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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.

Foran online service, join us at 9:30 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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Falling Upward; A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

by Richard Rohr

Online Book Study via Zoom with The Rev. Scott Lee.

Thursdays from

August 24 – October 5

Class Schedule:

1. August 24 – Introduction and Chapter One

2. August 31 – Chapters Two and Three

3. September 7 - no meeting

4. September 14 – Chapters Four and Five

5. September 21 – Chapters Six and Seven

6. September 28 – Chapters Eight, Nine and Ten

7. October 5 – Chapters Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen

8. October 12 – Coda and Reflection

To join the zoom class meetings go to our website, christmemorialkauai.org and click on 'connect to Sunday worship' at 9:00 am on Thursdays.

SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM PRESIDING BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY TO THE DIOCESE OF HAWAI'I

August 29, 2023



Presiding Bishop Michael Curry shared a message of care of compassion to the Diocese of Hawai'i, and especially to those affected by the deadly Maui fires that destroyed Lahaina and a community that included Holy Innocents Episcopal Church. You can view the video message on both our YouTube Channel HERE or on our Facebook page HERE. (The text of his message can be read further below.)

We are grateful to the Presiding Bishop for taking the time to share this message, as he faces his own serious health issues. He was only recently released from the hospital on August 23, and is scheduled for surgery soon. Continue to keep our Presiding Bishop in your prayers, for his full recovery.

The text of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's video message to the Diocese dated August 29, 2023:

Dear Friends in Christ,

As we head into the Labor Day Weekend, I want to thank Bishop Fitzpatrick for inviting me to share a word with you.

When we became aware of the widlfires on Maui, we, who are your Episcopal family, together with good people of all faiths and convictions, have been praying fervently and holding you deeply in our hearts. We continue to pray for those who have died. We continue to pray for those who grieve the loss of loved ones, homes and communities. We continue to pray for those who have been or are under medical care, for those who are missing, and for all who have been hurt or harmed in any way.

While many of us in your Episcopal family are far away and unable to be there with you in a physical and embodied way, please know that we are with you in prayer and in spirit. As our Book of Common Prayer prays, not only with our lips but in our lives. That is what your family is doing, and will continue to do through tangible acts of love. 

There has been a great outpouring of love for you by supporting Episcopal Relief and Development's work, for and with the Diocese of Hawai'i and the people of Maui.

The Rector of St. Martin's Church in Houston, for example, the largest parish in the Episcopal Church, sent me a copy of his passionate appeal to his congregation, for your support. That has been true of churches large and small, urban, suburban, small towns, throughout the Episcopal Church.

I can say from my experience as a bishop for these 23 years,and now as Presiding Bishop, that when the cameras are gone, and the news media coverage has ebbed, the Church will still be there. I remember well after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, your church family, through Episcopal Relief and Development and others, was still working for the redevelopment of communities years later. The same was true at the time of the catastrophic earthquake of 2010 in Haiti. And same will be true for you.

Bishop Fitzpatrick, the clergy and the people of the Diocese of Hawai'i, and your family that is The Episcopal Church, will be with you in every way that we can, for as long as we can. 

Now many of us cannot be with you in an embodied way, but we are your family in Christ Jesus, the one who promised, "I will be with you always, even until the end of the age." 

So may the Lord bless you, and keep you. May the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you, and give you his peace. The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, be on you and remain with you this day and forever more. Amen.

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.

We remember The Madonna and Child mural from The Holy Innocents church

Holy Innocents in Lahaina was destroyed, but amazingly, the church sign, bearing a cropped copy of the iconic and now destroyed altar mural, was left virtually unscathed. It has been reported so far that Fr. Bruce DeGooyer and his wife Sylvia are safe. Those that they have been able to get in touch with and have lost homes, have been relocated to other parts of Maui or O'ahu.

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

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.

Sunday school will be held at 8:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall across from Christ Memorial with beloved teacher Leona.

Aloha ke akua.

Helen Mitsui Shared Blessings Thrift Shop in Kilauea is seeking Volunteers for 2023.

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: Rae, Sylas, Sid, Jo, Charlyn, Erin, Wyatt, the Wills family, Marcie, Miranda, Dan, Niles, Robbie, Elise, Jane, Amelia, Margaret, Gordon, Dale, Webb, Linda, David, Helen, Tony, Anthony, Penny, Dwight, Tommy, Jennifer, and the leadership and people of Ukraine. We pray also for the people of Russia who wish for peace and an end to the war. And for the people and land of Maui -- especially for those who have lost their loved ones, homes and livelihoods.

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.