first sunday of fall kickoff 9/23/2007

what a wonderful world! and to celebrate it, st nick's church decided to celebrate its diversity. nations: the phillipines, nigeria, england, japan, ireland, scotland, korea, wales, france, china, germany, the united states of america. ethnicities: igbo, igarot, hawaiian, haole. god calls all people into his kin/po/p

A beautiful collection of ethnic costumes - Nigerian, three varieties of Filipino, Hawaiian and the traditional mainland haole tribal outfit - a suit.

Sound techs Chris and Kevin running the recording system through its paces before the service.

Singing and praying praises to God - Kelly, Francesca, Eddie and others in the congregation.

Pastor Hollis holds keiki Ashley so she can blow out an altar candle.

Three lovely young ladies playing on top of the playground equipment.
photo by Vicki

Keiki Colin and Christine taking a gourmet tour of the world at the brunch table. The menu featured Nigerian, Fillipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and US mainland recipes.

An assortment of edge members lining up for food - Lani, Nicole, Noah (behind Nicole), Kamaka (behind Lani). In front of them, Christine studies food options.

Some adults gathering food at the other table. We needed two tables to hold all the food!

Hospitality team member Brandie slicing up a pie.

Four young men: edge members Kamaka and Noah at the brunch table, while Scott and bassist Matt are seated at a table behind them.

An assortment of adults taking their international food tour, including singer and violinist Deidre in her red band shirt.

Adults younger and older filling plates.

Scott's mother strikes an entertainer's pose in her lovely lacework shawl.

The Carlton family in Filipino tribal attire.
photo by Vicki

An array of ethnic costumes: (left to right) Nena in a blue outfit embroidered with traditional Igbo patterns. Linda in her Filipino Igarot tribal outfit with woven banded patterns of red, green, yellow, black and white. Kâla in white mu'umu'u, red kihei and red-and-white lei hulu po'o (feather head lei).

Laughing Hawaiian Maunakapu dances a hula in a blue flower mu'umu'u, red kihei and a bright yellow local banana.

Pastor Tim in his lace-decorated Filipino shirt sampling our international treats.

Wonderful worlds include balloons and happy smiles!
photo by Vicki