The Episcopal Church in Hawai'i Diocesan E-News
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HEADER PHOTO: This issue's header photo is of the Christmas tree now gracing the Diocesan Support Center. It features a handmade ornament of the Diocesan shield crafted by Administrative Assistant Sonny Liu. He freely shares his creativity and talents with a generous and humble heart. Be sure to feel the Spirit the next time you visit the DSC. (Photo by Rae Costa)
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Third Sunday of Advent
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come
among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins,
let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver
us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and
the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever.
Amen.
Book of Common Prayer
Page 212
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MONTHLY GOVERNANCE MEETINGS
Held at
The Cathedral of St. Andrew, Honolulu
Standing Committee
Saturday, December 14
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Diocesan Conference Room
Diocesan Council
Saturday, December 21
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Zoom Conference Call
(No COM Meeting this month)
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DIOCESAN COUNCIL GRANTS
Upcoming deadlines to apply:
December 27, 2019
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DIOCESAN YOUTH RETREAT: ONE BODY
March 20-22, 2020
Camp Mokule'ia, Waialua
More info coming soon
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SPRING TRAINING 2020 WITH CHRISM MASS
Saturday, March 28, 2020
8:00 AM-3:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. Andrew, Honolulu
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Visit the Diocese's website and dedicated news website! Click on the images to go there now!
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CHURCHES IN TRANSITION:
Parish of the Good Shepherd
Wailuku, Maui
St. Mary's Episcopal
Mo'ili'ili, O'ahu
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Seabury Hall (Chaplain)
Makawao, Maui
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Visit the Transition Ministry webpage
HERE
for more info...
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Organist/Choir Director
10 hours per week
St. Christopher's, Kailua
Part-time Organist
2 hours per week
St. Stephen's, Wahiawa
Click
HERE
for more info on all positions...
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Hawaiian-Language Book of Common Prayer & Na 'Euanelio Hemolele
Click
HERE
for more info and to purchase.
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The Good Shepherd Church Women in Ministry still have a few palaka stoles and scarves for sale. The beautifully sewn items are $45 for the stoles and $35 for the scarves. Please
e-mail Louise Aloy if you are interested in purchasing either of these items. They will also take orders if these sell out.
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If your church is interested in installing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) please
e-mail Rae Costa. The Red Cross is offering the Diocese discounted training rates with a minimum of four persons (including neighbor islands).
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Continuing Series
TEACHINGS BY CLERGY
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Priests are ordained to be “faithful pastors,
patient teachers, and wise councilors” (BCP, p. 534). These Reflections will be offered over the next few months in the e-News and on the Diocesan website
HERE.
Our second Teachings by Clergy piece is by Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick
REFLECTION ON THE NICENE CREED:
"Maker of Heaven and Earth"
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
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Sunday in and Sunday out in this Diocese, these words are the first we recite together immediately following the sermon at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. Christians around the world will do the same thing. We are making an audacious claim about life and creation. Without this first statement, all else is meaningless. We begin by asserting that this world that we can see or touch is not all there is to existence and that we – human beings – are not the center of it all. The mystery of everything and of nothing are all beyond us – beyond me!
In my youth, I first dared to speak of God as Schleiermacher’s “feeling of absolute dependence” or Tillich’s focus of “being of ultimately concern.” Yes, my search for God began as an intellectual undertaking in the undergraduate classroom. Through the years the language of those heady German theologians lost for a time its luster and then with age has returned with a critical delight. Why? How do you explain the unexplainable? So, I appreciate (and I am suspicious) of the reality of “feeling” as the pre-cognitive awareness of an immediate existence-relationship -- God. It is the joy in great wonder of existence. Tillich taught me that we human beings can be too concerned for false gods and illusions of our own making. When Tillich suggests that “[t]he being of God is being-itself,” he is pushing to Creator beyond our limited reality.
My own struggle with theology and this first clause of the Creed is that it still makes human beings – make me – somehow the center of it all. It is my “feeling” and my “concern” – or at least that of humanity.
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ALL SAINTS' ANNOUNCES NEW RECTOR, THE REV. DAVID JACKSON
All Saints' Episcopal Church in Kapa'a, Kaua'i, has called a new rector, the Rev. David Hilton Jackson. No stranger to the Diocese, Kahu Kawika previously served as rector at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Honolulu, Chaplain and an instructor in Religion at Seabury Hall on Maui, and an instructor for Waiolaihui'ia, the local formation program in the Diocese. He is currently at Trinity Episcopal School in Charlotte, NC, and will be moving back to the islands at the end of January 2020. He will be joined with his wife Muriel and Caleb. Welcome back Kahu Kawika!
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CONGRATULATIONS PETER!
