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WORSHIP SERVICE MUSIC 5/24/20
ASCENSION DAY PRELUDE
JOIN US LIVE AT 8:15AM HST
THIS WEEK'S MUSIC SELECTION: BY MUSIC DIRECTOR HANK CURTIS
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“Aloha once again from your Music Director, Hank Curtis. This Sunday’s piano music includes themes of the Ascension of Christ; consolation in these challenging times, ”Dear Lord,” “Lord…hold my hand;” and of course, isolation/unity, “Alone together.” A slice of the words to “Alone together” seems to really resonate at this time: “Our love is as deep as the sea, our love is as great as a love can be. And we can weather the great unknown, if we’re alone together.” We’re still together! God Bless You All!"
-- Music Director Hank Curtis |
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 5/24/20
ASCENSION DAY
JOIN US LIVE AT 9:00AM HST
All Saints Episcopal Church and St. Michael and All Angels are pleased to present our Morning Service with you. Thank you for joining us. Mahalo and God Bless.
ENJOY OUR SERVICES? WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!
Updated: 4/22/20 [3], 5/22/20 [2]
For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, especially Richard, Mikey, Netta, Bill, Anne "Tommie", and those we name silently or aloud, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.
For all who have died, especially those affected by the COVID-19 virus and those we name silently or aloud, in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. Amen.
For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, especially Richard, Mikey, Netta, Bill, Anne "Tommie", and those we name silently or aloud, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.
For all who have died, especially those affected by the COVID-19 virus and those we name silently or aloud, in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. Amen.
*Names remain for 4 weeks. Mahalo
Public worship and gatherings are suspended through
May 24, 2020
"The Wardens, the Vestry, and I have started to discuss the best way forward. We will give a final determination at our upcoming Vestry meeting this Tuesday evening. For now, though, we are tentatively considering returning to on-site gathered worship on Sunday June 7th." -- Kahu Kawika
Read more from our Priest below.
Read more from our Priest below.
PLEASE BE ADVISED:
Office staff are working remotely from home, but return to the office for essential work and meetings. They may be reached by phone, email, or by appointment. Please call the office at (808) 822-4267.
Services are currently pre-recorded and posted online every week to be viewed by 9:00AM on Sundays.
All physical outreach ministries are temporarily suspended until further notice. This includes, but is not limited to:
The campus is also closed for essential and exempt non-essential work only.
We thank everyone for their understanding and support. We hope to start services again as soon as possible. Mahalo.
Services are currently pre-recorded and posted online every week to be viewed by 9:00AM on Sundays.
All physical outreach ministries are temporarily suspended until further notice. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Laundry Love
- Medical Equipment Loan Ministry
The campus is also closed for essential and exempt non-essential work only.
We thank everyone for their understanding and support. We hope to start services again as soon as possible. Mahalo.
SPECIAL SERVICES:
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Carolyn Morinishi and Faith Shiramizu started a trial run of their Shopping Assistance Ministry to provide home deliveries to our Kupuna in need. Kahu Kawika and our Eucharistic Visitors may also provide blessed communion sacraments with your delivery upon request. Call Carolyn at 651-2061 to make a request or to volunteer. Mahalo.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL CHURCH [Updated: 4/29/2020]
A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDING BISHOP CURRY: WHAT WOULD LOVE DO?
In the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic, we are now at another one of those threshold moments when important and significant decisions must be made on all levels of our global community for the good and the well-being of the entire human family. In this moment, I would ask you to allow me to share with you a Word to the Church: What Would Love Do?
Bishop Curry’s full statement, “A Word to the Church: What Would Love Do?”, April 29, 2020, is available in the link below.
Bishop Curry’s full statement, “A Word to the Church: What Would Love Do?”, April 29, 2020, is available in the link below.
A MESSAGE FROM THE HAWAII DIOCESE [UPDATED: 5/22/20]
A MESSAGE FROM BISHOP ROBERT FITZPATRICK
The Diocese of Hawaii will respect the decisions of the individual churches as they decide whether they wish to reopen their in-gathering worship services in some form.
The Bishop asks each church to prayerfully consider State and County rules, CDC guidelines, and communal considerations as they make this decision.
Here is the latest update from the CDC
UPDATE AS OF 5/22/20:
"As many have heard, the Mayors of the Counties of Kauaʻi and Honolulu have issued guidelines allowing for in-person public worship with social distancing and masks beginning this weekend (Sunday, May 24, 2020). The Mayor of Maui has reportedly said worship can begin again on May 31. The Mayor of Hawaiʻi currently has no plans to allow public worship. We must keep listening to the Governor and the Mayors.
