Are you serving this Sunday? Would you be interested in reading at either service (zoom or in person)? You can view what positions are

available here

Sunday school will be held at 8:00 a.m. in our classroom building across from Christ Memorial with beloved teacher Leona.

Aloha ke akua.

Welcome to Christ Memorial Episcopal Church. We are devoted to following the life and teachings of Jesus, the Christ.  

We hope your experience worshiping with us will bless and enrich your life. People of all faiths are welcome to worship with us on Sunday.

For an online service, join us at 9:30 here.

Praise for the Earth and all creatures, for every blessing, loved one,

and tender moment. 

Praise for the unexpected moments that sweep us into the unknown. 

Praise to the One who creates, loves, heals and binds us all together. 

May your love within us bring us into the fellowship of all life. 

May our gratitude grow into courage, hope, and resilience. 

May our hearts expand ever more and ever more into one. 

~ Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp

Our new vicar, the Reverend Catherine Amy Kropp, arrived November 1st! We are so excited she is finally here and look forward to our new beginning together. Join us this Sunday when she will preach and celebrate at the 8:00 am and 9:30 am services. You may call her Reverend, Pastor, Catherine Amy or just Amy, whatever you are most comfortable with.

Our new vicar would love to get to know you!  Join Rev. Catherine Amy for conversation this week on Friday, December 1, 9:00-11:30 am, at Kilauea Bakery, 2484 Keneke St. You may also set up a Zoom, phone call, or meeting at another time.

Contact: christmemorialkilauea@gmail.com

Kaua'i Hospice invites anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one, regardless of when that death occurred, to attend our annual candle lighting memorial and light a candle in memory of your loved one. This event is free of charge.

Immaculate Conception Church

4453 Kapaia Rd. Lihu'e

Dec. 4, 2023 | 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Hanapēpē Hawaiian Congregational Church

3815 Hanapepe  Rd., Hanapēpē

Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 | 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Saint Sylvester Catholic Church

2390 Kolo Rd., Kilauea

Monday, Dec. 11 | 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Holy and loving God, we open our hearts to all the world, knowing that we are members of one body, one mystery, one precious life. 

We pray for the Holy Land and for all those caught up in the violence and devastation. Walk among them, be with them, and hold them in your tender embrace.

We pray for all those in peril, for the displaced with nowhere to go, for those who are trapped. May they find safety and protection.

We pray for the vulnerable, especially the children, for their rescue, that they may find refuge.

We pray for all those experiencing trauma, suffering in pain, and in need of care. May the caregivers, responders and medical teams offer emergency aid and help them to heal. We pray for courage, resilience, and recovery. 

We pray for all those who mourn and for those whose lives have been devastated. May they find solace and comfort. 

We pray for those in leadership, on all sides and in all places, especially for the inner work of their hearts, that they may find wisdom and courage, exercise restraint, and strive toward peace, reconciliation, justice, and dignity for all.

May our prayers enter into the small spaces of the world and within the depth of all things. May we open ourselves to grace, to healing and profound witness, as we participate in the movements and tremors of our collective world soul.

May the crossroads of our hearts enter into the crossroads of humanity and all the Earth, across all faiths, all lands, and all peoples, as we cling to the reality of your binding love and redemption, in Christ Jesus, the One who abides among us in the darkness, and who leads us into the light, and to life, and to life abundant.

Amen

~ Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp

Help us… help you… help those affected by the Maui Wildfires!

Due to the generosity from people around the Diocese, country, and globe, we want to make sure we can help wherever help is needed. We are asking every congregation to think BIG on this one. For example, if there is someone you know (or have heard about) that has taken in family or friends who were displaced, they may find themselves with a tripled-or-quadrupled electricity bill that they hadn’t seen coming. Same goes for the increase in food and household living costs. 

Assistance isn’t limited to just people currently on Maui (there are many who have taken people in on other islands), nor is it ever limited to Episcopalians. So combine your thinking hats and your generous hearts and let us know! To send a request for financial assistance, click on the button below:

DEDICATED WEBPAGE: The Diocese of Hawai'i has set up a dedicated webpage on the main website that will contain the latest information, resources, and updates about Maui recovery efforts, as we receive them. Click HERE to go there now. You can also visit the Diocese's Facebook page HERE where photos and other info are widely shared.

Sharing One Home Can Change Two Lives

Homesharing Hawaiʻi is a project of Hawai‘i Intergenerational Network, a nonprofit with IRS 501(c)(3) status. Our program helps match individuals seeking a home with people who have a home to share. Two or more people share a home for mutual benefit. A person offers a private bedroom and shared common space in exchange for rent, help around the house or a combination of the two. Each home sharing arrangement is tailored to the unique needs and interests of the people involved. To learn more, visit their website HERE.

The Bishop and Diocesan Support Center staff wish you and your loved ones a most happy and blessed Thanksgiving. This issue's header photo was taken during the DSC's recent annual staff retreat activity, where they enjoyed a visit to Queen Emma's Summer Palace in Nu'uanu. The Chaplains to Retired Clergy Families also joined them. More photos can be viewed further below under Feature Stories.

