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April 2016 Volume 10, Issue 4

"The Messenger of Love"

Christ Church, Uniting Disciples and Presbyterians 1300 Kailua Rd, Kailua, HI, 96734-4356 Phone: 808.262.6911

Worship - Sunday, 10AM Email - [email protected]

www.ccukailua.org

Pastor Liz Leavitt www.facebook.com/ChristChurchUniting

from Pastor Liz Leavitt . . .

Dear CCU Ohana,

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Nothing else seems an appropriate beginning after the wonderful weekendwe've just enjoyed together over Easter. What a delight!

Wasn't Good Friday Blues Vespers fun??? We went out on a limb with thisnew and creative ministry and I think we can say it was a hit! Great music(thanks to Melody Heidel and Dale Machado), a great turnout (kudos tothose who brought guests!) and fabulous dessert to boot. What a specialand meaningful evening, one which has inspired me (and you too, I hope)to think about new ways we can combine our congregation's passion formusic, our spiritual practice and our outreach to the community.

Easter too, was such a special celebration. From my vantage point,everything seemed energized and celebratory. From the flowers (thanksBrennan's) to the music (thanks John Stiles, special musical guests, choirand its additional voices), from the good crowd gathered to the keikiactivities and festive potluck fellowship: everything seemed to reflect thegood news we were there to share. What a blessing.

In light of these recent high points, I wonder what else God might have in

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store for us. Seriously: CCU's well of expertise and passion is so deep andour potential for creative ministry so great. I think this Easter season is theperfect time to consider what other unexpected and wonderful ministries wemight consider. The Easter season is all about deepening our awareness ofand reflection on the new life that draws us together in Christ, which makesit an appropriate time to consider how we might bear witness to that newlife in our own midst in new ways.

I hope you'll keep bringing your ideas, your passions, and your friends (!)into the mix so we can give the Spirit as much as possible to work with! Butin the meantime, thank you for your contributions to a lively holy season.

And Easter blessings to all of you,Liz

April 2016CCU Event Schedule:

Key: K=Kitchen O=Ohana Rm PS=Pastor’s Study S=SanctuaryL=Lanai B3=upstairs class

Sundays: 10 am, Worship &Aloha Fellowship

4/2, Sat: 8am CCU’sBreakfast @ Honey’s Ko’olau

4/2, Sat: 9am FamilyPromise Setup / Clean-up

4/3, Sun: 8:30-11:30a HI-5container pick-up @ CCUparking lot

4/3-17: CCU Hosts FamilyPromise

4/4, Mon: 5pm StatedCouncil meeting

4/24 Sun: Earth Day Sunday!

4/24, Sun: May newslettercontributions due.

On March 6th Laurie Seavershared this beautiful

arrangement in celebration ofthe birthday of her daughters,Noelle and Tara, and Rob and

Laurie's 32nd weddinganniversary!

April BirthdaysJoel Allen........................ 1


Sunday, April 3rd,8:30-11:30 am

HI-5 CONTAINER PICK-UPDAY

at CCU.No glass bottles, please.

Please put containers in Heidels’white pick-up truck, which will be

parked in the CCU parking lot.CCU has chosen to give allrecycling collections to the

Institute for Human Services.~ an expression of compassion ~

~ a practice of eco-justice ~

John Hanlin..................... 6Christopher Lyman.......... 9Lu Burgoyne................. 13Tennyson McCreanor...... 15Ron Seiple.................... 15Jason Barnhill................ 19Jennings McCreanor........ 21Josephine Miles.............. 21Mark Mitchell.................. 24

AnniversariesRollo Scheurenbrand &Charlene Hosenfeld......... 23David White &Susie Jannuzzi .............. 11

REMEMBER CCUAS YOU SHOP

ONLINE!

Amazon willdonate 0.5% ofthe price of youreligible purchases(AmazonSmile)to Christ ChurchUniting Disciplesand Presbyterianswhenever you shoponline atsmile.amazon.com/


On March 13th Paul Brennanadorned the altar with hisbeautiful yellow heleconia

flowers.

Beth Davidann dedicated theseflowers to Jon's mom, LucilleThares, who celebrated her

birthday on that day, March 20th

Thank you, Paul & Dottie Brennan,

for this spectacular Easter floral

display!

Mahalo to Bill for all of yourSunday flower photos! Mahalo to Lauren for yourGood Friday & Easterphotos. Mahalo to Rollo forthe Easter photos. Thankyou, all, for sharing.


All those interested in discussing the church's 2016 mission giving areinvited to meet immediately after worship this Sunday, 4/3, for a short

meeting with Mission Elder, Paul Brennan. Join us!

One Great Hour of SharingYou can still donate this Sunday. What is OGHS?

Presbyterians have joined with millions of other

Christians through One Great Hour of Sharing to

share God's love with people experiencing need. Our

gifts support ministries of disaster response, refugee

assistance and resettlement, and community

development that help people find safe refuge, start

new lives and work together to strengthen their

families and communities.

Your donation will also assist in the disastrous

bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.

Donate online here.


Sunday's 8:30a-9:20

Parliament of the World's ReligionsApril 3, 10, 17

The beginning of the global interfaith movement is considered to be 1893in Chicago with the first gathering of the Parliament of the World’sReligions.

The latest gathering of the parliament was in Salt Lake City in October,2015 where Marian and John Heidel joined ten thousand other people foran event-filled five days of engaging some of the world’s most pressingconcerns. From over eighty countries and representing at least thirtydifferent religions, they considered some of the challenges that face peopleof faith.

