Kahului Union is an amazing church! The church staff is welcoming and clearly loves the Lord…read more Highly recommend!

Kahului Union Church (KUC)- what a blessed family! While staying with my daughter in Maui for 3…read more 1/2 months (helping the family out with a new baby), I was fortunate to take part in the activities of her church, KUC, that was started in 1906 and comes under the United Church of Christ, a Protestant Christian denomination. I was able to participate in the following activities: * Weekly Sunday service. Under the leadership of Pastors Ken Tanaka and Jayson Saito, I looked forward to the weekly teachings of the biblical scriptures; the pastors could clearly explain and teach in lay terms to make them understandable. * Weekly women's bible study small group. About a dozen of us met each Tues. evening to share our experiences in relation to the prior Sunday's sermon topic. We also spent a number of weeks watching and discussing a video, The Dream Releasers, which brings out the potential in each one of us. We cooked meals in the church's kitchen for the homeless and made craft table decorations for the church's Thanksgiving luncheon. A very encouraging group that became my "family." * Fellowship with pastors and church members. The pastors and church members were so friendly and welcoming that I felt very comfortable with them. I joined them for Sunday dinners, movies, and outings. They also had a fellowship hour in-between the two Sunday services where church members and the pastors could just "talk story." A good way to know more about each other. * Thanksgiving luncheon. The entire congregation got involved in this annual luncheon the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving. Part of the grassy church parking lot is normally dug up for a huge "imu," where donated turkeys by members are smoked; however, with the recent rains causing the grounds to be muddy with much moisture, they were unable to imu the turkeys. Instead, a local bakery roasted 20 of the 40 turkeys, with the remaining turkeys roasted by individual church members. Church members also donated dessert, as well as their time and efforts that weekend to not only roast the turkeys, but were in the church kitchen preparing the rice, salad, stuffing, and sides. No charge was assessed, and everyone was invited - family, friends, and non-church members. A genuine team effort by all for being grateful, exuding joy, and giving thanks during this Thanksgiving season! * Special events. I enjoyed a night of worship and encouragement with the talented Christian singing and piano playing of Randy and Gay Hongo. I learned the specifics re Medicare enrollment in classes conducted by a church member. Other events, while I did not take part, included square dancing and learning how to play the ukulele. In addition, KUC offers an array of services for all groups of people, and some of these services include: * Sunday school for children, teens, and adults. * Golf ministry. * Men's and women's fellowship seminars. * Family time. * Sanctuary clean up. * Care home ministry. * Good Samaritan ministry to help prepare food and feed the homeless. * Operation Christmas Child to send a filled box of necessities to children in another nation. * Mission trips to places like Ghana, India, Japan Tanzania, New Mexico. * Annual Christmas potluck party for all church members. * Benevolent ministry to assist individuals with dire community needs. * Licensed pre-school. * Chancel, men's, and family choirs. * Kitchen team and refreshment committee. The leadership and activities of the church are guided by the church's mission statement and core values. Its mission statement is: "We are here to love God and his people by making and multiplying passionate followers of Jesus." And its core values are: 1) passionate exaltation of the greatness of God, 2) gathering and supporting one another, 3) equipping and multiplying Christ-like disciples, 4) mobilizing and deploying with joyful services, and 5) spreading God's good news of Jesus among all peoples. There are two Sunday services: 8 am is the traditional service, and 10:30 am is the contemporary service with the Praise Band. For me, KUC filled in as my church away from home, and it felt like I never left home. I am grateful for the warm fellowship that was extended to me, as the new friendships that were made were so genuine and from the heart. I was amazed at how healthy this church is, in terms of the: 1) pastoral leadership with passionate faith in leading the congregation to grow with our Lord, 2) love and caring shown by the church members, 3) cooperation and coordination of all the members in a unified manner even if its members come from so many different backgrounds, and 4) active participation of its members in all facets of the church. It is bittersweet in saying goodbye to this church as I return home to HNL; but I know that upon my short trips back to Maui, I'll always have a church to go to. I miss them already!

Sunday 10am Mass with Father Ephrem and a beautiful choir…read more 6th Sunday of Easter Visiting from California and hubby and I celebrated Mass here. Projectors on wall show the words for all songs and the readings as well. Homily was thoughtful and shared with passion and enthusiasm. Announcement was made that people could sit, kneel, or stand at appropriate times and all would be well. Pews and kneelers are old and a bit squeaky. After Mass a beautiful tradition was shared. People celebrating a birthday are called forward and given a lei. The congregation then sings Happy Birthday to them. Couples celebrating an Anniversary are called forward and given a lei. Father asked them how many years they were celebrating and then the congregation clapped. Prayers were also offered for all. Lastly, all visitors to the church were welcomed to come forward and given a lei as well. There were at least 40 people visiting on this day! The parishioners seated in the pews smiled at us and welcomed us which was so heartwarming.

My grandson and I were welcomed and given a beautiful lei. We enjoyed the mass and the Priest…read moredelivered a great message! The church was beautiful with stained glass windows. I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit! It truly felt like "Gods House".

My mother loves going there they make her feel at home I'm glad to be part of this church Community…read morethey're about to move into a new building exciting times for this

I love coming to church here it's just been a while since I've came here. We usually go upcountry…read moresince we live there. I attended mass this past Sunday a special mass that was for the class of 1969 so they a special mass for them. It was so beautiful Fr. Terry said mass and it was just awesome to be in his presence. I would come to St. Anthony if Fr. Terry said mass on those days. The organ player and the lady singing made it di peaceful. This church is always clean. They had the windows open which made for a cool breeze to flow thru. The fans also helped its been so hot lately. Fr. Orsini was there also.

My family and I are blest to have selected this Parish, not only because we live nearby but also…read morebecause of the friendly and welcoming parishioners, staff, Pastor and Associate Pastor-Vicar of Maui's great Catholic School, and the parish's interesting history with St. Damien. Last year, was our first Easter Vigil mass here and it was a really touching and joyous celebration. Looking forward to another awesome Easter Vigil Mass at 7:30 p.m. tonight! See you at the masses here!

Friendly Independent Fundamental Baptist Church! The people are really friendly and the preacher…read moreonly preaches from the King James Bible! I highly recommend this Church!

Probably the prettiest church on Maui . The stone and wood building is beautiful and so are the…read morestained glass windows . Small congregation , English speaking services. People are warm and inviting.

I was fortunate enough to have visited this church on the very morning that they were celebrating…read moretheir sesquicentennial, their 150th birthday!! What a beautiful gorgeous little castle of a church! The people were very sweet kind and loving, it was a wonderful service and a spread afterwards wasn't too bad either! I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is call "the prettiest church on Maui" and I believe it is....