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Ke ʻAlemanaka

The Parish Postings THE PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT

An Inclusive and Caring Christian Community Vol.88 No.5 May 2017

THE GRASS GROWS. I WILL GROW:

WE WILL GROW

On my way to work each weekday there has

been some construction going on as I wind my

way to church. Each day I have noticed an

orange construction sign tossed to the side of the

road. It was made of some sort of orange metal

mesh. As the construction dragged on-and-on, as

road construction seems to do, I saw the grass growing up

through the orange mesh. As the area around it is now being

mowed, passers by can now see just how high the grass is

growing this spring right through the holes in the sign. It was as

if the grass said, “I don’t care what obstacle you place in my

path, I am going to grow.”

I think of that sign now as I watch the signs of spring around me.

I sat on my lanai last week marveling at the flowers. They, too,

let no obstacle stand in their way. It’s as if they have said, “I will

push myself up in spite of the mulch, the rocks and the weeds.”

The flowers all show their splendor once again each spring, and

we all marvel at the fact that they come back to life and

symbolize the resurrection each year.

I know that we as human beings have the same potential and

strong determination as the natural things around us that grow.

We all have the ability to face our own challenges and push

onward and upward in the midst of obstacles. I begin to think and

reflect on the people whom I have known as friends,

parishioners, patients, and others in my life who have faced

serious illness, obstacles, or trying life circumstances. There are

many people around us who exemplify to us the will and

perseverance to press onward. I have met, and I am sure that you

have also met, people in your own lives that have faced serious

illness and death. And I am sure that you have learned from them

just as I have that they have grown in spite of, or even because

of, the difficult situations they have faced.

From Canon Kate

I believe that this is the message of Easter. That even in

the midst of insurmountable odds or circumstances;

hope and resurrection can happen. The Easter message

seems to me to be a message of the reality of life. Life

will deal us unexpected and terrible circumstances,

illnesses or heartbreaks along our way. Just as Jesus

had to deal with the cross on Good Friday, we will

have to deal with terrible disappointments, illnesses,

and disillusionments along the way. And yet, the Easter

message is one of hope. No matter the circumstances,

the message of Easter is one of hope.

Perhaps with the warmth of faith, the nurturing of good

friends, and sheer determination, we each can say,

“What ever obstacle comes my way, I will make it

through. I will grow, too.” Perhaps this is the Easter

message for St. Clement’s as well. In the midst of

uncertainty, search process, interim time, etc….our

hope is in the message of Easter. Even in the midst of

uncertainty, Jesus promises to be with us. We grow,

because Jesus grows within each and every one of us.

Have a Blessed Easter-tide.

~~ Blessings,

Canon Kate+

Ke ʻAlemanaka May 2017

Published monthly by The Parish of St. Clement

1515 Wilder Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-4614

Office Phone: (808) 955-7745

Fax Phone: (808) 944-9325

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.stclem.org

Interim Rector: Rev. Canon Kathleen J. Cullinane

Head of St. Clement’s School: Jodi Yoshioka

Director of Music: Karol Nowicki

Organist: River Kim

Parish Administrator: Carolyn Koehler

Secretary: Joanna Polevia

Sexton/Groundskeeper: Stan Ornellas

Family Ministries: Gail and Scott Suzuki-Jones

Lauren Romagnoli

Senior Warden: Liz Baldwin

Junior Warden: Mary Carpenter

Treasurer: Martha Morgan

Clerk: Moani Crowell

Vestry

Dana Anderson Michelle Comeau

Pam Fern Beth Fincke

Kimberly Frank Scott Hauger

Kehau Kali Berquist Carol Taylor Kim

Tom McManus

Happy

Birthday!

