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'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude,
humility, understanding.” - Alice Walker
Thank you! …is a prayer I use too, for my wife, my family and for each of you. I cannot fully convey my gratitude
in allowing me to serve as your priest, to lead our faith communities these last years. Your kindness, your patience,
your sharing has made me a better Christian and a better priest.
You have collectively placed a great deal of trust in me. Thank you. Discerning
God’s call is difficult. This is true for all Christians. Fortunately, most often we
can discern God’s will as a community. At St. Nick’s, decisions about worship
location were made in a committee. Our work together as a region has been dis-
cerned together.
That discernment continues for the region, goals and priorities of each ministry
site, as well as where ministry can be held in common.
As an ordained leader, discerning God’s call is challenging too. I rely heavily on
my family to help discern God’s call. Their prayer and support are essential. This
discernment also relies on the broader Christian community, where a committee
discerns who God is calling to serve as their next leader too.
This discernment requires us all to place a great deal of trust in the Holy Spirit.
This discernment requires us each to trust that others will hear, and be guided by the Holy Spirit too.
As the region enters a time of reflection and discernment, my prayers remain with you. I know that it will be diffi-
cult at times. The church, through these times of discernment is strengthened.
May God guide you with wisdom and courage in the days ahead. May you be nourished by Christ’s Body and
Blood as you gather. May the Holy Spirit unite you in grace and love. And may God ignite a spark in the heart of
those who may be called to serve you next, that together with them the community of faith will flourish.
Blessings –
Fr. Paul
“Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything.
It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” - Trey Parker
The Episcopal Church of West Oahu
the ECWO ECHO V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5 M A Y 2 0 1 5
CLERGY CORNER Father Paul Klitzke
ALOHA!
P A G E 2 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WEST OAHU
www.ecwo.org
Ministers:
Vicar: VACANT
St. Nicholas - St. Timothy
Priest: Kaleo Patterson
St. John the Baptist
St. Stephen’s
Deacon: Steve Costa
St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church of
West Oahu: Keane J. K. Akao
98-939 Moanalua Road
Aiea, HI 96701
Direct: 808.561.1244
Treasurer: Doug Brown
EDGE Sarah Klitzke
youthdirector@
episcopalhawaii.org
Shana Ikeda
Newsletter: Bob Windisch
Photography: Shana Ikeda
Dave Jones
Sarah Klitzke
Cathe Portillo
The Seven Archangels:
Gabriel
Michael
Raphael
Uriel
Raguel
Remiel
Saraqael
1st Annual(?) Movie Night at St. Stephen’s!
St. Stephen’s in Wahiawa hosted a picnic dinner / movie night on Saturday, April 25th. While enjoying a picnic dinner the moviegoers enjoyed the film “Book of Life” under the stars on a slightly cool evening. It was great fun. Can this be the first of an annual event?
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5
St. Philip’s Becomes St. John the Baptist on Easter Sunday
For many years people asked the question: “How come St. Philip’s Church is on St. John’s Road?” There is no need to ask that question anymore as Bishop Bob Fitzpatrick visited St. Philip’s on Easter Sunday and officially changed the name to St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church. The Bishop celebrated Easter Sunday service before a packed church.
St. Nicholas Episcopal Church
Sunday Night in Kapolei
School is almost out for the summer and
that means that football season and soccer
season are not far behind. It is going to be
hard sometimes to make it to service on
Sunday morning either because there is a
great game on TV or you have to take the
kids to practice or to a game. Take heart!
You don’t have to suffer missing Sunday
service. St. Nicholas has a Sunday evening
service, 5:00 PM at Island Pacific Acad-
emy, 909 Haumea St., near the Kapolei
library. Come a little early and enjoy a cup
of coffee while you listen to the Sunday
Evening worship band “In His Name” tune
up or just socialize with your friends while
enjoying the cozy air conditioned ‘church’.
The evening service is a little different than
the morning service and several people
attend both. Give it a try and bring a friend
to worship with us.
P A G E 4 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5
WHOLE LOTTA BAPTIZIN’ GOIN’ ON!
During Lent and the beginning of
Easter Season no fewer than nine
Baptisms took place at St. Nicholas
Aiea and St. Nicholas Kapolei! Fa-
ther Paul really outdid himself!
