Alabama choir to perform Sunday
MAKAWAO - Makawao Union Church will host more than 50 members of the Sanctuary Choir of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church at a special worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The choir is visiting Hawaii to participate in the Baptist World Conference in Honolulu.
Under the direction of Robert Hatfield, the larger 200-voice Sanctuary Choir supports the weekly worship services of the 7,000-member Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Choir members have performed at the John F. Kennedy Center and in Beijing, China.
For more information, call Makawao Union Church at 579-9261.
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Haleakala Church service scheduled
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KEOKEA - Lay leader Jimmy Aarona will preach at the 3 p.m. service Sunday at historic Haleakala Church.
The retired Kula postmaster has been leading worship on the last Sunday of the month for a decade at the 19th-century church. The structure has no roof, but there's a tarped area inside the walls of the church located at the Cross Road intersection of Kula Highway.
Attendees should bring a sweater or light jacket. For more information, call Aarona at 760-2977.
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Wall Builders president to speak
KAHULUI - David Barton, president of Wall Builders, a national pro-family organization, will speak at Grace Bible Church from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday.
The church is at 635 S. Hina Ave. For more information, call the church at 877-5331.
The event is sponsored by IVote and the Hawaii Family Forum.
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Rummage sale set for July 31
MAKAWAO - Po'okela Church will hold a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 31.
Items for sale will include household goods, plants and clothes. The church is located at 200 Olinda Road in Makawao.
