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SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday Service
DESCRIPTION:Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent which are the forty days of preparation before Holy Week and Easter. In Scripture\, forty is a sacred number: Noah’s days in the ark\, Israel’s years in the wilderness\, and Jesus’ forty days of testing and grounding before his ministry. \n\n\nLent invites us into our own forty‑day renewal – a “springtime” of the spirit – through prayer\, reflection\, and acts of compassion. The ashes\, often made from burning last year’s Palm Sunday palms\, are an ancient sign of repentance and a reminder of our mortality. They tell the truth: we are dust. And yet\, in God’s hands\, dust is beloved and full of possibility. Receiving ashes tonight is not about shame\, but about grace. It reminds us that God’s love is stronger than sin and death\, and that in Christ\, God stays in communion with us – breathing new life into every place that feels fragile or worn. So we begin Lent with honesty\, hope\, and trust that resurrection is already on its way. \n~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \n\nEvery year\, the congregations of the United Church of Christ joins Christians around the world in marking Ash Wednesday  not as a day of shame\, but as a day of truth-telling and hope. The ashes we receive often come from burning the palms from last year’s Palm Sunday as a beautiful reminder that our celebrations and our failures\, our highs and our lows\, all become part of the journey God uses to shape us. The ashes remind us of something honest: we are human. We are finite. We are dust. And yet we are beloved dust. Formed by God\, held by God\, and invited into transformation.  \n\n\nIn the UCC\, Ash Wednesday isn’t about fear of judgment. It’s about opening our hearts. It’s about naming the places where we’ve fallen short\, both personally and collectively\, and trusting that God’s grace is already at work\, healing and renewing. We enter Lent not to earn God’s love\, but to remember we already have it. The ashes mark the beginning of a journey: a journey toward justice\, compassion\, and deeper alignment with the way of Jesus. On Ash Wednesday\, we wear ashes not as a burden\, but as a blessing. A reminder that God meets us in our humanity and calls us into new life.
URL:https://centralunionchurch.org/event/ash-wednesday-2026/
LOCATION:Atherton Chapel
CATEGORIES:CUC,Lent
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SUMMARY:Morning Lenten Book Study: Inspired
DESCRIPTION:Lenten Book Study: Inspired: Slaying Giants\, Walking on Water and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans\n\n\nThis Lent\, we invite you to step into a thoughtful\, engaging\, and hope-filled journey through Scripture as we explore Rachel Held Evans’ beloved book Inspired. In this four‑week study\, we’ll look at how the stories of the Bible continue to shape\, challenge\, and encourage us today—especially as we walk through a season meant for reflection\, renewal\, and deeper faith. \n\n\nTogether\, we’ll consider how ancient narratives speak into our modern questions\, doubts\, joys\, fears\, and experiences. Evans’ writing offers both comfort and a gentle push toward curiosity\, helping us rediscover the Bible not as a book to be mastered\, but as a living\, breathing source of wisdom that invites us into conversation with God. \n\n\nOver our four weeks together\, we’ll… \n\nexplore fresh and transformative ways of engaging Scripture\,\nshare meaningful conversations in community\,\ndeepen our spiritual practices during Lent\, and\nsupport one another as we reflect on where God is moving in our lives.\n\n\n\nWhether you’ve read the Bible your whole life or you’re just beginning to approach it with new eyes\, this group offers a welcoming space for honesty\, exploration\, and growth. All are invited—bring your questions\, your stories\, and your openness to discovering something new. \n\n\nBooks will be available for purchase ($10)  from Pastor Rushan or through the Church Office. If you’d like us to reserve a copy for you\, just let us know! \n\n\nWe will meet in the Rewick Board Room on Tuesday evenings (February 24\, March 3\, 10 and 17) 6 PM – 7:30 PM and Thursday mornings (February 19 and 26\, March 12 and 19) 10:30 AM – 12 PM. \nCome when you can to either the morning OR evening session each week! \nSIGN UP HERE!
URL:https://centralunionchurch.org/event/morning-lenten-study-inspired/2026-02-19/
LOCATION:Rewick Board Room
CATEGORIES:CUC,Faith Formation,Lent
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SUMMARY:Learning Tree: Wai Nau
DESCRIPTION:Please join our World Missions Ministry and wider community for this special presentation! \nRepresentatives from Wai Nau Aloha for Palestine Water Project will share their ongoing mutual aid project in Gaza\, detailing the current conditions of people internally displaced by the Zionist occupation. We will get to hear directly from people on the ground in Gaza and learn how we can offer support to Gazans through this grassroots effort led in part by O‘ahu residents. \nCUC World Missions Ministry has chosen Wai Nau as the recipient of their portion of the 2025 Christmas offering. \n\n\n\n\nThis project aligns with the Ministry’s mission to send money/goods/missionaries throughout the world to spread Christ’s Gospel; to educate; to create partnerships by acts of outreach nurtured with prayers\, concerns\, and encouragement. It also is a faithful response to recent resolutions from our wider church: “A Call to Education and Action Regarding the Crisis in Gaza” (affirmed by the 2024 ‘Aha Pae‘āina of the Hawai‘i Conference United Church of Christ) and “Declaration for an End to Genocide in Palestine” (affirmed by the 2025 General Synod of the United Church of Christ). \nThis is an opportunity to act on these resolutions\, live out our faith\, and learn how our offerings will be used to help our neighbors. Your mere attendance is a sign of solidarity in the willingness to bear witness to not only the suffering of our neighbors\, but also their resilience and resistance; and to support and encourage life-affirming work.
