Church News: Aug 17th, 2022

by | Aug 17, 2022 | News

Greeters Needed

Would you consider being a greeter for a Sunday morning worship service?

Church greeters have a very special role: they are often the first person a visitor meets, they make a positive first impression of our church, and they make our guests and members alike feel welcome on Sunday mornings!

Our Deacons oversee our greeters, their role, training, and the material they hand to attendees and guests. Among the responsibilities of greeters are the following:

  • Arriving before 10 a.m. to find out which seats are reserved for lay readers, musicians, guest speakers, those with special needs, etc., as well as to receive any special instructions for the day.
  • Welcoming with a smile everyone who attends
  • Learning the names of visitors and new attendees
  • Handing a Sunday bulletin to each person
  • Handing a visitor packet to 1st-time visitors
  • Directing people to the name tag table and prayer cards
  • Assisting everyone to a seat in the church, patio or Moore Hall
  • Reminding people of our pandemic guidelines when necessary
  • Collecting completed visitor cards
  • Introducing visitors to others, as appropriate
  • Saying “hello” to visitors when you see them in church again
  • You may also be asked to sit at the main door during the worship service to welcome latecomers and help them find a seat.
The Deacons will conduct a short training session for all volunteers greeters.
See the signup sheet on the bulletin board if you would like to join this important ministry.

Church Breakfast

You Event Koloa Union Church Poipu Youth Group

Church Breakfast Tuesday, August 23 8:00-9:30 a.m.

Kiawe Roots 2-3687 Kaumualii Highway in Lawai (Next door to 7-Eleven)

Join us on the 4th Tuesday of each Month for delicious food and a fun time getting to know others from Koloa Union Church! Please RSVP by signing up on the church bulletin board or contacting the church office. Space is limited. [email protected] 

Celebration of Life

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Celebration of Life for Amanda Skelton at Koloa Union Church Wednesday, August 24, 2022 3:00 p.m.

Potluck Reception Following the Service at Poipu Beach Park In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to: Na Pali Coast Ohana or Kauai Native Plant Society

Centennial Celebration

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KAPA’A UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Centennial Celebration Saturday, August 27, 2022 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Lunch at Noon Entertainment, food, games and fellowship!

The time to RSVP has closed. Those who are carpooling will leave from the Koloa Union Church at 10 a.m.

Grove Farm Train Ride, Museum & Guided Tour

Rev Dr Walt Weiss Koloa Union Church

Friday, September 9

9:00 a.m. Train Ride Meet at the train depot, which is just off Haleko Road (between Nawiliwili Rd and Rice St), across from the old Lihue Mill at the bottom of the valley.

10:00 a.m. Museum & Guided Tour As soon as we arrive at the Grove Farm Visitor Center (located at 4050 Nawiliwili Road in Lihue) after the train ride, we will gather to learn all about the sugar industry on Kauai, including the Wilcox Family and Grove Farm!

Lunch under the Kamani Tree Bring your own lunch and beverage for after the tour! Grove Farm has agreed to set up tables and chairs, especially for us. You may also browse in the gift shop after the tour is completed.

Suggested Donation: $10

Carpoolers will leave the church at 8:30 a.m.

Please RSVP on the signup sheet at church or by contacting the church office by September 1. [email protected]

This activity is brought to you by the Koloa Union Church Activities Committee. If you have any questions about this activity, suggestions for future activities, or would like to serve on the committee, please contact Elizabeth Mares, Committee Chair.

Youth

Rev Dr Walt Weiss Koloa Union Church

Youth Group Sunday, September 11 5:45 – 8 p.m.

“Young Stewards” Exploring Ideas of Stewardship For Today’s Generation of Young People Middle & high school students are invited to enjoy a delicious meal, games, community building, and a conversation about “stewardship.”

Friends are welcome! Please RSVP by September 7.

