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Welcome to the live stream of worship from Church of the Holy Cross for Sunday, February 18, 2024. You will find the service outline below, and you may download and print the PDF to follow more easily.
Service of Worship, February 18, 2024
First Sunday in Lent
Henry `Opukaha`ia Sunday
Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Please note that audio and video of this service are being live streamed on the Internet and will be recorded. The right rear section of the sanctuary will not be captured by any cameras. Please be aware that in other sections you may be visible at times.
Prelude: Beneath the Cross of Jesus Kayleen Yuda
Lighting of the Candles
Ringing of the Bell
Welcome Rev. Eric S. Anderson
* Call to Worship: (based on Psalm 25:1-10) Barbara Iwami
Leader: To you, O LORD, we lift up our souls. In you we place our trust.
People: Do not let us be put to shame or suffer the exultation of our enemies.
Leader: Make us to know your ways, O LORD. Teach us your paths.
People: Lead us in your truth and teach us, for you are the God of our salvation.
Leader: Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love.
People: Remember us according to your steadfast love for the sake of your goodness, O God.
All: Let us worship God!
* Hymn #211: Lord Jesus, Who through Forty Days (v. 1-4)
* Please join me in the Invocation: Barbara Iwami
(From the Hawai’i Conference Liturgy for Henry ‘Opukaha’ia Sunday)
Leader: Almighty God, who in old time and our time guided our ships across stormy seas to safe harbor, we bless you that in your divine Providence you did lead the little ship, Triumph, from the islands of Hawaiʻi to the distant shores of New England, where ʻŌpūkahaʻia found a new haven, a new home, and a new hope.
People: E kaʻi mai iā kākou, e ka Haku; kaʻi mai iā kākou i loko Kou pono.
Leader: O Thou who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea, cast, we pray you, a gracious eye upon us who are still in our dangerous voyage of life; strengthen us in our time of storm and trial; help us to endure patiently the troubles that come to us and, by your grace, enable us to win some victory here; guard us against carelessness, cowardice, and fear; give us confident and courageous hearts, as all true saints have had in you; and grant that, in the end, we may bring our vessels triumphantly to our desired haven, under your heavenly guidance and protection.
People: Moakāka Kou nohona i mua o ko kākou alo.
Leader: We give thanks unto you, O Lord, for the people of New England, who welcomed this boy, cast adrift among them, not as a stranger, but as a son, a brother, and a friend; we bless you for those who taught him what they knew of good and God and prayed that he might come to know it too; for those in that cold country who had the warm spirit of aloha in their lives, though they knew not the word;
People: ʻO ke aloha, mai hoʻokamani ia; e hoʻowahawaha i ka ʻino, e hoʻopili aku i ka maikaʻi; e launa aku hoʻi kekahi, ma ke aloha hoahānau, e hoʻopakele aku kekahi i kekahi ma ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana. (Romans 12:9, 10)
Leader: For all who see companionship and kindness in our common life today; for the hand of welcome held out to stranger and to neighbor; for the good word spoken, the truth taught and the Good News preached; for ordinary people who have served thee with extraordinary devotion; for all those who have entertained angels or served your purposes unaware; we praise thy name and bless you, O Lord, our God.
People: Hoʻāʻo ia kakou e hauʻoli no ka manaʻolana, e hoʻoomanawanui i ka pōpilikia, e hoʻomau ana ma ka pule, e hāʻawi aku no ka nele o nā haipule; e hoʻokipa nō. (Romans 12:12, 13)
Leader: For the quick mind and the sensitive spirit of this your island boy; for his devotion to his country and his people; for his steadfast love of learning and his sense of purpose; for his hope to take the Gospel to Hawaiʻi, and for his eagerness to be about his God’s business, we give you thanks, O Lord.
People: Inā he mea hiki, ma kahi e hiki ai ʻoukou, e kuʻikahi ʻoukou me nā kānaka apau; e ao o lanakila ka hewa ma luna ou, akā, e hoʻolanakila i ka pono ma luna o ka hewa. (Romans 12:18, 21)
Leader: For the mission that arose from the life and death of Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia; for the gallant company who cared enough for others and for you to go to Hawaiʻi because he could not go; for those who cared enough to give though they could not go; for the people of the islands who received with gladness the tidings of great joy and with aloha the ones who brought the light of the Gospel to them; and for the blessings which the Gospel of Christ has brought, not only to Hawaiʻi, but to all humanity:
People: ʻO ka hanohano ame ka nani ame ka lani ame ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana, e noho pū me ʻOe, e ka Haku, ko mākou Akua. Amene.
Please be seated
WE SHARE THE WORD OF GOD
Anthem: Op.19 No.3 Jägerlied (Song of Hunting) Kanako Okita
Time with the Children
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17 Barbara Iwami
Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, ‘As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.’ God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.’ God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.’
Mark 1:9-15
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good newsof God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’
Sermon: New Beginnings Rev. Eric S. Anderson
WE RESPOND IN WORD AND DEED
Pastoral Prayer Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Prayer Response: Sweet Hour of Prayer Bell Choir
Please join me in the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen
* Hymn #446: Jesus, Still Lead On (v. 1-4)
Call to Offering Barbara Iwami
Jesus gave all of himself to serve the human family. He also took the time to renew and restore himself, then set out to serve once again. Let us take this opportunity to serve our neighbors, friends and strangers, with our offerings. Whether you share your gift here in the church today, through a gift online, or via an envelope in the mail, let the offering now be received.
Offertory: Father, I Adore You Kayleen Yuda
* Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Amen
* Offertory Prayer Barbara Iwami
We ask that you accept these gifts, O God, in gratitude for all the giving of Jesus our Savior. Magnify our giving with your grace so that people near and far rejoice in the knowledge of your everlasting love. Amen.
* Hymn #391: In the Midst of New Dimensions (v. 1-5)
Announcements Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Benediction Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Postlude: Festival March Kayleen Yuda
* Please stand if you are able.
Permissions
Beneath The Cross of Jesus
Mark Hayes
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Lord Jesus, Who through Forty Days
Text by Claudia F. I. Hernaman, 1873
Tune ST. FLAVIAN first pub. 1562
Public Domain
Op.19 No.3 Jägerlied
Song of Hunting
Felix Mendelssohn, 1832
Public Domain
Sweet Hour of Prayer
SWEET HOUR by William B. Bradbury, 1861
Public Domain
Jesus, Still Lead On
Text by Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, 1721
Trans. by Jane Borthwick, 1846
Tune SEELENBRAUTIGAM by Adam Drese, 1698
Public Domain
Father, I Adore You
Arr. Fred Bock
Bred Bock Publishing Group
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In the Midst of New Dimensions
Text by Julian Rush, 1985
Tune NEW DIMENSIONS by Julian Rush, 1985
Text and tune © 1985 by Julian Rush
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Festival March
George Blake
Tune: © 1974 Lorenz Publishing Company,
a division of The Lorenz Corporation
(Admin. by Music Services)
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Dates to Remember
Today: February 18—Deacons Meeting
Pastor Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Moderator Stefan Tanouye
Lay Reader Barbara Iwami
Choir Accompanist Kanako Okita
Choir Director Doug Albertson
Organist Kayleen Yuda
Hand Bell Director Anna Kennedy
Chapel Decorations Hats Kamimura
Projected Imagery Sue Smith
Web Master Ruth Niino-DuPonte
Videographers Eric Tanouye, Eli Yamaki
Ruth Niino-DuPonte, Bob Smith
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