Check out the latest news from the Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i here

We Episcopalians believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

As constituent members of the Anglican Communion in the United States, we are descendants of and partners with the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church, and are part of the third largest group of Christians in the world.

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world. We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for every human being; women and men serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church.

Laypeople and clergy cooperate as leaders at all levels of our church. Leadership is a gift from God, and can be expressed by all people in our church, regardless of sexual identity or orientation.

We believe that God loves you – no exceptions.

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988 Suicide & Crisis

Lifeline is Here!

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is now in full effect nationwide. Similar to the 911 emergency phone number, dialing 988 will connect a caller directly to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and to a trained counselor.

While the building and the contents of Holy Innocents Church may have been destroyed by the Maui wildfires, some of the beautiful artwork that was a part of the worship space continues to be remembered. The Diocese is now making available prints of artist DeLos Blackmar's Hawaiian Madonna and Christ Child mural that graced the wall behind the altar of the church. Pre-orders are now being accepted through Friday, December 8, 4:00 PM. This print will be 36"x12" on archival matte paper, and will be offered at cost for approximately $33 each plus shipping. Place your pre-order HERE.

Coming up in December, the set of 4 notecards that made its appearance at Convention 55, will be available for purchase for $5 per set plus shipping. The 4"x6" notecards with envelopes, feature artwork from the mural, altar and pulpit of Holy Innocents, including a photo of the rooftop cross that survived the fire. Stay tuned for ordering instructions!

Profits from both the mural poster and notecards go to the Bishop's Pastoral Fund designated towards Maui wildfire relief.

Helen Mitsui Shared Blessings Thrift Shop in Kilauea is seeking Volunteers.

Each volunteer shift is a 2-4 hour commitment for a minimum of one day per week. Experience in Retail, Customer Service, and/or Retail a plus, but not required.

Volunteers are invaluable to serving our community. Our goal is to reuse, repurpose and recycle goods — keeping as much as possible out of landfill — while providing our community with access to reasonably priced, quality merchandise.

Here are ways you can help:

* Greeters welcome shoppers and monitor our COVID guidelines.

* Customer Care helps shoppers to ensure a pleasant shopping experience.

* Merchandisers organize departments, restock the floor and display retail goods.

* Philanthropy distributes merchandise to organizations in need.

* Donation Intakers receive, sort and process donations.

Work-from-Home volunteers help prepare merchandise for sale. We are especially looking for help in these areas:

* Games: checking games to ensure all components are intact

* Stationery: packaging up cards and envelopes

* Holidays: preparing merchandise for Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentines, 4th of July, and more

* School, Office, Art Craft Supplies: organizing and packaging materials for reuse

* Toys: sorting, cleaning, and packaging toys

* Hardware: sorting and packaging tools, materials, electronics and appliances

Requirements?

*Team players with a genuine interest in serving the community and contributing to the reuse movement.

* Willingness to support COVID-19 safety measures set by Shared Blessings

* Physically able to lift 50 pounds (Merchandisers and Donation Intakers only)

Benefits?

Serving the community and our environment is rewarding work. We have a lot of fun! New merchandise is donated daily, so the element of surprise and wonder is constant. Get a first peek and more!

Interested?

Click on the reply button here! Let us know 1) your interests, 2) your availability to volunteer and 3) your contact information. Mahalo!

Let us pray for our own needs and those of others. We remember especially those on our prayer list. Healing of body, mind and spirit for: Jane, Cynthia, Wayne, Isaiah, Sheila, Elise and family, Becca, Sara, Michael, Steve, Art, Paul, Sylas, Charlyn, Erin, Wyatt, the Wills family, Niles, Robbie, Jane, Margaret, Gordon, Dale, Webb, Linda, David, Helen, Tony, Anthony, Penny, Tommy, Matthew, Pam and Rich.  For the residents of Lahaina and greater Maui who have lost their loved ones, homes, worship spaces, and businesses from the fires.  We pray for resilience of the land and fortitude of the people, for all that is Maui. We pray also for the people and leadership of Ukraine and the people of Russia who wish for peace and an end to the war. We pray also for people who live in a perpetual state of danger in the Middle East, Central America, and in conflicts around the world; that all who suffer danger and violence would know hope in their troubles and courage in their hearts.

We pray for all who have died, especially Makani, Alfonso and Will. We pray for all who are grieving. May they be comforted. 

We pray that you will bring people together in worship. Enliven your church and bless our musician, our clergy and lay leadership. We pray for our sibling Episcopal congregations on Kauai: St John and St Pauls, St Michael & All Angels, and All Saints, and for all churches on the North Shore. We pray for our own congregation of Christ Memorial, Kilauea for those present, online and absent - that all of us together may be united in your ministry. 

Are there others? Send a prayer list request to christmemorialkilauea@gmail.com

THRIFT SHOP MISSION STATEMENT:

Our goal is to provide our community with reasonably priced, quality merchandise. We will reuse, repurpose and recycle goods and keep as much as possible out of the landfill in an effort to help Kauai and our planet toward Zero Waste. Above all we will show compassion, kindness and tolerance to each other and our community.