Hookipa Wellness Class

Rev Dr Walt Weiss Koloa Union Church
A Free Exercise/Stretching Class for Seniors
—No Hookipa this week on Sunday, August 21!—
Led by RoseTatiana Warken Ceballos Sundays 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (Usually not the 3rd Sunday of the month) Please register with RoseTatiana before attending: call or text (808)-652-8985 or email at [email protected]
Mahalo nui loa to RoseTatiana for your ongoing commitment to the health of our kupuna!!!

Watch Our Most Recent Worship Service

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Please Share!

Our online worship services are a great way to introduce people to Koloa Union Church…and provide inspiration and hope to friends and family!

Feel free to forward this email or send the YouTube link to anyone whom you think would enjoy watching our online worship service.

Share our worship service with even more people! You can also put the link of any video of our worship services directly onto your Facebook page and thereby introducing every one of your Facebook friends to our worship services and our church!

Mahalo to Worship Participants

Lectionary Readings

Weekly Readings from the Bible

Each week, Christians throughout the world read biblical passages from the Revised Common Lectionary, including the Old Testament, Psalms, New Testament, and Gospels. After three years, a good portion of the Bible is included and the cycle begins again. RCL passages are often read in church worship services, and Kahu Akana usually includes at least one reading each Sunday.
Reading for August 14: Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-19; Jeremiah 23:23-29; Psalm 82; Hebrew 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56.
Reading for August 21: Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; Isaiah 58:9-14; Psalm 103:1-8; Hebrew 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17.
Reading for August 28: Jeremiah 2:4-13; Psalm 81:1-16; Proverbs 25:6-7; Psalm 112; Hebrew 13:1-16; Luke 14:1-14.

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A Message From Kahu: Aug 17th, 2022

by | Aug 17, 2022 | Message from Kahu

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A Message From Our Kahu

“Treasures That Last”

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Luke 12:34)
On Sunday, we took a look at Jesus’ parable in Luke, chapter 12, where a wealthy farmer had a harvest of such abundance that he tore down all of his barns and built brand new ones in order to store all of his grain that year. Since Luke painted a backdrop of peace for the story he told of Jesus’ life and teaching, we looked at the parable through the eyes of peace. In this context, Jesus didn’t condemn the farmer for his wealth or his success. However, he did condemn him for not sharing it with the poor and hungry, for amassing great wealth at the expense of others, for considering himself as the only actor in the story, and for the audacity of thinking that he could now determine what was required for the contentment of a soul.
At the end of the parable the man dies and ends up bringing nothing with him to his death and leaving nothing of value behind. The clear message is that we should spend as much time as possible during our lives creating things of value, things that bring great contentment to our souls and to the souls of others. There is nothing wrong with money, wealth of possessions. However, if those things are all that we have, then we are missing the whole point of life. Let us consider creating, building and sustaining things that will last long after we are gone, such as our relationships with loved ones, outreach to people living on the margins of society, our church community, other organizations that make a positive difference in the world. When these things are the focus of our lives, our souls are rich and the purpose of our lives is seen even for many, many years after we are gone.
So let us commit our lives to treasures that last!

 

Aloha nui loa!
Kahu Alan Akana

Church News: Aug 3rd, 2022

by | Aug 3, 2022 | News

Church Breakfast is Back!

We enjoyed our in-person breakfast again after 2 1/2 years! Join us on the 4th Tuesday of each Month! Please RSVP by signing up on the church bulletin board or contacting the church office. Space is limited.

Next Breakfast:
Tuesday, August 23rd, 8 -9:30 a.m. Location TBD

For reservations, contact the church office by phone (808-742-6622) or email (see the link below), or else sign up on the church bulletin board.

Plantation Days Parade

You Event Koloa Union Church Poipu Youth Group

Thanks to all who were involved or cheered us on!

Thanks for all the flowers and greenery and energetic volunteers! Our two golf carts looked amazing!!!

Congratulations to Koloa Union church

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Kahu presented 3 certificates to the congregation.
We were recognized for our generous contributions to:

Our Church’s Wider Mission
Basic Mission Support to the United Church of Christ)

Being a “5 for 5” Congregation
(Giving to All 5 Denominational Offerings)

Being a Leader in our Giving
(We give at a high level in the Hawaii Conference!)

