Worship
Please join us for Worship Service at 10:00 am on Sundays via live stream
We continue to offer an online worship experience each Sunday via YouTube live stream as well as welcoming a gathered congregation. The service includes music performed by our organist Kayleen Yuda, pianist Kanako Okita, and choir director Doug Albertson. Genie Phillips’ movement prayers have continued to bless us, and we are deeply grateful to our production team that includes Ruth Niino-DuPonte, Eric Tanouye, and Momi Lyman.
Worship for October 1, 2023
Worship for September 24, 2023
Worship for September 17, 2023
Worship for September 10, 2023
Worship for September 3, 2023
Worship for August 27, 2023
Worship for August 20, 2023
Worship for August 13, 2023
Sunday School students attend Worship Service at 10:00 am and go to individual classes after the Children’s Word.
Other congregations meet on this church’s campus:
The United Church of Christ, Pohnpei – Hilo – the Rev. Bensis Henry: Sunday 12:00 pm in the Sanctuary.
Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa, Hilo – the Rev. Sitau Ofoiia: Sunday at 1:30 pm in the Sanctuary.
The Bedesta Church – Pastor Edmes Edwin: Sunday 3:30 pm in the Sanctuary.
Worship Bulletins
March 15, 2020 - Give Me Thirst
March 8, 2020 - Gifts and Wages
March 1, 2020 - So Much for Wisdom
February 23, 2020 -Shadows of a Bright Cloud
February 16, 2020 - Can We Skip This Part?
February 9, 2020 - Preacher Obvious
February 2, 2020 - They Will
January 26, 2020 - Just a Little Fear
January 19, 2020 - Let Me Introduce...
January 12, 2020 - Scrub-a-Dub
January 5, 2020 - Guest Pastor, the Rev Dr Jonathan Roach
December 22, 2019 - God With Us
December 15, 2019 - Christmas Pageant
December 8, 2019 - Guest Pastor, the Rev. Dr. David Popham
December 1, 2019 - What Does It Take to be Ready?
November 24, 2019 - Today
November 17, 2019 - Lions, Lambs, and a Living Wage
November 10, 2019 - Since You Asked
November 3, 2019 - I Think I'll Climb a Tree
October 27, 2019 (All Saints Sunday) - Starting Honestly
October 20, 2019 - Still Hoping
October 13, 2019 - The Root of Thanks
October 6, 2019 - Christian Conditions
September 29, 2019 - Getting the Points
September 22, 2019 - Puzzling Parable
September 8, 2019 - Counting the Cost
September 1, 2019 - To Choose the Place of Honor
August 25, 2019 - Keeping the Sabbath
August 18, 2019 - Division
August 11, 2019 - The Unexpected Hour
August 4, 2019 - God's Heart
July 28, 2019 - Questions of Prayer
July 21, 2019 - Distracted or Disaster
July 14, 2019 - Temple of the Kingdom
July 7, 2019 - Peace to this House
June 30, 2019 - Guest Pastor, the Rev. Ronald Kent
June 23, 2019 - Guest Pastor, the Rev. Ronald Kent
June 16, 2019 - Oh, To Be Wise
June 9, 2019 - Another Language for Rejoicing
June 2, 2019 - Annoying People
May 26, 2019 - Holy City
May 19, 2019 - What Has God Cleansed?
May 12, 2019 - Please Come to Us
May 5, 2019 - Guest Speaker, The Rev. Tracy Barnowe
April 28, 2019 - We Must Obey
April 21, 2019 - First Apostle
April 14, 2019 - Palm Sunday
April 7, 2019 - God's Not Done With Me
March 31, 2019 - This Fellow Welcomes Sinners
March 24, 2019 - Fresh Figs
March 17, 2019 - Steadfast
March 10, 2019 - Change the Test
March 3, 2019 - Guest Speaker, the Rev. John Madsen-Bibeau
February 24, 2019 - Hard Love
February 17, 2019 - Now Wait a Minute
February 10, 2019 - Caught!
February 3, 2019 - Tough Call
January 27, 2019 - Guest Speaker, The Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy
January 20, 2019 - What God is Like
January 13, 2019 - Like a Dove
January 6, 2019 - For a Guiding Star
December 30, 2018 - And Yet We Learn
December 23, 2018 - Christmas Pageant
December 16, 2018 - Words of Salvation
December 9, 2018 - Guide My Feet
December 2, 2018 - Changes Are A-Coming
November 25, 2018 - To Testify to the Truth
November 18, 2018 - Thanks Be To God
November 11, 2018 - Two Coins on the Pledge Card
November 4, 2018 - And After That
October 28, 2018 - Let There Be Mercy - Oh, Let There Be Mercy
October 21, 2018 - Guest Pastor Rev Linda Petrucelli
October 14, 2018 - Jesus Loved Him, Too
October 7, 2018 - Children, Come
September 30, 2018 - Scandalous
September 23, 3018 - Higher Ground
September 16, 2018 - Beyond Us
September 9, 2018 - Dominion
September 2, 2018 - Oh, My Goodness
August 26, 2018 - Is It Too Easy?
