An online publication of the

Church of the Holy Nativity, Aina Haina,

January 30, 2025

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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 Rev. Bill Heran


The Vestry

Sr. Warden: Tusi Mayer

Jr. Warden: Austin Nakoa

Treasurer: Stephanie Ching


Members at Large:

Kim Garner, Ginnie Long, Catherine Nurmi, Justin Donahue, Jennifer Stikeleather, Dan Muenzer, Adrienne Fung


Office Hours: M-Th 9-12

(808) 373-2131

In our parish, we pray for:

Lisa M, Barbara A,

David M, Luci D,

Ginnie L, Sheri G,

Becky H, Brian S, Heather, Wayne, Todd, Tom, Ann, Sandee, Doris, Linda, Esther, Antone, Betty, Bobby, Gregg, and David.


AND all who struggle with illness and/or hardship.


Please contact the HNC office with any prayer requests

hncparish@gmail.com or call (808) 373-2131 

We are posting a brief day by day meditation from Forward Movement. It's a great way to start your morning! Just click on the website icon above.

Holy Nativity Thrift Shop

(808) 373-3744


Wednesdays:

9a-1p


Closed Fridays



Saturdays:

9a-1p


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!

The 4th Sunday after the Epiphany


The Presentation of our Lord

Jesus Christ in the Temple


Holy Eucharist

February 2,2025 at 9:00am

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Or Dial-in by phone at one of these numbers:

       +1 253 215 8782 

Meeting ID: 537 938 292 (No Password)


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Annual Parish Meeting was held on January 26, 2025




Pictured above are Lila Johnson, who leaves our vestry after serving two three-years terms on the vestry, and below Jean Steele, who has completed seven years as our parish Treasurer and one year as our

Treasurer Emerita.



Mahalo nui loa to you both!











Results of elections:


Austin Nakoa was re-elected as Jr. Warden for another year.


Adrienne Fung was elected to a one-year

Vestry position.


Ginnie Long, Catherine Nurmi, and Dan Muenzer all were elected to three-year Vestry positions.


Annual Diocesan Convention Delegates

are Chandi Hinrichs, Christine Donnelly, Sandra Braham, and Beverly Toomey.

David Callies will serve as our alternate delegate.


Hard copies of the Meeting's Report for 2024

are available in the HNC office.

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Ordination of

The Rev. Wiliam Joseph Heran


On Wednesday, January 22, we gathered for the beautiful ordination of our 2024 ministry intern, Bill Heran, to the transitional diaconate. Our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick, officiated; several clergy and lay colleagues from across our diocese joined us in person and online. Food & fellowship followed the service.


A deacon's ministry is to stand between the church and the world, calling us to take the "solace and strength" we receive in the Eucharist into the world, that we might "worthily serve the world in [Christ's] name." (The Book of Common Prayer, p. 372)


In the liturgy, the deacon proclaims the Gospel, invites God's people to Confession, sets and clears the table at the Eucharist, and very importantly, offers the dismissal, as we go out "to do the work [God] has given us to do." (BCP, p. 366). The deacon's active ministry is to model our intended service in the world, by leading or assisting with outreach and justice ministries.


Congratulations, Bill, as you take up this significant ministry among us!

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A message from Bishop Fitzpatrick


Aloha, 

I have been asked about the homily of the Bishop of Washington, the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, delivered on Tuesday, January 22, 2025, during A Service of Prayer for the Nation at Washington National Cathedral. 

 

Bishop Budde’s words were faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a clarion call to live into the hope of the beloved community. She had a unique opportunity to fulfill her ordination promise to “be merciful to all, show compassion to the poor and strangers, and defend those who have no helper” (see the Book of Common Prayer, page 518, “The Ordination of a Bishop”).

 

I hope all Episcopalians in the Diocese of Hawaiʻi will read the full text of her homily (and not just listen to a sound bite): 

A Service of Prayer for the Nation Homily Text by Bishop Mariann, Jan 22, 2025



Please share it broadly with friends and family members. I hope it will be reproduced on the websites of congregations. I hope it will be discussed and engaged.

 

Her words shared the teaching of the Episcopal Church and of the message of the Gospel. 

 

Please know that you are in my prayers. Please pray for me.


Your servant in Christ Jesus,

+Bob

The Right Reverend Robert L. Fitzpatrick

Bishop Diocesan 

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On the Way!


The pocket size Day by Day are delayed in the mail, but should arrive soon.


Large print size are available, now, in the office and outside the nave.


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REMINDERS



A Poetry Series with Dan Muenzer 

Starting Sunday, February 2nd—at 10:45am, after coffee hour, and continuing for four consecutive Sundays.

“Epiphanies: Encountering Christ

through Poetry.”

Meetings will take place in Monteiro Chapel, come as you are; no book needed.



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You are invited to the deepening practice of Centering Prayer, a contemplative

Christian prayer.

We continue to meet each 

Tuesday afternoons at 4 PM in Monteiro Chapel

Our prayer is led by Carla Holt, a member of Contemplative Outreach of Hawaii and longtime Centering Prayer practitioner. Carla will offer a brief introduction to the method of Centering Prayer for those new to the practice. 

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The Episcopal Church of the Holy Nativity

5286 Kalanianaole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96821

808-373-2131

hncparish@gmail.com -- holynativityhonolulu.org