Youth

Rev Dr Walt Weiss Koloa Union Church

Back to School Party!

Friday, August 12 6 – 8 p.m.

For All Middle & High School Students Save the Date!
Friends are welcome! Please RSVP by August 7.

Centennial Celebration

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KAPA’A UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Centennial Celebration Saturday, August 27, 2022 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Lunch at Noon Entertainment, food, games and fellowship!

Please RSVP to Koloa Union Church office by August 5 if you would like to go. Kahu and others will carpool from our church parking lot.

Parking will be available at Kapa`a First Hawaiian Church, Kapa`a Assembly of God, Koa Street, and other street parking

Hookipa Wellness Class

Rev Dr Walt Weiss Koloa Union Church
A Free Exercise/Stretching Class for Seniors
Led by RoseTatiana Warken Ceballos Sundays 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (Usually not the 3rd Sunday of the month) Please register with RoseTatiana before attending: call or text (808)-652-8985 or email at [email protected]
Mahalo nui loa to RoseTatiana for your ongoing commitment to the health of our kupuna!!!

Watch Our Most Recent Worship Service

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Watch Our Most Recent Worship Service

You can click the button below to watch a video of a recent worship service:

Watch the Worship Service

Watch ALL of Our Worship Services

Please Share!

Our online worship services are a great way to introduce people to Koloa Union Church…and provide inspiration and hope to friends and family!

Feel free to forward this email or send the YouTube link to anyone whom you think would enjoy watching our online worship service.

Share our worship service with even more people! You can also put the link of any video of our worship services directly onto your Facebook page and thereby introducing every one of your Facebook friends to our worship services and our church!

Mahalo to Worship Participants

Lectionary Readings

Weekly Readings from the Bible

Each week, Christians throughout the world read biblical passages from the Revised Common Lectionary, including the Old Testament, Psalms, New Testament, and Gospels. After three years, a good portion of the Bible is included and the cycle begins again. RCL passages are often read in church worship services, and Kahu Akana usually includes at least one reading each Sunday.
Readings for July 31: Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107;1-43; Ecclesiastes 1:2-14; Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21.
Reading for August 7: Isaiah 1:1-20; Psalm 50:1-23; Genesis 15:1-6; Psalm 33:12-22; Hebrew 11:1-16; Luke 12:32-40.
Reading for August 14: Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-19; Jeremiah 23:23-29; Psalm 82; Hebrew 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56.

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A Message From Kahu: Aug 3rd, 2022

by | Aug 3, 2022 | Message from Kahu

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A Message From Our Kahu

“Clothed with Love”

“Above all, clothe yourself with love” (Colossians 3:14)

On Sunday, we took a look at an often misinterpreted passage of Scripture in Colossians, chapter 3, where the writer of the Letter to the Colossians told his readers to “seek the things that are above” and “set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.” Without reading this passage in the context of the entire letter and what was going on in the church and culture at that time, it would be easy to think that we should all focus on heavenly things and ignore all that is material or earthly. However, the writer has spent two chapters explaining that the fullness of God dwelled in Christ’s body and Christ is in us—carrying the fullness of God into our own bodies. Now in chapter 3, he writes that “Christ is in all.” In other words, Christ is alive and present on the earth and infuses every part of it (including every human being) with the fullness of God. What we learn in Colossians is that the earth is good, as is all of her inhabitants.

Therefore, we ought to put on love—and Christ is love incarnate. What the author means is that we should first strip ourselves of anything that is harmful to the earth or any of her inhabitants and then put on all that Jesus stood for during his life so that when others look at us, they see Christ. The author was in no way giving his readers permission to ignore the earth or her inhabitants. He was not giving them an “out” in terms of their responsibilities as stewards for the planet, their bodies, their community, and the well-being of others. “The things that are above” are all the things we do and think and say that which honors all of creation. So let us put on love and take care of ourselves, our planet, and all that is on it.

 

Aloha nui loa!
Kahu Alan Akana