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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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Our Christ Memorial Episcopal Church annual meeting was held Sunday, January 29.

We reviewed our busy year and have some critical ongoing projects going into 2023. 

We have had a very successful year at our Helen Mitsui Shared Blessings Thrift Shop. Approximately 800 people visit our shop every week and we are the largest recycling center on the Northshore of Kauai. We have formalized our partnerships with other nonprofits so that items we can’t sell are passed on to them. All of us are diligently working together to keep anything that can be repurposed out of our landfill. We continue to sell essential goods at a very low price and give to those in need. The shop allows us to contribute in many ways to our beautiful community.  

Our search committee is continuing their work to find a Vicar for CMEC. They will be interviewing 4 candidates this month. The top three will be identified, and the Bishop’s Committee along with the Search Committee will select the best person for our congregation.  We are excited about the prospect of having a full time priest working with us.

We are scheduled to start building our vicarage in late February.  We plan to have it completed in the fall. It is a critical project since it is almost impossible to find a long term rental on the Northshore of Kauai and hiring a priest depends on having housing.  

All Bishop’s Committee members (Maggie Lea, Craig Wall, Leona Blankely, Phyllis Sommers, Bill Schilling, Helen Mitsui, Debra Sands and Rebecca Hullum) agreed to serve thru 2023.  We selected Bill Shilling and Craig Wall to represent us at the Diocesan Convention. David Akana will be our alternate.

Thank you for your prayers and financial support. We are blessed by each of you who remember us.

Aloha and Blessings,

Rebecca Hullum

Bishop’s Warden

CMEC

Join our teaching series Thursdays at 9:00 am with The Rev. Lowell E. Grisham. The book of conversation and study will be “The Road to Character” by David Brooks.

Next Week: The Thursday book discussion will pick up at page 115 of David Brooks' "The Road to Character," continuing our discussion of John Marshall. We will continue into Chapter 5, "Dignity" and the stories of A. Phillip Randolph and of Bayard Rustin.

Note: If you ever lose connection with Zoom, just go back to the Christ Memorial home page and click "Connect to Sunday Worship."

More about the book 'The Road to Character'

What are the great virtues that exist at the core of our being? -- kindness, bravery, honesty, faithfulness. With a journalist's eye, David Brooks tells stories of great champions of character. 

The Road to Character was a 2015 NY Times #1 Bestseller

For the second year in a row, the Diocese of Hawai'i will be holding a Prayer Hike concurrently on three islands. This year, family members are invited to join in, so get ready for a great day of hiking, prayer, fun and fellowship! Hikes take place on Saturday, March 25, beginning at 9:00 AM. Hikes should be completed by 1:00 PM. ​​

• O'ahu: Aiea Loop Trail (Leader - Lynea Mitchell)
• Kaua'i: Sleeping Giant (Leader - Rachel Secretario)
• Hawai'i Island: Volcano National Park (Leader - Lindy Marzo)

For more information, visit the Diocesan Youth webpage HERE, or download the flyer including the Prayer Hike Guide HERE, then register HERE. Be sure to complete the Waiver/Release form HERE and bring it with you.

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 events:

March 16th, 2023 at 6PM, All Saints’ Church in conjunction with the AGO, Hawaii Chapter, presents organist Caroline Robinson. Find more about this incredible performer here. 

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. 

SALT AND FAITH

by: Leslie Scoopmire

“You are the salt of the earth… and the light of the world.”

Matthew 5:13, 16

Reminder of the warm seas of our primordial wading ashore

in ages beyond words; or 

the amniotic fluid that caressed and cushioned us 

  beneath our mother’s beating heart; 

or the taste and trace of tears, whether joy or sorrow. 

The sun may cause the vapor to rise, but the salt remains– 

the water may ascend to heaven, 

  but the salt as God’s gift resolutely remains.

Our very blood carries the brackish proof 

  of its rootedness in our lives. 

Lot’s wife became intimately aware of her salty heritage 

when her backwards glance made her a pillar, and a warning. 

The poets say Scipio beat his swords into plowshares at Carthage’s collapse 

  so that he could sow not seed but salt as a blight and a curse. Rome 

later paid her soldiers in salt, the first “salary,” although

some take such tales “with a grain of salt.” 

But it is precious. 

It was required at each meal, 

  and offered on altars as a sign 

  of covenant faithfulness and steadfastness 

a reminder of tenderness where destruction could just as well rule.

It can be eaten but is never fully consumed. 

It preserves; 

  it saves; 

   it provides savor and delight. 

Our faithfulness is designed to be as vital, as blessed to all we encounter. 

Without flavor, it is nothing but bitter grit,

just as we are,

without faith.

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

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: Rosie, Sherry, Webb, David, Linda, David, Helen, Mary, Sandy, Bev, Jeanne, Chris, Carole, Elizabeth, Robert, Justin, Mike, Tony, Anthony, Carla and her family, the Duncan family, 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.