Worship for May 10, 2026

Thank you for joining us for this live stream (or recording, as the case may be) of Sunday worship. May it bless you! You may need to click “Play” to launch the stream, which will be live around 9:50 AM.

Welcome to the live stream of worship from Church of the Holy Cross for Sunday, May 10, 2026. You will find the service outline below, and you may download and print the PDF to follow more easily. 

Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Prelude: Under His Wings       Kayleen Yuda

Lighting of the Candles

Ringing of the Bell

Welcome               Rev. Eric S. Anderson

*Call to Worship (based on 1 Peter 3:13-22)                  Mace Peng

Leader:   Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?
People:  Though it seems wrong, some will bring harm to those who do right.

Leader:   Do not fear what they fear, and do not let them intimidate you.
People:  In our hearts we sanctify Christ as our leader and ruler.

Leader:   Be ready to defend your faith and account for the hope that is in you.
People:  It is better to suffer for doing good than to rejoice in doing evil.

All:           Let us worship God!

* Hymn #473: Blessed Assurance (v. 1 – 3)

*Invocation (based on Psalm 66:8-20)       Mace Peng

You have tested us, O God, as silver is tried, with heat and stress. We went through fire and through water, and you have brought us to this place of space and safety. Now we come to your house with celebration and song, and we thank you that you have heard the words of our prayer and preserved us in your steadfast love. Amen.

Please be seated

WE SHARE THE WORD OF GOD

Anthem: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth                  Ramona Witt, Soprano                                                                                    Muftiah Martin, Violin
Bob Grove, Continuo

Time with the Children          Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Scripture:               Mace Peng

Acts 17:22-31
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely spiritual you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps fumble about for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we, too, are his offspring.’

“Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

John 14:15-21
“If you love me, you will keepmy commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”

Sermon: Connections                Rev. Eric S. Anderson

WE RESPOND IN WORD AND DEED

Pastoral Prayer Rev. Eric S. Anderson

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. Amen.

* Hymn #454: Lord, I Want to Be a Christian (v. 1-4)

Call to Offering    Mace Peng

Where do you connect with God? In prayer? In Bible reading? In worship? We invite you now to connect with God is sharing, for God’s grace has been poured out to us without limit. In the same way we can give as well. 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: Simple Gifts              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                      Mace Peng

God, you have given us life. You have given us beauty. You have given us love. You have given us forgiveness. You promise us eternal life. We cannot give so much, but what we have given, please receive in Jesus’ name. Amen.

* Hymn #531: God, Speak to Me, That I May Speak (v. 1 – 4)

Please be seated

Announcements Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Benediction          Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Postlude: All Hail the Power   Kayleen Yuda

* Please stand if you are able.

PERMISSIONS

Under His Wings #1030747
Ira David Sankey, Robert J Hughes
Tune: © 1970 Lorenz Publishing Company
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

Blessed Assurance
Text by Fanny Crosby, 1873
Tune ASSURANCE by Phoebe P. Knapp, 1873
Public Domain

I Know that My Redeemer Liveth
Text by Jessie Brown Pounds
Public Domain

Lord, I Want To Be a Christian
Text: African-American spiritual
Public Domain
Tune I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN, African-American spiritual
Arr. by Joyce Finch Johnson, 1992
© The Pilgrim Press
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

Simple Gifts
Contributors: Gregg Sewell

God, Speak to Me, That I May Speak
Text by Frances Ridley Havergal, 1872
Tune CANONBURY by Robert Schumann, 1872
Public Domain

All Hail the Power #64228
Type: Words and Music
Language: English
Contributors: Lani Smith
Text: © 1978, Lorenz Publishing Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

IMPORTANT DATES

Today, May 10 – Council meeting after Worship Service in the Lounge
Saturday, May 16, 8:30 a.m. – Service Day
Sunday, May 24 – Recognition of Graduates during Worship Service.
If you know of a graduate, please let Gloria Kobayashi know as soon as possible.

Sundays, 8:30 a.m. – Holy Cross Singers Rehearsal in the Lounge
Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. – One Song from Church of the Holy Cross streamed live
Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. – Bible Study in person, in Pastor’s Study or via Zoom
Fridays, 10:00 a.m. – Bell Choir Rehearsal in the Building of Faith Meeting Room
Interested in pickleball? Contact Connie at 808-936-7534 or Ruth at rnduponte07@gmail.com

Other Faith Groups that meet at Church of the Holy Cross

The United Church of Christ, Pohnpei – Sanctuary, 12 noon
            Rev. Bensis Henry
Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa – Sanctuary, 2:00 p.m.
            Rev. Sitau Ofoia, Jr.
The Bedesta Church – Sanctuary, 4 p.m.   
Rev.  Edmes Edwin

Pastor          Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Moderator             Lorraine Davis
Vice Moderator Elwood Kita
Lay Reader       Mace Peng
Chapel Decorations   Chris and Jeribie Tanouye
Organist / Pianist     Kayleen Yuda   
Music Director-Accompanist Bob Grove
Guest Musicians Ramona Witt, Soprano
            Muftiah Martin, Violin
Hand Bell Director        Anna Kennedy 
IYAA Choir Director Stuart Mori  
Projected Imagery        Sue Smith
Live Stream Director         Ruth Niino-DuPonte. Bob Smith 
Videographers    Eric Tanouye, Bob Smith, Woody Kita,
            Mace Peng, Cindy Debus
Sound Engineer Ben Yamaki
Sunday School Teacher          Gloria Kobayashi
Sunday School Aide      Johanna Narruhn
Office Manager Kahealani Mahone-Brooks

We welcome you to worship this day. Church of the Holy Cross seeks to help its members, friends, and visitors follow the guidance of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, encouraging all people to love one another according to the teachings of Jesus. We live and teach the faith, speak good news, minister to people near and far, and work with other households of faith and helping agencies to improve our community and our world. To support our ministries, please visit our Donate Page.