Members and friends of Calvary Chapel of Honolulu will reminisce about its beginning as a Bible study group for surfers and the intervening 20 years at an anniversary celebration Aug. 4 at the church. Calvary Chapel recalls
its start as surf groupStar-Bulletin staff
The 6 p.m. service will feature a film of events since the Rev. Bill Stonebraker, a former surfboard maker, began holding meetings in his North Shore home. He later studied and was ordained at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, Calif.
The congregation met at Waimea Falls Park and several Honolulu locations before buying and remodeling the former Empress Theater into the current chapel at 1190 Nuuanu Ave. The church also operates Christian radio station K-LITE, 1040 AM, at that site.
Spokeswoman Judi Marks said the church will build a new chapel and open an elementary school next year at an Aiea site.
About 1,500 people attend weekly services, which include Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. The Teen Church meets at 7 p.m. Fridays and the midweek service is at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays.
"We are focused on teaching the Bible in a simple way so it can be easily understood. We teach straight through the Bible, so nothing is skipped," Marks said.
The church is "very casual," she said, a legacy from its early days on the North Shore.
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