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Advent service set at Maria Lanakila An Advent Penance Service will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Maria Lanakila Church in Lahaina. Misa de Gallo Masses will be offered at 5 a.m. Dec. 16 to 24 at Maria Lanakila. The Filipino Catholic Christmas tradition features nine dawn Masses preceding Dec. 25, the Lord’s Nativity. At 6 p.m. Dec. 16, Maria Lanakila will present Christmas in Lahaina. Different choirs and singing groups in the parish will perform: Hawaiian, Hispanic, Tongan, Filipino, Vietnamese, Sacred Hearts school children and the youth ministry. The Sacred Hearts ...

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Advent service at Emmanuel Lutheran Emmanuel Lutheran Church is presenting a 5:30 p.m. soup supper and 6:30 p.m. Advent worship service on Wednesday, as well as Dec. 14 and 21. The church is located at 520 W. One St. in Kahului, near the intersection of Papa and Kaahumanu avenues. For more information, call 877-3037. ***** Holiday traditions theme of service Makawao Union Church will begin preparing for Christmas with a special “Hanging of the Greens” worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. In word and song, the church will decorate the sanctuary while telling the stories ...

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Maccabiah Games rep speaks Sunday A representative of the International Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah Games will be speaking to the Jewish Congregation of Maui at 5 p.m. Sunday. Macabi Carasso, a representative of the union and the Maccabiah Games, will discuss the games, the third ...

Trinity to install new vicar Saturday

The Rev. Bruce DeGooyer will be formally installed as the vicar of Trinity by the Sea Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rt. Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii, will be the celebrant and preacher at this official celebration of A New Ministry Eucharist. A light reception will follow. The public is invited. The historic church, originally founded by Native Hawaiian David Malo in 1852, is located at 100 Kulanihakoi St. in Kihei. For more information, call 879-0161. * Local Religion in Brief is published every Friday and welcomes news releases and ...

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Two pastors will share prophetic Scriptures Pastor Jay Freitas of Church Of The Firstborn and Pastor Kipi Higa of New Hope Kahului will share prophetic biblical Scriptures and how they may be unfolding in the near future, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Saturday at University of Hawaii Maui College in the Pilina Building. This is a free event. No child care will be available. ***** Shin Buddhist seminar offered in Makawao The Rev. Tetsuo Unno from the Pasadena Buddhist Temple in California will be guest speaker at a Makawao Hongwanji Shin Buddhist Seminar Nov. 11-13. ...

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Fifth Sunday Mass set at Kaupo church The last fifth Sunday Mass for 2016 at St. Joseph Mission Church in Kaupo will take place at noon Oct. 30. The church is located between Mileposts 33 and 34 on Piilani Highway — the road to Kaupo. There will be a potluck meal and fellowship after the Mass. * Local Religion in Brief is published every Friday and welcomes news releases and announcements from churches and religious organizations in Maui County that wish to publicize guest speakers, special events and programs, and news items. The deadline for submitting releases is 10 ...