Hau`oli la hanau to all

Those born in May

Items for Ke ʻAlemanaka may be submitted to the

Newsletter Editor, Arthur Buto

Phone: (808) 383-3930

Email (preferred): [email protected]

DEADLINE FOR THE JUNE ISSUE

Monday, May 15, 2017

Attendance and Offerings

for March, 2017

March Attendance 666

March SCS Chapel Attendance 1,368

March Offerings $17,334

YTD Income as of 3/31/17 $147,467

YTD Expenses as of 3/31/17 $147,052

Ke ʻAlemanaka

If we missed your birthday, please let the office know!

May 1 Tahmi Brodhead

May 2 Vana Lee

May 3 Karen Borg

Elise Nakatsuji

May 5 Samantha Chapman

Zoe Chapman

May 6 Ryan Oda

May 8 Eva Rogers

May 11 Rudie Schaefer V

Brad Siefkes

May 12 Jane Anderson

May 15 Walton Shim

May 17 Meg McManus

May 18 Jessica Haworth

Christina Markevitch

Dorothy Seki

May 20 Helen Gary

Helena Ishida

May 21 Manny Wong

Alex Yang

Andrew Yang

May 22 Lisa Buto

Soane Lino, Jr.

May 24 Dana Anderson

Tyler Wong

May 28 Leslie Isaki

Jeremy Mather

May 29 Kanani Cruz

May 30 Jean Overstreet

Saturday, May 6 - 6 pm

Family Movie Night

Pizza provided; side dishes welcome

Come and watch the movie Sing!


Mahalo Nui Loa

To Andrew and Mary Carpenter, Gayle Chang,

Beth Charlton, Moani Crowell, Canon Kate Cullinane,

Keliʻi deFrancia, Pam Fern, Beth Fincke, Cecilia

Fordham, Terry Ledford, Joy McElroy, Micheline and

Jack McManus, Kathleen Norris, and Cathy

Overstreet, for sitting vigil with the reserved sacrament

between the Maundy Thursday service and the Good

Friday service. Special thanks to Sandy Souza for

organizing the volunteers and making coffee available

throughout the night. Each of you is to be commended for

taking literally Jesus’ request to “stay awake one hour and

pray.”

To Scott Suzuki-Jones and Liz Baldwin for

organizing the Agape meal on Maundy Thursday and to

Bella Harper and Griffin Frank for reading the lessons

and ringing the bell during the meal.

To Beth Fincke and the St. Clement’s Choir for

helping us to “make a joyful noise unto the Lord” on

Maundy Thursday and Easter.

To all the Acolytes, Ushers, Greeters, Offering

Counters, Lectors, Lay Readers, and Eucharistic

Ministers who served during the holiest weekend of the

church year – Maundy Thursday through Easter Sunday

(as well as Sundays throughout the year).

To Canon Kate, Liz Baldwin, Moani Crowell, John

Palimoʻo, and all the parishioners who brought side

dishes for your hard work and the delicious sweet and

savory goodies at the Easter Brunch.

To .Byron and Hilary Gangnes for their many years

of coordinating and managing the monthly Food

Distribution Ministry. Well done, thou good and faithful

servants.

To Jayson Harper who has willingly agreed to take

over for Byron and Hilary as head of the Food Distribution

Ministry and to Matt Chapman for accepting the role of

Jayson’s assistant.

To Lauren Romagnoli and Gail and Scott Suzuki-

Jones, our Family Ministries Team, for organizing and

supervising the Easter Egg Hunt for the children of St.

Clement’s. A good time was had by all.

To Beth Fincke for filling in as the Interim Music

Director for the past 3+ months. She’s done a wonderful

job keeping the choir going through the busy seasons of

Epiphany, Lent, and Easter. You are a treasure to St.

Clement’s, Beth. (See article on page 5 for an introduction

of our new Music Director.)

The POSC has been very blessed. In response

to our Parish Profile / Rector job posting, the

Rector Search Committee has received

applications from many well qualified

applicants.

The initial review of all of the applications has

been completed and the committee is currently

preparing to conduct electronic interviews of the top

applicants and is continuing to review their resumes along

with checking references, reviewing sermons, etc. We ask for

your continued support and prayers as we continue in this

search for our new rector.