What does that mean for Episcopalians? I have asked that no public worship begin until, at the earliest, one full week after the new guidelines take effect in each County. So, in Kauaʻi and Honolulu Counties, the earliest day of in-person public worship will begin in Episcopal churches on May 31, and for Maui County, on June 7. This is provided that the congregation can meet the CDC, State, County and Diocesan guidelines for reopening. The Clergy-in-Charge (and Senior/Bishop’s Warden where there is no priest) have received and reviewed the Diocesan document “Customary in the Time of Pandemic.”
In the end, when your congregation will again have in-person public worship will depend on the plan of action prepared by your congregation’s leaders (Clergy, Wardens and Vestry/Bishop’s Committee). I will trust and support the final decision of the Priest-in-Charge (or Senior/Bishop’s Warden in churches with no settled Priest) about when to open for in-person public worship with social distancing, masks, and the other requirements of the civil authorities and the Diocese. Please wait to hear from your congregation’s leaders about the plan for your local church.
We don’t need to be in a hurry. Some congregations may need more time to return to in-person public worship. We need to care for one another as we enter into our new reality. We will try new things. I trust you, God’s people, to be patient and adaptable. I have confidence that we can find our way.
Our watchword as a Diocese in this interesting time is “mercy.” We are called to live into God’s mercy being compassionate, patient and joyful. As we are reminded in 1 Peter 2:10: “Once you weren’t a people, but now you are God’s people. Once you hadn’t received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
Your servant in Christ Jesus
Your faithfully,
Bob+
The Right Reverend Robert L. Fitzpatrick
Bishop Diocesan
The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi
The Bishop asks each church to prayerfully consider State and County rules, CDC guidelines, and communal considerations as they make this decision.
Here is the latest update from the CDC
UPDATE AS OF 5/22/20:
"As many have heard, the Mayors of the Counties of Kauaʻi and Honolulu have issued guidelines allowing for in-person public worship with social distancing and masks beginning this weekend (Sunday, May 24, 2020). The Mayor of Maui has reportedly said worship can begin again on May 31. The Mayor of Hawaiʻi currently has no plans to allow public worship. We must keep listening to the Governor and the Mayors.
What does that mean for Episcopalians? I have asked that no public worship begin until, at the earliest, one full week after the new guidelines take effect in each County. So, in Kauaʻi and Honolulu Counties, the earliest day of in-person public worship will begin in Episcopal churches on May 31, and for Maui County, on June 7. This is provided that the congregation can meet the CDC, State, County and Diocesan guidelines for reopening. The Clergy-in-Charge (and Senior/Bishop’s Warden where there is no priest) have received and reviewed the Diocesan document “Customary in the Time of Pandemic.”
In the end, when your congregation will again have in-person public worship will depend on the plan of action prepared by your congregation’s leaders (Clergy, Wardens and Vestry/Bishop’s Committee). I will trust and support the final decision of the Priest-in-Charge (or Senior/Bishop’s Warden in churches with no settled Priest) about when to open for in-person public worship with social distancing, masks, and the other requirements of the civil authorities and the Diocese. Please wait to hear from your congregation’s leaders about the plan for your local church.
We don’t need to be in a hurry. Some congregations may need more time to return to in-person public worship. We need to care for one another as we enter into our new reality. We will try new things. I trust you, God’s people, to be patient and adaptable. I have confidence that we can find our way.
Our watchword as a Diocese in this interesting time is “mercy.” We are called to live into God’s mercy being compassionate, patient and joyful. As we are reminded in 1 Peter 2:10: “Once you weren’t a people, but now you are God’s people. Once you hadn’t received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
Your servant in Christ Jesus
Your faithfully,
Bob+
The Right Reverend Robert L. Fitzpatrick
Bishop Diocesan
The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRIEST [UPDATED: 5/22/20]
A MESSAGE FROM KAHU KAWIKA
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"...Though our church building may be “closed” temporarily, we as God’s ‘Ohana are never out of business. In terms of worship together, we are working with St. Michael’s and All Angels in Lihue and soon also with Christ Memorial in Kilauea to record morning worship together... [We] at All Saints’ are thinking of ways to gather outside of the sanctuary building for worship as well."
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[Update 5/22/20]
Aloha ke Akua,
Certainly Charles Dickens' words from A Tale of Two Cities strike home for me in this moment of our living on Kaua`i: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
By living on Kaua`i, we have been blessed with no new cases of COVID-19 for nearly a month and a half - which is more than most of our country and world can say. However, the economic toll on our small island has had an enormous negative impact that will take quite a while from which to recover. Paramount with all this is how we as an island and as a church can ready ourselves for the day when tourism will open up again.
