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KA LEO O KEALOHA ( The Voice of Love )

Kaumakapili Church 766 N. King St., Honolulu, HI 96817

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“Nōlaila ho‘i, o ka mea lohe i kēia mau ‘ōlelo a‘u, a mala ho‘i ia,

E ho‘ohālike iā ia me ke kanaka na‘auao,

nana i kūkulu kona hale maluna o ka pōhaku.” [Mataio 7:24]

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them to practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” [Matthew 7:24]

Volume 11, Issue 11 ‘Okakopa 2014

Scripture

"This is my last gift to you, this example of a way of life: a

life of hard work, a life of helping the weak, a life that

echoes every day those words of Jesus our King, who said,

“It is more blessed to give than to receive."

[The Voice: Acts 20:35]

Aloha e na hoahanau me na hoaloha,

Why do you give to your church?

We each have different motivations and capacities for

giving, and every gift and pledge is gratefully received. Your

Board of Stewardship’s one hope is that your support for our

ministries comes from a profound sense of gratitude and joy

for all you receive through your relationship with God and the

members of our church.

That’s why we’ve chosen “Blessed to be a blessing” as

our stewardship theme this year. We are blessed. We share a

strong faith with each other. We celebrate the joyful events in

each other’s lives and comfort each other in times of trial and

sorrow. We welcome everyone and anyone to join us, and we

change the lives of people in our community – people who

may never set foot in our church – simply because they have

no one else to turn to, and we are here, and we count ourselves

blessed.

Our church has ministered faithfully for more than 176

years – not because members have given year after year out

of duty, obligation, guilt or fear. Such motivations can’t

sustain an institution for nearly two centuries. No, our

church is still here, still strong and vibrant, because genera-

tions and generations of members have counted themselves

blessed and have therefore supported its mission with

generous gifts of gratitude and joy. Now it’s up to us.

In worship, fellowship, study and faith-sharing groups,

service opportunities and more, we’re growing as an

extended family. Your generous gift will continue to build

the web of caring and community for all. As you count

yourself “blessed to be a blessing,” please consider increas-

ing your pledge for 2014 and beyond.

Stewardship Sunday is November 9th. Please plan now

to worship at 10:30 a.m. Over the next few weeks you’ll be

hearing from the Board of Stewardship and some special,

deeply personal messages from members of our church

family who feel blessed to be among us. Please use this

time to reflect on the many ways you can count yourself

blessed and then

give gratefully, gen-

erously, and joyful-

ly in support of our

ministries in 2014.

Sincerely in Christ,

Kahu Kamanu

Kahu’s Korner By Kahu Richard K. Kamanu

Kahu Mua

Ka Leo O Kealoha, page 8

October

October 5, 2014

Psalms 80:7-15

Matthew 21:33-46

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9

October 12, 2014

Psalms 106:1-6, 19-23

Matthew 22:1-14

Exodus 32:1-14

October 19, 2014

Psalms 96:1-9

Matthew 22:15-22

Exodus 33:12-23

October 26, 2014

Psalms 1

Matthew 22:34-46

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Birthdays

OCTOBER

October 1 Margaret Tamanaha

October 7 Francis Malani Jr.

October 8 Kanoe Wong

October 13 Ruby Kaneao

October 14 Tiffany Canonigo

October 15 Gertrude Cabacungan

October 18 Marcus Maunakea

October 19 Annabell Lakalo

October 20 Florencio Cabacungan

October 21 Lehuanani Castro

Suelun Chronister

October 23 Gordon Bright

October 24 Leocadia Heleloa

October 25 Chelsea Fernandez

October 27 Myrtle Vetekina-Stewart

October 28 Tatiana Hurley

October 29 Caroline Malani

If you do not see your birthday listed, it means the office does not have the

information on file. Please contact the office with your information and we

will update our records.