We ask that you join us as we pray for God’s guidance in this

crucial portion of the process:

"O God, by whom the meek are guided in

judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the

godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and

uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would

have us to do, that the Spirit of wisdom may save

us from all false choices, and that in your light we

may see light, and in your straight path we may

not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.”

~~ Respectfully and gratefully submitted,

Rector Search Committee:

Update

St. Clement’s Search Committee

Timeline

Month Action

May 2017 Review/Interview

candidates

June 2017 Submit 3 candidates to

Vestry


Easter at St. Clement’s

Above and right: Palm Sunday

procession into the church.

Below: Sunday schoolers join the choir at the Easter service;

bottom: parishioners receive Communion from Canon Kate.

Easter Brunch: The ham was donated

anonymously; Canon Kate, Moani

Crowell, and Liz Baldwin pre-cooked

the ham, roasted the potatoes, and

prepped the tables. Moani Crowell and

John Palimoʻo donated the Easter

Cupcakes, Spanish rolls, and iced tea in

celebration of Cole's second godmother,

Joy McElroy. Parishioners brought the

side dishes. Photos by Liz Baldwin and

Arthur Buto.

Left: Easter

began with a

sunrise service

at the beach.

Serving L-R

are Pam Fern,

Canon Kate,

and Dana

Anderson.

Photo by

Gayle Chang.

Below: Prior to the brunch, the keiki were treated to an Easter Egg Hunt

compliments of the Family Ministries team. Photos by Lauren Romagnoli.


Our 2017 Parish Directory was distributed at the annual meeting in Janu-

ary. Shown below are corrections and additions. Please make these

changes to your directory. If you don’t have the latest version (bright blue

cover), please call the office or stop by and pick one up. Also, if you have

a photo that you would like us to include, please email it to parishad-

[email protected] or call the office and arrange to have your picture taken.

Barrett, Diane – New home phone # 247-4592;

New cell phone # 228-4802

Davis, Beverly - New address: 3311 Kahawalu Dr, Honolulu 96817

Add:

Farris, Oscar & Jayne – 775 Kinalau Pl #206, Honolulu 96813;

Phone #379-0860; Email address: [email protected]

Freitas, Steve – 1210 Wilder Ave #206, Honolulu 96822;

Phone # 524-1689

Guerrero, Mario – 710 Pumehana St #1, Honolulu 96826;

Phone #465-9644

Halsted, Ann – 3232 Keahi St, Honolulu 96822;

Email address: [email protected]

Lorenzo, Elijah – 1946 Ala Moana Blvd #312, Honolulu 96815;

Phone #745-9022

Maguire, Jeff – 1454 Kinau St #6, Honolulu 96814;

Phone #381-3074; Email address: [email protected]

Directory Additions and Corrections

Steve Freitas Mario Guerrero

Ann Halsted Elijah Lorenzo

Adult Discussion Group Sundays in May

8:45am to 10:00am

During May we will begin

reading The Road to Character by

David Brooks. Below is how

Amazon.com described the book:

“With the wisdom, humor,

curiosity, and sharp insights that

have brought millions of readers

to his New York Times column

and his previous bestsellers,

David Brooks has consistently

illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original

ways. In The Social Animal, he explored the

neuroscience of human connection and how we can

flourish together. Now, in The Road to Character, he

focuses on the deeper values that should inform our

lives. Responding to what he calls the culture of the

Big Me, which emphasizes external success, Brooks

challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales

between our “résumé virtues”—achieving wealth,

fame, and status—and our “eulogy virtues,” those that

exist at the core of our being: kindness, bravery,

honesty, or faithfulness, focusing on what kind of

relationships we have formed.”

Please join us in the Loo Parish Hall at 8:45 am on

Sundays to read and discuss what promises to make

for some interesting discussion on values.

