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NICHOLS NEWSLETTER

Box 177,

Hauul a, Hawa ii

May 10, 1962

De a r F r i e n d s

in

Ch r i s t

Greetings in the name of our Lord.

We

are happy to report, and know that

you

will rejoice with us in the blessings which God has granted in the work at Hauula.

The

members

are

evidencing spiritual growth

by

more faithful attendance and increased

e f fo r t s to r e a c h th e

l o s t

The Easter Sunrise Service was wel l a ttended, and the joyous spirit of victory

over sin

and dea th seemed to thrill us anew, as we joined in songs of praise to Him

who raised up Jesus from the grave. The house was conafortably filled for the morn

ing worship hour. There was a larger proportion

of

adults than

we

have ever had.

Though there were

no

additions,

many

were deeply stirred. Although

we

felt it

the most satisfactory Resurrection Day observance since our coming to Hauula, I

believe that evidence of this shows

in fact

that our attendance dropped only two,

from

40 on

Eas ter to 38

on the

Sunday following.

Our Revival meeting was held the week of April 30 to May 4, with Brother Harold

Burnside

of

Maile

preaching.

Brother Burnside s

sound

teaching

on

The Revelation

and his

stirring

gospel sermons were

greatly

appreciated by our people. Special

music was brought by talent from the various churches including Hauula, On Tuesday

evening, Joseph Lucky Keliiholokai, accompanying himself on the guitar, sang

The Haven of Rest in a way which deeply

moved

all who

heard.

On Thursday even

ing

at

the invitation, Lucky stepped forward and gave his

heart

to the Lord. He

was

bur ied withHis Lord on

the

following Lord s Day in our ocean-side

pool,

border

ing the blue Pacific. It thr il ls us all to think of the wonderful potentialities for good

which one like Lucky

has

when

these talents

of

his

are fully dedicated to

the Lord s

servi e

We continue with

our

week day

meeting

with

the children

on Thursday

afternoon.

As

has

often been noted, children are more receptive to

the

Gospel, more

responsive

to

the

love

of

Jesus,

than

are

the

older

folk.

There

are

three

brothers,

nine to

twelve,

who have been

attending

these afternoon

classes.

Their

parents,

who are

Mormans,

will not

allow them to

attend

the Sunday services. Yet these boys

were

among the most faithful in attendance at our Revival.

Who

can say how and when the

seed sown may

bear fruit.

We hold

three classes,

and Miss

Hart

and Miss Miller

come

from

Sunset Beach to help in

th e

teaching. Mr, Nichols

supervises

the

play

time

wh i c h f o l l ow s

The monthly meeting of the women continues to have an important place in our

program. Several of the women now attending the Lord s Day services started by

coming to the women s meeting. Miss Floyd comes from Sunset Beach to lead the

women in the Bible study. Light

refreshments are

served, and the

ladies really

appreciate this opportunity of becoming better acquainted as they fellowship together.

Mr. Nichols teaches

a

class in Princ ip les

of

Christian Education at Kalihi

Church of

Christ

on Thursday evenings. Six

Bible

School teachers are enrolled in

the

class.

Though it entails a long drive, there is ample compensation in knowing

that

these

earnest young people are being trained to become better teachers.

This may very well be the last Newsletter that we mai l from this address,

-A-bout-Ju;y 1we will be moving to Makaha to be associated with Brother Burnside in

work

of

Maile Church

of Christ, and the East-West Bible

College. It is

with

some reluctance, and a

great

deal of

sorrow

that we will be leaving Hauula. However,

we believe that greater opportunities for service await us in the field to which we go.

The Maile Church is a growing Church in the center of a rapidly developing community

V/e

cannot be

accused

of seeking

greener pastures,

for

we

are

leaving the

verdant

mountain valley and cool, windswept beaches of the windward side, for the hot and



B e a r Christian F r i e n d s :

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W a ia na e, H aw aii

September

6 , 1 9 6 2 .

We

h a v e r e c e n t l y

c o m p l e t e d o u r b e s t

Summer

Camp

so f a r »

Though some--

w h a t s h o r t h a n d e d f o r w o r k e r s , it was d e c i d e d

to

h o l d t h r e e weeks

o f

camp

t h i s

y e a r i n o r d e r

t h a t e a c h

g r o u p

m i g h t h a v e

t h e

t e a c h i n g an d

th e g u i d -

e a n c e s u i t e d

to

t h e i r ag e

g r o u p .

I t h i n k

t h a t

a l l

c o n n e c t e d

w it h t h e Camp

f e l t

t h a t r e s u l t s

a c h e i v e d

f u l l y j u s ti f ie d

th e

e x t r a

w o r k .

E s p e c i a l l y

i n

t h e S e n i o r w eek d i d

r e s u l t s

e x c e e d o u r e x p e c t a t i o n s

a n d

a l l w e r e t h r i l l e

e d

b y

t h e s p i r i t u a l g r o w t h s h o w n b y

o u r

y o u n g p e o p l e . M ab el w as c h i e f

Cook f o r t h e

whol e

o f

camp, a n d r e c e i v e d

many

c o m p l i m e n t s f o r a n e x a c t i n g

jo b w e l l

d o n e .

We h a d p l a n n e d t o move t o Makaha

i m m e d i a t e l y

a f t e r

Camp,

b u t

E d g a r s

m i s h a p f o r c e d a c h a n g e i n p l a n s . He s u f f e r e d a s t r a i n

w h i l e

s h i f t i n g

c a s e s

o f s o d a w a t e r a n d

w h e n

h e r e p o r t e d

t o

t h e

V . A. B o c t o r after

t h e c

c l o s e o f Camp,

h e

a d v i s e d i m m e d i a t e

h o s p i t a l i a a t i o n .

The o p e r a t i o n

f o r

r e p a i r

o f t h e

H e r n i a was

p e r f o r m e d

a t T r i p l e r Army H o s p i t a l a n d

a g o o d

r e c o v e r y

w a s

m a d e .

I n

t h e

m e a n t i m e ,

M r s .

N i c h o l s a n d R e u b e n h a d m o v e d

w hat few t h i n g s were

e s s e n t i a l to

Riakaha,

where t h e y camped w h i l e Mabel

t a u g h t

i n

t h e

Vo

B.

S .

a t

M a i l e .

W i t h

t h e

h e l p

o f

M i s s

J o n e s

a n d

a

f i n e

c o r p s o f l o c a l w o r k e r s a v e r y s uc c e ss fu l

two

w eeks s e s s i o n w as h e l d .