October Flowers

October 5: In Memory of Lily Kekahuna

October 12: In Memory of Henry Maunakea

October 19: A. Lakalo, Marcus, Tati

October 26: Kahu Kamanu- KS75 Classmates

The Kaumakapili Church Mission Statement Kaumakapili Church, thankful for the gifts received from God, founded in 1838 for the maka‘āinana, the common folk, rich in Hawai‘ian tradition and diverse backgrounds, bounded in covenant with all in the United Church of Christ, led by the Spirit, declares its mission to glorify God by bearing the fruits of God’s aloha and gifts, and so proving to be faithful disciples of Christ, who are equipped for the work of the ministry of proclaiming the good news for all people: by witnessing in word and deed, by serving those in need, by welcoming and receiving all people into the church fellowship, and by nurturing and equipping the church members for the growth of the Body of Christ.

Ka Leo O Kealoha, page 2 Ka Leo O Kealoha, page 7

‘Okakopa 2014 ACTIVITIES

Lāpule Pō‘akahi Pō‘alua Pō‘akolu Pō‘aha Pō‘alima Pō‘aono

1 Ke‘ena ‘Ohina:

5-8p Halau Board Room:

2-4p Ukulele Class (See Matt Motas to confirm)

2 Board Room:

3-5p Ukulele Class(See Matt Motas to confirm) Sanctuary:

6:00pm Choir Rehearsal

3

4 Ke’ena Ohina:

8am BOD Mtg.

5

Sanctuary:

9-9:30a Children’s Worship Time 9:30 - 10:15a Baibala 10:30a-12n Worship Communion Board Room:

9-10a Ukulele Class Neighbors in Need Offering

6 Kahu’s Day Off

7 Hale Aloha:

7:30-9 Food Bank Prep

8 Hale Aloha:

8:00-10:00 Food Bank Ke‘ena ‘Ohina:


2-4p Ukulele Class (See Matt Motas to confirm)

9 Board Room:

3-5p Ukulele Class(See Matt Motas to confirm) Sanctuary:

6:00pm Choir Rehearsal

10

11

12 Kahu’s Vacation Sanctuary: 9-9:30 Children’s Worship Time 9:30 - 10:15a Baibala 10:30a-12n Worship Board Room:

9-10a Ukulele Class 12n Council Mtg. Membership Orientation

13 Kahu’s Day Off

14

15 Ke‘ena ‘Ohina:


2-4p Ukulele Class(See Matt Motas to confirm)

16 Board Room:


17 Aha Halawai

18 Aha Halawai

19

Sanctuary: 9-9:30 Children’s Worship Time 9:30 - 10:15a Baibala 10:30a-12n Worship Board Room:

9-10a Ukulele Class BAPTISMS

Aloha Sunday

Membership Orientation

20Kahu’s Day Off

21 Hale Aloha:

7:30-9 Food Bank Prep

22 Hale Aloha:

8:00-10:00 Food Bank Board Room:


23 Board Room:


24

25

26 Sanctuary: 9-9:30a Children’s Worship Time 9:30 - 10:15a Baibala 10:30a-12n Worship Board Room:

9-10a Ukulele Class Food Bank Sunday Membership Orientation Fall Festival/Ho’ike

27Kahu’s Day Off 28

29 Hale Aloha:

8:00-10:00 Food Bank Board Room:


30 Board Room:


31 Ke’ena Ohina:

6pm Youth Group Halloween Party

10/7/14


Oyez, Oyez, Oyez

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear ye

The Town Crier in the Middle Ages and even earlier

was the vocal newsman of the time making important

announcements about happenings in the town, meetings,

births, deaths, any noteworthy news. The Crier carried a bell

which he rung with great vigor and announced his presence

in a booming voice,"hear ye, hear ye, hear ye", and people

would gather 'round to hear the latest news or gossip. The

first mention of a Crier in the Bible may be found in the

Douay–Rheims Catholic translation of the Bible in Genesis

41: 43, "And he made him go up into his second chariot, the

crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him,

and that they should know he was made governor over the

whole land of Egypt."

