Dorie & Agenhart E, Wayne O, Heather, John M, Todd T, Tom, Kate, Michael T, Peggy, Kitten, Lee & Lucille D, Lance, Ann C, Cynthia K, Joyce H, Sandee K, Doris, Sheri G, Kitty Y, Raj R. & Renu R, Eric & Kathy M, Dieter H, Phlip, Katharine, and Arthur.
AND all who struggle with illness and/or hardship.
Please contact the HNC office with any prayer requests
Father's Day Brunch to follow Sunday Service 6/18.
Families, please join us on Sunday June 18th, on the lanai, with your Dads and Granddads!
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The Adventures of Natsu!
Pictured above: Natsu (the fuzzy one, right) and mom
Last week our baby tern, Natsu, decided to have an adventure. In the morning, a helpful passer-by, Joyce, noticed that Natsu had fallen off her branch and was wandering around in the parking lot exploring and looking a little lost.
Joyce called the Manu `O Kūrescue hotline and alerted them to the lost baby. They instructed her to place Natsu in a tree nearby and they would come and help to put her back on the correct branch so her parents could find her.
Rev. Libby and Mrs. Wilks were there to watch Natsu being placed back into the tree. One of her parents arrived soon to welcome her home.
But the adventure does not stop there! On Sunday Kathy Otani found Natsu (once again) on the ground, unharmed, but lost. Tusi Mayer took Natsu home, and lucky Natsu feasted heartily on raw salmon!
On Monday, our own Skye climbed up the tree and re-placed Natsu back on her branch. Sadly this time, the parents did not return. After several hours it was decided to place Natsu in a program at the zoo that helps baby terns.
The goal of the program is to keep the chicks safe and care for them, while maintaining minimum human contact, until they can fly and return to the wild.
At last report, Natsu is doing quite well and the prospects are good!
Good Luck, little Natsu, may your adventures be many!
Mahalo to Manu `O Kū, and to HNC&S staff and parishioners who rallied to help Natsu during this transitional time!
https://www.whiteterns.org/manuoku.html
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Thank you for joining us,
Rev. Alison Dingley!
Juneteenth
Even though I grew up in a White liberal household, in an upper middle class community - Montclair, NJ - whose population was about 30% Black, I had never heard of Juneteenth until recently. I know I'm not alone in that.
It is shocking but not surprising that it has been only since 2021 that Juneteenth has been celebrated as a national holiday. It took us this long for the nation to declare a holiday to celebrate the 1865 emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
It is not surprising because of the shame that celebrating the end of the American practice of enslaving people of African descent brings up for us Americans. That shame has not healed. Many argue it, in addition to the cultural - and sometimes actual - genocide of many of the indigenous people of what is now the United States, is our original sin.
That sin, that shame are the roots of the division and polarization we are experiencing as a nation. It is crying out to be healed.
We in the Church do have the answer to that cry. We follow a Jesus who loved everybody, accepting and welcoming all who came his way. We proclaim him as the Christ whose life, death and resurrection overcame all that divides us from God, from one another and from ourselves. That Jesus, that Christ, exemplifies a God who loves us all absolutely, unconditionally, and beyond all human imagining.
Only the God of love whom we know in Christ can heal our shame. We who call ourselves Christian are responsible to bring that healing to our broken and shame filled nation. We do that by and through love, by opening ourselves to God's healing love, by sharing that healing love with others, and by speaking truth in love as we are given the gift and opportunity to do so.
Rev. Alison will be acting as guest reverend June 18th. Rev. Libby returns for June 28th service.
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GO! HNFC "Steele" Phoenix!
These kids are having too much fun!!
Free Summer Soccer!
On going!
5PM-6PM
Osco Field (Behind the gym)
Join the Holy Nativity Phoenix Soccer Club.
This free community program welcomes all keiki ages 6 -11 for an hour of practice and play EVERY Tuesday and Wednesday at 5pm,
from May 30 through June 28.
Register at [email protected]with your child’s name and age, your name, and contact number.
There is no charge, and all are welcome!
REMINDERS
THRIFT SHOP
For the month of June all RED tag items will be 1/2 off!