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Many Hands, One Hea&

Remembering

Waiola, or “Living Water” is where Christianity began on the island of Maui. Queen Keōpūolani, wife of Kamehameha I, asked Reverends William Richards and Charles Stewart to travel with her to speak “The Good Word” and pray to God with her. They arrived in Lāhainā on May 31, 1823 and the first Christian worship service was held on the beach the following day. The church burned down on August 8, 2023 in the worst deadliest fire in Hawaiian history. We offer our prays and heartfelt sympathies to all those impacted and whose lives were lost. The Woman’s Board of Missions for The Pacific Islands will be organizing a fund collection to send to those in need. If you would like to donate please make a check payable to:WBMPI and note “Waiola Church”

Mahalo!

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Puʻuwai, Heart

Puʻuwai, or heart in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, signifies much in daily living. The word for heart translates literally as “a mound of water” and is often interchangeably used as a center of emotions. Throughout our journey there will be many hands we hold as we continue our journey of serving our Lord Jesus Christ. Often times, however, we tend to only hold hands with those who are within close reach, worshipping in quaint solitary silos amidst the familiar and comfortable. The Woman's Board of Missions of the Pacific Islands (WBMPI) sought to expand its “handholding” from its origin in 1871 when faithful and bold women joined hands in a quiet chapel having only a flickering candle of light to form what would be a global attempt in sharing the love of God. Today, as a refreshed organization, we openly invite Christian women to join us in a larger reach to bridge Hawaiian Christian history to todayʻs modernization of worship. We hope to celebrate the vintage charm of yesteryear and entwine it with current day relevancy. Soon coming events include vintage mu togethers, historical archive presentations, tea tastings, viewing of personal journal writings of our founders and other notable Hawaiian Christian woman. We'd love to have you join us! Please email Doni Lein Chong, Executive Director for more information. doni.chong@wbmpacific.org

A Mother to Many

She was a Congregational minister of Native Hawaiian ancestry and was known as "Mother Alice" on Mauʻi and Molokaʻi for her selfless caring of others. No one who needed her was turned away, no matter the hour of the day or night. She was said to be "a Hawaiian of quiet distinction, a vigorous, understanding woman of conviction and courage, but with a saving smile in her eyes .Upon her 1957 death of cancer, a bronze plaque was created by Kanaʻana Hou Church to commemorate her life's service. The WBMPI offers Scholarships to qualified woman seeking to be in a position of leadership and ministry in the Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches and the HCUCC. Please email Doni Leināʻala Chong, Executive Director for more information. doni.chong@wbmpacific.org

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Abe, Emiko

Ahn, Melinda

Akana, Moana

Akau, Janet

Akiyama, Shizue

Albin, Martha

Aldueso, Cathe-Elsa

Alina, Sara

Anderson, Maile

Andrade, Ethel

Arakawa, Eunice T.

Araujo, Gladys

Asai, Marian

Asman, Judy

Bachmann, Mary Jane

Bail, Rev. Carrie

Baird, Graceleanor

Baltic, Alma B.

Baybrook, Margie

Beaubier, Mary

Behr, Kapua

Bell, Jeanette

Bell, Mabel S.

Belnap, Mary Lou

Blakesly, Mary

Borsella, Louise

Brooks, Judith

Bryant, Eleanor

Carpenter, Marian

Chang, Karen

Chinese, Yukiko M.

Chock, Jennie Fong

Chong, Eleanore A.

Chorister, Sue Lun

Chun Mow, Annie B.Y.

Clemmer, Elizabeth

Cluney, Lydia Noe

Connor, Rev. Kay

Cossey-Taft, Lenora

Darby, Millie

Dawson, Beadie

DeSaegher, Norma

DeLaCruz, Jean

Derby, John

Dickinson, Takako

Donelson, Mary

Donlin, Ruby

Douglass, Olive

Dreyer, Betty

Duncan, Rev. Karen

Eastham, Marcia D.

Eberhardt, Rosemary

Echano, Ruth

Elliott, Marcia

Endo, Grace

Endo, Ruth

Enoki, Katsuko

Fakaosi, Ruth

Ferreira, Eleanore

Fong, Helen

Fournier, Bettye

Fujimoto, Tokie

Fujita, Sachi

Gamboa, Donna

Genii, Gloria

Garcia, Elizabeth

Gascon, Helen

Gerry, Sara Wilson

Goss, Jo-Ann

Goto, Arthur

Hancock, Kay Tuttle

Harris, Carol Billings

Harris, Lili

Hemings, Betty

Our Life Members

Hernandez, Juliette

Hew, Dorothy

Hill, Rev. Nani

Hirano, Sandra

Hirano, Leatrice

Hirata, Ruby

Hironaka, Chikae

Hirota, Eileen

Hsiao, Rev. Ching-fen

Idea, Stella

Ichin, Simony

Inouye, Lily

Issacs, Elsie

Ishii, Kay

Izo, Thelma

Jackson, Faith

Joel, Mandrake

Jonathan, Susana

Kadota, Tsugie

Kaina, Sandra

Kamakawiwoole, Wenonah

Kaneshina, Sue

Kapahu, Elise

Katsura, Grace

Kekoa, Tymmie Keala

Kerr, Elspeth

King, Sue K.