March 1, 2015
April 12 (3)
Easter Vigil (2)
Easter Sunday (1)
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5
GOT GRADUATES?
May and June is the graduating season in Hawaii. Is
someone in your family graduating this year from grad
school, college, high school, elementary, or kindergar-
ten? The newsletter has traditionally sent a “shout out”
to all the graduates from our schools. Do you have a
son or daughter, husband or wife, niece or nephew or
mother or father in the 2015 graduating class? Show
them how proud you are and give them a shout out in
the June ECWO newsletter.
Email ([email protected]) their name(s), gradu-
ating school name, significant achievements you would
like to mention and what their plans are for the future.
And don’t forget to send a photo! The information must
be in by Wednesday, May 27.
Mother’s Day - May 10 from Bob Windisch
The United States celebrates Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of
May. Julia Ward Howe, a prominent American abolitionist, social ac-
tivist, poet and author “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” issued her
Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870 as a call for women to join in sup-
port of disarmament. Several attempts were made during the 1880s and
1890s to establish an American Mother’s Day but did not succeed be-
yond a local level. The current holiday was created by Anna Jarvis of
Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908 as a way to honor one’s mother. She
wanted to accomplish her mother’s dream of making a day of celebra-
tion for all mothers, but the idea did not take off for several years. Jar-
vis kept promoting the holiday until President Woodrow Wilson made it an official national holiday in 1914.
The holiday eventually became so commercialized that many, including Jarvis, considered it a “Hallmark holiday”, i.e.
one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. She eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create.
She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday.
In the US, Mother’s Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards and the like; it is also the
biggest holiday for long distance phone calls. Moreover, Mother’s Day generally has the highest attendance at church
after Christmas Eve and Easter. Many worshipers celebrate the day with carnations, colored if their mother is living and
white if she is deceased.
Hui Pu Camp registration is now live!
The theme this year is “Do Something” with three separate
camps running from June 26 – July 10, for those having com-
pleted grades 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
There will be emphasis on service, kindness, and standing up
for what you believe. Camp will include components of art,
music, and prayer, as well as games, swimming, and amazing
unforgettable sunsets on Oahu's north shore.
Hui Pu will be sleeping in the beach cabins and there will be
a nightly chapel worship service for all those staying at Camp
Mokule'ia. Registration is now open at the link on our web-
site and scholarships are available.
Deadline to register is June 3
P A G E 6 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5
St. Nicholas Onemalu Children’s Reading Program
St. Nicholas has a children’s reading program at
the Onemalu Transitional Homeless Shelter on
Monday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30 PM. We
read age appropriate stories, do a craft, sing a song
or two, play a game then send the happy keiki off
with a nice snack. Do you like working with chil-
dren? The groups are age 0 through 1st grade and
2nd grade through 5th grade. If you can spare an
hour once a month please see Luella Windisch
after service or call her at 685-1215.
April ECWO leadership team meeting.
Pride for Ewa 2015, Celebrating Our Ohana! from Cathe Portillo
On Saturday, April 25th Paul Convard, Mario Portillo, Grace Peacock, Kala Holden, the Bunton Family, Dot Shigemura and myself were at the Pride for Ewa event for outreach. We passed out about 500 printed cards with information about St. Nicholas Church to the community. We also got to see the Connell sisters perform with top American Idol contestant Jordan Segundo!
As we transition... As information is being made available about the clergy transition, it will be posted up to the ECWO website (www.ecwo.org). Other information to help us in the interim, such as the lectionary choices made for the duration of the year (for those in need of that type of information) is also posted (under the HOME button on the top menu bar). If you would like anything posted to the site, email [email protected].
BIBLE STUDY IN KAPOLEI
Father Paul may be gone but the Tuesday Morning Bible Group marches on! We are now in our 3rd year of weekly meetings and still going strong. We are studying the “Essential 100”, a study of the 100 most important stories in the Bible. In May we will finish the Book of Exodus and the story of the Golden Calf, then delve into the book of Joshua as he succeeds Moses and leads the Israelites into Jericho.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 9:00 AM at the Kapolei Golf Course Restaurant, 91-701 Farrington Hwy., in Kapolei. Ask those questions about the Bible you always wanted to ask but maybe you were afraid, or just join us for breakfast and fellowship. We’d love to see you!
