Rebekah’s Studio

Aloha Studio Fans!

I went to church this Sunday for the first time in a long time, and it was uplifting. I went searching for a choir to join since leaving the hundred-plus-member Windward Choral Society. Although so very honored to sing under the baton of Susan McCreary Duprey up to now, the evening rehearsal time and location is now difficult for me.

I remembered that my former vocal coach Louise South directed a choir at First Church Christ Uniting in Kailua, Oahu. When I asked about it, she said she moved back to the Kahaluʻu United Methodist, her home church, where she plays the piano and organ.

“We have a nifty quartet right now,” Louise said. “The alto comes sporadically.” (Well, I’m an alto!) “We’d love to have you,” she said.

Weekly rehearsal is 45 minutes long. When does the service start? 9:30. When is the call time? 9:30! 

“There’s no choir loft; we sing amongst the rest of the congregation,” she said.

And so I went.

I enjoyed Pastor Lavinia “Nia” Taukolo’s sermon. In all there were about 20 church goers. I stayed for refreshments afterwards and mingled. 

They had questions for me, the newcomer, so I answered that the church of my youth in Honolulu was Congregational (United Church of Christ), that my mother played organ and piano for the Methodist church in Wahiawā, and that my husband was brought up Methodist.

As a result of this Sunday’s experience, I know I will attend there again.

Blessings,

Rebekah

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