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Sunday Worship In-Person & Online
Join us for our Worship Service! Find us this Sunday at 10am HT in person and online via FB live.
Our special guest Preacher will be Reverend MacArthur Flournoy

Season Of Lent
Beginning on Sunday, February 26th, CCU will begin a hybrid form of Communion in our worship service.  During the season of Lent, we will again invite worshipers to come to the Table to break bread, dip it in the cup, and greet each other—as was our practice pre-COVID.  The plastic Communion cups will still be available, both at the Table and outside the Sanctuary, for those most comfortable continuing to partake of Communion in that fashion.
As we make this change, we invite you to share your feedback with Paul Belanger, Worship and Music Elder.

Adult Education Series: Eclipsing Empire
Beginning January 8, join us Sunday mornings at 8:30A in the ?Ohana Room.

Eclipsing the Empire traces the Apostle Paul's journey through the Roman Empire. Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan give fresh insights into Paul's message.

“Building A Nuclear Free World"
The Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution has sponsored an exhibit, “Building a Nuclear Free World”, at Hamilton Library on the campus of University of Hawaii Manoa.  It will be there until April 28th, and you are encouraged to take the opportunity to remember, through photographs and print,  the experiences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki citizens.

The library hours may be found at:
 https://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/about/visiting-the-library/hours  Generally it is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays from noon to 10 p.m.
Parking is free on Sundays; ideal parking is behind the Kennedy Theatre.
 For more information call Marian Heidel, 808-261-4585.

Family Promise
"Family Promise is holding its free annual Supporter Appreciation event on Thursday, March 30, 4:30 - 6:30 pm at Central Union Church Parish Hall. This event celebrates all volunteers from the past year. Light pupus and drinks will be served, along with entertainment.

RSVP online by March23:
https://www.familypromisehawaii.org/mahalo2023."

Aloha Hour
Join us every Sunday following the service for snacks and fellowship!

 
Give

Support CCU
Mahalo Nui to all who continue to support CCU with monetary gifts!
Please start making your pledges for 2023.
Please continue to mail and / or donate online.
Please note that online donations charge a small percentage for processing, or you can choose to pay that percentage for the church.

Flowers
Please consider signing up to provide flowers for Sunday worship.
March flower slots are FULL! Thank you to all who signed up, great job!

Please consider signing up for April flowers.

Greeters & Scripture Readers Needed
We are seeking greeters & scripture readers for Sunday morning Worship. Please use this link to sign up.
Open Dates:
April 2 - Greeter needed
April 6: Greeter, Scripture Reader needed

CCU Feed My Sheep Basket
Bring your non-perishable food (canned meat, boxed cereal, bags rice, canned vegetables, canned fruit, etc.) and place them in the basket at the front of the sanctuary. Your donation helps families in Kailua.

PRAY

Send Your Prayer Requests
to [email protected] so we can be in prayer together as a community. These will be added to the prayer list and shared in our Monday prayer email.
To have your prayer included in the Monday prayer list, please submit your prayers before Thursday. Emails received after Thursday will will be included the following week.

Memorial Service For Reverend Elden Buck
Lauren Buck Medeiros invites us to remember her Dad, Reverend Elden Buck whose Celebration of Life service will take place on:

Sunday, March 26 2023
Central Union Church
1600 South Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI

Visitation begins at 2pm with service at 3pm
All are Welcome!

Info

CCU Campus Clean-Up
Saturday, April 1 (no fooling!)
Starting @9am with plenty of projects to keep folks busy into the afternoon, but come when you can and leave when you must.

Please let Beth Davidann (808-371-5594) know if you plan to participate or if you have questions.
All are welcome, snacks provided!

Pastor Kate Update
The Special Congregational Meeting to approve the call to the Reverend Kate Lynn Hogue to serve as Pastor of CCU and her Terms of Call was on Sunday, March 12, 2023 immediately following the worship service.  The PNC provided an update, and Pastor Kate spoke to her call to ministry with CCU.  The thirty-three (33) members of the Congregation present in the Sanctuary and joining virtually through Zoom voted unanimously to call Pastor Kate and approve her Terms of Call!  Pastor Kate plans to begin her ministry with CCU by Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Please stay tuned for information about events to welcome and get to know Pastor Kate, her husband Sean, and their daughter Charlotte in the coming weeks.

Leadership Structure
Please find the 2023 Leadership Structure for 2023 here.

CCU Sunday Parking
The CCU Council approved a month-to-month agreement with the FarmLovers Market  for use of the makai side of the CCU parking lot on Sunday mornings 8 am to 12 pm. The CCU lot will serve as overflow parking for the weekly market now located at Adventist Health Castle.  For more info about the market:  
https://farmlovers-online-marketplace.myshopify.com/pages/kailuatown-farmers-market
Please direct questions to Beth Davidann @ 808-371–5594.

Support Blue Lotus
Located on CCU campus, Blue Lotus seeks to bring yoga, health, and wellness to the community of Kailua.

Click here to learn more about Blue Lotus. Discover opportunities to practice wellness.

CCU Covid Policy
Council reviewed the CCU COVID-19 Policy on January 28, 2023 and has voted to keep the current policy: wearing a mask continues to be optional. The full policy can be read on the CCU website, here.
 
Did You Miss It? Catch Up
 

Community Resources
Visit our Community Resource page to view information on community resources that are available on an ongoing basis (and mentioned in previous weekly CCU emails).

CCU Has a Church App!
For those of you who use their phones as more than just a phone, CCU now has a Church App! Use this link to download, then create your user login to stay plugged in to CCU!


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Contact us at [email protected], or call / send a non-urgent text to 808.262.6911. Pastor can be reached at 808.271.7052 or [email protected] Wednesday - Sunday.