Kishimori, Joanne

Kojelang, Antelina

Kojima, Jan

Komatsu, Betty

Komatsu, Rev. R.

Komatsu, Ruth

Kono, Alice

Krenzke, Darlene

Koehler, Kaye

Kurokawa, Jane

Kwock, Annie T.

Lane, Harry

Laney, Yumiko

Lawrence, Dee

Lee, Diana M.

Lee, Eloise

Lee, Marlene

Lee, Patricia

Lemau, Moenuu Mona

Lockwood, Rev. Nancy

Lokboy, Keta

Lord, Susan

Lum, Loretta L.

Lum, Jessie

Lum Ho, Irene

McShane-Burke, Napua

Maciel, Kiara

Mackenzie, Jeanette

Maeda, Lillian

Malae, Fesilafaʻi

Marcusson, Makanani

Marimbas, Haruko

Markt, Eleanor

Martin, Elizabeth

Matauto, Mohana

Matsumoto, Lurline

Matsuo, Katsuko

Mawae-Idemo, Kanani

Meighen, Rev. Phyllis

Merrill, Jeanette

Miura, Carol

Miyahara, Ethel

Miyashiro, Violet

Mokuau, Linda

Moran, Sharon

Morikawa, Trudy

Morita, Martha

Mow-Taira, Wendy

Mumford, Kathleen

Murata, David

Murata, Grace

Myers, Elizabeth

Nakamura, Chiyoko

Nakamura, Winifred

Nakayama, Dorothy

Naka, Toshi

Namiki, Pauline

Narimasu, Haruko

Nery, Abby

Newbold, Cecelia

Nomura, Irene

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Odagiri, Gail

Okada, Gladys

Okawa, Elaine

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Petranek, Diana

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Price, Sally

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Priester, Clara D.

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Rewick, Buffy

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Rodrigues, Violet

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Ross, Naomi

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Septet, Jusy

Shiningstar, Catherine

Smith, Margie

Smith, Mary A.

Smith, Peggy

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Stake, William F.

Stepulis, Ruth

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Tanaka, Moira

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Tread, Myrtle

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Tomiyama, Skip

Torigoe, Margaret

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Uehara, Rosemary

Unoki, Satsuki

Uyechi, Linda

Value, Lila

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Weible, Rev. Diane Wilcox, Barbara

Wilkinson, Judith

Winston, Carolyn

Yamachika, Hisako

Yamamoto, Kay

Yamane, Miyeko

Yamane, Ruth

Yamate, Clare

Yasuda, Mary

Yee, Milton

Yim, Harriet

Yoshida, Rev. Howard Yoshida, Saeko

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Yuen, Shuk Fon

Yugawa, Helen

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Everyday can be

Christmas

Trnkets and Treasure Ravihing

Recipe

Shaded by a sleepy kiawe tree on the corner of the church campus is the Central Union Church Thrift Store started by the church’s Women League. Here you can find a quaint curio shop that provides second life to a variety of treasures. “Many of our items are unique and one-of-a-kind and you never know what you may find!” said Joanne Matsumoto, Thrift Shop manager. What awaits the inquisitive treasurer seeker is an eclectic mix of cherished keepsakes, vintage clothes, pottery, art and jewelry. A portion of the proceeds help support college scholarships. Open every Wednesday and Saturday from 9am to 3pm. Donations accepted during normal business hours at the back door. Questions?

Carrot Ginger Soup

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 medium chopped yellow onion

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

3 garlic cloves, smashed

1 pound carrots, roughly chopped

1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

3 cups vegetable broth

freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon maple syrup, optional coconut milk for garnish, optional

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions, salt and pepper and cook until softened, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Add the smashed garlic cloves (they’ll get blended later) and carrots to the pot and cook 8 minutes more, stirring occasionally. Stir in the ginger, apple cider vinegar, and broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Let cool slightly and transfer to a blender. Blend until smooth. If your soup is too thick, add a little water. If you would like your soup a little sweeter, add the maple syrup. Serve with a drizzle of coconut milk, if desired.