E d g a r

r e c o v e r d

i n

t i m e

t o

h e l p

w it h t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e c h i l d r e n

f o r

t h e

s e c o n d week.

e w e r e

w e l l p l e a s e d

w i t h

t h e

f i n e

t u r n o u t

o f

f a m i l i e s

a nd f r i e n d s

o f

t h e c h i l d r e n who came o u t o n Sunday e v e n i n g t o v i e w a

d e m o n s t r a t i o n of

w h a t

t h e

c h i l d r e n

h a d l e a r n e d .

I t h i n k we

have

n o t y e t r e po rt e d o n t h e V. B. S . h e l d a t

H a u u l a

e a r l y i n t h e summer. O ur c o r p s o f B i b l e S c h o o l t e a c h e r s t h e r e we re reenfe-

o . rc e d

b y

h e l p

fro m Rliss M a r c i a Thomson, summer r e c r u i t fro m O z a r k B i b l e

c o l l e g e an d Mrs

Bon R o t h

from S u n s e t B e a c h . V . B, S . s e e m s to

g i v e t h a t

a d d e d

p u n c h

w h i c h i s n e e d e d d u r i n g t h e summer m o n t h s , a n d we

c o m s i d e r t h i s

t o b e

o n e o f

t h e m o s t s u c c e s s f u l v a c a t i o n s c h o o l s h e l d at

H a u u l a .

We

left

some f i n e C h ri s ti a n f r i e nd s

a t

H a u u l a ,

an d

we

m i s s

them

g r e a t l y . However, we a p p r e c i a t e

th e o p p o r t u n i t y o f

maki ng f r i e n d s w i t h

t h e good p e o ple o ve r o n

t h i s

s i d e o f th e

i s l a n d .

On e

o f

t h e g r e a t

b l e s s

i n g s o f t h e C h r i s t i a n

life

t h e

f i n e

p e o p l e we m e e t i n t h e w o n d e r f u l

f e l l o w s h i p o f t h e c h u r c h . M i s s E l e a n o r

O t a k e

h a s r e t u r n e d to

t h e

I s l a n d s

to te a c h i n th e S u n s et Beach C h r i s t i a n S ch o o l , b u t al o n g w i t h t h i s she

i s h e l p i n g

i n t h e

work a t

H a u u l a . U n d e r

t h e

f i n e

l e a d e r s h i p

o f th e

R o t h s

and E l e a n o r ,

v/e

b e l i e v e t h a t HauiiLa w i l l go o n

to ev en

g r e a t e r a c c om plish

h m e n t s .

I^ m

s u r e many

have wondered, an d some

have q u e s t i o n e d wh y

th e

M a i l e

and Rfal^aha c on gr eg at io ns s ho uld be c on so li da te d i nt o

one

^ivork

and

s t i l l

engage

th e

e f f o r t s

o f

tw o m i n i s t e r - m i s s i o n a r i e s . I n

th e

first

p l a c e

it

was

th e

unamimous d e s i r e

o f th e Makaha c o n g r e g a t i o n

to do t h i s . S e c o n d l y ,

it was

t h e

c o n s i d e r e d

j u d g e m e n t

o f

B r o t h e r s

R o u s h ,

B u r n s i d e

an d

N i c h o l s

t h a t

on e

s t r o n g work

i n

t h i s

community would

a c c o m p l i s h

more f o r t h e

L o r d t h a n

tw o

weak

o n e s .

T h i r d l y B r o t h e r B u r n s id e

an d

m y s e l f b e l i e v e

t h a t we e f f o r t we a r e making

to

e s t a b l i s h Ea st- We st B i b l e C olle ge i s a

very

worth while thii^. Harold s and my Edgar s) capabilities seem

to be m u t u a l l y

complimentary,

and

I l o o k f or wa r d w i t h a

g r e a t d eal

o f

p l e a s u r e

to working t o g e t h e r w i t h him. We w i l l be

s h a r i n g

th e m i n i s t r y

i n

th e

M ai l e Church o f C h r i s t w i l l

e a c h

be

t e a c h i n g

Qolle ge c o u r s e s two

n.lghts a week, and

te a c hing

r e l e a s e d time c l a s s e s i n in t h r e e elem an tar y

s c h o o l s

i n t h i s a r e a . Mis

J o n e s

M r s .

B u r n s

id e

and M rs. N i c h o l s

w i l l

be

s h a r i n g

i n t h i s

t e a c h i n g program. A ll

i n a l l

it p o i n t s

up to a v e r y busy

an d i n t e r e s t i n g s c h e d u l e .



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Now comes

th e pa r t

which v/e are r e l uc t an t to wr i t e and t h a t concrns

money.

Perhaps i f our fa i th were

grea t

enough, there v/ould

be

no need.

Now you

have

been

warned, a t

any ra te so you may

jus t

skip

th is p ar t i f

you

fear the reading of

i t may prove too painful.

Yifhat

we would like is

for someone to t us how an income of

approxhnately

$350iOO per month

can

be

budgeted to meet the needs of a family of

four

when one is

attend-

University

and

another

one

High

ochool.

Also

conside ring the

fac t tha t

prices here are on the

average

20 above those in

the

mid-west.

(This

is

not quite

an

accurate picture,

as

Andrew works

during the

summer,and

receives some help

from fr iends,

but we a re r espons ib le fo r

his

room and

board). Our 57. Ford, approaching

100,000

miles,

has reached the

point

where i t

is

no longer economical

to repair , or

to keep runniiig.

coTald

trade i t

in

as

down

payment, but

we

do not have the income that \yould co

cover the payments

on

a real ly good car.

awe for ReubenSs

medical

expenses (Hernia

operation)

and are paying that

off

with monthly payments

We borrowed the money to

pay

our fare home v/hen we went on furloiogh in

*57

and

have not been ai le to pay tha t off I t look l i ke t would be a

long time before

w would

be

aile

to take another furlough.

Naturally

v/e

would

l ike

to

see our

lovely

grand-daughters

when

th e M ills

re trurn

fDTom

Africa in

1963 or

*64,

but

we

are sa t is f ied to leave

th is in

God's

hands.- I f t

be

His wil l we Imow that th is very natural ders i re wil l

be fu l f i l led

Avery modest increase in our monthly offerings would

rel ieve

some of the pressures we now fe i l We do appreciate the rea l

sacr i f ice tha t marks th e g iv in g

of

many of

you, and

we

covet

the prayer

fu l

concern

o f

a l l

o f you fo r the needs

mentioned

here .

Yours

i n

H is l o v e and

g race

Dili

n

HBGAE and i?ABEn. IJlOHOIiS

P 0 Box 8 8

Waianaei Hawaii



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K I CH O LS N E v/ S -L E TT E R

U . S .

