In our parish, we pray for: The Townsend Family, Norma & Carlos, Godwin, Hanohano & Makena, Sylvia, Ryan, Blake, Bruce, Olga & Yuri, Taghi, Susan K., Erwin, Heather, Wayne, Jeff & Kristi, Eugene &
Lois, and Lora V.
AND all who have COVID-19, caregivers, and those facing employment or housing struggles.
Please contact Athena in the office with any additional prayer requests
hncparish@gmail.com
We are posting a brief day by day meditation from Forward Movement. It's a great way to start your morning! Just click on the website above.
This week marks the beginning of our annual pledge campaign at Holy Nativity. The theme of our four-week campaign this year is “Every Perfect Gift,” which encourages us to be mindful of our many blessings.
Pledge cards for households to complete have been sent to those on our current parish mailing list. We ask that you return them, either by mail or by placing them in the offering plate at the church, by Nov. 21. If you have not received a card but wish to, please let our administrator, Athena DeRasmo, know, at: hncparish@gmail.com
If you wish to receive offering envelopes for your use on Sundays, let us know at the appropriate place on your pledge card and we will provide you a set in December.
This week, please pray for God’s guidance as we all consider our pledges for the coming year.
THE EPISCOPAL
DIOCESE OF HAWAII
GATHERS VIRTUALLY FOR CONVENTION 53
Diocesan Education Day was held virtually on last Friday, Oct 22. Drs. Johnathan Okomura and Akiemi Glenn offered brief overviews of "Race in Hawaii" and "Racial Reconciliation Efforts in Hawaii" during the plenary sessions. Small groups of 10-12 attendees then met to talk and pray about ways in which we, in the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii, can lend real, measurable support to those reconciliation efforts. As a next step, the Diocesan Task Force on Reconciliation will take the notes from all of the small groups and develop some actionable steps for committees and funding bodies in our diocese. Revs. Jenn, Bob, and Libby were very pleased to serve among the team of small group facilitators for the day.
Diocesan Convention was held virtually on the following day, Saturday, Oct 23. Holy Nativity delegates included Alison Kittle (who zoomed in from West Virginia!), Kathy Otani, and Louisa LeRoux, in addition to our clergy, the Revs. Bob Steele, Jenn Latham and Libby Berman.
Convention delegates viewed video messages from Camp Mokule'ia, our Prison Ministry team, and Halau Wa'a, a new ministry in West Oahu. They also passed the 2022 diocesan budget and elected nominees to the various diocesan governing bodies. They considered and passed resolutions making commitments to Creation Care, updating our diocesan canons, and increasing the minimum clergy compensation. At the end of Convention, there was a lengthy and well-deserved tribute to retiring (after 30 years!) Diocesan Treasurer, Peter Perreira.
May God keep watch over and bless our diocese until we meet again in Convention in October, 2022.
--Rev. Libby
The 2021 PUMPKIN FESTIVAL may have been MINI ; but the fun was
to daMAX!
Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen!!
November 7th is All Saints' Day Sunday.
" May their memory be a blessing"
Please contact the office with the names of your dearly departed, so that we may include them for All Saints' Day remembrances.
HNC Administrator (Athena) at:
hncparish@gmail.com OR call 808 373-2131
M-TH 9a-12p
SAVE THE DATE...
...Thrift ShopFall Festival & Holiday Sale!
Nov. 13th
9am-2pm
REMINDERS!
The funeral service and burial of long-time member of Holy Nativity, Lois Taylor Clark, will be held at Church of the Holy Nativity on Sunday,Nov 7 at 1pm. All are welcome.
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Please remember to take a few moments to complete the Diocesan Creation Care and Environmental Justice team's survey, as mentioned last week by Rev. Jenn:
