Up Coming Events
HOLY WEEK:
April 2, Palm Sunday Service @ 9:00 am
April 4, Tuesday: Church Picnic on Zoom @ 2:00 pm
April 5, Wednesday Book Study on line: The Irrational Season, Chapter 5 @ 10:00 am
April 6, Thursday: Kona Pops Concert @ 5:30 pm on the church grounds
April 7, Friday: Passover Meal (Seder Meal) @ 5:30 pm in the sanctuary
April 9, Easter Sunday service @ 9:00 am. Guest soloists: John Stover and Amy Mills
The Living Cross is a keiki centered activity. Keiki help to decorate a cross during the service and upon completion, the cross is raised above the altar symbolizing the resurrection. T
An Easter Egg Hunt is after the service.
MARK YOUR APRIL CALENDAR!
April 20, Thursday: Talk Story Session with Boyd Bond @ 5:30 pm on King Kalakaua
April 27, Thursday: Kona Brass Concert @ 5:30 pm on the church grounds
On April 6, 2023, Hokuloa's own Music Director, Gary Ross will be part of the
group is the Kona Pops which played at Hokuloa UCC in December. They will be doing a 1 hour program playing music from film, Broadway and other pop music favorites.
The concert is again sponsored by the Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra in Waimea.
The concert is at 5:30 and free to the public.
Talk Story with Boyd Bond Resumes
Historian Boyd Bond will inform and entertain the community members during his presentation The events are co-sponsored by Hokuloa Church and the Puako Historical Society.
The date and topic for an upcoming session is:
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April 20, King David Kalakaua, diplomat, inventor, scientist, world traveler also known as the Merrie Monarch. The Hilo hula festival was named to honor his efforts to restore hula and raise up Hawaiians in their own homeland.
There are many opportunities to support Hokuloa's worship service each Sunday - lay liturgist, set-up/take-down, ushers, counters, fellowship food, flowers & altar preparation, AV technician, etc.
Do you enjoy chatting? Then consider being the Sunday Zoom Host - greet those who worship via Zoom and facilitate the post-worship talk story session among Zoom participants. The Zoom host will sign in to the worship meeting on Zoom about 10 minutes before the service begins. The AV Tech will make the Zoom host a co-host so that they can admit worshippers from the virtual waiting room. The host can greet Zoom participants verbally or via chat. The host will monitor the chat box during worship. Following worship the host will get the online talk story session rolling. The Zoom Worship Host is an ideal volunteer opportunity for those who regularly worship via Zoom.
If you are willing to serve as Zoom host (or in any other volunteer capacity) on selected Sundays, please email Anne Marie Murphy to be added to the monthly volunteer invitation. The invitation is an email with a link to sign up on the virtual clipboard. When you volunteer you will receive an email reminder about your role a few days in advance.
A Few Decent Docents
The church is open on Thursdays from 10am to 2pm for visitors and we're seeking more Thursday Greeters.
Would you like to be on the church grounds to greet and talk story with drop in visitors? Are you friendly? Then you are qualified to join Yvonne, David, Melissa and Cindi to greet visitors on Thursdays. A Set Up/Take Down List and a five-page History of Hokuloa are provided to the Docents.
For an in-person orientation - please drop by on any Thursday between 10am and 2pm for a 30 minute orientation. If you are off-island and would like to be a future greeter - please email Yvonne.
