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A house of prayer, refuge,
and belonging for all people.
All are invited and all are welcome to experience the love
and presence of God and community just as they are.
JOIN US ON SUNDAYS AT 8:30 A.M.
Sent forth by a still-speaking God,
The United Church of Christ is a diverse family of churches rooted in Christ’s love, welcoming all people and putting faith into action for a more just world. Being part of this family, Pukaʻana embraces a faith that welcomes questions, celebrates diversity, and calls us to love and serve our neighbors.
Worship With Us.
Worshipping God together and gathering at Christ's table is at the heart of our community.
Our worship services are a blend of both Hawaiian and Christian tradition and contemporary aspects that we hope each person will find deeply spiritual, nourishing, and transforming.
Join us in person! We would love to have you.
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❤️ Loving God & neighbor since 1849.
JOIN US: Sundays. 8:30 AM. In-person.
📍South Kona, Hawaii
![Our faith community proclaim these words each week and have written them upon our hearts: "We welcome all to the table as God welcomes us. For this is the table, not of the Church, but of God."
As a native Hawaiian whose ancestors came to these islands over 1,000 years ago, I am troubled by the way our immigrant communities have come under threat by the powers of the day who are themselves immigrants and descendants of immigrants whose ancestors arrived within the last 3-4 generations.
As followers of Jesus, we believe deeply in God's ALOHA and extravagant welcome for, and to, all creation. We believe deeply in Scripture's call to "...love the stranger..." and "...love the alien..." as we too were strangers and aliens; to "...extend hospitality to strangers” and to "...love [thy] neighbor as [thy]self." We also heed Scripture's warning that "Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow." For whatever we do to the "...least of these," we do also unto Christ himself.
We must strongly reject the resurgence of racism and xenophobia that continues to fuel the policies of this present Administration and those in our midst who have unleashed a wave of attacks against immigrants - documented and undocumented alike - whose hard work and love for family and community have contributed to the wellbeing and prosperity of the very country that seeks to purge them from our midst.
We stand in solidarity with our immigrant siblings - remembering Christ's call to love God and our neighbor as ourselves, for in doing so, we "...fulfill the law." We are all sojourners in this land, temporary residents on this borderless planet which belongs, not to man, but to the God who brought it (and us) into existence.
May Ke Akua have mercy on those who show no mercy. And, on those who sit on the sidelines in silence. "For silence," the Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson writes, "is for those who are living dead." - Kahu Keoki Kiwaha, senior kahu](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/476315378_18445283503073243_358012817854001352_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=108&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=lf6fXI5Vp2kQ7kNvwHeeh9z&_nc_oc=AdpYJXyvvPE8DJXt0ptEwmA52B3oJU4jh0q92I0n-dlB0hIsaumvbN0f71WdfyUbaQs&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=uOBgmlV0Ju0J1h-Lh6v9cA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQI4gRRdgdM9HCuBRcDBdDhrA-c13NjLAKaDjUnZsnEPRmwsea_WBxcQKSj9juBHlqI2eErTav9O&oh=00_AQOS2kclpDYpzvyXV-5RZsDMXGjYfKvXiRfOReBrPYixmw&oe=6AC0ACDA)
![When the people were looking for deliverance, the prophet Micah declared, “But you, O Bethlehem, from you shall come forth one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is of ancient days.” But, what if Micah is also speaking to us, saying, “But you, O Pukaʻana Congregational Church, from you shall come forth for me…” What? What might God be calling forth from us? God invited us to receive the promise of salvation, mercy, and grace, enabling us to live the promise as [Theo•tokos], or God-bearers to the world. As Christ was born in Bethlehem, so too we answer God’s invitation to have Christ born among us today and every day. We remember our commitment to live as people of God’s promise of salvation and flourishing for all people that springs forth from God’s love for all creation.](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/469719232_18436075939073243_1076586567391067702_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=NeQfSkM0B1kQ7kNvwE-DPyw&_nc_oc=AdqNNRnaHw_vb-tMgFFnMD1a7cWwwIrB9Mgd3qfUKL7rUoSI3btjcrzvkfNSK7uHoAg&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=uOBgmlV0Ju0J1h-Lh6v9cA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJlemhVILCKhSI2_zKx1IzJ7mNSSoenR1GyMc6irL3PmCJUW1fYERl5QNTgeC1khWDGsbInwD_L&oh=00_AQPOuGpYnZpE8Vg9fsdcNAIOJrxjQ8Joy_a4nuoVaaWhnw&oe=6AC0B389)
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