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 5
Iliahi Elementary School Ukulele Choir
A packed audience at the Kapolei Chorale - 5th Annual Music
Festival at the Kroc Center. Participants from ECWO perform-
ing with Kapolei Chorale included Kahu Kaleo Patterson, Portia
Fenton, Haaheo Guanson, and others. Two song's were sung;
‘Let There be Peace on Earth ’ and ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’.
EVALUATION: KAPOLEI CHORALE /
LEEWARD MUSIC FESTIVAL from Kahu Kaleo Patterson
1. Kapolei Chorale - Leeward Music Festival was an out-
reach effort of ECWO to establish relationships in West
Oahu but in particular the Kapolei area. We, ECWO, were
listed this year as a participating community organization
of Kapolei Chorale and the Festival.
2. It was also felt that the short term aspect of three months
made it ideal as a seasonal chorale - choir training that
could be a way to develop chorale, choir, or special musi-
cal programming in ECWO ministry sites over the long
term.
3. Active involvement by ECWO members would create
important music and arts linkages for ministry sites.
4. Over time the participation in the Music Festival and
Chorale would result in greater ECWO name recognition
and collaborations in community and ecumenical affilia-
tions.
5. Over time each ministry site would develop core groups
of trained musicians and choir members, and the capacity
to develop local ministry site or Region based programs,
6. ECWO members who have increased interaction with
each other in a community context, will lead to the deepen-
ing of relationships at the local and Regional levels.
7. Music is one important way to enhance ministry sites
and Kapolei Chorale and the Annual Leeward Music Festi-
val enables a readily available opportunity to develop ca-
pacity in each ministry site. Every ministry site should re-
fer new members, and others seeking programs, this op-
tion, as a regular program of each ministry site of ECWO.
April 4th Memorial Walk and Solutions Meeting on Nuuanu for David Niau, supported by ECWO, St. Philip's and St. Stephen's.
ECWO Worship Services
St. Nicholas Episcopal Church
SUNDAY: @Christ’s Gathering Place 10:00 AM 98-939 Moanalua Rd. Aiea, HI 96701 SUNDAY NIGHT: @Island Pacific Academy 5:00 PM 909 Haumea St. Kapolei, HI 96707 Email: [email protected]
St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
SUNDAY: 87-227 St. John’s Rd. 8:00 AM Waianae, HI 96792
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
SUNDAY: 1679 California Ave. 10:00 AM Wahiawa, HI 96786
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
SUNDAY: @Christ’s Gathering Place 8:00 AM 939 Moanalua Rd. Aiea, HI 96701 Email: [email protected]
Bring friends and Family!
MAY CALENDAR
May is National Date Your Mate Month
May 2 - Saturday - Safeguarding God’s Children at Saint Timothy’s. May 3 - Sunday - Father Paul’s last day. Luau in Sumida Hall Noon to 3:00 PM. May 3 - Sunday - Final Oahu Youth Gathering of the school year—4:00 PM at St. Stephen’s in Wahiawa - Visit Kukaniloko for a tour and cultural lesson, then return to St. Stephen’s for dinner and fellowship.
Families welcome to join us. May 5 - Tuesday - ECWO Regional Ministry Meeting 6:30 at Sumida Hall May 10 - Sunday - Mother’s Day, with brunch prepared and served by the guys at St. Nick’s after 10:00AM svc. May 12 - ECWO Council Meeting 6:30 in Sumida Hall May 16 - Saturday - Armed Forces Day May 20 - Wednesday - St. Nicholas Bishop’s Committee will meet 6:30 PM at the Ewa Beach Zippy’s, 91-1717 Fort Weaver Rd., Ewa Beach, HI 96706 May 25 - Monday - Memorial Day
Meeting Schedule for ECWO 2015
1st Tuesday of the month - ECWO Ministry
Meeting - 6:30pm in Sumida Hall
1st Wednesday of the month St. John the
Baptist Bishop’s Committee - 6:30pm.
2nd Tuesday of the month - ECWO Council
6:30pm in Sumida Hall
2nd Wednesday of the month St. Timothy’s
Bishop’s Committee - 6:30pm
3rd Tuesday of the month St. Stephen’s
Bishop’s Committee - 6:30pm
3rd Wednesday of the month St. Nicholas
Bishop Committee - 6:30pm
