Gather

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.

Maundy Thursday
Please join us for a special Maundy Thursday service April 6th at 7pm.
 
Easter Potluck
The traditional Easter Potluck is back! We invite all to stay after the Sunday Easter Worship service and enjoy brunch together.  There will be a sign-up sheet Palm Sunday on the table where you check in for attendance. Please let us know how many will be attending and what you will be bringing to contribute to the meal.
Hope to see you all there!
 
Easter Egg Hunt
CCU’s Easter Egg Hunt for the Keiki will take place after worship and before the brunch in the Seagull School playground (or inside if it’s raining!)  Bring your own basket if you wish.  
Contact Beth Davidann (808-371-5594) if you have questions.

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.

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.
Please consider signing up for April flowers.
April 16: Open
April 23: Open
April 30: Open

Greeters & Scripture Readers Needed
We are seeking greeters & scripture readers for Sunday morning Worship. Please use this link to sign up.
April 6: Greeter needed
April 16: Greeter & Elder on Duty needed
April 23: Greeter & Elder on Duty needed
April 30: Greeter, Scripture reader, Elder on Duty 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.

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!

CCU Office Closed
Will be closed on April 7, 2023 in observance of Good Friday.

Pastor Kate Update
Pastor Kate and her family will arrive on Oahu on April 5, 2023, so she can begin her ministry with CCU on Easter Sunday. They have secured housing in Kailua, and are looking for leads on secondhand items that they are not shipping from the mainland and would appreciate having soon after they arrive:
 - Couches
 - Kitchen barstools
 - Small kitchen table and chairs
 
If you have leads on any of these items, please email a photo and description to Dianne Brookins at [email protected]. 
 
Pastor Kate and her husband Sean are very excited to get to know us better.  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.