Sunday Service: “Radical Kindness: Aloha in an Age of Scarcity”
Sep 06, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Speaker: Rev. Deborah Bond-Upson
Kindness is often dismissed as politeness or sentiment, yet in Scripture, in Buddhist metta, and in Wheatley’s leadership work, it appears as a revolutionary force. In a Hawaiʻi strained by housing injustice and colonial wounds, radical kindness means more than being nice—it means practicing aloha that shares limited space, listens across difference, and refuses to abandon those most harmed. We will explore how everyday acts of mercy and kinship can sustain our island of sanity.
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Sunday Service: "Where the Trail Goes Quiet" (Zoom Only)
Sep 13, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Speaker: Pastor Keola Whittaker
Pastor Keola returns this Sunday from six days walking the Camino de Santiago, one of the world’s oldest pilgrimage routes. But this sermon isn’t a travelogue. Drawing on journalist Chris Hayes’s recent book The Sirens’ Call, Keola asks what it means that our attention has become a commodity, harvested for profit. And in a faith tradition built on presence, what happens to our capacity for the sacred when we are never quite here? Come find out where the trail goes quiet.
NOTE: There is no in-person service as the sanctuary will be in use by another organization. Service is via streaming (Zoom, Facebook) only.
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Sunday Service: "Warriors for the Human Spirit: Living Our Call"
Sep 20, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Speaker: Rev. Deborah Bond-Upson
If Courage names our inner stance, and Islands of Sanity and Radical Kindness name our communal work, what vocation emerges for us now? Margaret Wheatley speaks of “warriors for the human spirit”— people who put service over self, stand steadfast through disappointment, and protect spaces where generosity, creativity, and community can flourish. In the light of Tillich’s courage, Hawaiʻi’s history, and our own commitments, we will consider how this congregation might live as warriors for the human spirit: not to save the whole world, but to guard and grow those places where human dignity, aloha, and hope still take root.
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Sunday Service (in person & via ZOOM)
Sep 27, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Speaker: Jim Skouge
First Unitarian Church of Honolulu is open for in-person attendance at Sunday worship.
For the safety of others during in-person attendance, vaccination & boosters are urged for those who are eligible, and masks are optional. We will also be streaming Sunday worship via ZOOM (click on the link below) and Facebook.
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Room opens at 9:30 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 that with the Meeting ID and Password
+1 253 215 8782 US
+1 301 715 8592 US
Meeting ID: 584 891 370
Password: 083009
