Category Archives: Worship

Modified Christmas Worship Information

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modified worship graphicWhile we were all looking forward to celebrating a blessed Christmas season in the Nave as an in-person community, the rising covid positivity rate in Hawai‘i has caused us to rethink these plans. In the interest of safety, we’ve modified our Christmastide services as outlined below.

The following services will take place outside in the Hörmann Courtyard. All attendees must be fully vaccinated, wear a mask, and observe social distancing protocols. We ask that if you feel unsafe or unwell, you please stay home and join us online. Seating will be limited and physically-distances, so anyone planning to attend should RSVP using the link for that service.

The 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist will be offered livestream-only. Family members of the choir and production crew may join in-person (while observing all safety protocols as mentioned above).

Plans for morning worship and Compline on Sunday, January 2, and German Vespers on Friday, January 6, will be determined at a later date.

Thank you for your understanding as we navigate the ups and downs of the pandemic together.

On behalf of the entire staff, we wish you a blessed, safe Christmas season.

Worship for the Christmas Season

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

Christmas Eve
Friday, December 24

5:00 pm • Family Service
Musical selections include the St. James Christmas Carol Mass
with chamber choir joined by violin, cello, and piano
 
7:30 pm • Choral Eucharist
Buxtehude’s Christmas cantata, Das neugeborne Kindelein;
Mozart’s Missa Brevis in G major and works for choir and strings
LCH choir, Bach Chamber Orchestra, and organist Mark Wong

 
Christmas Day
Saturday, December 25

10:00 am • Festival Worship
with music provided by the women of the LCH Choir
 
 

First Sunday of Christmas
Sunday, December 26

10:00 am • Lessons & Carols
featuring members of the LCH Choir

Second Sunday of Christmas
Sunday, January 2

10:00 am • Service of the Word
featuring members of the LCH Choir
 
7:30 am • Compline
featuring LCH Men’s Schola
 
 

Epiphany of Our Lord
Thursday, January 6

Epiphany German Vespers
has ben cancelled due to the rise in covid cases

 
 
As of December 21, Choral Eucharist on Christmas Eve will be live-streamed only. Family Worship on Christmas Eve, morning worship on Christmas Day, and Lessons and Carols on December 26 will take place in Hörmann Courtyard with limited in-person attendance by fully-vaccinated or tested individuals. Masks are required
throughout worship. Worship services during January will be online-only.
 
All services will also livestream on the LCH Facebook page. They will also stream on
our Worship Services page, where orders of worship are available for download.

 

In-Person Worship Resumes Sunday, December 5

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masked worshippers in pewsLutheran Church of Honolulu will resume in-person attendance at worship beginning Sunday, December 5, at the 10:00 am worship service. For those living outside of O‘ahu or not wishing to attend in-person, worship services will continued to be livestreamed on the LCH Facebook page and our own Worship Services page, making this a hybrid service.

All attendees eligible for vaccination must show proof of vaccination on arrival, and everyone on campus must remain masked for the duration including during worship.
 Unvaccinated adults must show a negative covid-19 test taken within a 72-hour window. Children not yet vaccinated will be allowed to attend but must be masked.

Social distancing will be observed through preset seating.
 One Sundays when Holy Communion is celebrated, communion will be by individual wafer and disposable cups distributed to attendees in their seats. Initially there will be no fellowship hour.

47th Annual Advent Procession • November 28 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 we will present a prelude cantata, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, bwv 61, with choir, orchestra, and soloists.

The service marks the start of a new liturgical year as we begin our Advent journey of hope and expectation. A beautiful selection of lessons and carols will be led by the LCH Choir and chamber orchestra, with each lesson brought into greater focus and relevance through collects written especially for this evening’s service by Pr. Jeff Lilley.

Limited in-person seating is available by RSVP with the church office (808-941-2566 or lch@LCHwelcome.org). As with all our services and events, Advent Procession will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.

Bach and Prayer Thanksgiving Eve Service • Wed., Nov. 24, at 7:00 pm

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Bach and Prayer graphicAll are welcome to participate in our monthly “Bach and Prayer.” Join us for this quiet prayer service on Thanksgiving, Eve, November 24. Bach and Prayer offers a time for silent prayer and meditation interspersed with contemplative organ works by J. S. Bach and his family.

