Religion Briefs
Christian stars headline 'Youth Jam 2002'
Two nationally known headliners on the evangelical Christian entertainment circuit will star at the "Youth Jam 2002" next Saturday at the Hawai'i Convention Center.Singer Geoff Moore and motivational speaker Josh McDowell will appear at the 5 p.m. event co-sponsored by Hawaii Youth for Christ.
Dove award nominee musical group All Together Separate, David Kahiapo and Apartment 3, a local alternative rock group, also are on the bill for the show, which will be the finale of Hawaiian Island Ministries' annual three-day Honolulu Conference.
McDowell, author of several books on youth culture and morality, will speak on "Answers for a Doubting World." His Texas-based Josh McDowell Ministry takes volunteers on biannual educational and evangelizing tours to the former Soviet Union.
Tickets cost $10 each and are available at Christian bookstores. For information, call Hawaii Youth for Christ at 946-1300.
Two nationally known headliners on the evangelical Christian entertainment circuit will star at the "Youth Jam 2002" next Saturday at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
Singer Geoff Moore and motivational speaker Josh McDowell will appear at the 5 p.m. event co-sponsored by Hawaii Youth for Christ.
Dove award nominee musical group All Together Separate, David Kahiapo and Apartment 3, a local alternative rock group, also are on the bill for the show, which will be the finale of Hawaiian Island Ministries' annual three-day Honolulu Conference.
McDowell, author of several books on youth culture and morality, will speak on "Answers for a Doubting World." His Texas-based Josh McDowell Ministry takes volunteers on biannual educational and evangelizing tours to the former Soviet Union.
Tickets cost $10 each and are available at Christian bookstores. For information, call Hawaii Youth for Christ at 946-1300.
45 Catholic churches will baptize 258 tonight
Some 258 adults will be baptized tonight during Easter Vigil services in 45 Hawaii Catholic churches.The ritual of Christian initiation is the finale of more than six months of study required by the Catholic Church before candidates may receive the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and Holy Eucharist. Others who were previously baptized in other denominations will be received in "full communion" with the church and will also receive the sacraments of confirmation and Holy Eucharist.
The number of adult candidates has increased annually over the past decade, according to a church announcement. There were 142 adult catechumens in 1992, and 246 last year. The Catholic Church traditionally baptizes the children of baptized Catholics when they are infants.
St. Michael Center marks Feast of Divine Mercy
The St. Michael Center for the Blessed Virgin Mary will commemorate the Catholic Feast of Divine Mercy with an April event.The Honolulu lay organization will sponsor a Mass at 2 p.m. April 7 at St. Patrick Church with Thomas Pereira as the speaker. Confessions will be heard after 1 p.m.
Divine Mercy novena prayer services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Chaminade University's Marianist chapel and at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2124 Pauoa Road. For information, call 943-7088.
4 religions to participate in Punahou's April forum
Representatives of four major religions will speak and field questions at an April 9 forum planned by the Punahou School world religions class.The panel discussion on "The Relevance of Religion in 2002" will be at 7 p.m. in the Wo International Center on the school's Makiki campus. It will be free and open to the public.
The speakers will be the Rev. Irene Matsumoto, president of the Hawaii Buddhist Council; Hakim Ouansafi, president of the Muslim Association of Hawaii; Gregg Kinkley, presenting a Conservative Jewish perspective; and Regina Pfeiffer of the Chaminade University religious studies department, speaking on Christianity.
Makua Valley activists to hold sunrise service and breakfast
Makua Valley will be the setting of an interfaith sunrise service tomorrow that is as much a demonstration about the sacredness of the place as it is an Easter service.The 6 a.m. gathering at the gate of Makua Military Range will be sponsored by Malama Makua, Hoa Aina o Makaha and the American Friends Service Committee.
It is open to the public.
It is the sixth year of the Makua Sunrise ceremony.
The first was held to demonstrate against the use of the Leeward valley by military forces.
The valley has been used as a live fire training range for years. Opponents seek an end to the munitions use because of cultural sites in the valley.
A potluck breakfast will follow on Makua Beach near the kamani tree.
Call Fred Dodge, 696-4677, or Pat Patterson, 695-8243, for information.
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