The Honolulu Star Advertiser is conducting its “BEST OF 2026” surveys! If we focus our phone camera on the QR code below, scroll to “Music School” and nominate (type in) “Noe Baladad Piano Studio” we can help her get her new studio the attention it deserves. Just enter your email info and “submit.” (No need […]
In Loving Memory of Rev. Rebeca Quimada Sienes
Aloha mai kākou, Just landed last night from Sacramento and environs! It was an honor, a pleasure, and an opportunity to represent our congregation at the UU Pacific West Regional Assembly “Rising Resilient.” I wanted to connect with other congregations, meet folks for ideas and mutual support, and especially to learn how they are handling […]
Aloha mai kākou, On the heels of these damaging floods, this past week, our church has been active together and in our larger world in many ways. Spring is here, and we have a spring in our step as we encounter challenges and blessings and seek to care for our church community and beyond. On […]
Aloha kākou, beloveds in this time of heavy rains, Many of us are dealing with flooding, damage, power loss, and disruption, and one family, the Cranfords, has had to leave their flooded home. Our hearts are with everyone impacted, and we’re grateful that all appear to be safe and that so much care is being […]
‘Aloha from California! How are you? As I headed to my ride to HNL on March 12th, a gutter collapsed above my head, and I brought some Kona Lows rain with me to California, soaked as I was. But I just missed the March 13th record-breaking 5.5 inches of rain in a day record you […]
Aloha mai kakou! Early tomorrow morning, I leave for a week in California for time with my family. Preparing for this brief trip, I am reflecting on all that First Unitarian Church of Honolulu members are doing to sustain and grow our church and to reach out and engage with our larger community! We are […]
On Sunday, we enjoyed our Spiritual Home together. After hearing more of Dan and other members’ amazing feats in restoring and maintaining our beloved church, our Meditation Walk and Feng Shui Four Corner Blessings, congregants wrote reflections – appreciation, hopes, and suggestions. Honoring and appreciation for our church building, especially for the generosity and capabilities […]
Aloha members and friends! Growing up, my mother told us, “The one true evil is divisiveness.” Already a good questioning 12-year-old Unitarian (this was before we merged with Universalism), I questioned- how could divisiveness be the ONE true evil? There are so many evils! But then, like a good 13-year-old Unitarian, I thought about it. […]
What a wonderful week – from meeting with interfaith leaders from across the state, and two from the national InterFaith Alliance, Washington DC office, to our InterFaith service with exquisite music led by our Beth Beyers, and beautifully delivered by our pianist Noe Baladad and by our choir, to our New Member Orientation! We have […]
Our Social Justice Growth Our incredible, indefatigable, stalwart team of Marie Anne and Francine Less welcomes four new members to support our justice work in our larger community. We are thrilled to welcome Zach Fraser, Keif Ariola, Sorcha McCarrey, and Paul Davis to our expanded Social Justice team. Help for Us – Year 2 This […]
Sunday we gathered after Keola Whittaker’s moving message “The Thaw” for our first Sunday of the month Town Hall. We had much to discuss. Sue asked me to show the assembled our new website first. Our incredibly skilled office manager, Suzette, manages much! And she managed to do much to help our web developer Naomi […]
UU in our Larger Community Today (well, last night in particular) I hope you will join us on Sunday for “UU Heroes Then & Now.” Some of our own members and leaders were heroes in my book for bringing the ACLU Resistance Training to our sanctuary last night. It was full with over 100 attending! […]
We are Unitarian Universalists, guided by love and reason, aiming for peace and happiness – for all. What a challenging time to be us. To be UUs. Are you, like me, wondering how we can: Know enough to achieve deep understanding and considered awareness? Fulfill our role in our current environment of shocking abuses? […]
We are gearing up for the holidays! From the moving Winter Spiral, to UU Yule-Advent candles, to choir singing breathtakingly beautiful carols, to preparations for our “No Rehearsal Nativity Pageant,” the spirit is in the air! Please contact me if you would you like to help put on the pageant – it is going to […]
This past week has been a powerful celebration of community! From the Nu’uanu Valley Thanksgiving service with record attendance promoted by our own Marie Anne and others, to Thomas, Sorcha and our choir performing beautifully. To Crystal’s beautiful reading of Rev. Gary Kowalski’s Peace poem that seemed to bring all our faith communities together. I was […]
We are so fortunate to have Rev. Sam working with us for year 2 of Hope for Us! This is valuable support for our community and ourselves. Please take a few moments to ponder her questions in this survey, respond and nominate your self or others to be in the team of about 20 to […]
Beloved friends, What a joy to see the activity at our church! Forty-three folks are reserved for Thanksgiving! Nan P a wizard! Bring your favorite beverage, whatever it is. Sue Y-C says alcohol is allowed as we wish. There is still time to sign up HERE. In Religious Education visits the past two Sundays I found wonderfully […]
SUNDAY WORSHIP Click Here For Sunday Worship Room opens at 9:45 am, Worship begins at 10 am. Above is a link that has a password embedded in it. I encourage you to use this as it is the safest and easiest way to access the room< If you are calling in, here is how to do […]
In a Flash After worship on Sunday, I did my normal routine: dropped Blake to get a sandwich by where we live and headed home. As I turned the corner to my circle by the University, I saw two police officers waving people away. I figured it was getting a little full from people parking […]