This will be a hybrid service with both in-person attendance and a livestream broadcast. Contact the church office by phone at 808-941-2566 or by email at lch@LCHwelcome.org to reserve a seat, or tune in for the livestream on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page. If you miss the livestream, the service will be archived on the LCH Facebook page.

Women’s Compline • Sunday, November 7, at 7:30 pm

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prayer graphicWe warmly invite all people in all places of faith and life to Compline. Offered on the first and third Sunday this month, this beautiful candle-lit service is a meditative experience of a cappella singing and chanting to commemorate the day’s end. This month, November 1 will feature Women’s Compline. November 15 compline will be led by members of the LCH Men’s Schola. Musical selections include Gregorian chant, Taizé chant, Renaissance polyphony, and more.

Compline will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the the LCH Facebook page.

Feast of St. Francis: Blessing of Pets and Vespers • Sunday, October 3

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Blessing of Pets graphicBlessing of Petsat 10:00 am

Recognizing God’s love for all creatures and in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, we will have our annual blessing of the pets on October 3, during the streaming worship service at 10:00 am.

We are collecting photos of your beloved pets—any animals or stuffed animals—for including during worship. If you wish to participate, please email a photo of your pet(s), including the pet name(s) to Pastor Jeff Lilley at pr.jeff@LCHwelcome.org.

Morning Worship will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.

St. Francis graphicVespers for the Feast of St. Francis at 7:30 pm

St. Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic, and preacher, and today he is associated with patronage of animals and our beautiful planet, as well as peace and compassion.

We will offer a special vespers service in place of Compline Sunday evening at 7:30 pm. The service will feature music by Christopher Tambling, Healey Willan, and Emilis Melngailis. All are welcome for the livestream as we take time for prayer, praise, and reflection.

Vespers will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.

Bach and Prayer Debuts Wednesday, September 22, at 7:00 pm

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Bach and Prayer graphicAll are invited to join us for our first Bach and Prayer service on September 22 at 7:00 pm. A quiet time of prayer and reflection, Bach and Prayer offers a space for silent prayer and meditation interspersed with contemplative organ works by J. S. Bach and his family.

Contact the church office to reserve a seat, or tune in for the livestream on our streaming page or the LCH Facebook page. If you miss the livestream, the service will be archived on the LCH Facebook page.

This service will be offered on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

Godly Play and Compline Return

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Linda Miller telling a Godly Play storyThe beginning of the new school year marks the return of Godly Play, LCH’s Sunday School program for children from kindergarten though 5th grade.

What is Godly Play, you ask? Godly Play is more than a program or a curriculum. Godly Play is a way of learning that offers children (and adults) the opportunity to live into the sacred stories of the Bible and the church. Children will be welcomed and loved, and they will have opportunities to playfully and creatively learn about God in Jesus.

While we are are not meeting in person, Godly Play is gathering via Zoom Meeting for Godly Play stories and crafts. Godly Play is taught by Linda Miller. Contact the church office at lch@LCHwelcome.org to be added to the list.

e LCH Men’s ScholaSeptember also brings the return of Compline, or Prayer at the Close of the Day.

We warmly invite all people in all places of faith and life to Compline. Offered on the first and third Sundays of each month at 7:30 pm, this beautiful candle-lit service is a meditative experience of a cappella singing and chanting to commemorate the day’s end. Led by members of the LCH Men’s Schola, musical selections include Gregorian chant, Taizé chant, Renaissance polyphony, and more.

Compline will be livestreamed on our streaming page and the LCH Facebook page and then archived on the LCH Facebook page.

Cancellation of August 1 In-Person Worship

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Given the continuing rise in covid-19 cases this week, the Church Council voted to cancel our in-person worship event this Sunday. We will pause any in-person worship events until there is a consistent, downward trajectory in cases.

Thank you for your patience as we navigate the needed steps to practice at care-filled re-opening alongside the need to tend to the health of the community.