Waimea, HI 96743
2025 Spring `Aha Halawai
"Journey to Joy"
February 28, 2025 - March 1, 2025
Beginning with opening worship at 9:30 am
SCRIPTURE: Philippians 3:13-14
14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
14 E nā hoahānau, ma kuʻu manaʻo iho, ʻaʻole au i lālau aku: akā, ʻo kēia hoʻokahi kaʻu e hana nei, e hoʻopoina ana au i nā mea i hala ma hope, a e kīkoʻo aku ana au i nā mea ma mua, Ke holo ikaika aku nei au ma ka hōʻailona, i loaʻa iaʻu ka lei o ka poʻe a ke Akua i hea mai ai no luna mai ma o Kristo Iesū lā.
REGISTRATION FEE: $95.00, includes light refreshments, meals, transportation, and materials.
For more information click HERE
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
2025 Spring `Aha Halawai Schedule
(Subject to Change)
Friday, Feburary 28, 2025
8:00 A.M. Shuttle from Onizuka International Airport (Kona Keahole) & Hilo to Imiola Congregational Church
8:30 - 9:15 A.M. Continental Breakfast & Registration
9:30 - 10:15 A.M. Opening Worship
10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Call to Order - Membership Meeting #1
11:45 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Imiola Legacy & History Tour
12:45 – 1:45 P.M. Lunch
2:00- 4:30 P.M. Membership Meeting # 2 - Reconvenes
5:00 – 6:00 P.M. Dinner
6:00 – 7:00 P.M. Hoike & Aha Mele - State Sunday School
7:15 P.M. Shuttles from Imiola Congregational Church to Lodging
Saturday, March 1, 2025
7:30 A.M. Shuttles from Lodging to Imiola Congregational Church
8:30 – 9:00 A.M. Sunrise Service – Christian Endeavor Hawaii (Kahu Warren)
9:15 – 9:45 A.M. Breakfast
10:00 A.M. Opening Worship
10:30 A.M. Service of Recognition and Installation for Imiola Congregational Church and Kahu David Blevins
(Closing Worship with Communion)
12:00 P.M. Lunch
2:00 P.M. Shuttles from Imiola Congregational Church to Onizuka International Airport (Kona Keahole) and Hilo International Airport.
*Travel time is approximately forty-five minutes to an hour to Onizuka International Airport (Kona Keahole). Travel time from Imiola Congregational Church to Hilo International Airport is an hour and thirty minutes. Plan accordingly and allow an hour and a half for check-in at the airport.
Bring a jacket because Waimea can be cold and windy.
PLEASE MAKE RETURN FLIGHTS AFTER 5:00 P.M.
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Hawaii Conference staff
2025 Spring `Aha Halawai
"Journey to Joy"
February 28, 2025 - March 1, 2025
Beginning with opening worship at 9:30 am
SCRIPTURE: Philippians 3:13-14
14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
14 E nā hoahānau, ma kuʻu manaʻo iho, ʻaʻole au i lālau aku: akā, ʻo kēia hoʻokahi kaʻu e hana nei, e hoʻopoina ana au i nā mea i hala ma hope, a e kīkoʻo aku ana au i nā mea ma mua, Ke holo ikaika aku nei au ma ka hōʻailona, i loaʻa iaʻu ka lei o ka poʻe a ke Akua i hea mai ai no luna mai ma o Kristo Iesū lā.
REGISTRATION FEE: $95.00, includes light refreshments, meals, transportation, and materials.
For more information click HERE
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
2025 Spring `Aha Halawai Schedule
(Subject to Change)
Friday, Feburary 28, 2025
8:00 A.M. Shuttle from Onizuka International Airport (Kona Keahole) & Hilo to Imiola Congregational Church
8:30 - 9:15 A.M. Continental Breakfast & Registration
9:30 - 10:15 A.M. Opening Worship
10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Call to Order - Membership Meeting #1
11:45 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Imiola Legacy & History Tour
12:45 – 1:45 P.M. Lunch
2:00- 4:30 P.M. Membership Meeting # 2 - Reconvenes
5:00 – 6:00 P.M. Dinner
6:00 – 7:00 P.M. Hoike & Aha Mele - State Sunday School
7:15 P.M. Shuttles from Imiola Congregational Church to Lodging
Saturday, March 1, 2025
7:30 A.M. Shuttles from Lodging to Imiola Congregational Church
8:30 – 9:00 A.M. Sunrise Service – Christian Endeavor Hawaii (Kahu Warren)
9:15 – 9:45 A.M. Breakfast
10:00 A.M. Opening Worship
10:30 A.M. Service of Recognition and Installation for Imiola Congregational Church and Kahu David Blevins
(Closing Worship with Communion)
12:00 P.M. Lunch
2:00 P.M. Shuttles from Imiola Congregational Church to Onizuka International Airport (Kona Keahole) and Hilo International Airport.
*Travel time is approximately forty-five minutes to an hour to Onizuka International Airport (Kona Keahole). Travel time from Imiola Congregational Church to Hilo International Airport is an hour and thirty minutes. Plan accordingly and allow an hour and a half for check-in at the airport.
Bring a jacket because Waimea can be cold and windy.
PLEASE MAKE RETURN FLIGHTS AFTER 5:00 P.M.
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 18, 2025