Our Diocesan Treasurer, Peter Pereira, welcomed his first grandchild, Kiara Petra Nanez, born December 4, 2019, weighing in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces. Congratulations "Grandpa" Peter!
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Mark your calendars!
SPRING TRAINING 2020 WITH CHRISM MASS
The Diocese of Hawai'i kicks off its new series of Diocesan training days with Spring Training 2020 on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at The Cathedral of St. Andrew. The all day event will include a Chrism Mass (with renewal of vows for clergy and lay) followed by workshops for clergy, wardens, treasurers (stewardship leaders), children and youth workers, but all interested in learning more in these areas are welcome to attend.
Cost for the day is $15 and includes lunch and refreshments. Airfare for neighbor island clergy and lay leaders involved in the specified fields for this training event (clergy, wardens, treasurers, stewardship chairs, youth workers) will be covered. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage
HERE.
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED REMINDERS
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APPLY NOW FOR EYE20!
Reminder: Deadline to apply is December 20!
The triennial Episcopal Youth Event is coming up in the summer of 2020, and applications are now being accepted for the Hawai'i youth delegation. For more information and to apply, visit the Hawai'i EYE20 page
HERE. Deadline to apply is Friday, December 20, 2019.
Over 1,000 high school youth are projected to attend one of the Episcopal Church's largest events, that will be held on the grounds of the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, July 7-11, 2020. The theme for EYE20 is: Unite! ¡Unámanos! based on Matthew 11:29.
Following EYE20, the Hawai'i delegation is planning to stay in the area to perform community service for a few more days. Exact dates to be determined.
For more information about EYE, visit the Episcopal Church's EYE20 website
HERE, their Facebook page
HERE, or the Diocesan EYE20 webpage
HERE.
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Mark your calendars and SAVE THE DATE!
DIOCESAN YOUTH RETREAT: "ONE BODY"
For middle school and high school youth
March 20-22, 2020, Camp Mokule'ia, Waialua
More information to come soon!
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BE A SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR!
APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
Camp Mokule'ia is now accepting applications for its 2020 Summer Camp staff! Counselors, Counselors-in-training, and Camp Nurse positions are available. Working at summer camp is a great way to grow in your faith and share God's love with others. For more information or to apply, contact Seini Lino at (808) 637-6241 or e-mail
seini@campmokuleia.org. Application deadline is February 14, 2020.
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ORDINATION TO THE TRANSITIONAL DIACONATE: JAMES SHIRE
Saturday, December 21, 2019, 3:30 PM, St. Christopher’s, 93 N Kainalu Dr, Kailua, at 3:30 PM on Saturday, December 21, 2019. Clergy are invited to vest with red stoles.
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CREATION CARE GRANTS AVAILABLE
For more information, click
HERE.
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EPISCOPAL SERVICE CORPS (ESC) ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2020-2021 SERVICE YEAR
The Episcopal Service Corps (ESC) is now accepting applications for their 2020-2021 service year. Visit their website
HERE to learn more and to apply. Deadline to apply is January 10, 2020.
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UTO YOUNG ADULT & SEMINARIAN GRANTS
UTO Young Adult and Seminarian grants for Episcopal students enrolled in an ordination-track program at an Episcopal seminary or diocesan/regional training school. Deadline to apply is February 7, 2020.
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Be sure to check your church's worship schedule for December. Most have special services during Advent and Christmas including Blue Christmas and Lessons & Carols. Visit the Diocesan "Our Church" webpage
HERE
, and click on the names of the churches that are linked to visit their website.
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Visit the Diocesan website's
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
page to see the ongoing activities in your neighborhood.
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Blood Drive at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
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Emmanuel Episcopal Church is hosting a blood drive on Sunday, December 15, 2019, from 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Only 2% of people in Hawai‘i donate blood. With 60% of people needing some kind of blood product in their lifetime, you can imagine how serious this gap is. There is no substitute, and only ONE source...volunteer donors! Please sign up today and bring a friend! Sign up
HERE.
Emmanuel is located at 780 Keolu Drive in Kailua.
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‘Iolani School Chorus and Hōkūloa Singers
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The Chorus and Hōkūloa Singers of 'Iolani School welcome everyone to their glorious Christmas concert at St. Andrew's Cathedral at 7:30 PM on Friday, December 20, 2019, featuring organist Katherine Crosier, pianist Joanne Watanabe, and a host of singers in grades 5-12 under the direction of John Alexander. A variety of Christmas repertoire will be presented, from some old familiar chestnuts to some exciting newer works. Admission and parking are free!