A. A d d r e s s

F o r e s t Hill C l a r i s t i e i n C h u r c h

114-8

F o r t h

M c A r t h u r

B o u l e v a r d .

Oklahoma

C i t y

Oklcihoma

Edgar a nd M ah el F i c h o l s

B ox 8 8 , Waianao? H a w a i i .

B o a r

O nes

i n

Christ-s

- :

lO-oha

G ro o t i n g s

i n t h e n a a e

o f o u r L ord .

Wo have Been t a l k i n g f o r some time of g e t t i n g o ut a n c v / s - l e t t e r , and

wondering i f a ny th in g h as happened t h a t would bo o f i n t e r e s t to you. I

suppose

the thing to

do

would be to have a

regLilar

date fo r sending out

our l e t t e r and got

it

out on t h a t d ate, r e g a r d l e s s of any notev/orthy

happenings. Perhaps th e everyday

doings of th e

missionary arc of more

i n t e r e s t

than

we r e a l i z e .

But

somewhere v;c have g o tten t h e i d e a

t h a t most

m i s s i o n n e w s - l e t t e r s

a r c

c h u c k e d

i n t o

t h e

\ 7ast ebj A sket m t h

little

m o r e

t h a n

a c u r s o r y

g l a n c e .

?/e do h a v e so much f o r w h i c h

t o

bo t h a n k f u l . To h a v e g o o d h e a l t h

to

bo happily s i t u a t e d , to be

apti ^c in

the

L o r d s

work an d knovv t h a t

o n e s

c h i l d r e n

a re a ls o

a c t i v e ;

a l l t h e s e c o n t r i b u t e to g iv e one a s e n s e

o f

deep

s a t i s f a c t i o n . Wo thank you,

our

good f r i e n d s v^ho t h r o u ^ your

prayers an d

g i f t s

have given

u s

th e help

and

encouragement t h a t we need

e d .

Our

no w

E d u c a t i o n a l U n i t

i s c o m p l e t e d , and v/o a rc

v e r y

happyiwdth

it The d e d i c a t i o n s e r v i c e s v;ore

h o l d

on

Sunday

a f t e r n o o n M arch 3 . O ur

s i s t e r

congrego,tions v7cro w e l l

r e p r e s e n t e d

a,t th e d ed ic atio n

s e r v i c e s

an d they

r e j o i c e d

with

u s

in t h i s

accomplishment.

Bro th er Charles

L u t t r e l

o f th e

P a l o l a

V o lle y

Church

b ro u g h t

th e

d ed i cat o ry ,

a d d r e s s .

T h i s

24-

by50

f o o t b u i l d i n g o f

hollov;

t i l e c o n s t r u c t i o n

h a s seven

ro o m s, s i x c l a s s ro o m s

and th e L i b rary -Read i n g Room,

We

have

about,

7.50 ^oluinns i n th e L ib ra ry ^

the

use of \/hich' is shared by East-j/ost Bibie

College

and the Maile Churc

,Wo a re malcing

a

r e a l e f f o r t

t o

e n r o l l

o u r

f i r - s t freshman- c l a s s i n

E- Wo,st

B i b l e

Colle ge when

th e

P.-oll term begins

in

oeptember. H o r e - t o - f o r

we have held only

evening classes,

and

these.have

r^ t been

very

success-

feil. Wc

have

f o u r good

p r o s p e c t s

l i n e d

up

and

are s n t i n g a . g o a l

of

o . i ^ t

Freshman.

We

r e a l i z e i t i s d o - o r - d i e , v/e have

got

to make a s t a r t nov^

i f

^

o v e r

fcj

c/

%J O* -* W W J i W W - 1 - C.V * wx . J ^ w »

The o t h e r i s a

yopng

. g i r l aad e i g h t g r a d e r , who i s

an.

honor s t u d e n t .

Mr.

F ic h o ls r oc o n tl y

p r e a c h e d th e

o r d i n a t i o n sermon and d e l i v e r e d

th o c h a rg e t o th e

c a n d i d a t e s , when e l d e r s

and deacon s w er e s e t a p a r t i n

s p e c i a l

s e r v i c e s a t

P e a r l H a r b o r i ;. em or ia l C hu rc h o f C h r i s t The

day

b e f o r

th e P e a r l H a r b o r

Chur ch h ad b rok en gTound

t o r

t h e i r new S 6 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 House

o f V / o r s h i p ,

^c a re p la nn in g to l e a v e on

f ur lough

about th e middlo o f May,

f l y i n g

to

Sa n

F r a n c i s c o ,

vrherc, i f

s t i l l s o l v e n t , wo

pla n

to p ic k

up

a.

c a r .

From

t h e r e

wc

dr ive

to Toppenish,

Washington,

v/here we

p l a n to p i c k u p

a

r e l i e

d r i v e r o ur d a u g h t e r ,

D o r o t h y , The n e x t f i x e d

d a te i s

a

r e u n io n v/ith

th e

M i l l s

a i d

o t h e r

m e m be r s

o f t h e

H i c h o l s

C l a n a t

a F a m i l y . G.amp

i n .

n o r t h e m

I l l i n o l s t h e

f i r s t

week

i n

J u l y I n

t h e

i nt er v en in g p e ri o d

wc

p l a n t o

v i s i t c h u r c h e s

r e l a t i v e s a n d f r i e n d s i n Wyoming,

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INTR3DUCTI0N

Th e

Sta te of HAWAII i s

composed o f

seven

inhabi ted

i s l ands

lo

cated a l i t t l e more than 2 000

miles southwest of

San

Francisco. I t

l ie s

within the t ropics

but

has

a

very mild climate

due

to the t rade winds

vjhich

blow

percent of the t ime

and to

the fac t tha t no

par t of

the

Is lands i s

very

fa r

from

the ocean. The elevation

varies from

sea

level

to the summit of Mauna

Kea

which

is 13 7^4

feet

above

sea

level .

In

area i t is equal to the States of Connecticut

and Rhode

Island with

an

e stim ate d p op ula tio n o f

5^5 000

in

1959.

EARLY HISTORY

The original inhabitants

of

HAWAII were a

t r i hybrid

people known as

Polynesians. I t is believed that they

orig inated in

Southeast Asia or

in

Indonesia and

migrated

to

the

present

area approximately

1 500 years

ago.

Indications

are

that

the original immigrants f i r s t

arrived

in the

Society

Islands

and spread from there in

a

vast

t r iangle whose apex was

the

Hawaiian

Island s; th e

southernmost

group were the Maoris in

New Zealand

and extending east as fa r as

Easter

Is land.

