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New Arbor is Here!

The workers have installed our new arbor / bell tower and finished painting this week. We just need to reinstall the sign and add some lighting.

Youth Event

Youth Gathering For Middle School & High School Youth Sunday, April 13th 4:45 – 7:00 p.m.

Moore Hall Youth: Please RSVP to Aunty Tiffany by the previous Wednesday if you plan to attend! Adult Volunteers: Please consider providing a dish or two for a meal. Smith Memorial Parsonage Youth and Families: Please RSVP to Aunty Tiffany ASAP if you plan to attend!

Youth Gathering For Middle School & High School Youth Sunday, April 27 4:45 – 7:00 p.m. Moore Hall Youth: Please RSVP to Aunty Tiffany by April 23 if you plan to attend! Volunteers: Contact Tiffany if you can provide a meal for the youth or if you are interested in helping out in another way.

Palm Sunday

April 13, 10:30 a.m. Celebrate the Triumphal Entry of Jesus entering Jerusalem!

Our Sunday school and youth will start the service off with the procession of the palms during the prelude. Children and youth: please arrive by 10 a.m. Those who arrive late will be asked to wait outside the main doors of the sanctuary until the procession of the palms is finished.

Maundy Thursday

Thursday, April 17, 7 p.m. On Maundy Thursday we commemorate Jesus’ last supper with his disciples and reflect on his command to be loving servants to one another. This will be a time of Scripture reading, reflection, prayer, music, and the Lord’s Supper. Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday and three days before Easter when Jesus shared a meal with his disciples. “Maundy” comes from the Old French word “mande” and the Latin “mandatum,” which means “mandate,” “command” or “commandment.” At the meal, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet as a demonstration of loving service and then said to them, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”

Easter Egg Decorating & Lunch

Good Friday Activity April 18, 11. a.m. in Moore Hall Coloring Easter Eggs!!!! Lunch will be provided. The eggs will be used in the Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday! RSVP by signing up on the signup sheet at church or by TEXTING Tiffany Marrotte by April 13: 808-651-1397

Easter Service

WORSHIP SERVICE

Celebrating the Resurrection of Christ! Be sure to arrive early for a good seat. Please remember that this is one of our Sunday morning services with high attendance. Those who are able & willing are invited to park on the lawn just east of the parsonage or on Poipu and Waikomo Roads. (Please do NOT park in the parsonage driveway or yard.)

EASTER EGG HUNT

After Church Smith Memorial Parsonage 3281 Waikomo Road Bring your Easter basket or container! Middle schoolers and high schoolers will hide the eggs during Sunday school. Meet in the Sunday school room for instructions.

POTLUCK LUNCH

After the Easter Egg Hunt Smith Memorial Parsonage 3281 Waikomo Road See the signup sheet on the bulletin board. All ages are invited as we gather for our Easter lunch!

One Great Hour of Sharing

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING

Supporting Disaster Relief, Refugees & Development “It’s Time to Share” Easter Sunday One Great Hour of Sharing is one of four special mission offerings of the United Church of Christ. This Lenten Offering supports the disaster, refugee, and development ministries of the United Church of Christ.

This year’s theme “It’s Time to Share” is very relevant: OGHS supports earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, Ukrainian refugees who have fled for safety, and victims of weather-related disasters in the U.S. and throughout the world.

The OGHS offering will be collected on Easter Sunday. Offering envelopes will be provided. P

lease indicate “OGHS” in the note section of your check or in the “Comments” box on our website donation page.

Thank you for considering a generous donation!

Movie Night

Wednesday, April 23

5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Movie Discussion to follow

Invite your friends and neighbors! Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy is a 2024 American documentary film which explores the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States and its opposition to American democracy, and the historic role of Christian nationalists in the conservative movement. If you have ever wondered how our current political situation came to be, you will find this film really interesting!

Note: This documentary may not be suitable for children.

Please see sign up sheet if you can attend or help with the meal.

Aloha Hour Cinco De Mayo

Aloha Hour Sunday, May 4, 2025 “Cinco de Mayo”

We enjoy Aloha Hour right after the worship service on the first Sunday of each month. If there is more interest (and volunteers!), we can have Aloha Hour more often. Please check in with Penny Osuga, our Aloha Hour chairperson, if you have any questions or would like to volunteer. See the sign up sheet on the bulletin board for food contributions. Kitchen help is also needed for a successful gathering.

