WEEKLY NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
January 16, 2022
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Phone Number: (808) 482-4824
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Sunday Worship
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany

Scripture Readings for this Sunday:
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Service of Holy Eucharist
with Music, in the Sanctuary
8:00 am
Please wear a mask.
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Service of Holy Eucharist
with Music, in the Sanctuary
9:30 am
Please wear a mask.
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WELCOME TO CHRIST MEMORIAL |
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Welcome to Christ Memorial Episcopal Church. We are devoted to following the life and teachings of Jesus, the Christ.
We hope your experience worshiping with us will bless and enrich your life.
People of all faiths are welcome to worship with us on Sunday.
During pandemic time, join us at 9:30 here.
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WHAT IS AN ANNUAL PARISH MEETING? |
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The Annual Parish Meeting is a meeting of the members of a parish. The by-laws of the parish generally require an annual parish meeting and state the qualifications to be a voting member of the parish. Diocesan canons may state requirements concerning parish meetings. The annual parish meeting typically elects vestry members, and it may elect vestry officers. Delegates to diocesan convention and representatives to other diocesan, deanery, or parish entities may also be elected by the parish meeting. The budget of the parish may be presented. The rector, vestry officers, and ministry leaders may make presentations at the annual parish meeting. The parish by-laws may allow the rector or a majority of the vestry to call a special parish meeting at any time. The by-laws may specify the requirements for a special parish meeting, including the requirements for notice to the members of the parish.
Christ Memorial's Annual Parish meeting
will be held on:
January 30, 2022 at 11:00 am
Stay tuned for more details.
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TEACHING SERIES:
RE-THINKING CHURCH
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What if Church is not something we have to do?
A six-week exploration of the basics.
Skepticism and criticism are essential in the search for truth:
“What is skepticism in principle but enquiry, investigation, examination? and what is criticism but separating, distinguishing, judging, determining between the true and the false, the good and the bad.”
–William Porcher DuBose
GENERAL TOPICS
The Scriptures: What in the World is God doing?
Spiritual Growth & The Church’s Life: Practical Worship and Changing Belief
Holy Baptism & The Church: God in the Here and Now
Holy Eucharist: Our Holy Common-Union
The Prayer Book Rule of Life: Day by day we bless you
JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY
at 9:00 a.m.
From the comfort of your own
computer via Zoom
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From Just the Right Distance
(A poetic reflection on John 2:1-12)
Daily Office Readings for Friday, January 14, 2022: AM
Every time I read about the Wedding at Cana
I remember those times,
Too numerous to count,
That my mom or grandmother told me,
“I know you’re hesitant, but you can do that.
Just go out
And give it your best shot.
Now quit hanging around me
And get out there and take a stab at it!”
And then they would push me out the door
Or towards the batter’s box
Or put gas in my car
And send me back to college for my finals.
And sometimes I failed.
But mostly I didn’t,
And even if I did,
I had an idea how to do it differently next time.
I remember all those glances back
Or those phone calls home,
Whether it was after crossing home plate,
Or delivering a speech to an entire auditorium,
Or taking a new job,
Or buckling down to study hard and raise my grade.
All it took
Was the glance back “like they knew all along”
Or the tone in their voices on the phone,
To affirm that, indeed, I’d done the best I could,
Even if I’d failed.
And in the story,
Even though John never recorded it,
I am almost certain
That there was a moment in that story,
When the water became wine,
That Jesus looked over at his mom,
Standing off to the side,
At an unobtrusive distance,
(Just the right distance, actually)
His mom slowly nodded
And wordlessly told him,
“You’ve got this, son.
Now stop hanging around me
And get out there and do what needs to be done!”
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER, PRESIDING BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY TO GIVE SPEECH |
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AT THE NATION HONORS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. EVENT AT THE KING CENTER
David Paulsen
January 13, 2022
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will be the keynote speaker Jan. 17 at the annual Martin Luther King Day observance organized by the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, as Episcopalians prepare to join citizens around the United States in remembering the civil rights icon on the holiday that bears his name.