August 19, 2018 - This May Need a Song
August 12, 2018 - Just Plain Good Advice
August 5, 2018 - One Bread, One Body
July 29, 2018 - Helping Hands
July 22, 2018 - Stone by Stone
July 15, 2018 - Dance Lessons - Guest Preacher, the Rev. Linda Petrucelli
July 8, 2018 - I Think I Can, I Think I Can (Not)
July 1. 2018 - Stretch Out Now
June 24, 2018 - Very, Very Special
June 17, 2018 - Let Me Take a Closer Look
June 10, 2018 - Just a Leader - That's All We Ask
June 3, 2018 - What is Right?
May 27, 2018 - The Mystery of Call
May 20, 2018- Come, Holy Spirit, to Aid Us!
May 13, 2018 - Choices, Choices
May 6, 2018 - Making Friends with God - Guest Preacher, the Rev. Linda Petrucelli
April 29 - 2018 - The Right Connection - Guest Preacher, the Rev. Linda Petrucelli
April 22, 2018 - Shepherds of Compassion
April 15, 2018 - Understanding and Testimony
April 8, 2018 - Forgiving Others for God
April 1, 2018 - Easter Sunday - Their Story Became Our Story
March 29, 2018 - Maundy Thursday
March 25, 2018 - Palm Sunday / Reading of the Passion
March 18, 2018 - Is It Well with Your Soul?
March 11, 2018 - God So Loved the World
March 4, 2018 - Can I Be a Little Foolish?
February 25, 2018 - When Safety Brings No Safety
February 18, 2018 - Never Again
February 11, 2018 - Guest Preacher, the Rev. Gabrielle Chavez
February 4, 2018 - The Muddle of Discipleship
January 28, 2018 - Guest Speaker, the Rev. Linda Petrucelli
January 21, 2018 - Catch and...?
January 14, 2018 - The Discomfort of Faith
January 7, 2018 - Guest Preacher, the Rev. Dr. Chris Davies
December 31. 2017 - Recognition
December 24, 2017 - (Morning Service) - Just a Brief Pause
December 17, 2017 - Christmas Pageant
December 10, 2017 - The Best Highway
December 3, 2017 - Attention, Distraction, Attention, Distraction
November 26, 2017 - Compassion is the Standard
November 19, 2017 - Hide It Under a Bushel, No!
November 12, 2017 - Is There Forgiveness?
November 5, 2017 - Guest Pastor: the Rev. Dr. Gary Augustin
October 29, 2017 - Blessed
October 22, 2017 - All You've Got to Do is Be Worth Imitating
October 15, 2017 - Safety
October 8, 2017 - Deceptively Simple
October 1, 2017 - Are You Listening to This, God?
September 24, 2017 - Bright as Crystal
September 17, 2017 - Essentials and Opinions
September 10, 2017 - Fly on the Wings of the Morning
September 3, 2017 - The Known Unknown
August 27, 2017 - Institutional Rebels
August 20, 2017 - Cleansing What Has Been Defiled
August 13, 2017 - The Willing and the Unwilling
August 6, 2017 - It May Not Take Much - But It Might
July 30, 2017 - Deceived
July 23, 2017 - Oil on Stone
July 16, 2017 - How Shall We Stand?
July 9, 2017 - Test of Compassion
July 2, 2017 - Guest Pastor: the Rev Rae Lelili`o
June 25, 2017 - Stressed Disciples
June 18, 2017 - Discipling Light
June 11, 2017 - The Price of Dominion
June 4, 2017 - Wide Ranging Spirit
May 28, 2017 - Jesus' Witnesses
May 21, 2017 - Guest Minister: The Rev. Larry Walter
May 14, 2017 - Sharing by Dr Saeko Hayashi
May 7, 2017 - Wonders and Signs
April 30, 2017 - Hidden Messiah, Visible Messiah
April 23, 2017 - Love Beyond Sight
April 16, 2017 - Easter Sunday - A Simple Story to Change the World
April 13, 2017 - Maundy Thursday, Service of Tenebrae
April 9, 2017 - Reading of the Passion
April 2, 2017 - When Jesus Wept
March 26, s017 - Blessings the Wrong Way
March 19, 2017 - Inviting Questions
March 12, 2017 - Please God: Not a Fresh Start
March 5, 2017 - When the Tempter Quotes Scripture
February 26, 2017 - Dwellings on the Mountain
February 19, 2017 - The Hardest Commandment
February 12, 2017 - Jesus, Wait: You Set the Bar Higher?