The

Polynesians

arrived

in

the

Hawaiian

Islands

around

7

to

^5

A DAt the time Captain

Cook discovered

the Islands

in

177^

there

were be

tween 300 000 and 400 000 people living in

present day

Hawaii. Shortly

af ter the advent of Europeans

and Americans

the native population started

to decline

so

that

by 1920 the Hawaiians including

part Hawaiian to

taled approximately 35 000.

After

that

date the

part Hawaiians started

to increase and they now number

about

^0 000 out

of

a total population of

5^5 000.

I t is

indeed a sad commentary that

civilizat ion practically

destroyed

and without wars the

aborigine

population of the

Islands.

RACIAL

ORIGINS

Very early in the post discovery period some Chinese

came

in as traders

house

servants

and

artisans.

However most

of

the

early

immigrants

were

from Europe and America. With the development of the plantation system

during

the

middle of the nineteenth

century

i t soon became

evident

that

the

rapidly declining Hawaiian

race

could not supply the necessary labor.

This led to the importa tion under labor

contracts

of

large

numbers of

aliens.

The f i r s t to be brought

in

were the Chinese then in turn the

Portuguese the Japanese the Koreans the Puerto Ricans and the Fili

pinos.

There were some contract labor immigrants from other European

groups

but

they were of small consequence. The people

in

managerial

positions and

the

operators and

proprietors of larger

types

of

mercan

t i l e establishments were largely from Great Brit ian the United States

and F r a n c e

The present population

is

made up of the descendants of these immigrants

and

the descendants of

the original

Polynesian inhabitants.

At

the

time

the 1950 census was

taken

the

people of

Japanese ancestry totaling

approximately 35

percent

comprised

the

largest

single

ethnic group;

the

Caucasians were

the

second la rges t

group

and comprised about 25 percent;

the

Hawaiians

including part Hawaiians represented

around 18

percent;

the

Filipinos 12 percent; the Chinese

six percent;

and

the balance

in

cluding Negroes Puerto Ricans and Koreans totaled four

percent.

While

there

may be some variation in the percentage of the different ethnic

groups today this i l lustrates the consti tuent elements of the

present

population. The Island of Oahu has the major portion of

the

population

and is rapidly growing This is due to the location of the city of ^



Honolulu on

t h i s I s land and

th e

presence

o f

a l a r ge number

o f

mi l i t a ry

personnel

and

the i r dependents. The other Is lands are losing populat ion;

NATIVE

RELIGION

At

the time Cap ta in

Cook

discovered

the

Is lands

the people were poly

t h e i s t i c . They had a number o f gods represented by va r ious grotesque

ido l s

and human

sac r i f i ce s

were a regu la r

par t

o f the r e l i g ious se rv ice .

The human s a c r i f i c e s were obta ined from cap t i ves t aken in war

persons

who

had

broken

the

taboo

system

and

s laves

kept

to

meet

the

needs

when

t h e re were

no

othe r humans ava i l ab l e fo r s ac r i f i c e . The p r i e s t s

had

a

very prominent part

in the l i fe

of

the

Islands.

They

were

among the

c ounc il lo rs o f the chiefs ; they formed

the

medical prac t i t ioner group

many were among

those

learned in arts and sciences;

and

many were serving

in the

temples»

They were the

ones

who enforced the very complicated

taboo system on which both the

government and

society rested.

EARLY MISSIONARY

EFFORTS

Taboos were abolished about one year af te r

the

death of Kamehameha. After

a

short

civi l

war

both the taboo system and

the

domination of the priests

were ended by

the jo in t ru le rs .

This was indeed a fortunate circum

stance

so

fa r

as the

work

of

the

f i r s t

missionaries

was

concerned

fo r

they found, upon

their arrival in

1^20, a country in which

there

was a

r e l i g i ou s

vacuum.

The

missionaries

were not the f i r s t white people

to

make the i r homes in

Hawaii.

Many

white persons had lived in the Islands since shortly after

Captain Gook^s discovery. They

were

included among the advisors of

King

Kamehameha

and some held

high positions including that of governor of

one

or

more

of

the Islands.

The

missionaries wives were the f i r s t white

women

to

arrive within historical times and they

excited

a great deal of

curiosity by their

dress

and manners. They played a

considerable

part in

th e succe s s o f

th e

mi s s i on s .

The f i rs t missionaries were from the American Board

of Chri sti an Missions

Congregational and were largely from

w

England, with a few

from w

York State and elsewhere. They

brought

with them the New England ideal

of an educated, thrifty God-fearing people. This they zealously sought

to impart to the Polynesians,

who

even at

that

time, were

suffering

acutely from

economic

and social maladjustment, the diseases

and

vices of

civilization

and a rapidly

declining

population. They sought by every

means at their disposal

to

alleviate the bad

conditions

they found, but

they could not stay progress, which in the end

practically

annihilated

the Polynesian inhabitants

of

the Islands. They did however, convert

th e

mass

o f the Hawaiians to C h ris tia ni ty .

EDUCATION

mong

the

first things accomplished by the early missionaries was the

establishment of an educational system which s tar ted a t the

very

top

level of government and society. Universal education has been a well-

established

t radit ion

in the

Hawaiian

Islands for well over ICQ years.

Hawaii

has many

secondary

schools

and a

State

University.

ROMN

CATHOLICISM

The

Roman Catholics

came

to Hawaii in 1^27 but were not

permitted

to

stay.

However

in 1^39, the Hawaiian government, under the combined

3



pressure

oi

the French and Bri t i sh governments permitted

the establ ish

ment of

a

church and school .

Many

Hawaiians espoused Cathol icism. .The

ear ly a r r iva l

o f s ub sta ntia l

numbers o f Portuguese

and the

a r r iva l

of

othe r European and

American

Cathol ics

a t

a r e l a t i ve ly ear ly date gave

them a

subs t an t i a l number within

a

few yea rs .

The

a r r i v a l o f Puer to Ri-

cans short ly

a f te r

the turn of the century and a large number of Fi l ip inos

within the past 40

years

has

i nc re as ed th e

number

of

adherents of th i s

re l ig ious group unt i l t

has

become

the

l a rges t in

the Is lands

They

have

many churches

including

a

cathedral

and a number of

parochial

and se

condary

schoo l s .

MOR] iONS -

The ormons

came in

1^50, and have many followers

among

the Hawaiians,

as

well as among

the whites .