Karol Nowicki moved to O'ahu in 2012 after

receiving his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in

composition from Westminster Choir College in

Princeton, New Jersey. Karol quickly became

involved in the choral scene of Hawai'i, and in the

last five years has sung in choir and as a soloist

with Hawai'i Opera Chorus, Hawai'i Vocal Arts

Ensemble, St. Andrew's Cathedral Choir, Early

Music Hawai'i, O'ahu Choral Society, Han Sheng

Music Association, and the Men's Schola at the

Lutheran Church of Honolulu. For the past two years Karol has been

teaching at University of Hawai'i at West O'ahu and at Kapi'olani

Community College, where he directs choirs and instructs beginning voice

and theory classes. In fall of 2012 Karol and his brother Michał formed a

Christmas Caroling group called Karol's Karolers, an a cappella vocal

ensemble that performs international repertoire. Since its origin the group

has expanded its season to include non-holiday selections, and is currently

preparing for a spring concert at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu on May

19th and a mini-tour to the Big Island in the beginning of June. Karol is

very excited to begin his next music adventure at the Parish of St. Clement

and looks forward to becoming a part of the new community.

Meet Our New Director of Music

Karol Nowicki

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

10:00 SCS C2 Paint Party-PH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL

7:00 Mankind Project-MB

7:30 Al-Anon-PH

2

9:00 SCS Campus Tours-CH

1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1

5:00 Labyrinth Open-PKG

6:30 Carolyn’s Group-PH

3

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH

5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

5:45 Na’ohana Mtg-SL

4

1:00 Property Comm. Mtg-PH1

4:30 Farmers Market-PKG/PH

6:00 Choir Rehearsal-CH

5

8:00 SCS Lei Day Program-CH

8:30a-3p Diocesan Stewardship

Conference-PH

8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH

6

9:00 Altar Guild-CH


Conference-PH

6:00 Family Movie Night-PH

7

7:30 Holy Eucharist-CH

8:45 Bible Workbench-PH2

8:45 Adult Discussion-PH

10:00 Sunday School-PH/C.Bldg


5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB

7:00 Daily Reflections-PH

8 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

9


6:00 Vestry Mtg-PH

10

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

11

10:00 SCS Mother’s Day Tea-PH



12

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


13

9:00 Altar Guild-CH

9:00 iFoG Mtg-PH

14 Mothers Day




8:45 Prayer Chain Mtg-PH1





15 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

Ke`Alemanaka Deadline

16


5:30 SCS BOD Mtg-PH

17

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

5:30 Na ‘Ohana Meeting-PH

18

10:30 SCS C1 Party-PH



19

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH



20

9:00 Altar Guild-CH

10:30 Food Dist. Prep-KIT/PH

11:30 Food Distribution-KIT/PH

21








22 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

23

9:00 B1 Party w/Reptile Man-

PH


6:15 Exec. Comm. Mtg-PH1

24

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


11:00 YO!House Cooking-KIT

5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

25



26

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

8:30 Holy Folders-PH


Ke`Alemanaka Assembly

27

9:00 Altar Guild-CH

28




8:45 EV’s-PH1





29 Memorial Day

School & Offices Closed 6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

30

9:00 SCS Preschool 3’s

Moving Up Ceremony-CH


31


9:00 SCS Preschool 4’s &

Kindergarten Graduation-CH

10:00 Healing Eucharist-PH1

5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

Special Parish Office Hours

Tuesdays- May 9, 16, 23, 30

8:30 am to 6:30 pm

Key CH - Church PH - Parish House, main hall PH1 - Mtg room 1 in Parish House PH2 - Mtg room 2 in Parish House MB - Music Building SL - Staff Lounge KIT - Kitchen PG - Playground PKG - Parking Lot