February 5, 2017 - Love from a Pure Heart
January 29, 2017 - Blessing of Being and Doing
January 22, 2017 - Board Fair
January 15, 2017 - Who Has Called You?
January 8, 2017 - What Makes a Christian?
January 1, 2017 - A Long and Winding Road
December 25, 2016 - Christmas Day - Instant Christmas Pageant
December 24, 2016 - Christmas Eve Service
December 18, 2016 - Really?
December 11, 2016 - My Soul Rejoices
December 4, 2016 - Reverse the Wor(l)d
November 27, 2016 - I Hope I'm Ready
November 20, 2016 - The King Turned Upside Down
November 13, 2016 - Sing Praise Sunday
November 6, 2016 - Greater than Advertised
October 30, 2016 - Saints Up a Tree
October 23, 2016 - Journey to Humility
October 16, 2016 - Grace to Proclaim
October 9, 2016 - Unrestrained
October 2, 2016 - Honest Spirit
September 25, 2016 - Cosmic Celebration
September 18, 2016 - Enduring the Storm
September 11, 2016 - Wise Abundance
September 10, 2016 - Installation Service of the Rev. Eric Anderson
September 4, 2016 - Waves of Grace Command the Morning
August 28, 2016 - Table Dancing
August 21, 2016 - Bent Souls
August 14, 2016
August 7, 2016 - Faith Measures
July 31, 2016 - What Do You Say to Your Soul?
July 24, 2016 - Don't Stop Praying
July 17, 2016 - To Do, or Not To Do
July 10, 2016 - For the Neighbor
July 3, 2016 - Power, Pride, and Profits
June 26, 2016 - Now You've Invited Me to Ask...
June 19, 2016 - Not in Calamity, but in Silence
June 5, 2016 - Gifts of the Prophet; Gifts to the Prophet
May 29, 2016 - Healing the Centurion's Servant
May 22, 2016 - Where has Wisdom Gone?
May 15, 2016 - That Will Wake You Up in the Morning
May 8, 2016 - A Mother's Prayer
May 1, 2016 - Who Knows What You'll Find by the River?
April 24, 2016 - What Were You Thinking, Peter?
April 17, 2016 - Rising up is hard to do
April 10, 2016 - Breakfast
April 3, 2016 - "And can it be that I should gain?...In dis life...The prayer"
March 27, 2016 - "O death, where is thy victory? O grave, where is thy sting?"
March 20, 2016 - A Contemporary Palm Sunday Skit
March 13, 2016 - 'I count but loss'
March 6, 2016 - Joy in heaven over one sinner
February 28, 2016 - Love to the loveless shown
February 21, 2016 - Words and Music Make a Great Hymn Inspiring a Lenten Meditation
February 14, 2016 - 'Wilderness' in our life
February 7, 2016 - We, too, are being transfigured
January 31, 2016 - Dare to Risk
January 24, 2016 - Anointed for a Purpose
January 17, 2016 - Overflowing Love in Good Measure
January 10, 2016 - Named and Claimed
January 3, 2016 - God Chooses Us
December 27, 2015 - Growing up in the Service of the Lord
Christmas Eve 2015 - Festival of Nine Carols and Lessons
December 20, 2015 - Jesus loves the little children
December 13, 2015 - I give my life for you
December 6, 2015 - I'm Coming! I'm Coming! I'm Coming!
November 29, 2015 - Living and Navigating
November 22, 2015 - The Thanksgiving gift we take is equal to the Thanksgiving gift we make
November 15, 2015 - Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Cleaving the Future [5] I have asked him of the Lord
November 8, 2015 - Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Cleaving the Future [4] In Dis Life
November 1, 2015 - Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Cleaving the Future [3] Honoring our saints
October 25, 2015 - Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Cleaving the Future [2] Let me receive my sight
October 18, 2015 - Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Cleaving the Future
October 11, 2015 - A Tough Decision by any Standard
October 4, 2015 - In Many and Various Ways
September 27, 2015 - the Rev. Take Sunia
September 20, 2015 - the Rev. Take Sunia
September 13, 2015 - The Knowledge of who Christ is - to us - is the Beginning of Wisdom - the Rev Take Sunia
September 6, 2015 - Do Not Rob the Poor
August 30, 2015 - Orphans and widows in our days
August 23, 2015 - My soul yearns, even faints for the Lord
August 16, 2015 - The harvest is plentiful, the laborers few
August 9, 2015 - My soul waits and hungers for the Bread of Life
August 2, 2015 - Have mercy on me, O God
July 26, 2015 - Take nothing for the journey
July 19, 2015 - Reconciliation! Reconciliation! Reconciliation!
