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In the sound of waves crashing a melody rises from

In the sound of waves crashing a melody rises from our grateful hearts! Mokuaikaua’s ohana gathered at the palace for service as we wait and pray for the completion of our preservation project 🙏
Photos & video: @ruthcookie68

See you at Hulihe’e Palace for worship tomorrow

See you at Hulihe’e Palace for worship tomorrow at 8! 🙌
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#kona #hawaii #808 #aliidrive #timelapse #konahawaii #kailuakona #church

Facing south down the coastline at dawn #konacoast

Facing south down the coastline at dawn #konacoast #hawaii #kailuakona #pacificcoast #bluehour #808

#hurricanedouglas passing by our island #mahaloke

#hurricanedouglas passing by our island
#mahalokeakua #hurricaneseason #bigisland #hawaii #808 #konahawaii #kailuakona

The calm before #hurricanedouglas . . #aerialphot

The calm before #hurricanedouglas
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#aerialphotography #kona #konahawaii #djimavicair2 #dji #cityscape #hawaii #808

We have to have a “rain check” on our service

We have to have a “rain check” on our service at the Palace grounds due to Mayor Kim’s pronouncement to close ocean-front parks and venues. So this week we will have an online service at 8 AM from the studio.
Then next week we will gather at 8 AM on the north side of Hulihe’e Palace for a special service there. Though it looks like the storm is pushing away from us, we hope you are all safe and taking needed precautions.
See you tomorrow morning online! #hurricanedouglas #hawaii #kailuakona #onlinechurch #2020flexibility

Last night Hurricane Douglas grew to a Category 3

Last night Hurricane Douglas grew to a Category 3 storm on its way to the Hawaiian Islands. We are keeping an eye on the weather and will announce any needed changes for our Sunday service the day before. It could be blue Kona skies like the last storm that hit the southeast of our island...or not!
The current plan is for an 8 am service on the Palace grounds facing Mokuaikaua with a live stream. What a historic service it could be! However, if rain hits, our backup plan is to stream online from the YWAM studio like last week. Please stay tuned and be prepared. 💪
#hurricanedouglas #konahawaii #hawaii #808 #tropicalstorm #huliheepalace #kona

Aloha! You’re invited to join us on livestream t

Aloha! You’re invited to join us on livestream this morning or on our website at 8. #konahawaii #kona #church

Join us Sunday morning online only this week! The

Join us Sunday morning online only this week!

The county has closed our church property until further notice while they review the structural plans for the steeple reinforcement. This came as a surprise to us this week and we apologize for the lateness of this message. We are certainly learning spiritual flexibility in this season like never before! We hope this is just a one week inconvenience and we will be in communication as soon as possible about next week's service. Please pray with us for this challenge to be overcome!

We will hold one 8 AM service online only this Sunday July 12th.
We encourage online giving if at all possible. Mahalo to all who have made that adjustment. #kona #kailuakona #hawaii #808

“A mist standing on the earth. A rainbow circle

“A mist standing on the earth. A rainbow circle standing on the ocean. Jesus, our loosener of faults,
From the path of Kahiki to Hawai’i here From the zenith to the horizon...The word is obtained
Knowledge, power, life.”
-High Priest Hewahewa’s chant announced Iesu, Jesus, to Boki, the governor of Oahu, and the people of Hawai’i. #rainbowstate #konahawaii #kailuakona #hawaiihistory #historyofhawaii #bigisland #hawaiianhistory #hewahewa #200thanniversary #1820

Rain or shine, we will gather at 8 this morning to

Rain or shine, we will gather at 8 this morning to worship Jesus together! If the rain keeps falling, we will be in the activity center. Otherwise, we’re out front of Mokuaikaua. Sun or rain, please bring an umbrella if you can! Mahalo ☔️ .
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#rainorshine #konahawaii #kona #kailuakona #808 #bigisland #aliidrive

Due to a clerical error during WW2, Corrie Ten Boo

Due to a clerical error during WW2, Corrie Ten Boom was released from Ravensbruck one week before all the women her age were killed.
She began traveling and telling the story of her family, and what she and Betsie had learned in the concentration camp.
She recounts one story in particular:

It was in a church in Munich that I saw him—a balding heavy-set man in a gray overcoat, a brown felt hat clutched between his hands. People were filing out of the basement room where I had just spoken. It was 1947 and I had come from Holland to defeated Germany with the message that God forgives... And that's when I saw him, working his way forward against the others.

