Over the weekend Hawai‘i covid-19 numbers spiked to an alarming 2000+ infections and a positivity rate of 11%. I recently spoke with staff members, and we are agreed that LCH should return to online-only worship through Sunday January 16th. Indications are that the current surge will last at least that long. Should numbers hold steady or climb, it seems prudent that we extend online-only worship past that date.
In Peace,
Pastor Jeff
While we were all looking forward to celebrating a blessed Christmas season in the Nave as an in-person community, the rising covid positivity rate in Hawai‘i has caused us to rethink these plans. In the interest of safety, we’ve modified our Christmastide services as outlined below.
The following services will take place outside in the Hörmann Courtyard. All attendees must be fully vaccinated, wear a mask, and observe social distancing protocols. We ask that if you feel unsafe or unwell, you please stay home and join us online. Seating will be limited and physically-distances, so anyone planning to attend should RSVP using the link for that service.
The 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist will be offered livestream-only. Family members of the choir and production crew may join in-person (while observing all safety protocols as mentioned above).
Plans for morning worship and Compline on Sunday, January 2, and German Vespers on Friday, January 6, will be determined at a later date.
Thank you for your understanding as we navigate the ups and downs of the pandemic together.
On behalf of the entire staff, we wish you a blessed, safe Christmas season.
5:00 pm • Family Service
Musical selections include the St. James Christmas Carol Mass
with chamber choir joined by violin, cello, and piano
7:30 pm • Choral Eucharist
Buxtehude’s Christmas cantata, Das neugeborne Kindelein;
Mozart’s Missa Brevis in G major and works for choir and strings
LCH choir, Bach Chamber Orchestra, and organist Mark Wong
Christmas Day
Saturday, December 25
10:00 am • Festival Worship
with music provided by the women of the LCH Choir
First Sunday of Christmas
Sunday, December 26
10:00 am • Lessons & Carols
featuring members of the LCH Choir
10:00 am • Service of the Word
featuring members of the LCH Choir
7:30 am • Compline
featuring LCH Men’s Schola
Epiphany of Our Lord
Thursday, January 6
Epiphany German Vespers
has ben cancelled due to the rise in covid cases
As of December 21, Choral Eucharist on Christmas Eve will be live-streamed only. Family Worship on Christmas Eve, morning worship on Christmas Day, and Lessons and Carols on December 26 will take place in Hörmann Courtyard with limited in-person attendance by fully-vaccinated or tested individuals. Masks are required
throughout worship. Worship services during January will be online-only.
All services will also livestream on the LCH Facebook page. They will also stream on
our Worship Services page, where orders of worship are available for download.
’Tis the season for live Christmas music. In this festive iteration of our new jJazz series, join us for a night of Donny Hathaway, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Wham!, and other festive tunes you might not expect to hear at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. Joining our LCH Jazz Trio will be local trumpet legend DeShannon Higa and a few surprise vocalists.
The concert is on Friday, December 10, at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) with limited seating. Book your tickets now through our Eventbrite page. Proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of the concert is required for entry; masks are required throughout the performance.
Free admission, suggested donation of $10 supports our music ministry.
For those not attending in-person, the concert will also be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.
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.
While classical, Gospel, and contemporary popular music comprise the Morgan Singers’ repertoire; the choir is noted for its emphasis on preserving the heritage of the spiritual, especially in the historic practices of performance. The Morgan State University Choir has performed for audiences throughout the United States and all over the world—including Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Canada, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Join us for a rare opportunity to hear this outstanding choir during their spring tour to the islands.
Limited in-person seating is available by reserving a seat through our Eventbrite page. Proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19 test taken within the past 72 hours is required for entry; masks are required throughout the performance.
Those not attending in-person can tune in on our streaming page or the LCH Facebook page. The performance will also be archived on the LCH Facebook page.
Free admission, suggested donation of $20 supports our concert ministry.
Through the generous sponsorship of the Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation and support from other individual supporters, this concert is free. Additional donations to support the concert series are gladly accepted (details below).
Concert Program (PDF in a new window)
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.
Lutheran Church of Honolulu will resume in-person attendance at worship beginning Sunday, December 5, at the 10:00 am worship service. For those living outside of O‘ahu or not wishing to attend in-person, worship services will continued to be livestreamed on the LCH Facebook page and our own Worship Services page, making this a hybrid service.
All attendees eligible for vaccination must show proof of vaccination on arrival, and everyone on campus must remain masked for the duration including during worship. Unvaccinated adults must show a negative covid-19 test taken within a 72-hour window. Children not yet vaccinated will be allowed to attend but must be masked.
Social distancing will be observed through preset seating. One Sundays when Holy Communion is celebrated, communion will be by individual wafer and disposable cups distributed to attendees in their seats. Initially there will be no fellowship hour.
Join us for Lutheran Church of Honolulu’s annual Advent Procession, a beloved Hawai‘i tradition since 1975. This year we will present a prelude cantata, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, bwv 61, with choir, orchestra, and soloists.
The service marks the start of a new liturgical year as we begin our Advent journey of hope and expectation. A beautiful selection of lessons and carols will be led by the LCH Choir and chamber orchestra, with each lesson brought into greater focus and relevance through collects written especially for this evening’s service by Pr. Jeff Lilley.
Limited in-person seating is available by RSVP with the church office (808-941-2566 or lch@LCHwelcome.org). As with all our services and events, Advent Procession will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.
All are welcome to participate in our monthly “Bach and Prayer.” Join us for this quiet prayer service on Thanksgiving, Eve, November 24. Bach and Prayer offers a time for silent prayer and meditation interspersed with contemplative organ works by J. S. Bach and his family.
This will be a hybrid service with both in-person attendance and a livestream broadcast. Contact the church office by phone at 808-941-2566 or by email at lch@LCHwelcome.org to reserve a seat, or tune in for the livestream on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page. If you miss the livestream, the service will be archived on the LCH Facebook page.
We warmly invite all people in all places of faith and life to Compline. Offered on the first and third Sunday this month, this beautiful candle-lit service is a meditative experience of a cappella singing and chanting to commemorate the day’s end. This month, November 1 will feature Women’s Compline. November 15 compline will be led by members of the LCH Men’s Schola. Musical selections include Gregorian chant, Taizé chant, Renaissance polyphony, and more.
Compline will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the the LCH Facebook page.
While the modern brass quintet has only been around since the 1940s, a wealth of compositions has developed, ranging from the obvious bold and energetic works that horns are known for to the more tender and subtle repertoire these instruments are beautifully capable of playing.
The stellar ensemble of DeShannon Higa (trumpet), Casey Tamanaha (trumpet), Marie Lickwar (horn), Jason Byerlotzer (trombone), and T.J. Ricer (tuba) will present an evening of outstanding music for brass quintet featuring both “classical” works and popular songs on the lighter side.
The concert will include selections from the following pieces:
The concert will be livestreamed on the LCH Facebook page and our streaming page November 1 at 7:00 pm and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.
Through the generous sponsorship of the Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation and support from other individual supporters, this concert is free. Additional donations to support the concert series are gladly accepted (details below).
Concert Program (PDF in a new window)
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.