The LCH Summer Jazz Series is pleased to feature One Night Only as our first performing ensemble in 2021. Rachel Gonzales (vocals), Jim Guss (guitar), and Alex Morrison (upright acoustic bass) have prepared repertoire from the Great American Songbook, including ballads, swing and Latin tempos, scatting, and music to move your soul. Join us for a magical evening as we kick off our summer series.
The concert will be livestreamed on our Worship Services page and the LCH Facebook page June 18 at 7:00 pm and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.
The concert is free; and donations to support the concert series are gladly accepted using the link below. Suggested donation for this concert is $10–20.
The series continues with Jazz Evolution (a historical sampler of jazz music composed by some of the genre’s greats) on Friday, July 2, and Tribute to Manhattan Transfer (a night of vocal jazz in the swinging styles of legendary groups like Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, and Singers Unlimited) on Friday, August 20.
Support Our Summer Jazz Series with Your Donation
Your tax-deductible donations make it possible for us to offer these free concerts to the community. Please consider a donation by sending a check (payable to “Lutheran Church of Honolulu”) to the church at 1730 Punahou Street, Honolulu HI 96822 or using the button to the right to make a secure donation via PayPal. Mahalo for your support.
The LCH Music and Worship Committee and LCH staff are carefully planning an in-person Compline service for June 6 as we begin our considered transition back to in-person worship. The number of attendees is limited to 35 to accommodate the 6-foot CDC distancing guideline. RSVPs and masks are required. 
A blessed Mother’s Day to all those who identify as mothers in body and in spirit!
Join us for the 60th Anniversary celebration of Hawai’i Youth Opera Chorus (HYOC), featuring a rich assortment of solo and ensemble performances by the talented members of this celebrated ensemble. The program will feature excerpts from HYOC-commissioned youth operas, small ensemble and solo works by western composers, and compositions by Hawaiian monarchs that pay homage to this beautiful island home and culture.
The month of March included two great volunteer days! The second bed, at the front of the church facing Punahou Street, is now complete and has even a few plants—some basil, chard and squash. We also planted an exciting variety of seeds from the Seed Lab at University of Hawai‘i. The seeds included Paukea cauliflower, U.H. Mānoa lettuce, kai choy, Koba green onion, Komohana grape tomatoes, Hawaiian chili peppers, and Ka‘ala bell peppers! So far, the peppers and a few green onions are peeking above the soil! Thank you gardeners! Look for upcoming volunteer days in April.
First Mondays Chamber Concerts continue with an evening of authentic Middle Eastern music featuring the talented ensemble Island Oasis, lead by Kip McAtee. Enjoy danceable melodies from throughout the Balkans and Middle East, featuring the lute-like oud, an end-blown flute called the ney, clarinet, percussion, and other instruments.
The Lamentations of Jeremiah are five poems in the form of laments for Jerusalem and Judah, invaded and devastated by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. These moving elegies have inspired composers for centuries, perhaps most famously English Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis.
Please join us for streaming midweek Lenten services. Holden Evening prayer will begin at 7:00 on Wednesday evenings during Lent with the theme “From Darkness into Light.” Each service will approach the theme from a different perspective including spirituality, care of earth, and mental health using music, imagery, art, and proclamation to draw us deeper into God’s presence. Members of Writers’ Workshop will provide much of the proclamation texts.