They have a

beaut i ful temple and grounds

a t Laie v/ith

a

col lege and severa l thousand acres of farm land as

a

par t

of

the

setup. This

group

-never

los t

i t s original missionary

zeal and

today i t s young men can

be

seen going two

by

two on foot in the various

communities of Hawaii. They have severa l

f ine edi f i ces

as well as

a

number of

substantial

buildings used for religious worship.^ They

are

put t ing a large amount

of

both money and manpower into Hawaii.

OTHERS

Other Christian groups

came

to th e Isla nd s from time to t ime beginning

with

the Anglicans

now Episcopalians

in 1^62

and down to the Presby

terian group which established i t s f i rs t church

in

1959, Even though

ra ther la te in star t ing work here the

Bapt is ts have grown

unt i l

they

are a

sizeable group.

The

Southern

Baptists

are

part icularly strong a

well-f inanced and missionary-minded

group. The

Pentecostal churches also

const i tute a

sizeable group. In fac t

a l l of

the major denominations

found on

th e Mainland a re

to be found

he re .

NEW TESTAMENT

CHURCHES

-

The

churches stemming

from

the Restoration

Movement came

la te in the

religious history

of Hawaii.

The

First

Christian hurch

Disciples

was

establ i shed in Honolulu in 1^94. The Kaimuki Chr i s t i an Church

was

e st ab li sh ed in

the

same ci ty

about

35 years ago and

has been se l f -

supporting for several years.

The

ahiawa

Christian hurch

Disciples

i s a small

Filipino congregation established within

the la s t

five years.

These

services

are

in I locano

and

English. The non-instrument

bre thren

of the

Church

of Chris t have

a number

of churches in Hawaii. The Church

of

Christ-Christian

group

started

work in the Islan ds immediately af ter

Morld a r I I and t he re a re now seven mission

churches

and

two

mission

points. The combined membership

of a ll

churches stemming from

the

Restoration

Movement

is

a

very

very small

proportion

of

the

population

o Haw a i i .

NON-CHRISTIAN

RELIGIONS -

The non-Christian

rel igions

came

to the

Islands with

the

arr iva l

of the

f i r s t immigrants from the Orient. In 1^52 Chinese

laborers

brought

Confucianist

Taoist

and

Chinese

Buddhist

teachings

but

the

greatest

upswing

came

with the

arrival of

the Japanese in 15^5, and the

following

35 years. They brought with them both Buddhism and Shintoism

the

former

in an aggressive and missionary form. They

have

maintained

language schools

as an adjunct to

Buddhist places of

worship have

modernized

th e se rv ic es and t h e i r p laces of worship to conform in some

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degree

to

western customs. They have gone a l l out to reclaim those tha t

have been l o s t to

them

and to hold t ho se

t h a t

rema in .

Through

the

t rad i t iona l

f i l i a l pie ty ,

the strong family t i e s , and the

na tu ra l g regar iou s t endenc ie s

of

mankind, it has been

hard

to break

through

th i s

wall ,

par t icular ly among those of Japanese ancest ry . Shin-

toism, being primarily nat ional is t ic in i t s concept,

has

tended to go out

of the

picture with

the passing of those born in Japan. The

Buddhists

are apparently

well s up plie d

v/ith

funds.

They

have

many f ine bui ld ings

used fo r

re l ig ious

and educat ional purposes and an

extensive

priesthood,

some

of whom v/ere

born in Hawaii or

on the Mainland. They

also

have a

few white conver t s to th e pr ies thood . All the pr ies thood seems to

be

wel l educated

and

from

a

high c u ltu ra l le v el .

PRESENT SITUATION

I t i s impossible to t e l l what percent

of

the people are Budd hist , b ut

they

are

undoubtedly the l a rges t group. To a l l

appearances ,

the or ien ta l

r e l i g ions a re going out among the Chinese as rap id ly as th e older gener

a tio n d ie s.

Too,

the Chinese

have i nt erma rr ie d h e av il y, espec ia l ly

with

th e

Hawaiians.

The

Koreans

seem to

have

l a rge l y

l e f t

th e

o r i en t a l

r e l i

g ions and

many

have embraced Ch r i s t i a n i t y .

mong th e

Japanese ,

t he re has

been r e l a t i v e l y little

in t e rmar r i age . The

family t i e s

a re still s t rong and

prac t i ca l ly

a l l o f the o lder fo lk a re

still

f i rm b el ie ve rs in

Buddhism.

In

most

in s tances , they wi l l

no t

consen t to t h e i r of f sp r ing becoming Chr i s t i ans

and, because

o f th e s t rong

f ee l ing

o f

fili l

pie ty ,

th e

ch i ld ren

and grandchi ldren

wi l l

not

make

th e b re ak while

they

a re

a l i ve . Many o f the l a t t e r

a re ne i t he r Chr i s t i an

nor

Buddhis t .

They

have

with in

t h e i r minds a

concept

and accep tance o f

a type

o f Deism,

which in

one s en se app ro ache s

pr imi t iv i sm in re lig io n

nature^s

God

as

revealed

through the elements , coupled with some modifi

ca t ion

by

edu ca ti on a l t ea chi ng s

and

con tac t s

with

Chris t ian

people . In

a

sense, they belong to what many

nonchurch

members

on

the Hainland

re

f e r

to as the B ig Church . From a

r e l i g ious

s tandpoin t , they

a re

a -

drift w i t h o u t either r u d d e r o r a n c h o r .

The exis tence o f O r ie nta l,

Western,

and

some

remnants of Polynesian

cu l t u r e s

wi th in one

sma l l

a rea

has

had

an unse t t l i ng

e f f e c t on many o f

the younger genera t ion . While the public e du ca tio n al system

i s

exce l lent

from

an

academic s tandpoin t ,

it

i s nonre l ig ious and mate r i a l i s t i c in i t s

philosophy and

has contr ibu ted

nothing to

the c l a r i f i c a t i on o f the

va r i

ous

c on fl ic ts in mat t e r s per t a in ing to re lig io n among

the d i f f e r en t

e thn i c

groups .

For

many

years ,

there

must

be

a strong

program

of

re l ig ious

educat ion

th rough the Bible School and

academic

i n s t i t u t i on s operated by

th e

churches if th e younger g en er atio n o f the people o f o r i en t a l a nc es t ry a re

to be brought with in

the

fo lds

of Chr i s t i an i t y .

