All Saints Day Service, October 30, 2016

This year, as in the past we will be celebrating All Saints Day and Homecoming as part of worship on October 30, 2016 at 10 a.m.

The Church Council and the Boards of the Church of the Holy Cross invite and welcome you, your `ohana and friends to this All Saints candle lighting service. This is a sacred service of remembrance for all who have died during the period of October 30, 3015 through October 30, 2016. Each name will be read, the bell struck and a candle lit in remembrance.

After all who passed on this year are remembered, the congregation is invited to light a candle of remembrance for all those who have gone on before. The memory of the following individuals will be honored:

Shuichi Tanaka      Yuriko Yamauchi      Miriam Yukiko Hamakawa      Carol Melim      Shizue Akiyama

Bessie (Yuen) Nishida      Kay Yamauchi      Chizuko (Miyao) Nishida      Toshio Maeda 

Masaru “Mamo” Hamakawa      Irene Taeko Shintani      Lily Yuriko Inouye      Irene Betty Pacheco

Please contact the church office at 935-1283 if you would like to have a family member or friend who passed during this period honored.

After the service there will be a Homecoming Celebration of Life pot luck luncheon that will include entertainment and a time to sit and reminisce with friends and family.