The King Center, founded by King’s family after his 1968 assassination, has scheduled a week’s worth of activities to commemorate King’s birthday and celebrate his legacy. All of the events will be accessible online, as will the Beloved Community Commemorative Service from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern Jan. 17. Curry will be among the limited number of participants speaking at that event in person. Others include Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
“We often ask ourselves how the life and legacy of people like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. remain relevant in our current moment, and it would be difficult to overstate how much we need King’s prophetic witness right now,” Curry said in a written statement to Episcopal News Service. “From his tireless advocacy for the right of all Americans to vote, to his model of faith animating nonviolent work for justice, King calls us to continue his work — and to truly labor for the realization of God’s Beloved Community.”
King was born 93 years ago on Jan. 15, 1929. As a Baptist preacher in Montgomery, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia, he was the leading voice and icon of the civil rights movement in the late 1950s and 1960s, and in the last years of his life, he also spoke against economic injustice and the Vietnam War. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, during a trip to Memphis, Tennessee, to support city sanitation workers who were striking for better pay and working conditions.
As in past years, dioceses and congregations across The Episcopal Church are organizing, hosting and participating in a variety of worship services and other public events honoring the civil rights leader.
King preached his final Sunday sermon four days before his death at Washington National Cathedral. This year, the cathedral will celebrate King’s life at Holy Eucharist at 11:15 a.m. Eastern Jan. 16, with a sermon by Barbara Williams-Skinner, co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Prayer Breakfast. It will be livestreamed on the cathedral’s YouTube channel. In addition, the cathedral will host a service for students of its three Episcopal schools at 9 a.m. Jan. 18 featuring King’s 13-year-old granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King.
On Jan. 15, a luncheon honoring King will be sponsored by the Union of Black Episcopalians chapter in Jacksonville, Florida, and hosted by St. John’s Cathedral. Civil rights activist Rodney Hurst Sr. is the featured speaker.
The Diocese of Los Angeles will hold an online service honoring King at 4 p.m. Pacific Jan. 15. Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor will be the celebrant, and Missouri Bishop Deon Johnson will preach. It will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Episcopal diocese has partnered with the local synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to organize an ecumenical tribute to King. It will be held at 4 p.m. Eastern Jan. 16 at Pittsburgh’s Berkley Hills Lutheran Church. The service will include in-person attendance and will be livestreamed.
The Diocese of Arizona is promoting “Let Justice Roll,” a celebration of King’s life and vision, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Chandler. The event at 5 p.m. Mountain Jan. 16 will feature music and readings from King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
Also in Atlanta, All Saints’ Episcopal Church will welcome guest preacher Luther Smith, a retired professor of church and community from Emory University at its worship services on Jan. 16. Afterward, a group will embark on a pilgrimage to the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, which includes King’s birth home.
To begin the Jan. 17 holiday, St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church and Union United Methodist Church in Boston, Massachusetts, will host their 52nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast. Annette Gordon-Reed, a historian and Harvard Law School professor, will speak at the 9 a.m. Eastern event. It will be held online, with registration in advance.
New York Bishop Andrew Dietsche will preside at an online service at 10 a.m. Eastern Jan. 17 as part of a Martin Luther King Day celebration in the Bronx. The Rev. Robert Jemonde Taylor from Raleigh, North Carolina, will preach, and donations will be collected for the MLK Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The Diocese of Georgia, led by St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Savanna, will participate in that city’s Martin Luther King Day Parade on Jan. 17, followed by a short worship service at the church.
The Maine Council of Churches, of which the Diocese of Maine is a member, is offering an online event at 12:15 p.m. Eastern Jan. 17 called “Committed to Listen” that will include a reading of King’s National Cathedral sermon, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” Those wishing to participate should register here.
The dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania are organizing a five-hour prayer vigil on the King holiday titled “Embodied Peacemaking,” to be held online from noon to 5 p.m. Eastern.