May

2

01

7


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

10:00 SCS C2 Paint Party-PH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

2

9:00 SCS Campus Tours-CH


5:00 Labyrinth Open-PKG

6:30 Carolyn’s Group-PH

3

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

5:45 Na’ohana Mtg-SL

4

1:00 Property Comm. Mtg-PH1



5

8:00 SCS Lei Day Program-CH


Conference-PH


6

9:00 Altar Guild-CH


Conference-PH

6:00 Family Movie Night-PH

7








8 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

9


6:00 Vestry Mtg-PH

10

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

11

10:00 SCS Mother’s Day Tea-PH



12

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


13

9:00 Altar Guild-CH

9:00 iFoG Mtg-PH

14 Mothers Day




8:45 Prayer Chain Mtg-PH1





15 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

Ke`Alemanaka Deadline

16


5:30 SCS BOD Mtg-PH

17

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

5:30 Na ‘Ohana Meeting-PH

18




19

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH



20

9:00 Altar Guild-CH

10:30 Food Dist. Prep-KIT/PH

11:30 Food Distribution-KIT/PH

21








22 Clergy Sabbath

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

23

9:00 B1 Party w/Reptile Man-

PH


6:15 Exec. Comm. Mtg-PH1

24

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH


11:00 YO!House Cooking-KIT

5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

25



26

8:00 SCS Chapel-CH



Ke`Alemanaka Assembly

27

9:00 Altar Guild-CH

28




8:45 EV’s-PH1





29 Memorial Day

School & Offices Closed 6:00 EFM Class-SL


7:30 Al-Anon-PH

30

9:00 SCS Preschool 3’s

Moving Up Ceremony-CH


31


9:00 SCS Preschool 4’s &

Kindergarten Graduation-CH

10:00 Healing Eucharist-PH1

5:30 OA Meeting-PH2

5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG

Special Parish Office Hours

Tuesdays- May 9, 16, 23, 30

8:30 am to 6:30 pm

Key CH - Church PH - Parish House, main hall PH1 - Mtg room 1 in Parish House PH2 - Mtg room 2 in Parish House MB - Music Building SL - Staff Lounge KIT - Kitchen PG - Playground PKG - Parking Lot


FLOWERING OF THE CROSS

DURING PRESCHOOL CHAPEL

On Easter Sunday the Sunday School

children helped to flower the cross

during the procession into the church.

That very same cross was used the

following Wednesday within our

Preschool Chapel service. Preschoolers

were invited to bring a flower from

home to help decorate the cross. It’s

lovely to see so many different varieties

of flowers decorating the church. Photos

by Elizabeth Sugahara, Heather

Tanigawa, and Canon Kate.

CANNED FOOD DRIVE AT ST. CLEMENT’S SCHOOL

During the week

before Easter the

children of St.

Clement’s School

participated in a

canned food

drive. Over ten

huge boxes of

canned goods

were gathered.

The canned goods

were then used in

our food distribution program which takes place on the third

Saturday of the month. It’s great to see the church and the school

working together on some projects. Photo by Canon Kate.

Above: April photo frame; below: C3 with their

bunny hats for Easter; bottom from left: Cole on

an Easter egg hunt; and poi pounding at St.

Clement’s School. Photos by Rei Heen, Elizabeth

Sugahara, and Heather Tanigawa.


Farmers Market Ministry Teams

Volunteer to help with this ministry by contacting

Pam Fern (943-8987 or 561-1070) or Tim Hurd (372-9563)

Task May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25

Point Person for Set

Up and Parking

3:00-5:30pm

Keith Kalway Keith Kalway Jim Quimby Pam Fern

Parking 3:30-5:30 pm Sue Quimby Steve Marcuccilli

Set Up 4:15-4:45 pm Nellie McLaughlin Dana Anderson Liz Ho Tim Hurd

Point Person

5:30-7:30 pm Tim Hurd - 372-9563; Pam Fern - 561-1070 (May 25 only)

Receipts, Rents

6:30-7pm Martha Morgan Susan Palmore Michele Morikami Martha Morgan

Take down/

Closing* 7:20-8pm

Beth Fincke

Jim Mattingly

John Marlowe*

Soane or Nicholas

Lino

Sandy Souza

Arthur Buto*

River Kim

Ken Morikami

Terry Ledford*

Terry Ledford

Steve Marcuccilli

Pam Fern*

Parish Snap Shots

On Sunday, April 9,

Keiti Fusimalohi’s

family surprised

everyone following

the 10:15 am service

with a fabulous lunch

in honor of Keiti’s

79th birthday. The

lunch was fantastic,

there was lots of good

fellowship and

everyone joined in

singing Happy

Birthday. Photos by

Canon Kate.

