Group honors Chang as Aloha Peacemaker
The Season for Peace and Nonviolence, Hawaii, is honoring Dr. Jerry Chang, founder and president of the Hawaii Habitat for Humanity, as this year's Aloha Peacemaker at 6 p.m. today at the Church of Perfect Liberty, 2258 Nuuanu Ave.The event will also feature world music and peace prayers from various cultural and faith traditions. The public is invited to attend.
Chang, who is being recognized for 40 years of service in Hawaii and around the world, has been an advisor to the National Universities in Nigeria and Ecuador, a vice president and academic dean at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok and a vice president at the East-West Center.
He was a United Nations ambassador in Paraguay, executive director of World Vision Taiwan and vice president at large of World Vision International. Presently, he is the founder and president of Humanity United Globally. He has traveled to about 100 countries and lived in seven.
Events celebrate Aiea church's first Easter
Christ's Church at Aiea will celebrate its first Easter with a communitywide event at 4 p.m. Good Friday, and distribute a free ton of rice, according to the Rev. Owen Tanoue.The church founders "dreamed of forming a church that would touch the people of their community and improve their quality of life," he said. Formally opened in January, the church is part of the Evangelical Free Church of America. It is located at the HMC Karaoke facility at 98-121 Lipoa Place.
This Friday's event is free to all and will feature a bouncer for the children, an Easter egg hunt and a variety of games and crafts, followed by a dinner, special music and outdoor service. Clothing, household items and a ton, literally, of 20-pound bags of rice will be distributed freely to area seniors, families and singles who attend.
For more information, call 741-2683.
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