Category Archives: Worship

A Season of Celebration—Christmastide at LCH

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Celebrating Christmas at LCH

Winter Solstice
Wednesday, December 21

7:30 pm • A Service of Grief and Remembrance
In-person only, no livestream

 
Christmas Eve
Saturday, December 24

5:00 pm • Family Worship

7:00 pm • Festival Prelude
featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria, rv 588

7:30 pm • Choral Eucharist
with music provided by the LCH Choir

Christmas Day
Sunday, December 25

10:00 am • Choral Eucharist
featuring the women of the LCH Choir
 

 
New Year’s Day
Sunday, January 1

10:00 am • Choral Eucharist
A Service of Lessons & Carols

7:30 am • Compline
featuring the LCH Men’s Schola

 
All are welcome to these services. In the spirit of mutual care, we encourage those attending in person to wear masks. All services,
except for the Blue Christmas worship, will also livestream on the LCH Facebook page and our Worship Services page.

48th Annual Advent Procession • Sun., Nov. 27, at 7:30 pm

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advent graphicJoin us for Lutheran Church of Honolulu’s annual Advent Procession, a beloved Hawai‘i tradition since 1975. This year the service will be led by Barry Wenger, our new organist and director of music, and will include seasonal readings, hymns old and new, and glorious choral selections by the LCH Choir.

For those not attending in person, the concert will be livestreamed on our Worship Services page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page

LCH Bids Farewell to Scott Fikse • Sunday, July 31

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Farewell and Good Wishes graphicWe’re saying goodbye to our director of music, Scott Fikse, on Sunday, July 31.

The celebration of Scott’s ministry at LCH begins with worship at 10:00 am that morning. The LCH Choir and Bach Chamber Orchestra will fill the service with special music, including Bach’s Cantata 187, Es wartet alles auf dich. Following worship, all are invited to a Cake Reception in honor of Scott.

Festivities continue that evening with a Celebration Potluck in the evening at 5:30 pm. Please prepare a dish and join us in wishing Scott and Marcus a blessed farewell.

For those who cannot attend, we are collecting farewell cards or letters for Scott. Please mail them to the church and we’ll make sure to get them to Scott before his departure. If you have questions about the potluck, please contact the church office at 808-941-2566.

Pentecost Jazz Mass with the LCH Jazz Trio and LCH Choir • Sunday, June 5 @ 7:30 pm

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Pentecost dove graphicCome, Creative Spirit! Join us for a joyous jazz mass to welcome the Holy Spirit. The service features, featuring Bob Chilcott’s A Little Jazz Mass, gospel arrangements of traditional hymns, and spirituals composed by Moses Hogan and William L. Dawson. A free will offering will be taken to support the music ministry of the church. We also take this opportunity to say farewell to our wonderful accompanist, Reid Ishikawa. All are welcome!

The LCH Jazz Trio is made up of Reid Ishikawa, piano; Bruce Hamada, bass; and Jeremy Lawi, drums. The service is under the direction of Scott Fikse.

Holy Week and Easter Worship at LCH

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Celebrating the Cross and Resurrection
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu

Christ showing wounds

PALM SUNDAY   †   Sunday, April 10
10:00 am

PROCESSION WITH PALMS AND HOLY COMMUNION

The service moves from the commemoration of Jesus’ entry into Peter Hallock and Carlo Gesualdo accompany the service. List of music for this service
robe and wash basin for Maundy liturgy

MAUNDY THURSDAY   †   Thursday, April 14
7:30 pm

CHORAL EUCHARIST AND MAUNDY LITURGY

A joyous celebration of the Eucharist meal quickly changes to one of love through humility in the washing of feet. The service concludes with the stripping of the altar, dramatizing Christ’s betrayal, stripping, and mocking by his captors. Gregorian chant and the choral music of Gjeilo, Victoria, and di Lasso accompany the service. List of music for this service
crown of thorns

GOOD FRIDAY   †   Friday, April 15
7:30 pm

GOOD FRIDAY LITURGY AND ADORATION OF THE CRUCIFIED

This service celebrates the triumph of the cross. The service features the singing of the Passion Gospel and concludes with prayer around the cross. The LCH Choir presents Heinrich Schütz’ St. John Passion, as well as choral works by Peter Hallock and Francis Poulenc. List of music for this service
empty cross and Paschal candle