The Nomination Committee is the "Crier" for the church

when we canvas members and friends to serve on Boards and

Committees. We are always looking for different and

innovative ways to get people to "hear ye, hear ye, hear ye".

So, we are launching a series of articles in our monthly

newsletter called "Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye". What we

hope to feature is each Board and Committee and maybe

share some insightful stories or anecdotes from members.

The first committee is us, the Nomination Committee.

It says in the church By-Laws that the Committee shall

consist of three members. Currently the three members are

Zena Kaehu, Iris deRego and Roberta Jahrling. Our job is to

provide names of eligible nominees for all open positions on

the execs and the boards and committees of the Church

Council and to present a slate of nominees to the Church

Council at its December meeting. The slate would then be

presented to the church membership for vote at the annual

meeting.

As committee members we like to keep an open mind

and a positive attitude that we will find people in the

vineyard to do God's work. He is an awesome God and we

are confident that both members and non-members serving

as committee members or kokua will hear the Crier's call,

"hear he, hear ye, hear ye".

Serving on the Committee gives us the opportunity to

get out into our church family to talk to members and

friends. Our goal is to know who the workers are in God's

vineyard. The soil is fertile, we just need to turn the soil

over, sow the seeds of God's love, sprinkle as much

information and knowledge as possible and wait for the

harvesting.

As the "criers"

for the church

we just love to

tell the stories

of the good

works of the

boards and

committees.

So, stay tuned

for more shar-

ing from the

Nomination

Committee.

Upcoming Events

OCTOBER Sun., Oct 5-8th UCC Camp Erdman Youth Camp

Sun., Oct. 12, 19, 26 Membership Orientation Classes

Fri./Sat., Oct. 17-18 ‘Aha Halawai-Big Island

Sat., Oct. 18th ‘Aha Mokupuni-Nuuanu, 8am

Sun., Oct 26 Fall Festival/OSCA Ho‘ike

Fri., Oct. 31 Youth Group Halloween Party

NOVEMBER

Tue., Nov. 11 Office Closed- Veteran’s Day

Fri., Nov. 14 Youth Group

Sun., Nov. 16 Founder’s Day Service

Sat., Nov. 22 Youth Service Project

Sun., Nov. 23 New Members Received

Tue., Nov. 25 Advent Study 1

Continued from Page 1

Mahalo nui for

all who contributed to the

Give Aloha Campaign!

The Foodbank

The Tenth Annual Hunger Walk sponsored by the

Hawaii Foodbank was a success in many ways. It

showed the concern the greater community has for

those less fortunate and in need. The Foodbank had

more walkers this year than ever before. The crowd at

the beginning of the walk was excited and full of

energy, despite the hot weather! The Kaumakapili

walkers enthusiastically helped contribute to the

success. The Church had more walkers this year than

last year (many more), and the supporters of the

walkers contributed a record amount for the benefit of

our food bank.

Our walkers ranged in age from 2

to 72, and many families took part. It

was truly heart-warming to see our

families there, especially the younger

folk. There were an estimated 30

Kaumakapili faithful present, a true

showing of the church's commitment to this program.

Unfortunately, the financial results won't be announced

until the end of October, but we can safely say that

contributions were double that of last year.

A huge mahalo to Aunty Wendy Garcia and Aunty

Claudia Kahalekulu for encouraging our families and

others to participate, and a huge mahalo as well to the

supporters. More information about the Walk will be

shared next month.

Initially, this was to be a brief and simple

announcement of the annual UCC’s Neighbors in Need

special offering. However, we beg your understanding

and prayerful participation in the sharing and discussions

taking place within your Board of Stewardship.

Therefore, your BOS is informing our Kaumakapili

Church ohana we will be promoting the UCC’s Neighbor

in Need special offering beginning on October 7th.

