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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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Welcome back to Ed and his wife, Andrea, who were with us Advent and Christmas before last. Ed and Andrea are excited about returning to Christ Memorial and we are very pleased to have them back! E komo mai.

Bio: Ed just retired from 17 years of shared service with Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Baptized into Christ Church at Grace St. Luke's Episcopal Church where he also attended the parochial school through the 6th grade. In 1968 when Dr King was assassinated, Ed was in the eighth grade at a large public school. This event and the subsequent civil unrest in Memphis in general and the functional integration of Central High School of which Ed was a part in particular made a deep impression. 

Ed's first full-time job with the Episcopal Church was in 1977 when he became Youth Minister and Assistant at All Saints’ Episcopal, Memphis. In 1979 Ed married Andrea Newsom also from Memphis. In 1982 they moved just north of Memphis to St. Columba Episcopal Conference Center where Ed served as the founding director. All three of their now adult children were born in the 10 years they were at St Columba. 

In 1992 the family moved to Jackson Mississippi where Ed served as Assistant for Parish Formation at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral. 1996 brought them to Little Rock Arkansas where Ed served for 8 years as Subdean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. In 2004 Ed became Vicar of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Little Rock, and then Rector when St Michael's became a parish. 

Ed and Andrea currently live in Little Rock where from their front porch they can see the front porch of two grandchildren and also the back porch of two other grandchildren. The other two grandchildren live just up the highway in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Andrea plans to press Ed into service in her on site flower farm. Ed is also looking forward to spending more time in community organizing, which he calls practicing Holy Communion Monday through Saturday. 

Ed and Andrea are looking forward to seeing what God is doing at Christ Memorial.

With the recent rebuilding of their pipe organ, All Saints' in Kapa'a has begun hosting the Makana Mele Concert series featuring renowned organists from around the world.

Upcoming Makana Mele event:

April 15th, 2023 at 6PM, local musician Daniel Welch presents a benefit concert for the Wilcox/Sloggett 'Ohana Organ. Daniel has been studying organ with Oahu organist Kathy Crosier. Come support our pipe organ and see how we are reaching young musicians with the gift of pipe organ music. 

Are you looking for a centering practice during Lent? Join the CAC online contemplative community for a free series of Virtual Sit Meditations to cultivate greater awareness during this Lenten season. Live streamed on YouTube, these virtual meditations will take place each Friday at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET; 7 p.m. GMT), from February 24 until April 7.

Virtual Sit Meditations for Lent

Every Friday from February 24 – April 7, 2023 

Featuring CAC Faculty and Staff

Presented by the Center for Action and Contemplation 

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

EMPTY

By: Leslie Scoopmire

Philippians 2:5-11

Empty of all privilege and power, 

empty of all vanity and puffed up pride 

he arrives not as a great warrior 

astride a mighty war horse. 

Nobodies herald him, 

the collaborators yawn and snicker 

the authorities wave their hands dismissively 

— for now. 

Empty 

not like the chamber of a gun,

not like a fainthearted suitor pleading his case

not like the scroll of years in a crosscut of a tree,

 rippling concentrically, 

 adamantly, 

 if finitely.

Not like the would-be tyrant’s vise-like grin.

Empty like a ledger wiped clean, 

power ceded so that love is seeded and sown;

empty like cedar branches holding the morning light 

already eons old.

Lord, make us empty 

the way petals unfurl like a fist unclenched 

the way a heart, unburdened, embraces hope 

so that we may stand in solidarity 

 with the least of the least 

 out of love with the stranger 

shedding all that holds us back 

 from embracing the dream of God for all

borne aloft on a rood of love.

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: Lowell, Gordon, Jessica, Sherry, Webb, David, Linda, David, Helen, Mary, Bev, Jeanne, Chris, Carole, Elizabeth, Robert, Justin, Mike, Tony, Anthony, Penny, Betsy, Tom the leadership and people of Ukraine, and those affected in Turkey and Syria.  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.