The ABCs of Love . . . Use this alphabetical list of love-in-action

verbs as a reminder of the many ways to

reflect Christ’s love:

Accepts Behaves

Comforts Defends

Empowers Forgives

Grows Helps

Invests Joins

Kneels Listens

Mentors Notices

Overlooks Provides

Quiets Rejoices

Supports Tries

Understands Volunteers

Welcomes eXpects

Yields adds Zest to life


I realize it is the Easter Season, the fifty days

from Easter Day to the Day of Pentecost, but

every year on Palm Sunday during Lent we read

the Passion of Christ, meaning the events

leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and the

crucifixion itself, when it is a day we are

supposed to be commemorating his triumphant

return to Jerusalem. Then, five days later on

Good Friday, when we actually commemorate Jesus crucifixion, we

read it again. I understand why we repeat. The majority of

Episcopalians do not go to Good Friday services. As a result, most

Episcopalians would not hear the Passion if it was read only on

Good Friday. Consequently, the Episcopal Church mandates we

read it on Palm Sunday as well, when most Episcopalians attend

services, and in this way we all hear the Passion.

I have nothing against the Passion. To say the least, it is

pretty central in Christianity. However, in reading the Passion on

Palm Sunday, too, not only do we confuse some Episcopalians over

the correct order of events during the Holy Week that follows, and

not only do we benignly discourage Episcopalians to seek out, read

and study the Bible, and discover its meaning in our daily lives, but

we also skim over in part or overlook in full the whole point of Palm

Sunday in the process.

Ostensibly, Palm Sunday is when we celebrate Jesus’

triumphant return to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration after

three years of very active ministry. It was a ministry that must have

been very popular among Jesus’ fellow Jews, given all of the

controversy and enmity it caused among the religious and political

elite, and the fact that for the first 300 to 400 years after Jesus’ death,

until Emperor Constantine made Christianity the state religion of

Rome, the majority of Christians were Jews.

Even so, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey, a

colt. Crowds of people waved palm fronds at him as he passed by,

and they laid their cloaks down in his path for him to ride over. If

that were not enough, the people shouted the traditional Hebrew

exultation and holiday greeting of “Hoshianah!” which in English

transliterates as “Hosanna.” In Hebrew it means “save us” and, at

the time, was reserved for the Jewish Holy Day of Sukkot, the Feast

of Booths, Tents, or Tabernacles, meaning make-shift shelters.

Sukkot is when Jews remember how Moses, inspired and guided by

God, led them into the wilderness in their escape from slavery and

bondage in Egypt. It is when Jews recall how God provided for their

basic needs while in the wilderness with bread-like manna for

breakfast that appeared like dew on the desert floor in the morning,

fresh drinking water that sprang forth from stones in the heat of the

day, flocks of quail alighting near their campsites in the evening to

be roasted for supper, and trees and shrubs whose cuttings - such as

palm fronds - were used to shelter and protect them from the

wilderness.

A View from the Pew However, Palm Sunday was not Sukkot.

Sukkot is celebrated in the Fall. Palm Sunday

happened shortly before Passover which is

celebrated in the Spring. So why then were so many

Jews in Jerusalem shouting to Jesus “Hoshianah!” -

“Save me!” while they lay down their cloaks on the

streets for him to ride over and waved palm fronds

at him as he passed by? To be sure, in the Second

Book of Kings, Samuel prophesized the people

would spread their cloaks beneath him and shout

that he was King. In the book of Zechariah, the

prophet foretold he would ride into Jerusalem on the

colt of a donkey. And in the Psalms David sang,

“Lord, save us!” and “Blessed is he who comes in

the name of the Lord.” Still, Palm Sunday was not

Sukkot.