Prayers and Squares

Prayers and Squares – Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Prayers & Squares will meet 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.

Spring Aha Mokupuni

Kauai Association United Church of Christ Spring Aha Mokupuni May 9-10, 2025

Koloa Union Church 3289 Poipu Road “Ikaika Hou” New Strength We Need Your Help!

Koloa Union Church will host the Spring Aha Mokupuni this year, when all 14 United Church of Christ congregations on the island will gather to eat, sing, worship and have their annual meeting.

Friday, May 9th 6 p.m. Dinner Provided by Kōloa Union Church 7 p.m. ‘Aha Mele Bring ukulele, guitars & other instruments for an evening of musical celebration!

Saturday, May 10th 8 a.m. Continental Breakfast A time for good food and fellowship (Kauai Council of Hawaiian Congregational Churches will meet in the sanctuary during this time.) 9:15 a.m. KAUCC Annual Meeting Come and see how KAUCC functions! 11 a.m. Worship Service Our Annual Celebration of Ministry

Please RSVP on the Signup Sheet by April 27! Which meals you will be eating. Which volunteer opportunities you can do: Welcome our guests. Guide people to parking spaces. Prepare and serve dinner and breakfast. Assist with the worship service. Set up and clean up. Parking: Spaces at the church will be reserved for kupuna and those with difficulty walking. KUC members & friends are asked to park on the lot east of the parsonage or on Waikomo Road.

Spring Aha Mokupuni

Celebrate Mothers & Aunties, Tutus, Cousins & Sisters! Sunday, May 11, 2025

We will enjoy a delicious lunch after church to celebrate the women in our lives who have encouraged, supported and loved us unconditionally. Please see sign up sheet on the bulletin board.

Mother’s Day Recipe 1 heart full of love 1 head full of understanding 1 large pinch of courage 3 healing cups of patience (!) 2 cups of laughter 1 handful of generosity 4 scoops of fun Mix well; sprinkle with kindness; add plenty of faith; heat with sunshine and spread over a lifetime for a plateful of joy and warm memories.

Church Breakfast

Church Breakfast Tuesday, May 27 8-9:30 a.m.

Join us on the 4th Tuesday of the month for delicious food and a fun time getting to know others from Koloa Union Church! (No breakfast in April) Location each month to be determined. RSVP on the sign-up sheet or by contacting the church office

Lectionary Readings

Lectio Divina will be taking a break during Lent. We hope you will attend our Soup Suppers and Lenten Reflections on Wednesdays in March and April, and then return to Lectio Divina on May 14. Lectio Divina is a time to silently reflect together on a repeated reading from the Bible and then share with one another about the experience (if so desired).

Kauai Pride

Kauai Pride Parade and Festival Saturday, June 7, 2025

Parade: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Participants meet at 9 a.m.)

Walking with Kapaa UCC & Hanapepe UCC! Beginning at the Vidinha Stadium Parking Lot Ending at the Historic County Building

Festival: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Lihue: Historic County Building Lawn Koloa Union Church will have a resource table where we will tell others about our church and invite them to join us!

What To Bring Consider bringing sunscreen, water bottles, umbrellas!

Please Sign Up See the signup sheet at church for the following: Float Decoration (8-9 a.m.) Participation in the Parade (9-11 a.m.) Resource Table Setup (9-10 a.m.) Volunteer for shift #1 at the table (10 a.m.-Noon) Volunteer for shift #2 at the table (Noon-2 p.m.) Resource Table Cleanup (2 p.m.)

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 April 13, Palm Sunday: Psalm 118:1-29; Luke 19:28-40; Isaiah 50:4-10; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-23:56; Luke 23:1-49

Readings for Maundy Thursday: Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 116:1-19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-35

Readings for Good Friday: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrew 10:16-25; Hebrew 4:14-16:5-9; John 18:1-19:42

Readings for Holy Saturday: Job 14:1-14; Lamentations 3:1-24; Psalm 31:1-16; 1 Peter 4:1-8; Matthew 27:27-66; John 19:38-42

Readings for Easter: Acts 10:34-43; Isaiah 65:7-25; Psalm 118:1-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18; Luke 24:1-12

Readings for April 27: Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29; Psalm 150; Revelations 1:4-8; John 20:19-31

Readings for May 4: Acts 9:1-20; Psalm 30; Revelations 5:11-14; John 21:1-19

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