Christ Church Summer Picnic
Sunday, July 20
At Higashihara Park

OThe traditional summer picnic is changing its location this year. For many years, we have traveled south to the Melson’s home, but since they have moved we have chosen a new destination.

You will recognize the tower on the left as part of the “best playground in Kona” located in Higashihara Park in upper Keauhou on the makai side of the highway before you reach the Honalo Junction. We have reserved the main pavilion at this county park and will be gathering from 10:00 am through the lunch hour our location after the first coffee hour. The people who attend the 10 am service will go directly to the park after church instead of coffee hour. In addition to the children’s playground, there are tennis courts, basketball hoops, and a ball park. Plans are still underway, but we hope we can organize some games for all ages.

The menu will be potluck and there will be a sign up sheet in the community center starting this Sunday. The church will provide the beverages and the hamburgers.

Keep listening to the Sunday announcements for more details about this annual event.

Aloha! 08 June, 2008
I think I’ve broken my own record for the longest time in not communicating with you. I deeply apologize and hope this won’t be a pattern. I hope you are doing well.

It is hard to believe that a whole year of seminary is now behind me. While I was studying for all my classes and writing all those papers, I thought it’d never end, but here I am standing on the other side—at least until next September when it all starts again! The classes I took this past semester were: Pastoral Studies, Church History—Reformation and Early Modern, New Testament, and Basics in Worship (Liturgics 101, basically). What was good was that I was able to take these classes with my fellow CDSP colleagues which will not necessarily be the case next year. In the Fall, I will be taking an Intro to Theology class at the Jesuit Seminary (Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley – JSTB). I’ll also be taking Greek and Homiletics (Preaching) as well as getting involved with my assigned Field Education assignment. I’ll be working in an Anglo-Catholic parish in San Francisco. The rector will teach me high-church culture” and I will be able to participate in the liturgical team on a regular basis. I’m pretty excited about that. I admit I like a bit of the “pomp and circumstance” in a worship service. I am also excited about their outreach program. In addition to their lunch program for the homeless, the parish also offers a weekly service at the local homeless shelter nearby. I am looking forward to being more actively involved in this.

I am missing you. I only had a four-day break in Kona with Doug before heading to O’ahu for my summer CPE program. An Episcopal parish here, St. Elizabeth, found me a wonderful host family who is letting me stay all by myself (except the times Doug comes over) in their spare two-bedroom cottage located just one block from the beach. Yep…it’s a hard life, eh! Well, actually CPE is rather hard. The program is very intensive and requires a lot of emotional involvement. I’ve been assigned to the Kuakini Medical Center which is a long-term care facility for mostly the elderly Japanese clientele (residents or patients). I find I am struggling with the hospital environment. It is something I am not used to, but, otherwise, I like where I am and the CPE program in general. It will continue until the 15th of August. Then I’ll be able to come back to Kona for about ten days only. After that, it’s back to Berkeley! I hope to be able to see you before heading back to CDSP.

Even though I haven’t written, please know you have been in my thoughts and prayers. I really do think and pray for you often and I feel your prayers for me. Thank you so much. Even though I feel “stretched” most of the time, I am assured that this is where God wants me and that I am to carry on—

May your journey with God bring you wellness and deep joy-

Heidi

ECW News June

Episcopal Church Women

Looking forward to the Up Country Fair. It’s never too soon to start canning. Mangos are ripening. If you have some or your neighbor has some it would be most appreciated if you could peel and slice the mangoes to be made into chutney. For chutney they should be half ripe ( or is that half green?). Bring the bagged fruit to church and place it in the freezer. Ripe mangos makes delicious jam, so sliced ripe mango will be appreciated too.

If you don’t have mangos but would like to help, the cooks would appreciate donations of raisins, sugar or canning jars. Bring them to the office and indicate they are for the chutney for the fair.

Aloha
Beryl.