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Church News: December 5th, 2024

by admin | Dec 5, 2024 | News

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Advent

Holiday Community Outreach

Holiday Community Outreach

Christmas Stockings

We will deliver Christmas stockings filled with gift cards and goodies to families who are struggling financially. Please bring your spare change, cash or checks to feed the Outreach Jar that supports our holiday community outreach.

Funds for the Christmas Stockings will be collected through December 15th.

Kitchen Update

Kitchen Update

A Modern, Stainless Steel, Fully-Equipped Kitchen

With Serving Windows Into Moore Hall and the Patio!

Progress Continues!

The major construction for our new kitchen has been completed. Painting should be done by next week, and then the appliances will be moved from Moore Hall and placed in the kitchen. After the final inspection, the kitchen will be ready for use! Keep your eyes open for our January newsletter, in which we will announce our next church luncheon!

THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to the kitchen fund!

Sanctuary Windo Repair

The windows on the east wall of the sanctuary (the wall facing the street) have been restored. The wooden framing has been replaced and the new glass has been tinted. The scaffolding will be taken down this week. The wall looks brand new! Mahalo nui loa to all those who have given “over and above” these past few months in order to help pay for this urgent project!

Youth News

Youth Gathering – For Middle School & High School Youth

Sunday, December 8, 4:45 – 7:00 p.m. Location to be determined

Sunday, December 22, 4:45 – 7:00 p.m. Youth Christmas Party At The Smith Memorial Parsonage

Youth: Please RSVP to Aunty Tiffany by the previous Wednesday if you plan to attend!

Adult Volunteers: Please consider volunteering your home or providing a dish or two for a meal in December.

Alan Akana Gallery

Youth Gathering Event Koloa Union Church

We Are Open for Business!

Alan Akana Gallery HOLIDAY HOURS

Sunday Open Houses December 8 & 15 Noon to 6 p.m.

As always, also open by appointment Located In The Smith Memorial Parsonage 3281 Waikomo Road Koloa, HI 96756 Appointments may be made: By phone: 808-855-8806 By email: alanakanagallery@gmail.com

Funds from sales at the gallery support the care and maintenance of the Smith Memorial Parsonage.

Visit Gallery

Lectio Divina

Christmas Party

Kauai Quilting Class Prayer Meeting Koloa

Christmas Eve Party

The Christmas Fund

United Church of Christ Christmas Fund

December 22 and 24 Sunday Morning and Christmas Eve

This special offering, administered by the United Church of Christ Pension Boards, provides direct financial assistance to retired and active UCC authorized ministers and lay employees and their surviving spouses, including pension and health premium supplementation, emergency assistance, and Christmas “thank you” checks. Each year, UCC congregations throughout the country collect this offering to assist faithful servants of God who are facing financial difficulties. We not only share hope, peace, joy and love with them; but they, in turn, pass these things along to others in their communities and in the world.

We will collect the Christmas Fund offering on December 22 at Sunday morning service and December 24 Christmas Eve service. Offering envelopes will be provided.

Please write checks to “Koloa Union Church” and write “Christmas Fund” on the note section of your check. If you would like to make a donation online, please write “Christmas Fund” in the comment section. Thank You for Supporting The Christmas Fund!

Prayers & Squares

Prayers and Squares Tuesday, January 7, 2024 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Prayers & Squares will meet on Tuesday, January 7, in Moore Hall from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a ministry promoting prayer using hand-tied quilts. Volunteers with all ranges of quilting experience may join them for prayer, fellowship, stitching, and learning about quilting. The motto: “It’s not about the quilt; it’s all about the prayers.” The group continues creating prayer quilts to be distributed at Wilcox Hospital.

If you or someone in your ohana are in need of a tangible representation of prayer, please contact Debbie Gunning to request a quilt.

Annual Church Meeting

Lectionary Readings

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 December 8: Baruch 5:1-9; Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79; Philippians 1:3-11

Readings for December 15: Zephaniah 3:14-20; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

Readings for December 22: Micah 5:2-6; Luke 1:46-55; Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55

Readings for December 24: Isaiah 62:6-12; Psalm 97; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:1-20

Readings for December 25: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20

Readings for December 29: 1 Samuel 2:18-26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52

Readings for December 31: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13; Psalm 8; Revelation 21:1-7; Matthew 25:31-46

Readings for January 1: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13; Psalm 8; Revelation 21:1-7; Matthew 25:31-46

Readings for January 5: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 147:12-20; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:1-18

Readings for January 6: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-14; Ephesians 3:1-2; Matthew 2:1-12

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A Message From Kahu: December 5th, 2024

by admin | Dec 5, 2024 | Message from Kahu

A Message From Our Kahu

“Celebrating the Light”

2024 so far has been a year of conflict. Nations are at war. Our own nation experienced a hostile presidential campaign. Family members can barely speak to one another from different political parties and ideologies. On top of all that, some of us have experienced immense disappointment, loss, grief and even trauma.

And yet, the light shines! The stars still shine at night and the closest one, our sun, shines during the day. We may not like the politics of our day and are anxious over the politics to come, but there are always people letting their light shine through truth telling, advocating for justice, and acting with kindness and compassion.

As we enter into the season of Advent, we are especially mindful of the light. In fact, it’s a time to celebrate the light. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, he entered a world of conflict. There were people constantly trying to stomp out the light. Herod the Great was in power and he stopped at nothing to retain his power for himself and his family. Yet, as hard as he tried, he simply could not extinguish the light of God’s love.

Each of us has that very same light within us, for God’s Spirit lives in our hearts. In fact, we are the light of Christ! During this days leading up to Christmas, may we allow the light to shine brightly. May it touch every dark corner within us and around us. Let us keep sharing the light of God’s love

Aloha Nui Loa!
Kahu