Honolulu, HI 96814
Hosts: First Chinese Church and the Oahu Association
Theme: Bind Us Together
Keynote Speaker: Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D., world-renowned theologian and scholar, is the founding Co-Director of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School and founding Co-Director of Faith Voices for the Common Good. Before becoming a Fellow at the Harvard Divinity School Center for Values in Public Life, Rita taught religion and women’s studies for 18 years at a number of colleges and universities. Her first book, Journeys by Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power, won the Crossroads/Continuum Publishing Company award for the most outstanding manuscript in women’s studies in 1988. The 2012 edition of her book, Saving Paradise: Recovering Christianity's Forgotten Love for This Earth, co-authored with Rebecca Ann Parker, was the theme book for the 2012 Greenbelt Festival in England.
Youth/Young Adult Delegates and `Aha Youth Event: Each church is eligible to send a Youth/Young Adult delegate, thirty years of age or younger, to the ‘Aha Makua. Churches are also encouraged to send Youth/Young Adult visitors to the ‘Aha with their delegates.
All youth (having completed sixth grade through high school) are invited to participate in an ‘Aha Youth Event, which will be held as part of the ‘Aha schedule. The youth program will begin late morning on Thursday, June 5, and conclude at the close of the ‘Aha Makua on Saturday, June 7. Neighbor Island youth registering for the youth event should not make separate housing reservations. A block of rooms for the youth will be reserved at the Pagoda Hotel and youth will be billed separately. Youth from O’ahu can choose to stay at the hotel or they can arrange their own transportation to and from the church each day. Kalani Wong, Chaplain at Kamehameha Schools Maui, will direct the youth event. Additional information will be sent to registered youth.
Registration Deadline: May 5, 2014
After May 6, a late registration fee of $30 will be assessed. Late registrations will be accepted until the close of business on May 27.
Hawaii Conference staff
Hosts: First Chinese Church and the Oahu Association
Theme: Bind Us Together
Keynote Speaker: Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D., world-renowned theologian and scholar, is the founding Co-Director of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School and founding Co-Director of Faith Voices for the Common Good. Before becoming a Fellow at the Harvard Divinity School Center for Values in Public Life, Rita taught religion and women’s studies for 18 years at a number of colleges and universities. Her first book, Journeys by Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power, won the Crossroads/Continuum Publishing Company award for the most outstanding manuscript in women’s studies in 1988. The 2012 edition of her book, Saving Paradise: Recovering Christianity's Forgotten Love for This Earth, co-authored with Rebecca Ann Parker, was the theme book for the 2012 Greenbelt Festival in England.
Youth/Young Adult Delegates and `Aha Youth Event: Each church is eligible to send a Youth/Young Adult delegate, thirty years of age or younger, to the ‘Aha Makua. Churches are also encouraged to send Youth/Young Adult visitors to the ‘Aha with their delegates.
All youth (having completed sixth grade through high school) are invited to participate in an ‘Aha Youth Event, which will be held as part of the ‘Aha schedule. The youth program will begin late morning on Thursday, June 5, and conclude at the close of the ‘Aha Makua on Saturday, June 7. Neighbor Island youth registering for the youth event should not make separate housing reservations. A block of rooms for the youth will be reserved at the Pagoda Hotel and youth will be billed separately. Youth from O’ahu can choose to stay at the hotel or they can arrange their own transportation to and from the church each day. Kalani Wong, Chaplain at Kamehameha Schools Maui, will direct the youth event. Additional information will be sent to registered youth.
Registration Deadline: May 5, 2014
After May 6, a late registration fee of $30 will be assessed. Late registrations will be accepted until the close of business on May 27.