EASTER EVE   †   Saturday, April 16
7:30 pm

EASTER VIGIL AND SOLEMN CHORAL EUCHARIST

Kindling of a new fire, the story of deliverance from the Hebrew Scriptures, and renewal of Baptismal promises lead to the proclamation of Easter Victory and a joyous celebration of Holy Communion. Joined by the triumphant sounds of brass, the choir will sing the works of Victoria, Palestrina, and Stanford. List of music for this service
Chi Rho and empty tomb

EASTER SUNDAY   †   Sunday, April 17
10:00 am

FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST

We celebrate the empty tomb, the central mystery that through death comes new life. Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Festive music for Easter including Richard Proulx’s handbell Carillon Mass. List of music for this service
7:30 pm

EASTER COMPLINE

Contemplative Easter meditation offered by the LCH Men’s Schola. Candlelight illuminates the Nave for this short service of prayer, chant, and a cappella singing. List of music for this service

The Reverend Jeff Lilley, Pastor   †   Bree Lloyd, Associate Pastor   †   Scott Fikse, Director of Music and Liturgy

Updated Guidance for In-person Worship Attendance

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Meeting together safely graphicFollowing revised City and County guidelines, Lutheran Church of Honolulu is no longer requiring proof of vaccination to participate in worship. However, for the protection of the most vulnerable in our midst, we strongly encourage all persons coming to the LCH campus to be fully vaccinated and boosted.

In addition, all participants are requested to wear an appropriate mask on campus while indoors.

If you are not feeling well, please enjoy our events in the comfort of your home via our online offerings.

These rules are subject to change as the covid-19 pandemic evolves.

Lenten Fellowship and Evening Prayer • Wednesdays, March 9–April 6, 7:00 pm

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Lenten Vespers graphicPlease join your LCH ‘ohana as we journey through the Lenten season each Wednesday evening beginning March 9.

Our theme this year is “Embraced by the Holy.” We will explore and expand our faith-life and spirituality through the beauty of God’s created world. How is God’s proclamation being communicated by the very environment around us? What do we see, hear, and feel of God in the misty wood or the urban garden?

Due to covid-19 limitations, we will not be able to have our usual Lenten Soup Supper this year. However, you are invited to join us for light pūpū and a cup of soup at 6:20 pm before the service. Evening prayer will begin at 7:00 pm with both in-person attendance and livestream broadcast.

For those not attending in person, the Lenten Evening Prayer will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.

Ash Wednesday Worship • March 2 at 7:30 pm

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Ash Wednesday cross graphicThe season of Lent begins with a very special worship on Ash Wednesday. This beautiful evening service begins the Lenten season of reflection, prayer, and preparation as we hear the words from Genesis 3:19, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Ashes, a sign of mourning and repentance, are placed on our foreheads as a reminder of our mortality, but the ashes are in the shape of a cross, a sign of promise, and life, and hope.

Ash Wednesday—and 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 neighbor with the same smudged cross on her head, recall that our mortality is joined to hers forever in Christ, and remember that together we share the joy of life with all of God’s world.

In-person attendance is welcome for vaccinated individuals, and masks are required at all times. For those not attending in person, the Ash Wednesday Liturgy will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page.

Ordination and Installation of Pastor Brianna Lloyd • Sun., Feb. 20, 5:00 pm

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Pastor Brianna LloydBrianna Lloyd will be ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament and installed as associate pastor at Lutheran Church of Honolulu on Sunday, February 20, at 5:00 pm. Bishop Andy Taylor of the Pacifica Synod will preside, and Sister Joan Mitchell, a sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ), whose community supported and funded Bree’s divinity schooling, will preach.

Offerings will go to the CSJ community to support women’s theological education and to the Pacifica Synod’s first-call theological education ministry. Donations may be made in-person at the ordination service, by check mailed to Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 1730 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, or via PayPal using the donation button at the bottom of this page.

Limited in-person seating is available by reserving a seat through our Eventbrite page. Proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19 test taken within the past 72 hours is required for entry; masks are required throughout the performance. Those not attending in-person can tune in on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page.




Return to In-person Worship Beginning February 13

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Meeting together safely graphicAfter many months of online worship only, we are delighted to announce LCH will return to in-person worship beginning February 13th! Please join us in person and online at 10:00 am. Those worshiping in person will need to provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid test within 72 hours, wear a mask while on campus, and practice social distancing.

Adult Forum will remain online only for the moment. Godly Play will begin to transition to hybrid class over the next few weeks. Parents of Godly Play students will be contacted with more information. Parents wishing to enroll their children 5 years through 5th grade in Godly Play should contact the church office at 808-941-2566 or email lch@LCHwelcome.org.

We look forward to seeing you soon! There is no need to register with Evenbrite for Sunday morning worship.