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June Newsletter6/14/2023 Dear Maluhia,
My garden teaches me so many lessons. It’s a place where Go is often trying to teach me lessons – I learn about patience, and about faithfulness, and about abundance when I spend time digging weeds and planting seeds. Recently, I’ve been learning about zinnias. I planted zinnias a few months ago, and I was. . . satisfied with how they looked when they came up. They bloomed and died, and I went to pull them out. When I did, I was surprised to find that there were zinnia seedlings coming up in the spaces between the dead plants! I hadn’t seeded them – but they just appeared! Now, the second crop of these flowers are starting to bloom – and they are so much brighter and more robust than the first. After reading about them, I found that the more they are cut back the more they thrive. I’ve been reflecting on those lessons, and I think I have some takeaways. Sometimes, our first effort is just the first one – wait awhile, start again – the second try will be better. Sometimes, in order to grow full we need to pare back. Where might God be pruning you, or your life, so that you can really thrive? Rev Jazzy Mahalo! Each month, there are so many people to thank – and so many who contribute to our church, often in ways I don’t see. If you have a mahalo for someone let Rev Jazzy know for the next newsletter! Mahalo to Wieler and Ainell for refreshments, Maria for refreshments, Rocky for music, Judy and Sally for digging in the yard, Sally and Char for Parish workday, Sally for the beautiful orchid on Mother’s Day, Donald for set up for Kids Club, Hyton and Mackie for paying attention to the windows on Sunday mornings, and Maria and Donna for ongoing lay ministry leadership in worship on Sundays. Church is not a building – it’s the people of God living out the mission of the gospel. Through you, God is known and praised in our community. Congregational Notes As many of you heard in worship this month, Donald lost his youngest son, Albert Lee, on Tuesday, May 23rd. Please keep Donald and his ‘ohana in your prayers during this time. As always, life is a mixed bag – and so as we grieve the passing of Albert, we also celebrate the milestone accomplishment that Alex graduated from preschool and is going to begin Kindergarten! God holds us all, in triumph and in sadness. School Supplies Drive We are having a joint school supplies drive, in conjunction with St John’s. We will be donating to Kamaile Academy, Makaha Elementary, Waianae Elementary, and Leihoku Elementary. Keep an eye on the sales! We will be collecting through the end of July. Altar Flowers You can always bring flowers to adorn our altar – and if you do, please let me know so I can announce the cause in worship! You might choose to give in celebration of, or in memory of, or in honor of . . . the reasons are endless! Music in Worship We are trying some new things with our worship music! On the second Sunday of each month, Sally has graciously offered to play live music that we can sing along with! Take home an ELW book (one of the red ones in the shelves near the baptismal font) and send Rev Jazzy some of your favorite hymns so we can incorporate them into our live music services. On the fifth Sunday of the months that have one, we will be starting a folk service! Can you play a guitar or an ukulele or some other fun instrument? Let me know! Refreshments We have been enjoying our refreshment time after worship! Thank you to all who have contributed to our time of fellowship! If you’d like to host one Sunday, let Rev Jazzy know! Usually we have cookies and juice – just something simple. Fundraiser for St John’s St John’s is having a fundraiser! We are selling NOMS candy to help get five of our teenagers to Baltimore, Maryland, for a national church camp this July. So far, our teens are about halfway there – they’ve sold 750 bags of sweets! Each bag is $5, and they are delicious! Talk to Rev Jazzy for more information, and thank you for supporting our kids! Hall for Rent at St John’s After taking a hiatus over the COVID years, the Hall at St. John’s is available to rent again! WE have taken over the administration of the hall rental, where it used to run through Kama’aina Kids. If you have an event upcoming, please consider this as a venue! June Birthdays 5 Keoni Ford 29 Malia Cox Mark your calendars Kids Klub: Tuesday, June 13th and Tuesday, June 27th Council Meeting: Sunday, June 11th One Pot One Hope : Saturday, June 24th Other Important Dates: Parish Workdays: August 5 November 4
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