The focus of the year’s NIN special offerings, being

promoted by our denomination’s Justice and Witness

Ministries, is on education, as we see in the promotional

literature enclosed in our Sunday Worship Bulletin. But,

we do report the funds are awarded to a wide range of

innovative and locally creative programs addressing the

JWM vision of “to do justice, seek peace and build

communities”.

To assure you that some NIN funds do make it

back,to Hawaii, we can report Kaumakapili Church was

a grantee as support of our Outreach program a few years

back. Another grant was made to the Waipa project on

Kauai for the community to purchase a tractor. That

provided members of the coop the ability to increase their

acreage for planting taro. The poi production has

increased and the cost remained affordable. The kupuna

especially benefitted. These are just two examples of

funds returning and helpful.

And yes, your BOS is tasked to manage the “Five

for Five” annual UCC denomination’s mission program

for which we receive a certificate. The four special

offerings are One Great Hour of Sharing on the 4th

Sunday of Lent, Strengthen the Church at Pentecost,

Neighbors in Need on World Communion Sunday and the

Christmas Fund/Veterans of the Cross on the 4th Sunday

of Advent. Finally we contribute as a congregation for

basic support. to OCWM (Our Churches’ Wider

Missions). We, at Kaumakapili Church, also do the Henry

Opukahaia Scholarship fund for the Hawaii Conference

UCC. That actually makes us a Six for Six congregation.

So, yes, we come to you often.

Your BOS seek your support as we attempt to

responsibly engage in our duties on your behalf.

Stewardship Committee

October

7

8

21

22

November

11

12

25

26

Food Prep Day

Distribution

Food Prep Day

Distribution

Food Prep Day

Distribution

Food Prep Day

Distribution

7:30-9:00am

7:30-10:00am

7:30-9:00am

7:30-10:00am

7:30-9:00am

7:30-10:00am

7:30-9:00am

7:30-10:00am

Food Bank Volunteer Schedule


being groomed to care for our pokii and their Christian

walk. As we make ready the ministry internally, it now

becomes our work to evangelize and offer the love of

Christ to a hurting world.

Managing Vineyard Assets

One of our kuleana as a people of God is to

steward well the gifts He has blessed us with. Our

church is rich in endowments and land which has been

gifted to us. As Hawaiians we are reminded of how

sacred this type of gift is. As a Christian we know that

this gift is to forward the kingdom of God. Members

of our Kaumakapili Foundation have been working

week in and week out on making sure our back end

resources our maintained for the future of the church.

Kamalulani O Keoneula now comes on-line for us as a

means to do ministry. We own the fee for two units

that sit right behind our church at Hale O Kanoa. In the

near future we might be seeing a sale of one unit to

further endow the future work of the church. Our new

facility to be located where the old SRC office now sits

should be undergoing construction in early 2015.

These are more of the visible assets that they manage;

however, the daily grind of watching our liquid

investments is constant and our prayers for this group

are welcomed. Mahalo to the Foundation committee

for watching our back!

Our Vineyard Finances

It is important for us to know that our church faces

the same financial challenges as we all do in our

personal lives. Although we try to manage the

churches financial resources like a business, we also

know that being a people of faith responsible for

Kaumakapili calls us to allow God to show his

direction in the overall financial picture as well. The

church does run a negative balance in its checking

account month to month and there are many opinions

on how we arrive at that. A very basic look at this says

we expend more than we bring in. I am not asking for

us to give more (or maybe I am?). What I would like

us to focus on is feeding the flock the things of the

Spirit. Our finances do not determine our future. The

key is in the advancing of the Kingdom in the world we

live in today that will bring financial fruits. Enlarging

our congregation will definitely bring resources that

God will use. It is our prayer to find the vision that

God wants us to catch in order to raise fruits for the

Kingdom.

Thank you all for your aloha and may God bless

you and your families through out the month of

October.

Trevor Maunakea

Pa Lawaina

Aloha members, family, and friends.

