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Virtual Communion Instructions:
If you will be taking your ʻAi Berena on Zoom, please prepare your bread and grape juice to be blessed and taken in remembrance of our Lordʻs loving sacrifice to forgive us of our hewa (sins, mistakes, misgivings). Everyone is welcome to partake in ʻAi Berena, you do not need to be a member of Ekalesia o Kupaianaha.
For those participating in ʻAi Berena:
1. Prepare your bread and Welch’s grape juice (if grape juice is unavailable, try to find something comparable).
2. When Mama Kahu blesses the bread and juice in the luakini (sanctuary) yours will be blessed at the same time.
3. The order of “taking communion” is the same as those who are taking it in the church: Hoahanau (members & guests, Opio, Aha, Kahuhaieuanelio, Hope Kahu and ending with Mama Kahu.
4. We will serve communion on Zoom at the same time we serve those who are in church, so please wait until we have prayed over your bread and juice before partaking, just like if you were at the communion rail. If you are able, you may want to kneel to take your communion. If thereʻs a minister or deacon in your home, then they can serve you. Once everyone on Zoom and in the church has been served, the final blessing will be prayed over all.
5. Remember, this is a very personal and new way to commune with Jesus, this should be all about our intentions, not the ritual. Don’t be hard on yourselves or anyone else, we’re all trying to do our best.
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ʻMai makaʻu ʻoe; no ka mea, ʻo wau pū nō me ʻoe; Mai weliweli hoʻi; no ka mea, ʻo wau nō kou Akua. Naʻu nō i hoʻoikaika aku iā ʻoe, A naʻu hoʻi ʻoe i kōkua aku; Ua hoʻokūpaʻa aku au iā ʻoe i ka lima ʻākau o koʻu pono.’ KA WĀNANA A ʻISAIA 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous hand. ISAIAH 41:!0