Each year, the LCH youth (with help of others from the congregation) hold Punahou Carnival parking fundraiser. The carnival takes place this Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2.
Thank you to all volunteers who have already signed up to help, but we still have a few spots, for both adult and youth volunteers. We encourage members and friends to sign up for a three-hour shifts during the carnival. If you have not done so, please contact Jerelyn Watanabe through the Church office at 808-941-2566.
If you’re going to the carnival, please park at LCH. We have the closest lots, and your donation support our youth’s many activities over the year. Parking in $15 (no in-out privileges), and the lots are open from 10:45 am to 11:30 pm both days.
Reconciling in Christ Sunday is January 27! This annual commemoration recognizes ELCA faith communities that have made public stands; welcoming people of all sexual orientation and gender identities. LCH is proudly included among those congregations, having agreed to become an RIC congregation in 1993.
Welcome the new year with German Vespers for New Year’s Day, a tradition—either on January 1 or for Epiphany—at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu since 2002. The service honors the church’s heritage as a congregation founded by German immigrants to Hawaii‘i and the the German practice of ushering in the new year with religious celebrations.
During Advent the whole congregation joins our children for the Jesse Tree devotions each Sunday in the nave at 9:10. It is a tradition at LCH for the children to present this short service of music and readings during Advent. Each week the children focus on the people in the Old Testament that lead the way for Christ. This year the Jesse Tree service will be held on December 2, 9, 16, and 23.
Thanksgiving Eve Joint Worship
All are welcome to join the LCH ‘ohana for our annual Thanksgiving Dinner in the courtyard. This is a potluck meal for anyone who would like to attend. Please bring your friends, neighbors, college and university students, and folks who would like some fellowship and food. Pastor Jeff and Jean will prepare the turkeys and bring fresh-baked rolls. A donation of ham would be appreciated. Please plan to bring your favorite dish in quantities to feed at least six persons. Pupu, side dishes, casseroles, desserts, or any other dish is very welcome! Please sign up in the courtyard beginning November 6 so we can plan accordingly.
Come celebrate our Lutheran heritage at our annual LutherFest, where we eat, drink, laugh, and have fun in the Hörmann Courtyard. Festivities will begin Saturday, October 27,at 5:30 pm with light pupus and non-alcoholic punch provided. Beer and wine are available for a donation. A German themed potluck follows at 6:00 pm. Brats will be provided, but please bring a German dish, if possible. To help ensure a balanced table, we suggest the following guidelines:
Join the youth of LCH at Wet ’n’ Wild Water Park on Sunday, September 30, after the early morning service. Youth and adults will leave LCH following the 8:00 am service and carpool to the park at 400 Farrington Highway, Kapolei. The event will end at 4:00 pm.
Property Chair Rich Mundell will lead a workday involving several projects around the LCH campus. We will clean and move a storage shed from the Luther Place apartments, clean out plant beds, repair settling concrete in the courtyard, repair the nave door, and other chores that may come up. Please bring gloves and sturdy shoes. LCH will provide needed tools and materials.
Join the Lutheran Church of Honolulu ‘ohana for Potluck and Silent Auction to raise funds for the new pew chairs that have replaced the 60-year-old pews in the LCH Nave.