February 2020 Volume 14, Issue 2

Dear CCU 'Ohana,

My name is Rachel Jacobson, and I am a freshly installed Elder of the

CCU Congregation. Since I will be writing the monthly bulletin for Pastor

Liz while she is away, I thought I’d take the opportunity to introduce

myself. I was born and raised in Southern California and I first came to

Oahu for college. I majored in Early Childhood Education at the University

of Hawaii at Manoa and have worked with children for many years. UH is

where I met my husband of 11 years, and we are fortunate enough to

have a daughter, Eliana, who is 3 years old.

My Christian journey began soon after I was born. My parents attended

various non-denominational churches where as a child I loved attending

Sunday School every week, and as an adolescent found solace in the

Youth Group Ministry. These early experiences instilled in me the

importance of God’s love and sharing it with others, but it was also a very

limited scope of how broad God’s love can be.

As an adult I began to actively seek out a more inclusive congregation,

and was fortunate to become a member of a United Methodist Church in

California where I was welcomed and encouraged by a wonderful group of

people. I was also recruited by the Children’s Ministry director to be the

Sunday School teacher for the elementary aged kids. My biggest take

away from being a part of this congregation was how to show God’s love

through action.

When we moved back to Hawaii two years ago I was so lucky to have

found CCU. I enjoy the thought-provoking sermons of Pastor Liz and other

guest speakers that help me to look at scripture in a new way. I am

grateful for the time we have as a community during communion and the

lanai coffee hour every Sunday. I am so appreciative of the nursery my

daughter can play in and make friends, and look forward to hearing about

what she has learned in Keiki Church when she is older. Above all, what I

love most about CCU is our call to action to lift up our communities near

and far and to be stewards to the Lord’s creation. I am honored to be

given the opportunity to be an Elder and look forward to contributing to the

CCU 'Ohana.

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February 2020CCU Event Schedule:

Sundays: 10 am, Worship & Aloha Fellowship

2/1, Sat: 8AM CCU's Men's breakfast at Honey's

2/2, Sun: Hi5 Recycling for IHS (8:30-11:30am). Heidel's white truck.

2/9, Sun: Annual Congregational meeting (following worship)

2/14, Fri: 7PM Vespers on the Lanai welcomes James McCarthy

2/17, Mon: Church office closed - President's Day Holiday

2/24, Mon: Contributions to the March newsletter are due

2/26, Wed: Ash Wednesday

Sunday, February 2nd

8:30-11:30 am

HI-5 CONTAINER

PICK-UP DAY at CCU.

No glass bottles, please.

CCU is in need of

Greeter/Ushers, and

Scripture readers. If you are

interested or need more

information, please contact the

office during the week at

808.262.6911 or

Office@ccukailua.org.

New Church Office HoursMon, Tues, Wed, Fri

9:30a - 1pThurs

9:30a - Noon

Bible Study is going through

the gospel of John.

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View Sunday flowers here

Mahalo for your donations of

food! St Anthony's reported

that CCU gave 807 lbs in 2019!

Ash Wednesday service: Look

for this announcement in your

Sunday bulletin or weekly

email.

The Sanctuary chairs are arriving on

Friday, Feb 7 between 10am - 2pm. Are you

available to help unload the 33 boxes of

chairs, cart them into the sanctuary, and setup

the sanctuary? Please let the office know if

you are available. Dana will call you 30

minutes before the truck arrives at CCU.

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Adult Faith Formation on hiatus February 9th and16th while Dave Neyer travels on mission toNicaragua. The class will resume Sunday the 23rdat 8:30 am when Dave returns. He will present areport and discussion about his Nicaragua trip whichshould be most interesting. Dave will present a newseries on “Saving Jesus” starting on March 2nd.

Join us Friday, February 14th

with Singer, Songwriter,

Storyteller, James McCarthy.

7pm-8pm for Vespers on the

Lanai. Bring a chair, picnic dinner,

and a friend!

Gratitude Corner!"Give thanks in all circumstances."

1 Thessalonians 5:18

This month, we give a HUGE:

MAHALO to Rev. Lauren Buck Medeiros and

Rev. Thomas Hong for filling in for Pastor Liz

while she is on maternity leave.

MAHALO to our Elders for keeping everything

going while Pastor Liz is on maternity leave.

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Meet your Deacons...At our December Congregational meeting three members were elected to join

Marian Heidel as Deacons: Dianne Brookins, Catherine Sophian, and Paul

Brennan. Actually, they have already been acting like Deacons; the congregation

just made it official! Before Pastor Liz started her maternity leave, we met to discuss

what it means to be a Deacon, and proceeded to get organized. While being more

connected is always a good thing, we were especially mindful of that need looking

toward the temporary absence of our pastor. We divided the congregation fairly

equally amongst the four Deacons. If you have not yet been contacted by your

assigned Deacon, you will be soon. You can also identify your Deacon by contacting

the Office. You don’t need to be an official member of CCU to be assigned a

Deacon. We will be contacting you periodically, and checking in to see how you are

doing. If you need help or have something you want to talk about; something to

celebrate; need to share news, or a concern about someone in the congregation,

give your Deacon a call.

In addition, (the Rev.) Paul Brennan will be available, while Pastor Liz is out on

maternity leave, to do hospital visitation, or assist in a crisis.

Please contact your legislators TODAY to urge them to pass aLiving Wage bill (gradual increase to $17/hour by 2024) in2020!!

Find out who your legislators are and their contact info. byclicking HERE.  Then call or email your legislators and tell them(respectfully) that:

you're their constituentYou're a member of Faith Action for Community Equityyou support raising Hawaii's minimum wage to a living wage of $17an hour

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A bill for $13 an hour (by 2024) is NOT ENOUGH for Hawaii'sworkers 

Spread the word!  Ask your friends and family to contact theirlegislators about the need for a living wage in Hawaii.

Sign up to be a part of Faith Action's Living Wage committee byemailing sschake@faithactionhawaii.org 

The next committee meeting will be on:

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All are welcome to attend!

Join the Windward Choral Society for their

FIRST concert of 2020

"Peace Like a River"

February 9, 2020 | 4p-5p

St. John Vianney Parish

920 Keolu Drive, Kailua

No tickets required (by donation)

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Date Name Duty2-Feb Rev Thomas Hong Worship Lead/Preacher

Paul Brennan & CatherineSophian Usher / Greeter

Dianne Brookins LiturgistRachel Jacobson / PaulBelanger T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup

9-Feb Rev Thomas Hong Worship Lead/Preacher

Keith & Peggy Zeilinger Usher / GreeterMericia & Zelda Elmore LiturgistDave Neyer T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup

16-Feb Rev Thomas Hong Worship Lead/Preacher

Rollo Scheurenbrand &Charlene Hosenfeld Usher / Greeter

Susie Jannuzzi LiturgistDresden Vogt T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup

23-Feb Rev Lauren Buck Medeiros Worship Lead/Preacher

Paul Haring & Dresden Vogt Usher / Greeter

Courtney Nichols Liturgist

Ron Seiple T Prayer / Serve Comm. / Bldg Lockup

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