“In 1963, Dr. King specifically addressed the apathy of white Christians and why African Americans could no longer wait for justice,” Gabrie’l Atchison, administration missioner for the two-diocese partnership, said in a news release. “Now, many decades later and one year after the death of George Floyd, what steps do we need to take as leaders of the Christian church to become the Beloved Community that Dr. King called us to be?”
The King holiday also is celebrated across the country as a day of service, designated by Congress and coordinated by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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HOLY EUCHARIST LIVE BROADCAST |
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Join us in-person or online as Washington National Cathedral hosts a special Holy Eucharist in honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner will preach. There will be special music and prayers as we honor and reflect on Dr. King’s life and legacy.
Learn more about Dr. Williams-Skinner’s work here.
Washington National Cathedral will continue to honor the holiday with a service for students on Tuesday, January 18 that will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Dr. Williams-Skinner joins Dr. Arthur Brooks on the evening of January 18 for an Honest to God conversation on the economy with Dean Randy Hollerith. More information to come.
Please note that masks are required if you choose to join us for in-person worship. Reservations are not required for in-person worship. Learn more about our reopening at cathedral.org/faq.
(or click the link below to see the countdown in your time zone)
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WELCOME! MADISON FRANKS
JOINS THE DIOCESE STAFF
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Madison Franks joins the Diocesan Support team in a newly created position due to the recent restructuring of staff roles and responsibilities.
Madison started on January 4, and comes with four years of experience executing large-scale corporate incentive programs in the Hawaiian Islands. She specializes in marketing and event processes and will be responsible for coordinating the Annual Meeting and other Diocesan events/activities. She also joins the communications team to organize informational systems, manage social media, disseminate the online news and help maintain the Diocesan website. Madison's contact information can be found on the Diocesan Support Center page HERE.
Madison earned her degree in Marketing at the University of Hawai'i: Shidler College of Business. In her free time, Madison likes to teach yoga, free-dive, and hike with her dog Ollie.
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ZOOM CLASS: REBUILD
THE INNER TEMPLE!
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Dr. Matt Miller (Christ Memorial’s guitarist, reader and cross sculptor), is offering a ZOOM class in how to “go to God the Father,” because Jesus said in John 14:12, “You can do all I have done, and more, because I go to the Father.”
After twenty-five years of research and experiment, Dr. Matt can now explain the techniques used by the Egyptian desert Fathers, taught to monks in the Byzantine monasteries, and practiced among Western Christian mystics, to enter into direct experience of God. Jesus knew these techniques, and He taught them to us in a very strong and powerful way, especially in His miracles, and in the Sermon on the Mount.
If you want to come closer to direct experience of Jesus’ God of Love, sign up now to rebuild your Inner Temple. It will take two to three months to work through the material in weekly meetings, depending on how fast we learn the techniques. We will agree on a date and time that works for all the students – not on Thursday, the day of Pastor-in-Residence Edwin Wills’ Teaching Series.
Rebuild the Inner Temple! only has four seats remaining. So if you have questions, or want to sign up, e-mail Dr. Matt Miller at mahopmi@gmail.com today!
This is a private teaching Matthew is offering. He has graciously included an invitation to Christ Memorial members who might be interested.
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A Prayer:
Magnificent Holy Father.
I stand before you at this altar. So many have given you more.
I may not have much I can offer. Yet what I have is truly yours.
This is my offering, dear Lord.
This is my offering to You, God.
Your offering enables us to maintain worship, prayer and study during this time. Help us continue to provide a beautiful, flourishing, and safe "Sanctuary for the Spirit" at our historic and faithful church on Kaua'i.
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Change to Automated Giving: Thank you to those of you who automate your giving and have a plan to support your church. Your consistent, planned generosity makes it possible for us to budget and dream responsibly. Want to change to automated giving? It makes life easy, especially if you travel.
Live off island? If you have a prayer intention or would like to pray for those on our prayer list, email our office. To be part of the church collective means we all share in the cost of being a church. We want our church to have inspiring worship; pastoral care for those in need; beautiful church grounds; programs to learn and grow; and tools to reach out to those who are seeking a closer relationship with God. See the different ways you can share your gifts, on our Giving page HERE.
