BY DOUG PARTIN
Pastor
Christian Church of Los Alamos

We at the Christian Church of Los Alamos are announcing our annual “Aloha Sunday” Worship Service and luncheon. It will be this Sunday, Sept. 18 at 10:30 a.m. “Hula Mai Ka Lani” (a Hula Worship team) will lead the music portion of the worship with traditional hula. Barefoot, they wear flowing traditional dress with colorful flowers pinned into their hair. They will not be dancing to entertain, but to worship. In the Polynesian tradition it is not just the words spoken or sung, but the movement of the entire body that expresses worship. We encourage everyone who attends to dress “Hawaiian” for this special service of worship, but your regular attire is perfectly suitable.  When we asked the Hula Worship team’s leader, what showing up “Hawaiian style” means, we were told, “A full house of people ready to worship the Lord.”

Hula Mai Ka Lani are in town because they are hosting a gathering of many cultures on the Santa Fe Plaza from noon to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 16. It is a gathering of believers who express their faith through dance and music. It will not only be Hawaiian but Korean, Filipino, Ukrainian, Hispanic, Messianic Jewish, Nigerian, and Native American. It will be a wonderful time of multi-cultural worship and you are invited to join them.

There will be a Luau lunch fundraiser after the worship service on Sunday in the fellowship hall of the Christian Church. Funds raised will be directed to support Hula Ministries.

Mahalo Ke Akua! (Thanks be to God!)