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

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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We will be welcoming The Bishop of Hawai'i to Christ Memorial this Sunday,

November 13, 2022

8:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary 

 9:30 a.m. Online

We are honored to have our bishop visiting with us this Sunday, November 13. He will be at both services 8:00 am and 9:30 am and will attend an all church meeting in the sanctuary At 11:00 am. Bring questions, ideas, concerns and thanksgivings with you. He will be glad to hear them. We are looking forward to this special Sunday Service and meeting.

Engaging the Word: Approaching the Bible with skepticism and devotion  

November 3 to December 15 

Join us on Thursday mornings at 9 AM on zoom as we explore the Book that is at the heart of our Judeo-Christian heritage and the center of our Anglican tripod of “Scripture, Tradition, and Reason.” Why do we read the Bible? What has been and is the role of interpretation? Do different translations lead to different understandings? Does the Bible have anything to do with my actions, ethics, and politics in the world today?  

We will consider these and other questions in three sessions, then take a break on Thanksgiving Day, and return to look at the Gospel of Mark, the oldest (and shortest) of the four canonical gospels to see how this early Christian writer influences our understanding of how God works in our lives right now. 

To access this class please go to our CMEC website at christmemorialkauai.org, scroll down to “connect to Sunday Worship" and click. 

Members of our zoom worship family, Mark and Gale Gronso are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Kaua'i. They shared their anniversary with all of us at our worship service last Sunday in a beautiful renewal of vows ceremony. 

Congratulations to this wonderful couple. We wish you many more years of happiness. Thank you for sharing this joyful milestone with your Christ Memorial Episcopal Church Ohana.

October 16, 2022

An Update from The Search Committee

We have exciting news! The Christ Memorial Episcopal Church Profile and Office of Transition Ministry questionnaire were completed and accepted by the Bishops Committee and the Diocese October 7! This paves the way for the posting of our Vicar position in the Diocesan Website, Province 8 and National Transition Minister Groups, and Episcopal News Service . It is estimated that 100,000 clergy

and lay ministers, administrators and other active and involved Christians will become aware of our Vicar position opening!

Applicants will be accepted until December 31, 2022 and then the Search Committee and Bishops Committee will begin the review and evaluation process.

I wish to acknowledge the help and support of the Search Committee members who have contributed to this progress through their prayers and support: Judy Wakumoto, Carolyn Lauro and especially Branch

and Melody Lotspeich.

Chair, Dale Sands

A prayer for transition:

Almighty God, look graciously on the people of Christ Memorial Episcopal Church. Be with us and lead us as we seek a priest for our church. We ask your direction and guidance for those who shall recommend and choose our new spiritual leader, that we may receive a faithful pastor who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries. Grant us perception, faithfulness, patience and joy, so that we may hear your voice in all our deliberations. Grant us also the desire and the ability to truly hear each other and those who have entrusted us with this process. Give us courage to respond and act as you lead us. We pray this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

St. Michael’s in Lihue is offering a Celebrating the Sovereigns event on November 12 & 13th.

Saturday November 12

• 9am-1:00 pm Craft Fair and Bake Sale
• 7:00 pm FREE concert - Local Grown Musicians

Sunday November 13

• 10:00 am Festival Workshop

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

BENEDICTE MISSOURI

By: Leslie Scoopmire

All praise and blessing to our Creator, who tenderly shapes and sustains us:

O praise and glorify our God whose love tenderly nourishes us!

You constellations, meteor showers,  and galaxies; sun and moon and clouds,

Sparkling Milky Way dancing overhead in velvet night:give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Father of Waters, rivers and streams, prairie, glade, and grassland,

Wetlands and forest, karst and cavern, limestone and chert: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Shortleaf pine, pawpaw and hickory, canoe birch and cypress,

Redbud and dogwood blazing pink and white in spring joy: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Sweet flag and cranesbill; brittle and crested shield ferns,

Dogtooth and birdsfoot violets carpeting the ground in beauty: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Big Bluestem, foxglove and bluebells nodding in wind-kissed woods,

Little star moss, chantarelles and morels hidden like treasure underfoot: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Sapsuckers and screech owls, kestrels and turkey vultures tracing the sky,

Waxwings in cedars, indigo buntings flashing electric blue: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Swallowtails and monarchs, tiger moths and sulphurs warming your wings in sunlight, commas and fritillaries nectaring in coneflower fields, bats wheeling at dusk: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Crayfish and mussel; painted mudbug, hellbender and harlequin darter shyly hiding,

Bluegill and bowfin; mudpuppy and milksnake; spring peeper and bullfrog dueting: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Bobcat and coyote; mink, muskrat, and red-eared slider in sheltering riverbank,

Red fox and opossum, white-tailed deer leaping ravines: give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Children of the Middle Waters, Illiniwek, O-Gah-Pah, Jiwere, and Nutachi,

Farmers and Businesspeople; parents and children; kindred united in this beautiful land give to your Creator thanks and praise.

Let all who breathe and live and turn their faces to the sun bless our Creator,

Whose wisdom weaves us together as one family, 

Joined together in mutual gratitude and sustenance:

O praise and glorify our God whose love tenderly nourishes us forever!

A gathering of community storytellers speaking to theme of 'the power of positive thinking'. Join this special event on

Sunday November 20th

4:00 pm until 7:00 pm.

Tickets available at the 'Learn more.." button below

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: Webb, David, Linda, David, Jeremy, Helen, Mary, Sandy, Bev, Jeanne, Chris, Carole, Elizabeth, Robert, Chloe and the Knaus family, Cannon Sandy and his family, those affected by the storms on the mainland, and for the leadership and people of Ukraine.We pray that you will bring people together in worship. Enliven your church and bless Michael 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. 

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.