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If you like to give by check, please send to:
Christ Memorial Episcopal Church,
P.O. Box 293, Kilauea, HI 96754
Or consider changing to Automated Giving. It makes life easy. Just click on the button below to make a one-time or recurring donation.
Thank you for your love and care for our Christ Memorial community!

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Sunday school will be held at 8:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall across from Christ Memorial with beloved teachers Leona and Keana.
Masks are required.
Aloha ke akua.
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Shopping Hours:
Monday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Tuesday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am -12:30 pm
Thursday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Friday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Saturday 9:30 am -3:00 pm
Donations Accepted:
Monday 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Saturday 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Please wear a mask
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Helen Mitsui Shared Blessings Thrift Shop in Kilauea is seeking Volunteers for 2021.
Each volunteer shift is a 2-4 hour commitment for a minimum of one day per week. Experience in Retail, Customer Service, and/or Retail a plus, but not required.
Volunteers are invaluable to serving our community. Our goal is to reuse, repurpose and recycle goods — keeping as much as possible out of landfill — while providing our community with access to reasonably priced, quality merchandise.
Here are ways you can help:
* Greeters welcome shoppers and monitor our COVID guidelines.
* Customer Care helps shoppers to ensure a pleasant shopping experience.
* Merchandisers organize departments, restock the floor and display retail goods.
* Philanthropy distributes merchandise to organizations in need.
* Donation Intakers receive, sort and process donations.
Work-from-Home volunteers help prepare merchandise for sale. We are especially looking for help in these areas:
* Games: checking games to ensure all components are intact
* Stationery: packaging up cards and envelopes
* Holidays: preparing merchandise for Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentines, 4th of July, and more
* School, Office, Art Craft Supplies: organizing and packaging materials for reuse
* Toys: sorting, cleaning, and packaging toys
* Hardware: sorting and packaging tools, materials, electronics and appliances
Requirements?
*Team players with a genuine interest in serving the community and contributing to the reuse movement.
* Willingness to support COVID-19 safety measures set by Shared Blessings
* Physically able to lift 50 pounds (Merchandisers and Donation Intakers only)
Benefits?
Serving the community and our environment is rewarding work. We have a lot of fun! New merchandise is donated daily, so the element of surprise and wonder is constant. Get a first peek and more!
Interested?
Click on the reply button here! Let us know 1) your interests, 2) your availability to volunteer and 3) your contact information. Mahalo!
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PRAYER REQUESTS THIS WEEK |
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Let us pray for our own needs and those of others. We remember especially those on our prayer list. Healing of body, mind and spirit for: Janice, Marilyn, Webb, David, Linda, David, Satya and Birdi. We pray for our previous Pastor in Residence, Paige Hanks and her husband David Hanks, whom recently lost David’s mother. We pray that you will bring people together in worship. Enliven your church and bless Michael our musician, our clergy and lay leadership. We pray for our sibling Episcopal congregations on Kauai: St John and St Paul, West Kauai, St Michael & All Angels, Lihue and All Saints, Kapaa; and for all churches on the North Shore. We pray for our own congregation of Christ Memorial, Kilauea for those present, online and absent - that all of us together may be united in your ministry. |
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Thrift Store Hours :
Monday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Tuesday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am -12:30 pm
Thursday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Friday 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Saturday 9:30 am -3:00 pm
For a safe shopping experience, we can only allow 8 shoppers in the store at any time.
All must wear masks and use hand sanitizer.
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Meets in the Parish Hall:
Monday 6:15 - 7:15 pm & 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Tuesday 10:00-11:00 am & 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 pm
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Keep up-to-date with messages from the Bishop. Click on the buttons below to view the Bishop's weekly Monday & Wednesday messages, and find links to online worship in the Diocese. |
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Christ Memorial Episcopal Church
2509 Kolo Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 482-4824
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