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Service Participants:
Click HERE to view the names and assignments for this Sunday and all the other Sundays of this month.
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Clergy:
Rector:
The Rev. Libby Berman
hncrector@gmail.com
The Rev. Jennifer Latham
The Rev. Robert Steele
The Vestry
Sr. Warden: Bill Seeley
Jr. Warden: Austin Nakoa
Treasurer: Jean Steele
Clerk: Nina Livingston
Members at Large:
Rich Miller, Lila Johnson, Tusi Mayer, Kim Garner, Jack Tonaki, Ginnie Long, Carol Ching, Barbara Coles
Office Hours: M-Th 9-12
(808) 373-2131
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In our parish, we pray for:
Agenhart E, Wayne O, Heather, John M, Todd T, Tom, Kate, Michael T, Lucille D, Lance, Ann C, Cynthia K, Joyce H, Sandee K, Doris, Sheri G, Raj R. & Renu R, Eric & Kathy M, Brown, Arthur, Don, Antone, Grace, Kitten, Jamie Y, Pam E, and Cynthia.
AND all who struggle with illness and/or hardship.
Please contact the HNC office with any prayer requests
hncparish@gmail.com
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Holy Nativity Thrift Shop
(808) 373-3744
Wednesdays: 9am-12pm
Fridays: 9am-12pm
Saturdays: 9am-12pm
Click here to visit the Thrift Shop webpage
For donations, please donate during store hours, and please do not leave items outside the gate after hours. Mahalo!
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The Twenty-Second Sunday
after Pentecost
Holy Eucharist
October 29, 2023 at 9am
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To join our Zoom service(s) online, Click HERE
Or Dial-in by phone at one of these numbers:
+1 253 215 8782
Meeting ID: 537 938 292 (No Password)
Click HERE for Sunday Bulletin
Click HERE for FAMILY Sunday Bulletin
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HNS Pumpkin Festival a Huge Hit!
The two day event was well attended,
and lots of fun!
Above: The Pumpkin patch
Below: Bake sale & plant sale
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RESISITING "DOOMERISM"
During the Diocesan Convention this past weekend,
Rev. Jenn led an on-line game show to help the whole Diocesan Convention learn more about climate change.
“What’s the strongest force standing against our work of caring for the planet?” Doomerism!
Let’s get over that thinking that our actions don’t matter—and get involved!
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During these terrible days as our eyes and ears are filled with words and images of death, destruction, and horror, the natural temptation is to try to make sense of it all. However, nothing in the Middle East has ever been black & white. The narratives run deep and are decades long, complex, and the situation on the ground hurts everyone who lives there. We as Americans, who have the advantage of distance and safety, must listen, watch, learn and always be on our guard NOT to give into the temptation of vilifying an entire group of persons in an attempt to identify the evil responsible. It will never be that simple. There is no one group of persons responsible, not Jew, not Arab -- but as Shakespeare wrote in the end of
Romeo & Juliet, “All are punish’ed.”
In the news, we are seeing a return to the ugly
anti-Muslim blaming that plagued the USA
post 9/11. Likewise, we are seeing a dangerous rise in hateful antisemitism, which has Jews everywhere (even in Hawai’i) questioning their safety. We know historically that nothing good comes from rhetoric that pits one camp against another, and eliminates the possibility for solutions.
Know that everyone is “the other” to someone, and that we can’t let fear dictate our thoughts and actions. What we can and should do is to remember ourselves and keep ourselves in check. Continue to live lives of decency and good will, doing good works, and avoiding the trap of judgement, bias, and belief systems that bring hate and distrust.
How we think and feel is a choice;
let us choose wisely.
By Athena DeRasmo.
A Jew, an American, and a citizen of Israel. Lived in northern Israel for 5 years (2000-2005). A [then] graduate student and regular participant with on-the-ground / co-existence activism with other Jews, Arabs, and Foreign Nationals.
Athena is the acting (secular) Parish Administrator for
Holy Nativity Church.
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| On 10/19, All School Chapel was a delight! | |
This month's theme was
The Greatest Commandment!
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."
Mahalo to 6G, Dr. Bridgewater, and Ms. Fong
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SAVE THE DATES!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Thrift Store Fall Festival - Sat, Nov 4
(9am - 2pm)
75th Anniversary Celebration – Sat, Nov 11
(5pm-9pm)
East Honolulu ecumenical Thanksgiving service at Calvary-by-the-Sea – Tues, Nov. 21 (time TBD)
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Fall Soccer,
concluded with an autumn bang for the HNFC Steele Phoenix!
Thanks to all keiki and parents from our summer and fall sessions.
What a great way to celebrate 75, what a great way to Believe!
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REMINDERS
Halloween Fun!
THIS Sunday, October 29th!
The Sunday School invites the children (and adults) to come in costume and enjoy a Halloween celebration.
Please bring wrapped candy for trick o' treat,
after service!
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CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS:
Inviting your help with our Nov. 11 celebration!
If you are able, please volunteer for one a number of needed positions:
Decorating, greeting guests, serving beverages, assisting with set-up or clean-up, or helping out at the Thrift Store that night.
Contact Rev Libby hncrector@gmail.com or Athena in the parish office hncparish@gmail.com and we will put you in touch with Quinn Takahashi, our event coordinator.
Mahalo!
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Join us on Sunday, Nov 12, as we celebrate
"All the Saints of Holy Nativity"
at the 9am service.
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