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Cathedral's Annual Candy Sale
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The Cathedral's annual candy sale is taking place December 21-22, 2019. The recipient of this year's proceeds will be Angel Network Charities, which serves over 1,500 people in need each month in East O'ahu by providing them with food items and other services. You can purchase delicious homemade baked goods and candies on Saturday, December 21, after the HTY performances at noon or 5:30 PM, or on Sunday, December 22, after the 8:00 and 10:30 services in the walkway in front of the manger.
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28th Annual Ho'okuikahi Service
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The 28th annual Queen Lili'uokalani Ho'okuikahi will be taking place on Friday, January 17, 2020, at Central Union Church in Honolulu, from 6:00-7:00 PM. This ecumenical event will feature the Cathedral Choir of St. Andrew, Hokuloa Singers of 'Iolani School, and others.
The date of the event represents a dark time in Hawaiian history when Queen Lili'uokalani was overthrown, but is now being recognized as a day of reconciliation and hope that focuses on the Queen's courage and conviction for non-violence that has been an example and legacy to her people. The Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center (PJRC) has organized this annual event to "educate and advocate for justice and mercy for Na Kanaka Maoli and all the people of Hawai`i in the spirit of reconciliation." For more information, contact the Rev. Kaleo Patterson at (808) 330-3769.
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Visit the Diocesan website's
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
page to see the ongoing activities in your neighborhood.
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Kalaupapa 2020 Service Retreats
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St. Michael and All Angel's ReSource for Christian Spirituality have set the dates for their Kalaupapa Service Retreats for the first half of 2020:
- January 22-26, 2020 (Deadline passed)
- March 11-15, 2020
- June 24-28, 2020
The theme is Powerful Connections: Then and Now, as participants discover Kalaupapa-- its history, culture, people and the 'aina-- and listen to the personal stories of the people who lived in exile there. For more information, download the flyer
HERE, or contact
the Rev. Phyllis Meighen at (808) 647-4346.
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Take advantage of Early Bird pricing now!
14th Annual All Angels Annual Music Festival
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St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Lihue will be holding their 14th Annual Music Festival February 7-9, 2020. The event will feature concerts nightly on Friday and Saturday and end with their popular Sunday jazz masses. Purchase tickets now to save with early bird pricing through December 31
HERE. For more information, download the event flyer
HERE or visit their website
HERE.
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Visit the Diocesan website's
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
page to see the ongoing activities in your neighborhood.
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Liturgy of Lessons & Carols at Good Shepherd
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Good Shepherd Church is, once again, having the liturgy of Lessons and Carols – think King’s College, England! This is a beautiful Service with nine lessons read from the Bible, with matching carols before and after the readings. This special service takes place on Wednesday, December 18, beginning at 7:00 PM. For more information,
e-mail Fr. John Hau'oli Tomoso. Good Shepherd is located at 2140 Main Street in Wailuku.
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Trinity By-the-Sea's Annual Tasteful Benefit 2020
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Mark your calendars! Trinity By-the-Sea will be holding their annual Tasteful Benefit on Saturday, February 1, 2020, from 5:00 - 9:00 PM, at the Kamehameha Golf Club House. Proceeds go towards A Cup of Cold Water ministry and the David Malo Fund. The evening features a lavish buffet, silent auction and great entertainment. More information will be posted soon.
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Visit the Diocesan website's
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
page to see the ongoing activities in your neighborhood.
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St. James' Parish 'Ohana Retreat
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St. James' will he holding a Parish 'Ohana Retreat for parishioners and all who would like to join them, for a two-part workshop on Spiritual Discernment, January 24 and 25, 2020. The event will be led by Brother David Vryhof, SSJE (The Society of Saint John the Evangelist). The Society of Saint John the Evangelist is the oldest Episcopal monastic community in the United States. For more information, download the informational flyer
HERE.
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The Episcopal Church & Beyond
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Diocese of Fort Worth evangelism campaign seeks out those wounded by the church
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Slogans like “All are welcome!” and “God loves you – no exceptions!” are a common sight at Episcopal churches, but one diocese is expanding on those messages and making them more specific, targeting those who need to hear them most.
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At UN climate conference, Episcopal delegation urges nations to act swiftly and justly
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As the impacts of the climate crisis become more dire with each passing year and the catastrophic future scientists predicted decades ago inches closer to reality, governments have still not taken the actions necessary to protect humanity. Instead of declining, emissions of greenhouse gases have been increasing.
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Harry Potter Day at San Francisco cathedral combines fun, magic and theology
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Based on the number of excited children who showed up to Harry Potter Day at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Nov. 16, you might find it hard to believe that the last book in the series was published 12 years ago. About 80 children – far more than the cathedral staff initially expected – from around the Bay Area came to make wands, play Quidditch and learn how prayer can fend off scary feelings.
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Contact Information
Sybil Nishioka, Editor & Communications Contractor
The Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i
229 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 636-7776
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