Religion Briefs
Jewish Film Festival opening at the Row
Feature films and documentaries with Jewish themes will be presented in the Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival, which opens Friday at the Restaurant Row Art House Theaters.A 6 p.m. Shabbat service in the theater will precede the opening show. The festival is presented by Temple Emanu-El in memory of Cashmere, a Honolulu civil rights attorney who died in December.
The film series will continue through Feb. 20, with four shows daily. Movies to be shown include French comedy "God Is Great, I'm Not"; "Max," a fictional tale of a Jewish artist in post-World War I Germany; "Autumn Sun," a love story set in Argentina; "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," a documentary on the baseball star; "Minyan in Kaifeng," a historical and modern look at the Jewish Diaspora; and "Mamadrama," an exploration of the way Jewish mothers have been depicted in movies.
Training helps nurses serve congregations
A training workshop will be offered this month to help equip nurses to provide for the health-related needs of church congregations.The Parish Nurse training course will be offered Feb. 17-21 at Castle Medical Center in partnership with the Health Ministries Association of Hawaii. Carol Story, program director of the Puget Sound Parish Nurse Ministries, will lead the course.
Sue Pignataro, coordinator of Castle Parish Health Ministry, said the concept is to help nurses integrate faith and health in bringing their professional skills to serve a congregation.
Many churches and temples offer health screenings such as blood pressure testing, support groups for various afflictions and programs of visitation to sick and frail members.
The fee for the course is $200. For information and registration, call Pignataro at 247-2828.
Hawaiian spirituality will be discussed
Issues of Hawaiian spirituality, sovereignty and identity will be explored at a public symposium Monday at Kamehameha Schools.The 7 p.m. event in the Ke'elikolani Performing Arts Center on the Kapalama campus is free and open to the public.
It is the second presentation in a series entitled "Ho'omana: When Hawaiian Culture and Christianity Collide," a discussion about "the long-held perception that conflict is inherent for Christians who seek to maintain and perpetuate the native Hawaiian culture," according to an announcement.
Participating panelists will be the Rev. Kawika Kahiapo, kumu hula John Keola Lake, the Rev. Daniel Kikawa, the Rev. Kaleo Patterson and the Rev. Alapaki Kim. Kamehameha chaplain Kordell Kekoa will serve as host, and performing arts department head Randie Fong as moderator.
For information, call Jamie Fong, 842-8655, or see the school Web site at hccp.ksbe.edu.
Lutheran program celebrates fine arts
The Lutheran Church of Honolulu will celebrate the role that fine arts play in religious life with a program of music, drama and crafts Feb. 16.A new double harpsichord will be unveiled at the 8 a.m. service with a performance of Francois Couperin compositions by church musician Carl Crosier.
The 10:30 a.m. service will feature the choir and organist performing Louis Vierne's "Messe Solennelle" and Sylvia Hormann-Alper and Michael Burnette presenting a dramatic reading of Archibald McLeish's story "J.B."
The Abendmusiken concert series will continue with a 7:30 p.m. performance of music by Italian and German composers by organists Katherine Crosier, Joseph Pettit and Keith Thompson.
Admission for the concert is $15, with reduced rates for seniors and students. Creative writing by members of the Writer's Workshop and stitchery art by the church's needlepoint guild will be on display.
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