Saturday January 11, @10:30 a.m. following a 9 a.m. 2020 Planning and Scheduling Ad Council session.

January  1/6 – 1/10,  Mon.-Fri. – Tongan Week of Prayer

Sun. 1/5, 10:30 am – Epiphany Sunday Service

Christmas Eve Worship Service – Tuesday evening  December 24  @7:00 p.m.

Saturday December 7 at 9:00 am we will be “Hanging of the Greens” for the Advent season.

Advent season begins on December 1.

2019 Charge Conference will be combined with Honokaa UMC at their Church on Saturday November 30 at 11 a.m. All Chairpersons, Pastors and Lay leaders are asked to attend. Car pools are being organized.

The Thanksgiving Interfaith Service will be held at First United Protestant Church at 7p.m., 1350 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo (above Kaiser Medical Center and the Hospital). Our Tongan Choir will be in the program. Please bring a non-perishable donation tor the Food Basket.

HOPE Services a community organization that Hilo UMC Outreach committee is a member of has received $2.75M from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund to assist in the Homeless project on the Big Island. For more information see The Hawaii Tribune Herald Nov. 22, 2019 edition or https://hopeserviceshawaii.org

The “Covenant Players” will be in Hilo on November 10 and will present a drama workshop in the afternoon at 4pm. Contact Katie Friday 935-2331.