Search
![What Makes an Exemption "Religious?"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_38a68bd0cfa74802a84a17ec92491185~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_260,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/1c51b0_38a68bd0cfa74802a84a17ec92491185~mv2.png)
David Popham
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
What Makes an Exemption "Religious?"
Originally published in the Coconut Wireless, January 12, 2022. In the January 5 Wednesday Conversations this question was raised. What...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_7873b31d832c4e2dab2af1d2851a5d7a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/1c51b0_7873b31d832c4e2dab2af1d2851a5d7a~mv2.jpeg)
![Hawai‘i Churches To Host Theologian David Vásquez-Levy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_7873b31d832c4e2dab2af1d2851a5d7a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_260,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c51b0_7873b31d832c4e2dab2af1d2851a5d7a~mv2.jpeg)
Hawai‘i Conference Office
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
Hawai‘i Churches To Host Theologian David Vásquez-Levy
Kōloa Union Church on Kaua‘i will host the Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy, President of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA, on...
![Conference Minister Urges Churches to Re-Examine COVID Protocols](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_b9368c9a83c54ad48e2896f1c75413bf~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_260,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/1c51b0_b9368c9a83c54ad48e2896f1c75413bf~mv2.png)
David Popham
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
Conference Minister Urges Churches to Re-Examine COVID Protocols
I had really hoped that we would get through Christmas and even Epiphany without a surge in COVID spread. Unfortunately, due to the Omicron
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_97dd01c27f124fb087c3579833bb5b2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/1c51b0_97dd01c27f124fb087c3579833bb5b2a~mv2.jpg)
![Kalanikahua Hou Church celebrates Lā Kūʻokoʻa](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_97dd01c27f124fb087c3579833bb5b2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_260,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c51b0_97dd01c27f124fb087c3579833bb5b2a~mv2.jpg)
Hawai‘i Conference
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
Kalanikahua Hou Church celebrates Lā Kūʻokoʻa
Written by James Aarona, Kahu, Kalanikahua Hou Church Ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa — In 1842, Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III, sent emissaries Timoteo...
![Testimony: "How ONA Has Changed My Life"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_5dd837e526eb4c5fbbe738fc09aaed48~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_260,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/1c51b0_5dd837e526eb4c5fbbe738fc09aaed48~mv2.png)
Ellen Godbey Carson
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
Testimony: "How ONA Has Changed My Life"
I celebrate our churches that extend Aloha to all, and hope other churches will consider discussions about taking the ONA journey.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_da63262bab64461c837e2107238004bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/nsplsh_da63262bab64461c837e2107238004bb~mv2.jpg)
![UCC General Counsel Offers More Information for Churches on Boy Scouts](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_da63262bab64461c837e2107238004bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_260,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/nsplsh_da63262bab64461c837e2107238004bb~mv2.jpg)
Hawai‘i Conference Office
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
UCC General Counsel Offers More Information for Churches on Boy Scouts
Heather Kimmel, General Counsel, UCC, recently offered more information as she answered inquiries related to the relationship of local...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_58ce35d1a92e43ac81bee3e81c768f01~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/1c51b0_58ce35d1a92e43ac81bee3e81c768f01~mv2.jpg)
![Laupahoehoe Church Serves Community throughout Pandemic](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c51b0_58ce35d1a92e43ac81bee3e81c768f01~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_260,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c51b0_58ce35d1a92e43ac81bee3e81c768f01~mv2.jpg)
Hawai‘i Conference
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Laupahoehoe Church Serves Community throughout Pandemic
At the beginning of this pandemic we all did not know what our roles would be and what we would be able to do. As the pandemic accelerated,