One moment I saw the overcoat and the brown hat; the next, a blue uniform and a visored cap with its skull and crossbones. It came back with a rush! The huge room with its harsh overhead lights, the pathetic pile of dresses and shoes in the center of the floor, the shame of walking naked past this man.
I could see my sister's frail form ahead of me, ribs sharp beneath the parchment skin. Betsie, how thin you were! Betsie and I had been arrested for concealing Jews in our home during the Nazi occupation of Holland; this man had been a guard at Ravensbruck concentration camp where we were sent. "You mentioned Ravensbruck in your talk," he was saying. "I was a guard in there." No, he did not remember me. "But since that time," he went on, "I have become a Christian. I know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I did there, but I would like to hear it from your lips as well." "Fraulein," his hand came out, "...will you forgive me?" And I stood there—I whose sins had every day to be forgiven—and could not. Betsie had died in that place—could he erase her slow, terrible death simply for the asking?

It could not have been many seconds that he stood there, hand held out, but to me it seemed hours as I wrestled with the most difficult thing I had ever had to do.

For I had to do it—I knew that. The message that God forgives has a prior condition: that we forgive those who have injured us. "If you do not forgive men their trespasses," Jesus says, "neither will your Father in heaven forgive...”

A historic landmark in Kailua Kona, being preserve

A historic landmark in Kailua Kona, being preserved with much effort and care to endure for future generations! .
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#historicpreservation #historyofhawaii #hawaiianislands #konahawaii #kona #808

Join us this morning here or on FB live stream 🙌
#kailuakona #bigisland #hawaii #churchtime #808

Summer Sunday services in person or online at 8 AM

Summer Sunday services in person or online at 8 AM for worship with Mokuaikaua!
Please bring and wear a face mask.
We will have some chairs, but encourage you to bring your own chair for comfort and safety.
Childcare will not be provided at this time for our Sunday services.
We encourage online giving if at all possible. Mahalo to all who have made that adjustment.
Aloha! #kailuakona #konahawaii #808 #kona #bigisland #keepthefaith #mahalokeakua

Points of the Mokuaikaua spire painted and prepare

Points of the Mokuaikaua spire painted and prepared to install today! #konahawaii #kailuakona #preservinghawaii #historicpreservation #hawaiihistory #sacredplaces

With precautions in place and the support of local

With precautions in place and the support of local government, we are reopening our Sunday service at 9 am outside Mokuaikaua Church! 👏🎉Masks and 6 ft. distancing of households are requested to minimize risk. Please also bring water and a sun umbrella or other covering to add to the canopies and chairs we will provide.
Live streaming of our services will continue on Facebook to provide a safe way for kupuna and those at greater risk of the virus to be a part of our church. #bigisland #hawaii #kona #kailuakona #808 #church #reopeninghawaii

With precautions in place and the support of local

With precautions in place and the support of local government, we are reopening our Sunday service at 9 am outside Mokuaikaua Church! 👏🎉Masks and 6 ft. distancing of households are requested to minimize risk. Please also bring water and a sun umbrella or other covering to add to the canopies and chairs we will provide.
Live streaming of our services will continue on Facebook to provide a safe way for kupuna and those at-risk of the virus to be a part of our church. #kailuakona #bigisland #kona #reopeninghawaii #covid19 #pandemic #coronavirus

In a press release, Mayor Harry Kim announced the

In a press release, Mayor Harry Kim announced the reopening of churches and places of worship on Hawai’i Island on Saturday, May 30, and the reopening of "most businesses" starting the next day. @khonnews #covid19 #bigisland #808 #konahawaii #kailuakona #reopeninghawaii #coronavirus #sacredplaces #churches

Flying from our bell tower to the shoreline in an

Flying from our bell tower to the shoreline in an aerial #hyperlapse by @goingfar .
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#drone #konahawaii #aliidrive #aerialphotography #timelapse #djimavicair2 #dji #bigisland #hawaii #808

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