This touches upon why I am writing you, namely, how we as a worshiping community and `Ohana can transition to returning to in-person worship together. As many of you know, this past Tuesday the Mayor sent a request to the Governor that all medium-risk businesses and gatherings be allowed to re-open, which includes churches and houses of worship. There would be no limit as to the number of people who could gather, so long as social distancing takes place. As of an hour ago (from the writing of this piece) the Governor gave his approval to the Mayor's request. Thus, this allowance is still only for the island of Kaua`i and is not yet statewide.
The Wardens, the Vestry, and I have started to discuss the best way forward. We will give a final determination at our upcoming Vestry meeting this Tuesday evening. For now, though, we are tentatively considering returning to on-site gathered worship on Sunday June 7th.
We still have a lot of details to work through so that we can accommodate us within the scope of the safe practices mandated by government officials and the CDC. We would like to open up the sanctuary, the only question being whether we do a combination of sitting for worship inside as well as by the Lihue-side lanai under the big tent, or to keep it all outside with either chairs set up on the lawn or folks bringing their own beach or lawn chairs. We are also making provisions to celebrate Holy Communion, but for the first couple of Sundays we may need to continue with Morning Prayer until we can make all things safe and ready for the Eucharist.
I know that many of us are keen to return to being able to see each other, to socialize more together, and to celebrate Holy Communion together. We also want to situate ourselves so that we are practicing the necessary safety precautions -- not so much due to any danger at the present moment, but so that we are prepared when tourism gets going in earnest once again. Mostly, though, any safe practices that we do are not out of a motivation of fear, but out of an abundance of aloha and concern for those most vulnerable in our midst.
Please keep prayerful, watchful, and careful. Please also know that Muriel and I pray each day for you and for our life together as Ka `Ohana o ke Akua (God's family).
Maluhia i Kristo,
Kahu Kawika+
Aloha ke Akua,
Certainly Charles Dickens' words from A Tale of Two Cities strike home for me in this moment of our living on Kaua`i: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
By living on Kaua`i, we have been blessed with no new cases of COVID-19 for nearly a month and a half - which is more than most of our country and world can say. However, the economic toll on our small island has had an enormous negative impact that will take quite a while from which to recover. Paramount with all this is how we as an island and as a church can ready ourselves for the day when tourism will open up again.
This touches upon why I am writing you, namely, how we as a worshiping community and `Ohana can transition to returning to in-person worship together. As many of you know, this past Tuesday the Mayor sent a request to the Governor that all medium-risk businesses and gatherings be allowed to re-open, which includes churches and houses of worship. There would be no limit as to the number of people who could gather, so long as social distancing takes place. As of an hour ago (from the writing of this piece) the Governor gave his approval to the Mayor's request. Thus, this allowance is still only for the island of Kaua`i and is not yet statewide.
The Wardens, the Vestry, and I have started to discuss the best way forward. We will give a final determination at our upcoming Vestry meeting this Tuesday evening. For now, though, we are tentatively considering returning to on-site gathered worship on Sunday June 7th.
We still have a lot of details to work through so that we can accommodate us within the scope of the safe practices mandated by government officials and the CDC. We would like to open up the sanctuary, the only question being whether we do a combination of sitting for worship inside as well as by the Lihue-side lanai under the big tent, or to keep it all outside with either chairs set up on the lawn or folks bringing their own beach or lawn chairs. We are also making provisions to celebrate Holy Communion, but for the first couple of Sundays we may need to continue with Morning Prayer until we can make all things safe and ready for the Eucharist.
I know that many of us are keen to return to being able to see each other, to socialize more together, and to celebrate Holy Communion together. We also want to situate ourselves so that we are practicing the necessary safety precautions -- not so much due to any danger at the present moment, but so that we are prepared when tourism gets going in earnest once again. Mostly, though, any safe practices that we do are not out of a motivation of fear, but out of an abundance of aloha and concern for those most vulnerable in our midst.
Please keep prayerful, watchful, and careful. Please also know that Muriel and I pray each day for you and for our life together as Ka `Ohana o ke Akua (God's family).
Maluhia i Kristo,
Kahu Kawika+
Service Hours:
ONLINE MORNING WORSHIP UPDATED ON SUNDAYS AT 9:00AM SUNDAY IN-GATHERINGS ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Office Hours: Office staff are currently working from home. To meet with us, please call 808-822-4267 to make an appointment. Mahalo. 
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