Of Kings and Men

The First Chinese Church of Christ in Hawaiʻi was founded in 1879 during the reign of King David Kalākaua and is located in urban Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu on King Street. The majestic stuccoed Chinese edifice with its pagoda bell-tower is flanked by sleek modern, concrete buildings and is a long departure from its humble wooden structural origin. Joseph Tien Seau Yap, along with Peter Lee Sam, Chang Young Set (aka Luke Aseu) and Goo Kim Fui. were four of the 37 founders of the church. In 1892, it founded the Mills Institute which would later merge with Kawaiaha ʻ o Seminary to form the Mid Pacific Institute and in 1897 it founded the Palolo Chinese Home. Much thankfulness is owed to the Hakka Christians like Joseph Tien Seau Yap who decided to leave China to raise his family in a Christian home where kings and commoners worshipped God side by side and Samuel Phong Aheong, the first bi-lingual missionary who preached in Cantonese, Hakka, English and ʻŌ lelo Hawai ʻ i. It is a Congregational church under the auspices of the Hawai ʻ i Conference United Church of Christ.

Weekly activities:

Sunday Basketball, Pickleball, Archery

Monday Badminton

Tuesday Grief Counseling, Badminton, Joshua Mandarin Fellowship

Wednesday Crafts/ Sewing Fellowship, Visitation, Volleyball

Thursday Tai Chi, Cedar Mandarin Senior Citizen Fellowship, Visitation

Friday Youth Program/Activities

Saturday Badminton, Chinese Dance, Mandarin Choir https://www.firstchinese.org/

The history of Līhuʻe United Church is traced back to 1820, when congregational missionaries landed in Waimea, Kauaʻi and began a church there among the Hawaiian people. In 1898, L ī hu ʻ e English Church was established with the Rev. J.M. Lydgate ministering to both the English-speaking and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi speaking communities. Later after the turn of the century, they simply began calling itself “L ī hu ʻ e Union Church” and the name stuck. Over the next several decades there were strong ties between the church and sugar plantations due to the growth of the island’s commercial sugar industry. Eventually, East Kauaʻi Methodist Church (labor union leaders) and L ī hu ʻ e Union Church (plantation managers) completed the joining of the two and on February 23, 1979 the L ī hu ʻ e United Church was established. It is the only federated church (United Methodist and United Church of Christ) on Kauaʻi and one of a few in Hawai ʻ i. https:// lihueunitedchurch.org/

If our spirits are not refreshed, restored, revitalized and just content to be-- figuratively speaking, “in front of the television all day”, our spiritual health will also start to decline. In addition to studying the Word of God by one’s self or together, fellowship is essential for the Body of Christ, the ʻohana of believers.

Refreshed, Restored and Revitalized

We can all agree that it can be stressful to navigate providers and services for our elderly. Although searching for the best care can be slow and timeconsuming, it has the opportunity to be meaningful for caretakers and caregivers. The Filipino United Church of Christ showered extra aloha to their kūpuna, especially the “nanas and tatas” of the church by featuring a workshop, “Navigating Senior Care Together.” One of the points shared was the downside of in-home care including the ever increasing risk of lack of stimulation for homebound elderly. Sadly, many are left sitting for long periods of time in front of televisions and are at a loss of sensory stimulation engagement which is essential for optimal well being. If left unchecked, the void of invigoration and revitalization will contribute to a steady decline in health. As with our own spiritual health, the lack of invigorating and revitalizing moments in prayer with our Lord parallels our own spiritual health decline. If our spirits are not refreshed, restored, revitalized and just content to be-- figuratively speaking, “in front of the television all day”, our spiritual health will also start to decline. In addition to studying the Word of God by one’s self or together, fellowship is essential for the Body of Christ, the ʻohana of believers

Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia was one of the first Native Hawaiians to become a Christian, inspiring American Protestant missionaries to come to the islands during the 19th century. He is credited with starting Hawai ʻ i's conversion to Christianity. His name was usually spelled Obookiah during his lifetime. To order our book, please send an email to:

Executive Director, Doni Chong doni.chong@wbmpacific.org

Cost is $20.00 + shipping

Why Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia Matters

The majestic stuccoed Chinese edifice with its pagoda bell-tower

Aloha Mai

Doni Leināʻala Chong Executive Director

Serving as the Executive Director is a honor with deep rooted significance of kūleana or responsibility. It is a highly respected duty to care for and continue the longevity and perpetuity the historical Woman’s Board of Missions for The Pacific Islands has maintained. Their missional efforts are outstanding and have allowed for its impressive longevity to remain in tact for 152 years. Much of their success can be attributed to the commitment and dedication of their membership. We are excited to start a new journey as a refreshed Woman’s Board and to extend the love of Jesus Christ to those in Hawaiʻi and beyond. A servant of Ke Akua…..

September 2023

Organization Name: Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands Organization ID Code: 78471

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