Opportunities​ For Worship, Prayer, Study, and Celebration:

Sunday Service with Holy Eucharist:
Sundays, 9:00 AM
Join us for worship in our historic lava rock Church building. Following the service, refreshments will be served on the porch of the Parish House (just across the street). 

On the first Sunday of each month, join us for Pancake Breakfast in the Parish Hall following the service. Next Pancake Breakfast:  October 2

FIRST FRIDAYS, FUN & FELLOWSHIP
The first Friday night of each month: 6:30 - 8:30 PM in the Parish Hall (across Kolo Rd from the Church) -- Next Fun Friday:  October 7
Join us for board and card games, and talk story with friends over relaxed music (live guitar), desserts and coffee.

Na Kamalei ("Beloved Children of God") Godly Play Program:
Sundays, 9:00 AM
Keiki (children) are welcome to attend our Na Kamalei Sunday school program in the classroom across the street from our lava rock Church building. Our keiki will rejoin their families for the Holy Eucharist at the time of the Peace.   Our Na Kamalei Godly Play began on September 11, 2016.
On the last Sunday of each month, our Na Kamalei keiki are active participants in the adult church service.

Adult Bible Study:
Wednesdays, 6:00 PM 
Adult Bible Study resumes in the Fall, on Wednesdays at 6:00 PM in the classroom building. For more information, contact the Church office at 482-4824.

**Godly Play Core Training:
In April we completed a Godly Play Core Training in our classroom building, for teachers interested in fostering the spiritual growth of children in Sunday School. See our images under Na Kamalei! The Godly Play approach helps children explore their faith through story, to gain religious language and to enhance their spiritual experience though wonder and play. For more information on this national church program, go to www.godlyplayfoundation.org.

Safeguarding God's Children Training 
This year we hosted another session of the Safeguarding God's Children training program in our classroom building for churches on the island. 
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Who We Are
We are a vibrant and engaged community of faith that gathers regularly to worship Almighty God.  We believe God has been revealed to us through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We seek to follow Jesus by showing aloha -- through loving and serving all of God’s people, from keiki (children) to kapuna (elders), both near and far.  We do so with the power of God’s Holy Spirit, who stands ready to guide us. All are welcome in this place.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR now for 
October 9, 2016.  .  .  .
"Ho'o Manao Lokahi 75"
("celebrate unity with harmony")
We will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Consecration of the Christ Memorial Church building. The Rt. Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Hawaii will be with us for worship.  After the service we will gather in our Parish Hall for a special luncheon and time of reflection.  We will recall our past, and consider our place the Kilauea community and the North Shore of Kauai.  We will focus on our intention to learn from and heal the past, celebrate our successes, and look forward to the future with faith and hope and trust in God.

In this time of natural disaster, consider making a donation to Episcopal Relief and Development.  See episcopalchurch.org

Prayer for those in trouble or bereavement:  "O merciful Father, who hast taught us in thy holy Word that thou dost not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men:  Look with pity upon the sorrows of thy servants for whom our prayers are offered.  Remember them, O Lord, in mercy, nourish their souls with patience, comfort them with a sense of thy goodness, life up thy countenance upon them, and give them peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.  (BCP, 831)

​Christ Memorial Prayer List:  Mahalo for keeping these friends and organizations in your prayers this week:
Edward, Sharon, Elizabeth, Mary, Matthew, Jason, Keith, Carol, Nell, Joey, Willie, Linda, Paul, Bob, Kelly, Barbara, Anne, Rebecca, Joe, Bill, Isabel, Claire, Meagan, Tony, George, Aimee, Pat, Terezia, Neil, Gary, Jimmy, Kiyoshi, Robert, James, Marilyn, Barbara, John, MaryEllen, Linda, Matthew, Gloria, Wayne, Phoebe, Joe, Cathy, Richard, Sean, Joel, Pat, Scott, Pam, John, Gary, Monique, Wanda, Mikey, Diana, the Hill family, Don, Carolyn, James, the Mons and McHenry families, Marilyn, Kristina, David, the Smith family, the Caudill family, Sue, Jim, Wayne, Starla, Mary, Doug, the Yates family, the O'Connell family; and for our sister churches on island -- the Episcopal Church on West Kauai, St. Michael & All Angels in Lihue, All Saints’ Kapaa; for the presidential candidates and voters in the U.S.; for all people suffering from, and dying as a result of, terrorism; the suffering refugees fleeing war and oppression in Syria, the rest of the Middle East, and around the world.

