Category Archives: Worship

Return to In-person Worship Beginning February 13

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Meeting together safely graphicAfter many months of online worship only, we are delighted to announce LCH will return to in-person worship beginning February 13th! Please join us in person and online at 10:00 am. Those worshiping in person will need to provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid test within 72 hours, wear a mask while on campus, and practice social distancing.

Adult Forum will remain online only for the moment. Godly Play will begin to transition to hybrid class over the next few weeks. Parents of Godly Play students will be contacted with more information. Parents wishing to enroll their children 5 years through 5th grade in Godly Play should contact the church office at 808-941-2566 or email lch@LCHwelcome.org.

We look forward to seeing you soon! There is no need to register with Evenbrite for Sunday morning worship.

Compline • Sun., Jan. 16, at 7:30 pm & Bach and Prayer • Wed., Jan. 26, at 7:00 pm

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Compline • Sunday, January 16, at 7:30 pm

prayer graphicWe warmly invite all people in all places of faith and life to Compline. Offered on the first and third Sunday of each month, this beautiful candle-lit service is a meditative experience. Join us for a 30-minute meditative time of prayer and reflection by candlelight. A cappella singing and chanting are led by the LCH Men’s Schola with John Bickel presiding.

Compline for January 16 includes music by Un-Yung La (1922–1993), John L. Bell (b. 1949), Thomas Tallis (1505–1585), several plainsong pieces, and an anonymous melody from 1566, arranged by Christopher Dalitz (b. 1967)

Compline will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.

Bach and Prayer • Wednesday, January 26, at 7:00 pm

Bach and Prayer graphicAll are welcome to participate in our monthly “Bach and Prayer.” Join us for this quiet prayer service on Wednesday evening, January 26. Bach and Prayer offers a time for silent prayer and meditation interspersed with contemplative organ works by J. S. Bach and his family.

This month, Maika‘i Nash and Scott Fikse will perform selection by Johann Sebastian Back arranged for piano four-hands.

Bach and Prayer will 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.

LCH Returns to Online-Only Worship Services

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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

Modified Christmas Worship Information

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modified worship graphicWhile 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.

Worship for the Christmas Season

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

Christmas Eve
Friday, December 24

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

Second Sunday of Christmas
Sunday, January 2

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.

 

In-Person Worship Resumes Sunday, December 5

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masked worshippers in pewsLutheran 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.

47th Annual Advent Procession • November 28 at 7:30 pm

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advent graphicJoin 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.

Bach and Prayer Thanksgiving Eve Service • Wed., Nov. 24, at 7:00 pm

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Bach and Prayer graphicAll 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.

Women’s Compline • Sunday, November 7, at 7:30 pm

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prayer graphicWe 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.

Feast of St. Francis: Blessing of Pets and Vespers • Sunday, October 3

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Blessing of Pets graphicBlessing of Petsat 10:00 am

Recognizing God’s love for all creatures and in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, we will have our annual blessing of the pets on October 3, during the streaming worship service at 10:00 am.

We are collecting photos of your beloved pets—any animals or stuffed animals—for including during worship. If you wish to participate, please email a photo of your pet(s), including the pet name(s) to Pastor Jeff Lilley at pr.jeff@LCHwelcome.org.

Morning Worship will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.

St. Francis graphicVespers for the Feast of St. Francis at 7:30 pm

St. Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic, and preacher, and today he is associated with patronage of animals and our beautiful planet, as well as peace and compassion.

We will offer a special vespers service in place of Compline Sunday evening at 7:30 pm. The service will feature music by Christopher Tambling, Healey Willan, and Emilis Melngailis. All are welcome for the livestream as we take time for prayer, praise, and reflection.

Vespers will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.