One

Pro t e s t an t

church

t h a t has been in ex i s t ence

fo r

33

years

has a congregat ion composed o f

60

percent

haole white) and 40 percent local people largely of

or ien ta l

ancestry . This

seems to

be

a normal

pat tern

among the var ious Pro

t e s t a n t churches . t i s a

slow

process and appa ren t ly

t h e r e

a re no

sho r t - cu t methods o f

accompl ishing th e

t a sk . The ch i ld ren must be

brought in to th e r el i gi ou s t ra in in g program ear ly

and kep t in it

un t i l

t hey

reach adul thood

if we

a re to

br ing

them

w ith in th e church . t

i s

t ime c on sumin g a nd e xpe nsiv e, b ut t h e r e appears to be

no o the r

way un

l e s s

we

a re

wi l l i ng

to

abandon

th e ta sk of

conver t ing

them

to

Chr i s t i

an i t y .

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Only a s m a l l

amount o f

r e a l

e s t a t e

i s a v a i l a b l e f o r

c h u rc h u se

and a l l

other

purposes

and as a

r e s u l t land

values are

extremely

high. The

c o s t o f

e r e c t i n g b u i l d i n g s

i s

a t l e a s t 30 to 75 p ercen t above

Mainland

c o s t s . The

n ecessary

supplies

an d equipment a re

correspondingly expensive

None of the mission churches of the Church of Christ-Christian group have

ad eq u at e b u i l d i n g s

and

equipment when compared

w ith

t h a t

o f

most

o f

th e •

other churches and other

places

of

re ligious

worship. The non-Christian

in comparing the r e l a t i v e

values

of

churches

and

r el i gi ous organizations

i s prone

to judge by

outward

appearances you c e r t a i n l y

cannot

expect to

c o n v e r t a ma n u n l e s s you

can

g e t him i n s i d e

t h e

c h u r c h .

P R ES EN T O PP O RT U NI TY

T h e r e a r e

many

r a p i d l y

g ro w in g c om m un it ie s

on th e I s l a n d o f

Oahu where

New

Testament C h r i s t i a n i t y

i s n o t

no w

r e p r e s e n t e d .

The Kailua-Kaneohe

a r e a

i s a r a p i d l y g r o w i n g r e s i d e n t i a l

s u b u r b

no w c o n n e c t e d w i t h H o n o l u l u

by

tw o v e hi cu la r t un n el s. T his a r e a

w ith

a

p r o j e c t e d

population

o f

1 0 0 0 0 0 by 1970 h as j u s t been e n t e r e d by o ur w o rk ers . e should have a t

l e a s t

t h r e e works i n t h i s a r e a

b u t it

i s

a l r e a d y to o

l a t e to a c q u i r e

property

advantageous ly.

The Waimanalo a r e a with about S 000

r e s i d e n t s

and

no

e s t a b l i s h e d

work;

Henry

K a i s e r s

Hawaii

Kai proposed

population

o f 30 000 and no plans

fo r

a church; an d th e Haleiwa-Waialua a r e a a

s u g a r p l a n t a t i o n and r e s o r t d i s t r i c t a r e

a l l

a r e a s

w i t h t h e

same s t o r y

NO

CHURCH

O F C H R I S T .

The E w a - B a r b e r s P o i n t

l o c a l i t y

i s

b e i n g d e v e l o p e d

a s an i n d u s t r i a l a r e a .

The c o n s t r u c t i o n

o f

a s t e e l p l a n t h a s been c o m p l e t e d and a l a r g e r e

f i n e r y and tw o cement p l a n t s a r e in th e p r o c e s s o f c o ns tr uc ti on . Housing

d e v e l o p m e n t s

a r e

s p r i n g i n g up

all a b o u t

t o h o u s e

t h e

w o r k e r s .

At t h e

p r e s e n t t i m e Ewa h a s a s u g a r m i l l w i t h a c o n s i d e r a b l e community

s u r r o u n

d i n g it T h i s

d i s t r i c t

i s b o u n d

t o

h a v e a t re m en do us g ro w th a s a

r e s u l t

o f t h e

i n d u s t r i a l

e x p a n s i o n it

i s

no w e x p e r i e n c i n g .

The U n i v e r s i t y o f

Hawaii

now has between 7 000 and

^ 000

day

s t u d e n t s

w i t h a

p la nn ed e xp an sio n o f

between

1 5 0 0 0 an d

2 0 0 0 0 by 1 9 7 0 . T h er e

i s

n o

l i m it t o t h e amount

o f r e l i g i o u s

work

t h a t

c o u l d

b e done among

t h e s e

s t u d e n t s if

t h e f a c i l i t i e s an d p e r s o n n e l

v/ere a v a i l a b l e .

T h e r e

a r e

s t u d e n t s

i n

t h e U n i v e r s i t y from

a l l

th e

I s l a n d s o f Hav;aii

a l s o

Samoa

t h e T r u s t

T e r r i t o r y

P h i l i p i n e s I n d o n e s i a J a p a n Korea T h a i l a n d Burma

I n d i a

a n d o t h e r s o u t h e a s t A s i a c o u n t r i e s . S e n a t o r Lyndon

J o h n s o n o f

T e x a s

i s a d v o c a t i n g t h e c o n v e r s i o n

o f

t h e

p r e s e n t S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y i n t o

a n

I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i v e r s i t y w h i c h w o u l d d r a w s t u d e n t s from all t h e

Pacific area a n d

the

F a r East

The

work

w i t h

t h e

U n i v e r s i t y

s t u d e n t s

c o u l d b e

o f

i n e s t i m a b l e v a l u e i n

r e a c h i n g t h e

y o u n g

i m p r e s s i o n a b l e

p o t e n t i a l

l e a d er s o f

H a w a i i

t h e

P a c i f i c

I s l a n d s

and t h e A s i a t i c n a t i o ns .

I t w i l l be a m a j o r t r a g e d y if

a d e q u a t e f u n d s a n d d e d i c a t e d p e r s o n n e l

a r e

n o t

s o o n

a v a i l a b l e

f o r

t h i s

work.

T h is i s an o p p o r t u n i t y which

we

c a n n o t a s

a

Chur ch a f f o r d

t o

pass

u p .

F a c i l i t i e s a re b a d l y

needed f o r a C h r i s t i a n

S e r v i c e

Camp Well

equipped

c a m p s a r e

j u s t

n o t a v a il a b l e t o o u r

g r o u p o f

c h u r c h e s w h en n e e d e d . A l

t h o u g h t h e camp p ro g ram i n Hawai i h a s b e en v e r y s u c c e s s f u l it h a s b e e n

h i n d e r e d b y

t h e

l a c k

o f

a d e q u a t e f a c i l i t i e s . Each y e a r

t h e r e

i s t h e

f r a n t i c

s earch f o r

a camp

s i t e

a v a i l a b l e

a t a

time

when we can

use

it

a n d

m o r e o f t e n t h a n n o t it e n d s w i t h o u r

a c c e p t a n c e

o f

t h e

o f f e r

o f

t h e

S u n se t

Beach

C h r i s t i a n

School

t o u se

t h e i r

grounds

and b u i l d i n g s . Th e

o f f e r

i s g r a t e f u l l y

a c c e p t e d

b u t it i s

p r o b a b ly

n o t i n

th e

b e s t i n -

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t e r e s t of

e i t he r school or camp t ha t

t h i s arrangement be

continued in -

def ina te ly .

