's a great way to meet and keep in touch with people, especially those who may be homebound.

Click to join on Zoom

Meeting ID: 810 1050 2863

Passcode: cuc

Online Zoom Fellowship

Sundays around 11 AM

JOIN ON ZOOM (Meeting ID: 810 1050 2863; Passcode: cuc)

Or call by phone: +1 669 900 6833, Passcode: 976725)

Contemplative Prayer Meditation

Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:00 PM • Rewick Board Room (Honolulu campus)

Mindfulness Meditation with Marion

Mondays, 5 PM • JOIN ON ZOOM

Mindful Movement with Bamboo Sticks

Tuesdays, 2 PM • Women's Building (Honolulu Campus) OR JOIN ON ZOOM

For Young(ish) Adults

Did you know that we have a Young(ish) Adult ministry here at CUC for generations X, Y, Z? We gather monthly for breakfast and fellowship after worship and we also have a special monthly event. For more information email youngish@centralunionchurch.org.

We’d love to connect with you!

HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?

We welcome relevant news and events to share in our publications. Please submit items to news@centralunionchurch.org by Wednesday to be published in the following days.

CUC History Website

Fun discoveries await you at cuchistory.org, Central Union’s history website and digital archive!

The latest addition is from the 18-year tenure of CUC's 19th Senior Minister, The Reverend Thomas Leroy Crosby who served from 1952-1970, and can be found under “Central Union Ministers”.

Contact CUC Historian, Karl Hedberg: historian@centralunionchurch.org

Looking for a venue? Our church's range of facilities can accommodate all kinds of events! By renting out our spaces, we can provide a gathering place for the community and generate revenue for ministry. Learn more about our venues and consider hosting your next event at Central Union. (Members receive a discount!)

Beware of Email Scams!

Scams come in many forms, whether it's someone impersonating church staff or even a member, or a stranger seeming to have a good deal for you on a special product or service. Please be cautious when checking emails! Know that church staff will never ask you to purchase something or give personal information by email. Often you can identify an email's authenticity by verifying the sender’s email address (CUC staff emails end with @centralunionchurch.org), but it's also possible for scammers to mimic email addresses. So if you receive any strange message at all and are ever in doubt, just delete it, don't reply or click on any links. You may call the church office (808-941-0957) to confirm.