July 12, 2015 - It is no secret
July 5, 2015 - The Other Side
June 28, 2015 - A Participatory Sermon for Church Musicians Appreciation Sunday
June 21, 2015 - Now is the acceptable time!
June 14, 2015 - Some boast of chariots, and of horses
June 7, 2015 - Our inner nature is being renewed every day
May 31, 2015 - Go and say to this people
May 24, 2015 - Heart-warming Experiences!
May 17, 2015 - Paying Tribute to Our Seniors
May 10, 2015 - Baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ
May 3, 2015 - Remember the Philip in Your Life
April 26, 2015 - We are Christian by Our Love...
April 19, 2015 - Jesus Ate in Their Presence
April 12, 2015 - There's Quite Enough
April 5, 201 5 - Easter - When is the End a Beginning?
April 2, 2015 - Maundy Thursday
March 29, 2015 - Palm Sunday
March 22, 2015 - And He Went Away Sad
March 15, 2015 - We have Love to Give Away
March 8, 2015 - Who is This Jesus?
March 1, 2015 - No Ordinary Picnic
February 22, 2015 -
February 15, 2015 - Going Up and Coming Down
February 8, 2015 - (with Lenten Covenant)
February 1, 2015 - Showing up in Odd Places
January 25, 2015 - Dare to Love
January 18, 2015 - Are You Serious
January 11, 2015 - Remember Your Baptism
January 4, 2015 - From Darkness to Light
December 28, 2014 - Christmas Story
December 24, 2014 - Christmas Eve Service
December 21, 2014 - Here I am, God - Your Servant
December 14, 2014 - Dare to Rejoice
December 7, 2014 - God's Anyway Love
November 30, 2014 - The Third Coming
November 23, 2014 - Blessed to Be a Blessing
November 16, 2014 - Blowing a Football out your Nose
November 9, 2014 - Risky Business
November 2, 2014 - Loving Kindness
October 26, 2014 - Very Dear to Us
October 19, 2014 - A Model for Praying and Acting
October 12, 2014 - Radical Love
October 5, 2014 - Zesty Disciples
September 28, 2014 - Living in God's Good News
September 21, 2014 - Bread Rains
September 14, 2014 - A Dwelling in our Hearts
September 7, 2014 -
August 31, 2014 - Our Uneasy Relationship with God
August 24, 2014 - Looking Back to Look Ahead
August 17, 2014 - The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
August 10, 2014 - Buoyed by Faith
August 3, 2014 - Table of Plenty
July 27, 2014 - God's Realm is Like...
July 20, 2014 - Becoming a Luke 10 Church
July 13, 2014 - Foolish Farming or Abundant Blessings
July 6, 2014 - An Easy Yoke
June 29, 2014 - Extravagant Hospitality
June 22, 2014 - The Cost and Joy of Discipleship
June 15, 2014- Truer than Mere Facts
June 8, 2014 - Spirit Poured Out-bringing Life
May 25, 2014 - Imagine
May 18, 2014 - Changing Course
May 11, 2014 - What Makes an Attractive Church?
May 4, 2014 - Their Eyes Were Opened
April 27, 2014 - Meeting Us Where We Are
April 20, 2014 Easter Sunday - Do We Dare
April 17, 2014 Maundy Thursday
April 13, 2014 Palm Sunday - In Order to be Filled
April 6, 2014 - Consider the Possibility
March 30, 2014 - Different, Yet One
March 23, 2014 - Water for the Thirsty
March 16, 2014 - Blessed to be a Blessing
March 9, 2014 - Abundant Grace
March 2, 2014 - Holy Encounter
February 23, 2014 - Blooming in Hostile Places
February 16, 2014 -The Heart of the Matter
February 9, 2014 - Briny and Bright
February 2, 2014 - Living Under the Blessing
January 26, 2014 - Call to Adventure
January 19, 2014 - At the Threshold
January 12, 2014
January 5, 2014 - Small Presents, Big Presence
December 29, 2013 - The Faithful Journey Continues
December 22, 2013 - The Glory of the Lord Revealed
December 15, 2013 - Leap for Joy!
