All are invited to gather for pūpū in the Hörmann Courtyard and 6:15 pm. First Mondays Concerts are free and supported by the generous sponsorship of the Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation and other donors in the LCH ‘ohana.

Donations this evening will support Hawai‘i Music Teachers Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting music teachers and music students across the state of Hawaiʻi. HMTA is Hawaiʻi’s local chapter of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).

If you wish to make a donation to benefit this month’s non-profit, please go to this page.

Midweek Lenten Prayer Times at 5:00 pm

Each week, before we gather for soup and salad suppers and worship, members of the LCH ‘ohana are invited to spend time in prayer and discernment from 5:00 to 5:30 pm, related to the focus questions above. During supper, you will be invited to write down your thoughts and perceptions and discuss them with your table in response to our questions. Pr. Phyllis and Pr. Lesley will be guiding you through these exercises. The information will be collected to help prepare for the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis

• February 25—Standing at the Fish Gate, looking across the street to Punahou School
• March 4—Standing in the Poki lot, looking towards both Poki Street and Punahou Street
• March 11—Standing at the corner of Poki and Wilder, by Fernhurst, looking down the street toward LCH
• March 18—Standing in the church parking lot, looking at our neighbors
• March 25—Standing anywhere you choose within the boundaries of our property

Soup and Salad Suppers at 5:45 pm

Please join in this wonderful time of fellowship and prayer, beginning each Wednesday of Lent with a simple soup and salad supper. Suppers are served at 5:45 pm, prior to 7:00 pm Lenten services .

Signup sheets for each week’s contributions to the meal, as well as set-up and clean-up, will be in the courtyard. We ask that your food offering will serve 18–20 people and that you bring them by 5:30 pm. This will allow time to visit with each other during the supper and clean up before sharing our space with the Hanbit Presbyterian Church. Contact Jeanne Castello for more information.

Mid-Week Lenten Services at 7:00 pm

We will gather in the Nave on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm for Holden Evening Prayer beginning February 25 and ending March 25. Our reflection theme this year is: Conversations with Jesus: Services of Word and Healing.

The Sunday lectionary for Lent in year A reveals Jesus in conversation with both friends and adversaries. Lent’s first Sunday finds him confronting God’s ancient adversary in Matthew’s account of the temptation. The second Sunday presents Jesus’ interaction with the seeker, Nicodemus, who is perhaps not ready to make a commitment to following this new teacher. The third, fourth, and fifth Sundays are full of intriguing conversation partners for Jesus: the Samaritan woman at the well, the man who received his sight, and Martha and Mary after the death of their brother Lazarus. (These last stories were used in some ancient churches as part of baptismal preparation, essential to the Lenten season in the early church.)

During these five midweek reflections, the congregation will join the conversation between Jesus and his partners from the previous Sunday’s gospel reading. How does each character inform a contemporary life of discipleship? How might Jesus respond now to our own questions, confusions, and need for healing? Extended moments of silence allow people to take time to participate in the holy conversations of Lent (adapted from Sundays and Seasons 2026).

Thank you to our Writers’ Workshop, the Stewardship Team, and others who will lead us through our reflection time this Lenten season.

Ash Wednesday—along with the whole season of Lent—calls us to reflect and remember the precious gift of life and love that God has given us in creation and community and to re-center our thoughts and spirit on what truly matters. As we gather around the communion table in worship on Ash Wednesday, we see our neighbors with the same smudged cross on their heads, recall that our mortality is joined forever in Christ, and remember that together we share the joy of life with all of God’s world.

Please contact Peter Flachsbart by email (pflachsbart@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

Event coordinators provide snacks and drinks, flashlights, and safety vests, and you provide the fellowship!

Sign-up sheets are available in the Hörmann Courtyard after worship services. Volunteer shifts on both Friday, February 6, and Saturday, February 7, are: 10:30 am–1:30 pm, 1:30–4:30 pm, 4:30–7:30 pm, and 7:30–10:30 pm. Thank you!

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend the annual meeting, but only members in good standing may vote. Please plan to attend!

This retreat welcomes everyone in the LCH ‘ohana—young and old, someone who has been a member for decades or who just started coming to worship. Sign up at church on January 11 or 18, or contact the church office (808-941-2566 or LCH@LCHwelcome.org).

 
All are welcome to these services.
All services, except for Blue Christmas, will also livestream on the LCH Facebook page.

All are welcome to a Sunday evening prayer service on the winter solstice, the darkest night of the year in the northern hemisphere, to grieve the losses that are closer to our hearts during this time of year. Come for prayer, song, and lighting candles during this service that offers space for grief amidst the holidays.

The Blue Christmas service will be in-person only.