Episcopal Bishops Issue A Word to the Church for the World

​September 20, 2016
The House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church has issued the following:

 A Word to the Church for the World

"Greetings from Detroit, a city determined to be revived.  Greetings also from the city of Flint, where we are reminded that the gift of water has for many of our brothers and sisters become contaminated.

"Here we have been exhorted to set our sights beyond ourselves and to minister to the several nations where we serve and the wider world.

"We lament the stark joylessness that marks our present time.  We decry angry political rhetoric which rages while fissures widen within society along racial, economic, educational, religious, cultural and generational lines.  We refuse to look away as poverty, cruelty and war force families to become migrants enduring statelessness and demonization.  We renounce the gun violence and drug addiction that steal lives and crush souls while others succumb to fear and cynicism, abandoning any sense of neighborliness.

"Yet, in all this, 'we do not despair.' (2 Cor. 4:8.). We remember that God in Christ entered our earthly neighborhood during a time of political volatility and economic inequality.  To this current crisis we bring our faith in Jesus.  By God’s grace, we choose to see in this moment an urgent opportunity to follow Jesus into our fractured neighborhoods, the nation and the world.  

"Every member of the church has been 'called for a time such as this.' (Esther 4:14) Let prophets tell the truth in love.  Let reconcilers move boldly into places of division and disagreement. Let evangelists inspire us to tell the story of Jesus in new and compelling ways.  Let leaders lead with courage and joy.

"In the hope of the Resurrection let us all pray for God to work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish God’s purposes on earth."

Writing Committee

Bishop Tom Breidenthal of Southern Ohio
Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington
Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce of Los Angeles
Bishop Victor Scantlebury of Ecuador Central
Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves of El Camino Real
Bishop Alan Gates of Massachusetts
Bishop Wendell Gibbs Jr. of Michigan
Dr. Scott Bader-Saye
Bishop Prince Singh of Rochester
Bishop Robert Wright of Atlanta
Bishop Rob Hirschfield of New Hampshire

(The Episcopal Church House of Bishops met September 15 to September 20 in Detroit MI (Diocese of Michigan.)
                                       

June 19, 2016
The following Litany for Gun Violence Prevention is written by the Rt. Rev. Stephen T. Lane, Episcopal Bishop of Maine, and is offered for use in Sunday liturgies throughout the Episcopal Church:

Giver of Life and Love, you created all people as one family and called us to live together in harmony and peace. Surround us with your love as we face the challenges and tragedies of gun violence.
​For our dear ones, for our neighbors, for strangers and aliens, and those known to you alone, Loving God,
​​Make us instruments of your peace.
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God of Righteousness, you have given our leaders, especially Barack, our President, our Governor, members of Congress, judges of our courts and members of our legislatures, power and responsibility to protect us and to uphold our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  For all who bear such responsibility, for all who struggle to discern what is right in the face of powerful political forces, Loving God,
Make us instruments of your peace.
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God of Compassion, we give you thanks for first responders, for police officers, firefighters and EMTs, and all those whose duties bring them to the streets, the lobbies, the malls and the homes where the carnage of gun violence takes place day after day, give them courage and sound judgment in the heat of the moment and grant them compassion for the victims.  
For our brothers and sisters who risk their lives and their serenity as they rush to our aid, Loving God,
Make us instruments of your peace.

Merciful God, bind up the wounds of all who suffer from gun violence, those maimed and disfigured, those left alone and grieving, and those who struggle to get through one more day.
Bless them with your presence and help them find hope.
​For all whose lives are forever marked by the scourge of gun violence, Loving God,
​Make us instruments of your peace. 
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God Who Remembers, may we not forget those who have died in the gun violence that we have allowed to become routine. Receive them into your heart and comfort us with your promise of eternal love and care.
​For all who have died, those who die today, and those who will die tomorrow, Loving God,
​Make us instruments of your peace.

God of Justice, help us, your church, find our voice.  Empower us to change this broken world and to protest the endless deaths caused by gun violence.  Give us power to rise above our fear that nothing can be done and grant us the conviction to advocate for change.
For your dream of love and harmony, Loving God,
Make us instruments of your peace.

All this we pray in the name of the One who offered his life so that we might live, Jesus the Christ. Amen.