Author Archive: admin

44th Annual Advent Procession • Dec. 2, 7:30 pm

Posted on by
Advent Procession poster

The “O” Antiphons
Sunday, December 2, 2018, 7:30 pm
1730 Punahou Street + 808-941-2566

A Honolulu tradition since 1975, this year’s Advent Procession will feature the hauntingly beautiful Great “O” Antiphons, by Peter R. Hallock, along with Advent lessons and carols. Our choirs will also share some of the finest choral works of the season, accompanied by the Beckerath organ.

Freewill offering accepted. All are welcome!

  1. Machet die Tore Weit: A. Hammerschmidt (1611–1675)
  2. Rorate Caeli Desuper: F. Guerrero (1527–1599)
  3. The Flower of Jesse: G. Oldroyd (1887–1956)
  4. Hail, Gladdening Light: C. Wood (1866–1926)
  5. Magnificat in D: E. Bairstow (1874–1946)
  6. and others

Selections by Vaughan Williams and Mendelssohn, works for organ, hymns, and plainchant

LCH Choir & Men’s Schola
Rev. Jeffrey Lilley, pastor
Andrew Flatt-Kuntze, vicar
Scott Fikse, conductor
Mark Wong, organist

Celebrate Thanksgiving with LCH • Nov. 21 & 22

Posted on by

pie graphicThanksgiving Eve Joint Worship

Wednesday, November 21, 7:00 pm • St. Clement Church

St. Clement Church is hosting the Thanksgiving Eve worship this year. Pastor Jeff Lilley is scheduled to preach.

The annual pie reception will follow immediately after worship. Sign-up sheets for the pie reception will be made available starting Sunday, November 4.

Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at LCH

Thursday, November 23, 3:30 pm • Isenberg Hall and Hörmann Courtyard

turkey dinner graphicAll are welcome to join the LCH ‘ohana for our annual Thanksgiving Dinner in the courtyard. This is a potluck meal for anyone who would like to attend. Please bring your friends, neighbors, college and university students, and folks who would like some fellowship and food. Pastor Jeff and Jean will prepare the turkeys and bring fresh-baked rolls. A donation of ham would be appreciated. Please plan to bring your favorite dish in quantities to feed at least six persons. Pupu, side dishes, casseroles, desserts, or any other dish is very welcome! Please sign up in the courtyard beginning November 6 so we can plan accordingly.

Vespers for All Saints • Nov. 4 at 7:30 pm

Posted on by
All Saints Vespers poster

Vespers for the Feast of All Saints
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 7:30 pm
1730 Punahou Street + 808-941-2566

Joined by young virtuoso pianist Jairus Rhoades, Mark Wong and the LCH Choir will offer selections from Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem in honor of the Feast of All Saints, when we honor those who have left this earth and grieve for our beloved dead.

Ein Deutsches Requiem: Brahms

  1. Selig sind die da Leid tragen
  2. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
  3. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

Selections by Vaughan Williams and Mendelssohn, works for organ, hymns, and plainchant

LCH Choir & Men’s Schola
Jeffrey Lilley, pastor
Scott Fikse, conductor
Mark Wong • Jairus Rhoades, accompanists

Annual LutherFest—Food, Fun, and Frivolity • Sat., Oct. 27

Posted on by

beer garden graphicCome celebrate our Lutheran heritage at our annual LutherFest, where we eat, drink, laugh, and have fun in the Hörmann Courtyard. Festivities will begin Saturday, October 27,at 5:30 pm with light pupus and non-alcoholic punch provided. Beer and wine are available for a donation. A German themed potluck follows at 6:00 pm. Brats will be provided, but please bring a German dish, if possible. To help ensure a balanced table, we suggest the following guidelines:

  • A thru H—dessert
  • I thru Q—main dish
  • R thru Z—salad or side dish

You can look online for suggested German dishes like sausages and sauerkraut, sauerbraten, roast chicken, potato salad, potato dumplings, spätzle, and many other options. As a special treat, Avelina will prepare apple strudel and apple kuchen to round out the desserts.

Following dinner, our own Bill Fay (who has a secret life outside LCH as a caller for contra dances) will be leading us in line dances and other folk dances in Isenberg Hall. Bill will teach us each step so all of us—adults and children of all ages—can all participate in the fun. This intergenerational event is sure to be a time or laughter and good exercise, so bring along your dancing shoes.

Donations for beer and wine will be by LutherBucks, so bring a check or cash to exchange for your LutherBucks. And don’t worry about purchasing too many LutherBucks since all donations will go to Waikīkī Health’s Youth Outreach program.

More details will be forthcoming in future Sunday announcements. Danke sehr and hope to see you there!

Youth Event at Wet ’n’ Wild • Sept. 30

Posted on by

Wet'n'Wild graphicJoin the youth of LCH at Wet ’n’ Wild Water Park on Sunday, September 30, after the early morning service. Youth and adults will leave LCH following the 8:00 am service and carpool to the park at 400 Farrington Highway, Kapolei. The event will end at 4:00 pm.

The event is free for youth and $20 per person for adults. Youth must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Registration is open in the courtyard Sunday mornings. Questions may be directed to Georgine Stark or Vicar Andy.