I hope this issue of our newsletter finds you and

your Ohana in good health and walking with the Holy

Spirit.

Kahu’s sermon on Sunday October 5th made

reference to the Vineyard of God. Of course it caught

my ear and made me look closer at the scripture which

came from Matthew 21:33-46. My take away from that

scripture for us to pray on is verse 43, 43 “Therefore I

tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away

from you and given to a people who will produce its

fruit…” I take that as a challenge to be sure we produce

fruits in the vineyard we are all working in called

Kaumakapili. I pray that you will join me in that effort.

Interim Pastoral Leadership for the Vineyard

We are working with our AHEC association in

conjunction with the United Church of Christ Hawaii

Conference to find a potential interim pastor for us. The

list of names are short; however, I am not too worried

about that knowing that we do have strong lay

leadership that can carry us through. Our churches

reach in working with a pool of Kahus to help us so far

which makes for a nice back up plan. Our goal is to find

an interim minister that could serverus on a part-time

basis for 6 months to a year.

Future Pastoral Leadership for the Vineyard

We are at the point of asking members of the church

to consider serving on the search committee. The

church council has been submitting names to be

considered and now being prayed over by the

individuals. Please see my brief timeline of events that

have happened.

Focus on the next generation of Vineyard Leaders

In a previous newsletter I had made mention of a

ground swell of effort to look toward the next generation

of Kaumakapili families and young people. I am happy

to report that we have embarked on a journey with

Ms. Kalaiku Kaowili to be our new youth leader. The

aim is to bring about an environment of Christian

relationships couched in Hawaiian values. Our prayer is

for good fruits to be harvested out of this ministry of our

church. Our leaders are also offering confirmation

classes for high school students in an effort to grow the

future of Kaumakapili. A younger teaching staff is

Imi I Ke Kahu A Kaumakapili Journey in Seeking its Future Shepherd

This is a quick history of our progress so far and a look ahead at some next steps.

Receiving and Accepting Kahu's Resignation

Governing board, or other designated body, accept the

resignation.

Notify the church members.

Contact your conference or association office.

Meet with the appropriate conference or

association staff person.

Plan with the resigning pastor the period from

resignation to departure.

Bring records up-to-date.

Plan an exit interview.

Hold an exit interview.

Planning for an Interim Season

Understand and accept the church's history.

Renew the church's sense of mission.

Be prepared for a shift in leadership.

Be committed to denominational linkages.

Become committed to new leaders and a new future.

Develop goals and objectives for the interim period.

Negotiate a clear, specific, and realistic contract.

Developing a Local Church Profile and

Organizing the Search

Prepare the Local Church Profile.

Appoint a Search Committee in accordance with the

constitution and bylaw requirements of your church.

Appoint a chairperson and a secretary.

Agree on some basic understandings.

Meet with the appropriate conference or association staff

person.

Establish a schedule.

Send an informative letter to every household in the church.

Carefully study the Local Church Profile.

Ask the governing board for a preliminary determination of

salary and benefits.

Set a cut-off date for receiving Ministerial Profile

Status

Completed at April Council Meeting

Completed via Newsletter and Kahu Personal Letter to Members

Completed via President Letter to HCUCC

Completed via President September 2014

Kahu is planning church calendar up until Easter Sunday Executive

Committee now preparing with office staff

Pastoral Relations Committee has been tasked to complete Pastoral

Relations Committee to hold exit interview with report.

Status

This process is being done at council level through its leaders

Council has accepted the shift and now looking forward

President to report to HCUCC of status through out process

The new future is now being prayed on as we discuss church growth

Still needs to be determined

Still needs to be determined

Status

Need to begin

People are being asked to consider serving

To be determined after formation of committee

To be determined after formation of committee

To be scheduled once committee is set

To be determined by Committee and Council

To be done upon the blessing of committee members

To be done by committee

Executive Committee now looking at future salary package

To be done by committee

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