Join us in the 'Ohana room (8:30a-9:25) as Marian & John Heidel sharetheir experience of the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions.


Looking Back and Forth!By Rosemary Allen

Back in the early 1960's two churches wereforming congregations on the windward slopes ofKailua. Christ Presbyterian Church and WindwardChristian Church eventually came together (inthe present building) as Christ Church Uniting -and lives on (since the late 1960's) in its Kailuahillside home. While the present church building was "goingup" the members carried equipment (chairs plusvaried equipment) to Kailua High Schoolauditorium for Sunday services - even musicalequipment. In 1966 our new church building wascompleted "up the hill" a little further - and we'vebeen there ever since! In 1974 we held a "formal" chartering ofChrist Church Uniting Disciples and Presbyteriansas CCU. We have remained so! Many people have "served" CCU throughthese years. You will recognize the names ofmany who have served us as pastors.

~Pastors~Christ Presbyterian Church1963-67 R. W. (Bill) McClellan, organizing pastor, first pastor1965-70 Abraham H. (Ab) Dohi, assistant pastor*1968-81 Warren G. Studer, pastor

Windward Christian ChurchEarly/mid 60s Hugh Williams, interim pastor1960-65 Stanley Kain, pastor1966-72 Ray Akin, pastor*1972-74 F. D. (Bon) Bonvillain, pastoralintern

Christ Church, Uniting Disciples andPresbyterians1982-83 Richard S, (Dick) Walenta, interimpastor1983-91 Donna Faith Eldredge, pastor1991-92 Wallace F. Fukunaga, interim


pastor1992-94 James J. Pitts, pastor1994-96 Ronald S. Bezanson, interimpastor1996-2009 Fabian M. (Buddy) Summers, Jr.,pastor2009-2010 Wallace F. Fukunaga, interimpastor2011-2013 Kerry B. Grogan, pastor2014 Dwight Morita, interim pastor2015-present Liz Leavitt


Good Friday, March 25thBlues Vespers


Easter Sunday, March 27th

CCU Mission Spotlight onFamily Promise Hawai'i


The Family Promise mission is to mobilize existing community resourcesto aid families with children experiencing homelessness and help themtransition to sustainable independence.

Who they are...Family Promise of Hawai’i is a new and innovative program to helpfamilies with children escape homelessness. Founded in Hawaii in 2005,we opened up our first Family Center in Kailua and then in 2007, weexpanded to our second Family Center in Honolulu. We now run twointerfaith networks, one on the windward side and one in town.

They are there every step...We do this by developing, training, and supporting a network of interfaithcongregations whom host families quarterly. Each host site provides asafe place to sleep, good food, and generous hospitality. Guests stay at ahost site for a week, then move on to the next host site.

Help where it is neededDuring the day, guests work, pursue employment, attend school, or enrollin job training. A Family Center provides access to phones, mail, fax, acopier, showers, and laundry facilities. Three to five families (up to 14individuals) can be accommodated by each network at any given time.The program provides transportation to and from the host sites and theFamily Center.

Family Promise at CCUSAVE DATES FOR 2016 & PLEASE VOLUNTEER!

April 3 - 17 (two weeks)Sept 18 - 25Dec 11 - 18


Who are your 2016 Council Members?Christ Church Uniting Elders

Paul Brennan ('17): Mission & Pastoral Care,Personnel Committee (Vice-Chair)

Dianne Brookins ('17): Finance & Stewardship,Nominating Committee (Vice-Chair)

John Heidel ('18): Spiritual Development & Education, Clerk of Council

Susie Jannuzzi ('16): Fellowship, Nominating Committee (Chair)

John Stiles ('18): Worship, Music & Outreach,Personnel Committee (Chair)

Annie Walenta (’18): Facilities

Treasurer:Dianne Brookins

2016 Personnel Committee:Paul Brennan (Vice-Chair), Dick Walenta (’17), Richard Smith (’16),

Charlene Hosenfeld (’16)2016 Nominating Committee:

Dianne Brookins (Vice-Chair), Pat Gilbert, Tyffany McCue, Cynthia Tchou2016 Audit Committee: Keith Zeilinger, Paul Haring

Deacons Ministry TeamRosemary Allen (Emeritus)

Jamie Allen (‘16)Jane Muench (’16)Cynthia Tchou (‘16)Dottie Brennan (’18)

Green Team: Charlene HosenfeldAdult Education Coordinator: John HeidelKeiki Church Coordinator: Beth Davidann

Kitchen Coordinator: Pat GilbertWebmaster: Paul Belanger


from Reed Glover

According to Reed, CCU used tohave Cedar trees (from Lebanon)planted on each side of the centerstairs until they became termiteridden. He crafted this bowl fromone of the cedar blocks, anddonated it to CCU on March 23,2016.


Date Name Duty3-Apr Liz Leavitt Minister

Richard Smith &Dottie Brennan

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Laurie Seaver LiturgistPaul Brennan Keiki SermonJohn Stiles T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup

10-Apr Liz Leavitt MinisterPaul Haring & Jimzy Lui Usher / GreeterJohn Heidel LiturgistBeth Davidann Keiki SermonPaul Brennan T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup

17-Apr Liz Leavitt MinisterJohn & Marian Heidel Usher / GreeterCourtney Nichols LiturgistLiz Leavitt Keiki SermonAnnie Walenta T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup

24-Apr Liz Leavitt MinisterRollo Scheurenbrand &Charlene Hosenfeld

Usher / Greeter

Laurie Seaver LiturgistMarian Heidel Keiki SermonDianne Brookins T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup


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