Could it be that the Jews who were

ecstatically greeting Jesus saw him to be, similar to

Moses, a deliverer who, instead of rescuing them

from slavery and bondage in Egypt, might someday

rescue them from discrimination and inequity in the

divided Kingdom of Israel, as well as the oppression

and persecution of Imperial Rome? Could it be that,

in laying down their cloaks on the street for Jesus to

ride over, a custom in many regions of the ancient

Middle East reserved for conquering warrior-kings

returning home from battle, the Jews welcoming

him were inversely rejecting titular King Herod of

Israel and Emperor Tiberius of Rome much like

they did Pharaoh Thutmose III of Egypt in the

Exodus? Could it be that, by waving palm fronds as

Jesus passed by, the Jews who embraced his

ministry were beseeching him to shelter them from

the spiritual and religious wildernesses they were

collectively and individually enduring, much like

the people of the Hebrew Tribes of Israel who

endured the natural wilderness of the Sinai in their

return to the Promised Land?

Could it be that Palm Sunday, more than

just a triumphant return to Jerusalem, is really an

event that combines the most important religious

and spiritual elements of Passover and Sukkot,

rescue and salvation? Could it be that all of the

Hosannas, cloaks and palms are really a communal

acknowledgment of the fulfillment of ancient

prophecies, symbolic of a much greater triumph?

~~ Submitted by

Scott Suzuki-Jones

“I tell you, if the people were silent, the stones would shout out.”

~~ Jesus / Luke 40:19


Lector Keith Kalway Kathleen Norris Hew Reynolds Sandy Souza

Lector/EM Jim Quimby Dana Anderson Scott Hauger Pam Fern

Euch. Min Martha Morgan Susan Palmore Susan Palmore Jim Quimby

Altar Guild Sandy Souza Sandy Souza Pam Fern Cecilia Fordham

Ushers Harrison Ishida Sandy Souza

Sandy Souza Kingsley, Joni & Tyler

Wong Sandy Souza

Coffee Hour Tahmi Brodhead Leslie Isaki

Martha Laxson Kingsley, Joni & Tyler

Wong Cecilia Fordham

Greeters Usher Coordinators Captain: Annette Jim 7:30 am - Sandy Souza 7:30 am - Leslie Isaki 10:15 am - Arthur Buto 10:15 am - Deborah Candace Love, Annette Jim

Lector Youth Reader Elizabeth McCutcheon Annette Jim Nellie McLaughlin

Lector/EM Micheline McManus Moria Amjadi Jane Anderson Brad Siefkes

Euch. Min Moria Amjadi Brad Siefkes Micheline McManus Paris Priore-Kim

Altar Guild Beth Fincke Beth Fincke Beth Fincke Beth Fincke

Ushers Liz Baldwin Liz Baldwin Arthur Buto

Terry Ledford Arthur Buto

Coffee Hour Tau’eva Lino Nellie McLaughlin

Beth Charlton Martha Kaser

Liz Baldwin Moani Crowell Keli‘i deFrancia

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MAY 2017 Lay Ministers

May 7 May 14 May 21 May 28

Euch. Lectionary: A

Office Lectionary: 1

The Fourth Sunday of

Easter

The Fifth Sunday of

Easter

The Sixth Sunday of

Easter

The Seventh Sunday of

Easter: The Sunday after

Ascension Day

Readings

Acts 2:42-47

Psalm 23

1 Peter 2:19-25

John 10:1-10

Acts 7:55-60

Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16

1 Peter 2:2-10

John 14:1-14

Acts 17:22-31

Psalm 66:7-18

1 Peter 3:13-22

John 14:15-21

Acts 1:6-14

Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36

1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

John17:1-11

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