LCH Property Work Day • Sat., Sept. 8

Posted on by

tools graphicProperty Chair Rich Mundell will lead a workday involving several projects around the LCH campus. We will clean and move a storage shed from the Luther Place apartments, clean out plant beds, repair settling concrete in the courtyard, repair the nave door, and other chores that may come up. Please bring gloves and sturdy shoes. LCH will provide needed tools and materials.

Work day begins at 9:00 and ends at 1:00 nd Lunch and beverages will be provided.

Please contact the church office at lch@lchwelcome.org if you are able to participate.

Summer Worship Schedule Begins June 3

Posted on by

Our summer worship schedule begins on June 3. We will have one morning worship each Sunday morning at 9:15 am. This communion service incorporates elements from both the 8:00 and 10:30 services.

Watch the calendar, ENews, and HeartBeat for fellowship and education opportunities following worship around 10:45.

Compline will conclude with a special service at 7:30 pm on June 3 as the Men’s Schola bids farewell to members who are moving to the continent. Regular Compline will resume the first Sunday of September.

Extraordinary Ordinary—Settings of the Mass Throughout the Ages · May 26 · 4:00 pm

Posted on by

Concert poster

Saturday, May 26th • 4:00 pm
Featuring Mary Sims, soprano, and the LCH Choir and Men’s Schola
Scott Fikse, conductor
Mark Wong, organist

We invite you to join us for a special concert featuring the music of William Byrd and contemporary composers of the mass. Each section of Byrd’s Mass ordinary is paired with a later setting, creating a rich musical dialogue across the centuries. Organ, double organ, and piano 4-hands accompany various vocal groupings and larger choral ensembles in these musical offerings of timeless texts.

The other settings are Kyrie by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1871–1958), Gloria by George Malcolm (1917–1997), Credo by Edward C. Bairstow (1874–1946), Sanctus by Louis Vierne (1870–1937), Benedictus by Camille Saint–Saëns (1835–1921), and Agnus Dei by David Rossow (b. 1975)

Mary Sims comes to LCH from Portland, Oregon, home of the William Byrd Festival for the past 20 years. Mary is a regular participant in the resident ensemble Cantores in Ecclesia and is a specialist in the music of Byrd.

Tickets are $25 (general, including seniors) and $10 (students and military). Tickets on sale by cash or credit card at the door.

Potluck and Silent Auction This Saturday!

Posted on by

Saturday, April 28, Beginning at 5:30 pm

auction graphicJoin the Lutheran Church of Honolulu ‘ohana for Potluck and Silent Auction to raise funds for the new pew chairs that have replaced the 60-year-old pews in the LCH Nave.

Cold beer and LCH wine will be available for donations while you browse and bid on auction items during the social hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Items for auction include:

  • Dinner for four at Chef Sophia’s home in Kaka‘ako
  • Handmade woodwork by Don Johnson, Jeff Lilley, and Larry Nitz made from the old LCH pews
  • One-of-a kind jewelry items
  • Winemaking experience from Oeno Winemaking
  • Fine photography
  • ‘Ono baked goods from our outstanding bakers
  • Sunset sail for four on Jeff and Jean’s Lilley’s boat Orca
  • Private lessons is bread baking, voice, and knitting
  • Gift certificates to restaurants
  • Seats at a concert given by Mark Russell with pupus by Rudy Riingen
  • Original works of art, including a limited edition Dali print

Potluck dinner begins at 6:30, and as anyone who has experienced an LCH potluck will tell you, it is not to be missed.

Bidding in the Silent Auction will end at 7:30.

For more information on this fun evening, email auction@lchwelcome.org.

The New Pew Chairs Are Here!

Posted on by

chair graphicAfter many years of faithful service our beloved pews have reached the end of their useful life. Following much research, we settled on replacing the pews with high quality white oak pew chairs. The pew chairs were delivered to LCH on Wednesday, April 4. Now all we need to do is pay for them.

The addition of the chairs will help transform the worship space and provide LCH with the needed exibility to not only accommodate Sunday worship, but also concerts, recitals, plays, conferences, and the many ways our church members and the community use the building as an extension of our mission.

Three styles of chairs are featured:

  • The majority of the chairs will have a padded seat and no arms. These chairs can be connected to create the feeling of more traditional pews through an easy to use locking mechanism.
  • Armed chairs with padding on the seat and back will be available for those who need a little extra support.
  • The choir will have chairs that fold to provide more exibility for various arrangements.

chair graphicLutheran Church of Honolulu is asking for your support in paying for the 200 chairs that will replace the mahoghany pews currently in the sanctuary. The fundraising for the pew chairs will be done throughout 2018 and into 2019. The goal is to raise $60,000 to pay for the chairs and the shipping.

We humbly ask for your support in this important project. Your help ensures a future in which we can continue to provide a place for worship and a space to serve the community through our music programs and public outreach.

If you would like to help, you can make a secure donation or pledge by credit or debit card on this site or send a check payable to the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, with “PEW CHAIRS” noted on the check LCH at 1730 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96822. Donations of any amount are welcome, but as a guide, the cost of each chair is about $300.

Single chair image copyright Sauder Worship Seating. Used by permission.