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Religion

Lahaina Jodo to host Obon Festival

Lahaina Jodo Mission will celebrate its first public Obon Festival since the pandemic on July 1. The Obon service will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a floating lanterns procession and ceremony around 7:30 p.m. Maui Taiko will offer a performance in the temple courtyard before the bon ...

Good Shepherd church holds fair

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church’s Women in Ministry will host a “Fun’d Fair” from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Items for sale will include new and used clothing, houseware, kitchenware, Easter and Christmas items, books, footwear, succulents and more. The fair will take place at the ...

Makawao Union hosts musicians

La Sorellanza choir and UCC-Judd Street from Oahu, along with their ukulele players, will provide worship music for Makawao Union Church’s service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, the church announced. The service is open to the public. The church is located at 1445 Baldwin Ave.

Pahukoa named Invested Faith Fellow

Maui resident Kamaile Pahukoa, creator of the Ke‘anae Market at Ke‘anae Congregational Church, was named as one of five faith-rooted Invested Faith Fellows. The five social innovators are working to address systemic issues of injustice in their communities while building a sustainable ...

Church thrift shop to close for month

Secondhand Heaven thrift shop at Makawao Union Church will be closed for the month of June. The final shopping day will be Wednesday. Management requests that donations be held until the shop reopens sometime in July or be distributed to other thrift shops on Maui. For more information ...

Local Religion In Brief

Buddha’s birth to be celebrated in Lahaina The West Maui Buddhist community will celebrate the birth of the Buddha at 9:30 a.m Sunday at Lahaina Shingon Mission at 682 Luakini St. Rev. Takayuki Meguro, the resident minister of the Shingon Mission, will deliver the Dharma talk at the ...