Backpack Ministry

Last Sunday, we blessed backpacks from the BacPac Project, a ministry of The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi.

Through this ministry, those who have been newly released from prison are greeted by someone who gives them a backpack with essentials like hygiene, snacks, linens, and personal care items.

This small gesture can mean a lot to someone who may have little to no support when they leave incarceration.

Churches around the diocese help pack the backpacks for the program and are asked to bless them before they are given. 

For more information on this ministry and

their work:

Click HERE

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Wailupe Stream Meeting

Holy Nativity hosted a public meeting on Wednesday July 16, 6-7:45p, at which the Army Corps of Engineers and the City and County of Honolulu introduced a study on the flood risk management of Wailupe Stream. The study is underway and the team is currently assessing the issue.

We are hopeful that there will be more meetings in the future. Updates will be posted in this newsletter.

For more info:

https://www.poh.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Civil-Works-Projects/Wailupe-Stream/

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Pop-up Webinar:

Supreme Court Decisions 

Thursday, July 24, 2 – 2:45p.m. EDT  

(8-8:45a.m. Hawaiʻi Time)

Register here

Join us for a webinar on recent Supreme Court decisions and learn what impact they may have on our communities.

This term, the Supreme Court issued major opinions on administrative power, religious freedom, corporate accountability, and other important issues.

We will be joined by Matt Wessler, a nationally recognized appellate litigator and principal at Gupta Wessler LLP, where he focuses on public interest and plaintiffs’ side appellate and complex litigation. This term alone, his firm argued four cases in the U.S. Supreme Court—and won three.

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Who’s in the Pew?

Eva Eglinton

Eva Eglinton, our former Junior Warden, is a pilot with a long career in which she has flown a variety of planes and also acted as an “expert” in court cases. She is also the mother of two, Brenden and Brooke, and lives in Hawaii Kai.

In the early nineties, Eva flew a very unusual seaplane. It was a Grumman Albatross which had been mothballed, but then it was retrieved to be entirely refitted as a plane to land in the southern Philippines, where it would pick up a cargo of tasty fish and deliver them fresh to various Asian markets. The real work was done in Santa Barbara, where Eva joined the plane and was responsible for getting it registered with the FAA. 

Finally, it was time to deliver the Grumman Albatross to the Philippines. Eva was the First Officer. Just five hundred miles out of the Big Island of Hawai'i, one engine of the seaplane failed. The seaplane was able to be put down in the water, but it sank. Eva was able to radio to the Coast Guard the latitude and longitude of their location; however, no helicopter could reach them. A container ship was contacted and directed to rescue the flight crew from the sea.

For 24 hours Eva and the crew bobbed around in the water, waiting for help. When they finally saw the ship coming toward them, it became increasingly scary. The ship was huge and the plane’s crew were just the tiniest specks in the water; would the ship strike any of them? No, it had been reducing speed for hours and stopped before reaching them. A lifeboat was lowered, but in the rolling seas it was hard to crawl on to it. Further, lifeboats are meant to be filled with people and then lowered into the water. They are not designed to be filled with people and then raised safely to the deck. It was another terror-filled event. The plane was lost, but the crew was safe—and the story was carried on CNN!

Eva moved on and worked as a pilot for Northwest Airlines where she was part of the first all female cockpit crew to fly from the

United States to Japan (see photo above).

After retiring from a twenty-five year career with Delta Airlines, Eva is currently having fun flying inter-island in Hawai'i for Mokulele Airlines.

(as told by Jean Steele)

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Aloha Everyone,

We will be continuing the work of caring for the sacred resting place of our kupuna this Sunday July 20th at 4 pm. 

Please join us!

Wear covered shoes, pants, and a hat.

We also ask that you bring your own water so you can stay hydrated.

Please feel free to contact us if you have

any questions.

 puuhonuaowailupe@gmail.com

All the best,

Pu'uhonua o Wailupe

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Adult Choir Literacy &

Spiritual Formation Class

Who: For anyone who feels called to sing, regardless of musical experience. Whether you’re completely new to music or returning after many years, this class is for you!

When: Continues this Sunday 7/20, after service 10:45am, and will meet for three more weeks.



Where: In the Nave.

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REMINDERS

The Bishop Search Committee would like to invite all O‘ahu congregations to the upcoming

E Kama‘ilio Kākou (Heart-to-Heart) events taking place in the coming weeks.



Our schedule for O‘ahu events can be found below:

Saturday, July 19 at 10AM – Calvary Episcopal Church

Saturday, July 26 at 10AM – St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church

Saturday, August 2 at 10AM – The Episcopal Parish of St. Clement

These will be hybrid events so you may join us

in-person or click here to register to join us

via Zoom.

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Summer Speaker Series

sponsored by the Huli ka lima i lalo project. 

July 26, 9am - 11am. - The Rev. Rachel Taber Hamilton

August 2, 9am -11am. - Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass, Gathering Moss, and The Serviceberry)

To sign up to hear one, two or both of the speakers click HERE

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