KANI KANI PELE. In Peace, Pastor Brian Belting

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1 KANI KANI PELE The Monthly Newsletter of Kailua United Methodist Church Volume XXI No. 7 July Kailua Road, Kailua, HI Making Disciples of Christ from All Generations It s with great joy and excitement that I write to you, Kailua United Methodist Church, for the first me. Ministry, as with life, is full of twists and turns and unexpected opportunies. Like many people who find themselves here on beauful Oahu, I never would have imagined that God would call my family and me to this place. Over the past two years of living in Niu Valley, we have grown to appreciate so much about Hawaii. Our daughter Stella was born at Queens Hospital, our boys Hudson and Grayson spend countless hours playing outside, and even our dog Emma finds herself jumping in wave a-er wave. In Kailua, we hope that our roots will grow deeper and our knowledge and love for the people and the island will grow. church. All of this happens in and through relaonship. We share in ministry together, we will support one another and we will learn about the love of God that goes beyond us and before us together, in relaonship. I am excited to get to know you. Send me an at PastorBrian@kailuaumc.org or call me at the church office. Let me know when it is good for you to get together and talk-story. I trust that over the coming months we can get to know one another and begin to share in our journey of following Christ. In Peace, Pastor Brian Belting I believe that life change happens within the context of a meaningful relaonship with God, with others, and with the world. This statement is fundamental to my theology, pracce of ministry, and life. Chrisan faith is relaonal; an invitaon and journey of being with. The Holy Trinity is the foundaon a God who is known only as a God in relaonship: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The book of Genesis says we were made in God s image only a-er we were in relaonship with another. My calling and role as your pastor is to serve by proclaiming God s word, ordering our lives, both administravely and through our faith pracces, by administering the sacraments of Holy Communion and Bapsm; and through service to both the community of Kailua UMC and the community beyond the walls of the

2 The Kani Kani Pele (The Ringing Bell in Hawaiian) page 2 KUMC 8th Annual Summer Fest Saturday, August 11, :00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Coming up soon. It s that time of year again. Please join us for our Eighth Annual Summer Fest, a celebration of summer featuring local handmade crafts, jewelry; plants, produce, food, shave ice, specialty items. We are currently accepting vendor applications. If you have any questions or would like a vendor application, please call the church office at or visit our website at Hope to see you at Summerfest. Invite all your friends!

3 The Kani Kani Pele (The Ringing Bell in Hawaiian) page 3 If you re interested in the July birthdays, please call the church office at July Birthdays Our lovely Praise dancer ladies and handsome men DID YOU KNOW? YOUR KUMC FOUNDATION Conrad Tsukayama, has since passed away, but is sll remembered by many as a caring, kind, and supporve of KUMC. Conrad was a member of WW2 s famous 442 nd 100th Infantry BaDalion. He provided us with several firsts. He was KUMC s first Living Treasure, served on many church boards, and quite possibly was one of KUMC s first members. When Conrad died, his widow, Yoshi, and family, began the Tsukayama Trust to connue Conrad s caring for our church needs. It s easy to fund an exisng trust or start a new trust. If you have any quesons, please ask John Kojima johnkojima@gmail.com or Don Raymond at donraymond@hawaii.rr.com. CHURCH WEBSITE NEWS Be sure to check out the church website and see the new secon photos. Just click on each photo to bring them up. Thank you Don Raymond for seing this up. Congregaonal care ministry in acon! Thank you Sue and all who wrote notes of encouragement and sent prayers for healing and love to my mom. Your notes and prayers brought such joy and encouragement to us all. Thank you for your connued prayers of healing. Love and blessings, Deborah Tom

4 The Kani Kani Pele (The Ringing Bell in Hawaiian) page 4 On July 4 th KUMC will be parcipang in the Kailua Town Parade. In addion to our usual shave ice stand at the end of the route, KUMC will also be in the parade line up! This year s theme is With Liberty and Aloha for All. If you are interested in walking in the parade or helping with the decoraon party on July 3 rd, please Nicia PlaD at nicia_walsh@yahoo.com. She will also have a sign-up sheet a-er the service on Sundays. Our staging area that morning is on Uilama Street (between Kainalu Dr. and Kalaheo Avenue). We are number 58 in the line up. Nicia s cell is if you need direcons. We have fun hats for the kids and red, white and blue let for everyone to wear, in addion to twizzlers to pass out to the public, with an adachment of our service me and church locaon. Parade parcipants will need to be at the designated staging area by 9 a.m. The route is 1.5 miles long and we will have a trailer adached to the truck for the lidle ones to ride in. Kids riding on bikes are OK officials said that they just don t want kids to be riding around too fast, to avoid injuries. Parents are also welcome to push strollers or use wagons as well. We will have extra decoraons on hand in the morning, to assist with us looking especially patrioc. We hope to make this a fun tradion for KUMC hope you can make it! Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society s signature fundraising event will be a combined relay on July 21st at Magic Island. Kailua United Methodist Church will have a virtual team and will be supporng Relay for Life with two events: Annual Kailua 4th of July Parade Shave Ice at 78 S. Kainalu Drive (at end of parade route) on July 4th from 9:30 am 12:00 pm Annual Bake Sale on Sunday, July 15th a-er worship service The money raised through Relay for Life events helps realize the American Cancer Society s mission to save lives, celebrate life, and lead the fight for a world without cancer. Checks can be placed in the offering bowl anyme up to July 15th with Relay for Life on the memo line. Call Deborah Tom at if you have quesons. Thank you for your support!

5 The Kani Kani Pele (The Ringing Bell in Hawaiian) page 5 We are going to kick off our HERO themed VBS on July 13 at 6:00 p.m. with a family movie night on the lawn. We are showing The Incredibles! You can also register by calling the church office at or go to our website and click on connect then kids and youth and you will see the applica6on.

6 Kailua United Methodist Church 1110 Kailua Road Kailua HI (808) (voice), Website: RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED THE LAST WORD There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart. ~Celia Thaxter