In a recent message Daniel Oliveira brought to us at Hale O Nā Kāula Church, he talked about how we should be presenting ourselves to the Father with the gifts we have and allow Him to multiply them. A particular example Daniel used that really made sense to me was the story of the little boy who came to Jesus …
Year: 2012
Feast of Tabernacles – 2012
We are getting ready to start the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. Every year, for about a month, we have a very special time of services and teaching, worship and fellowship, and a lot of fun with the entire family. The Feast of Tabernacles starts with the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) on September 16th. That same day begins …
The Gospels/The Life of Christ
My next class at Shiloh University is a study of the four gospels and the life of Christ. Some of the congregants at Hale O Nā Kāula Church asked me if they could also be part of the class with me, reading the same materials so we could have a weekly gathering where we could discuss the material read. In …
Life Skills Class at Hale O Nā Kāula Church
The Best Way to Cook Vegetables! Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 10am-12pm. Part of our vision at Hale O Nā Kāula Church is to promote a healthy lifestyle for our community, and to offer a series of special classes to help people with this. We are glad to take another step in offering a cooking class that not only will …
Computerized Bible Study
In a couple of weeks—on Saturday August 25th 6:00 pm—we will be having a special class to show a few features of computerized Bible Study. As part of my program at Shiloh University I am using Logos Bible Software for my studies. As many people have the same software but have never taken the class, we decided to take one …
Back at Shiloh
I will never forget the first time I came to Shiloh; I was with my whole family, coming all the way from Brazil right after the Feast of Passover, April of 1981. I was only fifteen years old but I had already heard so many stories about Shiloh and my heart was full of excitement. This year I have an …
The Feast of Passover
In the book of Exodus in the Old Testament we read the account of the first Passover when God not only delivered His people from the bondage in Egypt, but He also brought judgment to a whole system that was oppressing the people of Israel. It is important to notice that God’s motivation behind everything He did was to have …
God’s Tool Box
I am starting a class at Shiloh University called Spiritual Formation. It will be a very interesting process because I am sure I will experience a lot of new things in my devotional life, and it will also bring some current spiritual experiences to a new level. Essentially, this class is about the spiritual “tools” that bring us into a …