URL:https://centralunionchurch.org/event/learning-tree-wai-nau/
LOCATION:Women’s Building
CATEGORIES:CUC,Faith Formation,Learning Tree
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SUMMARY:Evening Lenten Book Study: Inspired
DESCRIPTION:Lenten Book Study: Inspired: Slaying Giants\, Walking on Water and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans\n\n\nThis Lent\, we invite you to step into a thoughtful\, engaging\, and hope-filled journey through Scripture as we explore Rachel Held Evans’ beloved book Inspired. In this four‑week study\, we’ll look at how the stories of the Bible continue to shape\, challenge\, and encourage us today—especially as we walk through a season meant for reflection\, renewal\, and deeper faith. \n\n\nTogether\, we’ll consider how ancient narratives speak into our modern questions\, doubts\, joys\, fears\, and experiences. Evans’ writing offers both comfort and a gentle push toward curiosity\, helping us rediscover the Bible not as a book to be mastered\, but as a living\, breathing source of wisdom that invites us into conversation with God. \n\n\nOver our four weeks together\, we’ll… \n\nexplore fresh and transformative ways of engaging Scripture\,\nshare meaningful conversations in community\,\ndeepen our spiritual practices during Lent\, and\nsupport one another as we reflect on where God is moving in our lives.\n\n\n\nWhether you’ve read the Bible your whole life or you’re just beginning to approach it with new eyes\, this group offers a welcoming space for honesty\, exploration\, and growth. All are invited—bring your questions\, your stories\, and your openness to discovering something new. \n\n\nBooks will be available for purchase ($10)  from Pastor Rushan or through the Church Office. If you’d like us to reserve a copy for you\, just let us know! \n\n\nWe will meet in the Rewick Board Room on Tuesday evenings (February 24\, March 3\, 10 and 17) 6 PM – 7:30 PM and Thursday mornings (February 19 and 26\, March 12 and 19) 10:30 AM – 12 PM. \nCome when you can to either the morning OR evening session each week! \nCLICK TO SIGN UP!
URL:https://centralunionchurch.org/event/evening-lenten-study-inspired/2026-02-24/
LOCATION:Rewick Board Room
CATEGORIES:CUC,Faith Formation,Lent
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SUMMARY:Morning Lenten Book Study: Inspired
DESCRIPTION:Lenten Book Study: Inspired: Slaying Giants\, Walking on Water and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans\n\n\nThis Lent\, we invite you to step into a thoughtful\, engaging\, and hope-filled journey through Scripture as we explore Rachel Held Evans’ beloved book Inspired. In this four‑week study\, we’ll look at how the stories of the Bible continue to shape\, challenge\, and encourage us today—especially as we walk through a season meant for reflection\, renewal\, and deeper faith. \n\n\nTogether\, we’ll consider how ancient narratives speak into our modern questions\, doubts\, joys\, fears\, and experiences. Evans’ writing offers both comfort and a gentle push toward curiosity\, helping us rediscover the Bible not as a book to be mastered\, but as a living\, breathing source of wisdom that invites us into conversation with God. \n\n\nOver our four weeks together\, we’ll… \n\nexplore fresh and transformative ways of engaging Scripture\,\nshare meaningful conversations in community\,\ndeepen our spiritual practices during Lent\, and\nsupport one another as we reflect on where God is moving in our lives.\n\n\n\nWhether you’ve read the Bible your whole life or you’re just beginning to approach it with new eyes\, this group offers a welcoming space for honesty\, exploration\, and growth. All are invited—bring your questions\, your stories\, and your openness to discovering something new. \n\n\nBooks will be available for purchase ($10)  from Pastor Rushan or through the Church Office. If you’d like us to reserve a copy for you\, just let us know! \n\n\nWe will meet in the Rewick Board Room on Tuesday evenings (February 24\, March 3\, 10 and 17) 6 PM – 7:30 PM and Thursday mornings (February 19 and 26\, March 12 and 19) 10:30 AM – 12 PM. \nCome when you can to either the morning OR evening session each week! \nSIGN UP HERE!
URL:https://centralunionchurch.org/event/morning-lenten-study-inspired/2026-02-26/
LOCATION:Rewick Board Room
CATEGORIES:CUC,Faith Formation,Lent
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