The Camp program in

Hav;aii

inc ludes

no t

only a summer camp

but also a camp during

th e Christmas Holidays.

The summer camp has a

Sen i o r week

and a J u n i o r

v /eek. Thus can be

seen

t h a t

one

o f

ou r

p r e s

s ing

needs i s

for

funds to enable us to acquire

adequate

camp

f a c i l i t i e s .

There

i s

close

cooperat ion

among the

churches in

Hawaii. There

i s

a

monthly

meeting

of

the

minis ters

a t

which

current

problems

are

discussed

and

coope ra ti ve p lans are formulated and carried out . There are q uar ter

ly youth

ra l l i e s

in which a l l the

churches

par t ic ipa te and singspira-

t ionsj

as

well

as in the operation of the Hawaiian Christian Service

Camp. In addi t ion

to

the above a Youth Council with te en -a ge repre

sentat ives from each of the churches has been recent ly organized. Al

re ad y th ey are doing

a f ine

job .

MISSIONS

AMD MISSIONARIES

-

There

are\at present

2k workers

of

the Direct Support persuasiqii serv

ing in sevsin mission points. These are Mr. and Mrs. H Alan RoushNat

Makaha; MrVând Mrs. Harold

Burnside,-Miss Shimmel

and

Miss

Jones ̂ t

Maili;

Mr. ahS

Mrs.

A

Loiii-e-S^s^tvee

at

Pearl Harbor;

and Mrs,]

Owen Still andSiîs^

Pe>rfNicholî\

at Palolo Vall s^^^nd also

starting

a new work in Kalihi^ ̂ L

\/a7TTawa

T.

Nicholas minis

te r to Central

Oahu

ichristian

ChurchV Edgar^JU.chol.^^:^ve ^

at Hauula, where thay he^lpMthe Rot^J^^T<3ê

loc_aJ

T^rK ,..^^le jngrîly con

centrating on starting^ ̂ nev; chj^petTin Kaneohe.

At

SunseIr~B^ch we

have

Mr. and Mrs.

Glen Pl^ll Mr>^^d

Mrs. Donald Roth, and the_teachers in

the Christian DayôchjiJ3Jry ^ne

misses Jessica

Floyd Guen

Griffeth

Allene

Millery^rolyn

Hart, and

Mrs.

Eleanor

Sprankles.

We

have

no

other

worfe—sê

that

on the Island

of

Oahu.

concentrate

so many

missionaries

on this one l i t t l e spot in the

Pacific? How

can you

expect

the

churches

to

support

you when you_can

show such meagre

results

in numbers of

converts ?

V/hen

the

mission

ar ies

hear

comments

l ike these

they rea l ize

hov;

s ignal ly they

have

failed in getting across the full picture

of

Hawaiian missions. But who

would be

crude

enough

to

put a

dollar sign

on the human soul?

yet

in

fact is that not what is being done?

Who

then will evaluate the

trans

formation which took place

in

the l i fe of a young Doctor and his

family?

A churchman, he found here a church

that

was more

than

a social

organi

zation and,

his own

spiritual life revived, he returned to the Mainland

to be a glowing witness

for

His Lord. Or the young

couples

who

while

serving

in the Armed Forces

here

were

influenced

to

dedicate

tneir lives

to

full-time

seryice

and are now preparing inMainland

colleges._

Or

the

young recruits from Island churches

who likewise

are attending

Bible

Colleges, and

who

vjill

soon be

returning to

work

among

their

own

people.

Souls have been saved l ives have been transformed families have been

saved

from dissolution.

Some of

His l i t t le ones coming from un-^

fortunate

homes .amid

very

poor

surroundings

have

been brought

up

in the

nurture

and

admonition

of

the Lord

through

the Christian Day School.

There i s not

a

mission which could not

do a

be t te r job with more funds

at i t s disposal.

Yet

the missionaries feel that this is not the greatest

need, but that the greatest need

is

an

understanding

on the part of the

churches of

the

unique problems

and

unparalled opportunities presented

by

Hawaiian missions.

Such

an

understanding would resu l t in

more

workers

for the untouched areas

adequate

funds for the works already established

and an informed and fervent backing

with prayer.

A great deal has been

accomplished and

the missionaries

are

optimistic

about

the

future

of

New Testament Christ iani ty

in the

50th

State. They

wish YOU

could

vis i t



the

Islands

and see fo r

yourself

what has been done, and fee l

the

chal

lenge

o f

the task befo re us. Many who

have

v i s i t ed

Hawaii

have been

su rp r i sed a t

th e

pa t i ence and r e sou rce fu lnes s

o f th e

miss iona r i e s in

making do with the

too l s

a t t h e i r disposal and a re pleased a t the

r e s u l t

obta ined

wi th

such

i nadequa te

f a c i l i t i e s .

H V II

has been spoken of as

a

Showcase for Democracy open towards the

East . n East-West

Cul tu ra l Center

in connect ion

wi th the

Un iv ers ity o f

Havjaii i s assured and a l ready in th e formative s tages . The Cul tu ra l

World,

th e World

o f Educat ion recogn izes th e importance

o f

Hawaii . What

we

are

wondering

i s th i s : Will the face of Democracy,

as

seen in t h i s

Showcase, be

a

Chr i s t i an Democracy? Or wi l l it be

a

democracy in

which

Libe r ty has become

l i c en s e ;

Equal i ty

has

become equa l i ty on th e gu t t e r

l eve l ; and Fra t e rn i t y th e c on viv ia li ty

o f th e Bar Room??

The

answer

may depend upon you.

Some

may t h ink

t h a t

s ince

Hawaii

has

become

a

S ta t e

most

o f

her

problems

wi l l

dissolve

in to th in a i r t ha t

it

can

no more be

considered a

mission

f i e l d .

Before

you

come

to such

conclus ions

c on sid er th es e f a c t s very

v e r y c a r e f u l l y . The combined a t t e n d an c e

at

t h e

Bib l e

Schoo l s o f all t h e

churches

stemming

from th e

Restora t ion Movement

on

Easter

Sunday, 1959,

was approximately ISOO out of a population of 5^5,000. The to ta l

mem

bership of a l l these churches is approximately l / lO of one percent one

in one thousand) of the populat ion. The

surface

has hardly

been

s c ra t ched .