December 8, 2013 - Advent, Repentance and Shalom
December 1, 2013 - Her Only Hope
November 24, 3013 - God Does Provide
November 17, 2013 - Who am I?
November 10, 2013 - Remain Faithful and Follow Closely
November 3, 2013 - Reshaped and Transformed by Love
October 27, 2013 - Take Heart and Have Courage to Be
October 20, 2013 - Love for the Journey - the going is not easy
October 13, 2013 - Doing Our Best
October 6, 2013 - Patient, Enduring Faith in God's Ways
September 29, 2013 - You Will Not Fear
September 22, 2013 - Our Prayerful Living
September 15, 2013 - Welcomed into Repentance
September 8, 2013 - New Identities -Embedded in the Social Consciousness of Our Souls
September 1, 2013 - I Still Contend with You
August 25, 2013 - Let Our Healing Wholeness Begin
August 18, 2013 - Tough Love from Jesus
August 11, 2013 - Walking into Tomorrow
August 4, 2013 - Somewhere Under the Rainbow
July 28, 2013 - Whispers
July 21, 2013 - Whose House is it, Anyway?
July 14, 2013 - Who is My Neighbor?
July 7, 2013 - Freedom for Captives
June 30, 2013 - Pick up the Mantle - Put on Your Working Clothes
June 23, 2013 - Take Courage
June 16, 2013 - Embracing Justice
June 9, 2013 - Getting Your Story Together
June 2, 2013 - An Outsider's Trusting Faith
May 26, 2013 - Wisdom Calls from Generation to Generation...
May 19, 2013
May 5, 2013 - Together in Faith
April 28, 2013 - The God Who Makes All Things New: Ah-ha or Oh-oh!
April 21, 2013 - Life Commitment and Action
April 14, 2013 - Way Forward - Stepping Out
April 7, 2013 -The Easter Beatitude
March 31, 2013 - Easter Sunday - They did not Understand - He had Risen - that Joy Might Abound
March 24, 2013 - Palm Sunday
March 17, 2013 - Indulgence
March 10, 2013 - Embracing Love From Every Angle
March 3, 2013 - Everyone Has An Invitation - BOGO!"
February 24, 2013 - You Got to Know When to Hold 'em, Know When to Fold 'em
February 17, 2013 - Face to Face in Every Wilderness Challenge
February 10, 2013 - Transforming Relationships
February 3, 2013 - Prophet Walking the High Wire of Risk
January 27, 2013 - On Special Assignment
January 20, 2013 - Better than Expected - Extravagant Blessings
January 13, 2013 - Confirmed with Love - Heaven's Blessing Descends
January 6, 2013 - I've got Good News and Bad News
December 30, 2012 - Who is this Child? Who Makes us Ring with Hope?
December 23, 2012 - What Does Mary See?
December 9, 2012 - Go Before the Lord - Light in the Darkness
December 2, 2012 - Make Ready - Get Set - GO!!
November 25, 2012 - Ruler of Wisdom and Truthfulness
November 18, 2012 - We All Need a Pat on the Back
November 11, 2012 - Risk and Restoration - A Legacy of Redemption
November 4, 2012 - Wherever You Go - God Goes - We Journey Together
October 28, 2012 - Come Out! Be Unbound!
October 21, 2012 - Great Service - Beyond Expectations?
October 14, 2012 - What must I DO?
October 7, 2012 - How will God Wager on Our Integrity?
September 30, 2012 - Courage for Community - Born for a Time like This!
September 23, 2012 - First in Caring - Compassionate Acceptance
September 16, 2012 - Who are you, Jesus? Yes you are! And how are you Jesus?
September 9, 2012 - Be Open: Hear This, Insiders and Outsiders
September 2, 2012 - Be Love as the Way to Love
August 26, 2012 - Who or What Shall We Serve? For God Has Blessed Us!
August 19, 2012 - Wisdom Quest - Got Questions?
August 12, 2012 - Shaping Community with Honest Speech and Action
August 5, 2012 - Bread of Life
July 29, 2012 - You Got It!
July 22, 2012 - Holy Leisure
July 15, 2012 - Speak Truth through Power
July 8, 2012 - Powerful Perception
July 1, 2012 - Have No Fear, Only Believe!
June 24, 2012 - Together: In the Same Boat! Why are You Afraid? Peace Be Still!
June 17, 2012 - Grown Up Before We Know It
June 10, 2012 - God's Forgiveness Cannot Deny Itself
June 3, 2012 - Mysterious Encounters
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