“Episcopal Relief & Development, in collaboration with the Anglican Alliance, is supporting the Anglican Diocese of Polynesia and Anglican Missions after the Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha’apai Volcano eruption on January 15, 2022. The underwater volcano’s eruption caused a tsunami that damaged many Tongan islands with 5-10 foot waves. Additionally, ashes from the eruption have contaminated water and food supplies.” See the Press Release from ERD.

Please donate to Episcopal Relief and Development (be sure select INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE) today to help. 

Register now for the following online training sessions led by the Diocesan Support Center team, through the month of February:

Questions? Contact Rae Costa by email HERE or call (808) 536-7776, extension 326.

The Cathedral of St. Andrew will host a screening of Mission Joy: Finding Happiness in Troubled Times a film by Louie Psihoyos. Film screening will be LIVE Sunday, February 13 at 5:30PM, doors open at 5:00PM. It will be available for in person and online viewing. This film has a duration of 90 minutes.

Be sure to RSVP HERE and don't miss this extraordinary documentary! Registration ends on Friday, February 11 at 12:00PM. To watch the official trailer, click on the image above.

Package pricing includes a fabulous line-up of activities and meals in all areas that include the Lodge, cabins, tentalos and campsite. For more information and to make your reservation, visit the Camp website HERE.

Visit the Camp website HERE for more information on their summer camp program.

On Sunday, February 27, at 12:00PM, you are welcome to join us in the Parish Hall for CPR/AED training. We will be getting new AEDs for both the Parish Hall and the Church and would like to ensure that those using our space will know how to use these important, life-saving tools, should the need arise. If you're interested in joining us for this training session, please let the church office know at (808) 955-7745 by Sunday, February 20.

On Sunday, February 20, 2022, St. Christopher's Episcopal Church will be hosting a vaccination clinic by the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawai'i. Vaccines for COVID-19 and the flu will be offered in their parking lot from 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM. For more information, click on the image. St. Christopher's is located at 93 N. Kainalu Drive in Kailua.

As part of their Makana Mele Concert series, All Saints' Episcopal Church in Kapa'a and the American Guild of Organists Hawaii Chapter presents: Celebrating the Pipe Organ in Hawaii, featuring musicians Alcee Chriss III on March 12, at 6:00PM, and Katelyn Emerson on March 19, at 6:00PM. Attendees must be masked and present either vaccination card or proof of negative COVID test. For more information, download the flyer HERE.

St. John's Episcopal Church in Kula is excited to announce that they are now receiving names for the next Priest-in-Charge/Rector! Wonderful people in a beautiful location, St. John's has strong and healthy lay leadership with an eye toward the future and connecting with the larger community (in many cases re-connecting, given pandemic realities). This is a full-time position with rectory. For more information, please visit the Diocesan website HERE

Movie Night under the tent will be Friday, February 18, beginning at 6:00 PM. This month's movie will be The Shack, based on The New York Times best-selling novel (of the same name). The Shack is an inspiring move about a father who, after a family tragedy, spirals into a crisis of faith and questions God's existence. Everyone is welcome! For more information contact the church office at (808) 885-4923. St. James' located at 65-1237 Kawaihae Road, Waimea (Kamuela), HI 96743

[January 31, 2022] Diocese of Oregon are suing the city of Brookings, arguing that the city’s attempt to limit the church’s ministry of feeding the homeless and hungry violates its right to religious freedom. The parish and diocese filed the lawsuit in federal court on Jan. 28 in response to a recent city law that cuts the weekly number of meals St. Timothy’s can serve in half. READ MORE

[January 27, 2022] Looming uncertainty about the future of the post-pandemic Episcopal Church permeated discussions this week as Executive Council gathered online for its latest meeting Jan. 25-27. After three years of churchwide budget surpluses, council members considered how much of those funds will be needed to fill potential budget shortfalls, while voting to move a proposed $101 million budget for 2023-24 to the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, reporting to the 80th General Convention.

[January 25, 2022] Executive Council opened its latest meeting Jan. 25 by highlighting a broad swath of issues confronting the church, including voting rights advocacy, the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, final planning for the upcoming 80th General Convention and efforts to respond to the church’s historic complicity with the United States’ system of Indigenous boarding schools. READ MORE

The Diocese has made available two very special publications for purchase: The Hawaiian Book of Common Prayer, with over 400 pages of translated biblical scirpture liturgical prayers and orders of service, including King Kamehameha IV's preface as translated by him into English, and Nā ‘Euanelio Hemolele - This lectionary-sized book contains the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, in the Hawaiian-language, complete with diacritical marks. The book was a project of the Rev. Cn. Malcolm Naea Chun, 20 years in the making, and whose publication was funded by the Diocese's Commission on Native Hawaiian Ministry. There is also an option to buy these as a set for a discounted price. To order your copies today click HERE.

Be sure to stay informed with all the latest COVID-19 updates in Hawai'i through the State's portal HERE. You'll find latest news updates, stats, media resources, information on Safe Travels, Vaccination sites, and much more. Quick links to separate County vaccine webpages are shown below:

County of Kaua'i City & County of Honolulu Maui County Hawai'i County