The

miss iona r i e s

a re

no t s a t i s f i e d wi th

t h i s

showing.

ARE YOU??

Paul

answered th e ca l l to come

over

in to Macedonia, and help

us .

There

i s a c a l l

to

come over to Hawaii

and

help us . f you cannot

come,

you

c a n

s end11

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N

PUBLISHED

by th e

Minister Missionaries of

NEW

TESTAMENT

CHRISTIANITY

in

HAV^AII



K A U A I

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L A N A I

KAHOOLAWE

V a i a n a e

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WaiaXu-a/^

M ak a- h a

M a i li

B a r b e r ^ s

Pt

H ttt .

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Testament

M i s s i o n w o r k

o n th e

I s l a n d

M P OF THE H V II N

ISLANDS

ND N

ENL RGEMENT OF O HU

This

map should give you a good idea of what ou r Island looks l ike.

t

«hiawa

H a u u l a

H a r b o r

H o n o l u l u

W a i k ik i

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S u p p l e m e n t TO

-mfAJl

MISSIONS November 1, 1962

DIRECTORY

NAME HOI>® ADDRESS

HAUHLA

chu r ch

op CHRIST

Mr .

Donal

R o t h ,

Minis ter R t. 1 Bo x

362,

Hal i ewa, Ha wa i i .

Mrs .

Jo

Ro th

Mis s

E l e a n o r Otak e

»

SUNSET BEACH CHURCH OP CHRIST

Mr . Gl en P o wel l , M i n i s t e r Rt *

1

Bo x

362,

Haliewa, Hawaii.

M r s . R u t h

P o w e l l

••

SUNSET BEACH CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOD

Mr. Don Roth, Manager R t. 1 Box 362, H al ie wa , H aw ai i

Miss

J e s s i c a

Ployd, P r i n c i p a l

Mr s . Jo Ro t h

Mr. Gl en Powe l l

Mrs .

R u th P ow el l

Miss

Carolyn Hart address

a l l

as

above)

Miss

Al i e n s M i ll e r

Miss

E l e a n o r Otake

M i s s Gwen Gr i f f e th o n s i ck

l e ave

Mrs. Eleanor

SprankLes (

on

temporary l e a v e )

CENTRAl- OAHU CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Mr. Jesse T.

Nicholas, Minister

12 0 Mie

Place,

Wahiawa^ Hawaii.

Mrs.

Xi la

P . N ich o las

KAXIHI CHURCH OP CHRIST

MR. Owen St i l l Minister P . 0 .

Box 5125,

Hon olulu, Hawaii.

Mrs.

Shirley

St i l l

^

Mrs. P e a r l Nicholson

2831 N ^ a n a S t» H on olu lu

1 7 ,

PEARIi HARBOR M O R I A X

CliRiSTlAN CHURCH

Mr. Richard Osness,Minister

34-33

X ik in i S t* , HonoliiLu, Hawaii

Mrs. E l e a n o r

Osness

PAJOiA

CHURCH

OP

CHRIST

Mr. Charles XUTTREIX Minister

1713

1 0 t h

Ave. , Plonolulu, Hawaii.

Mrs. H e n r i e t t a

Xut t re l l

I C A B U i a CH RI ST I A N CHURCH

MR.

I I ROXD

G.AXXAGHSR Minister 1936a WUhelraina Rise, Honolulu, H

Mrs. Jone

Gallagher

MAlTiE CHURCH

OP CHRIST

Mr.

Harold B u r n sid e.

M i n i s t e r

P. 0 .

Box

612, J a i a n a e , Hawaii.

Mrs. Joyce Burnside

Mr.

Edgar

Nichols, Minister

P.

0. Box 88, Waianae, Hawaii.

Mrs. Mabel N i c h o l s

M i s s

Ethe l Jo n e s P .

0 .

Bo x 2 2 4 , W aian ae, H aw aii.

NOTE - The

Cent ra l Oahu

Chr i s t i an C hurch

i s

a miss ionary work. I t s

m i n i s t e r ,

Mr.

J e s s e

T.

Nich o las, is

a

re t i red

Army

Xieut- Colonel

and

does n ot seek pe rson al s u p p o r t. ICaimuki C h ri st ia n w i ll be fu l ly se l f -

s u p p o r t i n g in 1 9 6 3 ,



Page 2

Supplement To

HAWAII MISSIOl^S November 1 1962

GO-OPERATIVH

enterprises op the CilRlSTIAN CHURCHES

Al®

CHURCHES OP CHRIST

The churches

l is ted

on page one

co operate

through

the

program

of

the Hawaii Christian Service Camp in serving

the

needs

of

their youth

for

recreation^ instruction

in

the Bible> and inspiration for Christian

1 v s

The

Hawaii Christian

Ministers

Fellowship meets monthly for fellow

ship

in prayer to

hear

papers and book-reports prepared by members to

hear reports fro the individual congregations^ to discuss common prob

lems

and

to plan co-operative

efforts

for furthering the King s Busi

ness

in

thes i s l ands ^ ^

The

Christian

Men s

Fellowship

has been

organised recently

far the

purpose of bringing together into closer bonds of fellowship and service

all

the

men of

the^New

Testament Churches

in

th e

Islands.

All the churches^annually for a iabor

Day

Rally of

preachy

and

fellowship.

The

Rally

moves

each year to a

different

congregation.

PRESENT BUHDINC AND EXPA3®I0N PLANS

The Pearl

Harbor Memorial

Christian

Church has

just

been

granted

the long sought-for extension of

their

lease on Navy land

and

are

making

preparations to begin the required new building as soon as possible.

The Maile Church of Christ has voted to build an education^ build

ing and

is

now considering bids

for

the

construction of same. I t

is

planned

that the finish

v^rk on

this building will

be done by

members

o f

the

congregat ion ^ ^ t

Central

Oahu Christian

Church is

raising

funds to buy

addition^

property

in

order that they may have badly needed Bible School facilitie

Kaimuki

Christian

Church

celebrating

i ts

fort ieth

anniversary

on

January 7th 1963 will have a special Anniversary

Buildin_g

Fund Offerin

Future plans include the

possibility

of the purchase of an adjacent lot

and replacement of present

buildings.

Sunset Beach Christian

Day

School is sti l l expanding its plant

and

hopes to complete a new classroom

in

order to add the ninth grade class

by the opening of the Fall Term 1963. Plans are being made for the

reno

vation

of

the

Chapel which also serves as

the

house of worship for

Sunset

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