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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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We are elated to announce the call of our new Vicar, the Reverend Catherine Amy Kropp, to Christ Memorial Episcopal Church. 

We look forward to welcoming her on November 1, and her first Sunday with us will be on November 5. The Celebration of New Ministry will take place with Bishop Fitzpatrick sometime in the near future.

Catherine Amy comes to us from the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska where she has served as Associate Rector, St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Anchorage, focusing on pastoral care and children and youth ministries, as well as a traveling priest in villages throughout Alaska. Most recently she has managed projects and grant-writing and served as an instructor for Dancing With the Spirit, a traveling ministry connecting Alaska Native elders and youth, promoting spiritual, physical and wellness through the joy and love of music, and preserving Alaska Native language, culture and music. She recently returned from an international volunteer mission in north Lebanon, serving with Relief & Reconciliation for Syria at their Peace Center, a safe house for vulnerable youth.

Catherine Amy is a registered Maine Guide and former high school math and science teacher with experience in outdoor education and leadership. She has guided groups of all ages on spiritual pilgrimages in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories.

She graduated from Yale Divinity School with two degrees, Master of Divinity (2017) and Master of Sacred Theology (2019). She has a passion for the sense of interconnectedness pertaining to social, ecological and racial justice, and she loves to explore the cosmic dimensions of Christianity within spiritual formation and parish ministry. She also has a Diploma in Anglican Studies from the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and a Masters degree in history from University of Cambridge (M.Phil. 1994). Her undergraduate studies included forest ecology and took place at the University of Maine.

In addition to enjoying the outdoors, she plays cello and piano, loves to learn new instruments, such as the guitar and ukulele, and study languages. She speaks German and has recently begun learning Levantine Arabic. 

You may recognize Rev. Catherine Amy as she came to Christ Memorial as part of our Clergy in Residence program this past year when we discovered a mutual sense of call and shared ministry. As you might guess, we are thankful she has agreed to share her many gifts with us, and we are excited about our future under her leadership.

Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick will be visiting Christ Memorial for both services (8:00 am and 9:30 am) on Sunday October 8, 2023. Read more about Bishop Bob here.

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.

After the deadliest earthquake to hit Morocco in decades took more than 2,000 lives, and the death toll continued to grow, World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay called for prayer and solidarity from the WCC global fellowship and from all people of good will across the world.

“As people search for their loved ones, and mourn those they have lost, we pray for the first responders, and for the churches struggling to meet dire needs on the frontlines of this terrible disaster,” said Pillay. “This is a catastrophe, and we only know part of the extent of the damage.”

Read the entire article here.

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. 

Help us… help you… help those affected by the Maui Wildfires!

Due to the generosity from people around the Diocese, country, and globe, we want to make sure we can help wherever help is needed. We are asking every congregation to think BIG on this one. For example, if there is someone you know (or have heard about) that has taken in family or friends who were displaced, they may find themselves with a tripled-or-quadrupled electricity bill that they hadn’t seen coming. Same goes for the increase in food and household living costs. 

Assistance isn’t limited to just people currently on Maui (there are many who have taken people in on other islands), nor is it ever limited to Episcopalians. So combine your thinking hats and your generous hearts and let us know! To send a request for financial assistance, click on the button below:

Sharing One Home Can Change Two Lives

Homesharing Hawaiʻi is a project of Hawai‘i Intergenerational Network, a nonprofit with IRS 501(c)(3) status. Our program helps match individuals seeking a home with people who have a home to share. Two or more people share a home for mutual benefit. A person offers a private bedroom and shared common space in exchange for rent, help around the house or a combination of the two. Each home sharing arrangement is tailored to the unique needs and interests of the people involved. To learn more, visit their website HERE.

The Diocese headline photo was taken on Kaua'i where the Waiolahui'ia Center for Ministry's Class of 2023 held a graduation gathering for those on the ordination track. Pictured above are the recent graduates, continuing students, instructors and mentors. From L-R: the Rev. Diane Martinson (mentor), the Rev. Preston Lentz (guest speaker), Mary Margaret Smith (graduate), Jeannie Cooper (continuing student), Catherine MacPherson Tampos (graduate), Robert Bley-Vroman (continuing student), Suzanne Kobayashi (graduate), the Rev. David Jackson,(instructor), the Rev. Haaheo Guanson (Dean), the Rev. Ray Woo (instructor) (Contributed photo)

Congratulations to the graduates!

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: Sylas, Charlyn, Erin, Wyatt, the Wills family, Niles, Robbie, Elise, Jane, Amelia, Margaret, Gordon, Dale, Webb, Linda, David, Helen, Tony, Anthony, Penny, Dwight, Tommy, Jennifer, Matthew and the Bowman family. We also pray for those that died, especially our friend Jimmy. We pray also for the people and leadership of Ukraine and the people of Russia who wish for peace and an end to the war; and for the people and land of Maui -- those who have lost their loved ones, homes, businesses 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.