• Where we are: 2360 'Amo'omo'o St., Pacific Palisades, Pearl City

• Our numbers: Between 70 and 80 attend worship services at 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. every Sunday

• Our senior pastor: Edgar K. Hanohano, a licensed minister who received training through the Berean School of the Bible, based in Springfield, Mo. Hanohano plans to become an ordained minister by the end of the year.

• What's special about us: "I've heard this from other people; they feel when they visit us, they sense the love of God," Hanohano said. "That's what we try to portray ... because He loved us so much."

Hanohano emphasizes to church members the importance of not just having a personal relationship with God, but really getting to know Him. So Hanohano constantly encourages members to get involved with the church's Bible study, which is usually held 7 p.m. every Thursday, or to read free booklets from the church called The Word for Today and Our Daily Bread.

• Our history: The church was founded in 1970 by the Rev. Harold Headrick of Faith Tabernacle in Waipi'o, now Faith Assembly of God, as an outreach of the Waipi'o church. Palisades Community Chapel became independent and incorporated in 1976.

After Headrick left, the church was led by the Rev. Glynn Weant, followed by the Revs. David Veliquette, Mariano Zezzo and William Ah You. Hanohano joined the church as a parishioner in 1984 and became the senior pastor in 1995.

• What we believe: Palisades Community Chapel and other Assemblies of God churches follow 16 statements of fundamental truths, which include statements about the one true God, deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, fall and salvation of man, ordinances and mission of the church, baptism, sanctification, ministry, divine healing, blessed hope, millennial reign of Christ, final judgement, and the new heavens and the new earth.

"One of the things that we believe, especially, is about the word of God," Hanohano said. Members believe that the scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are infallible.

The two sacraments are holy communion, which is celebrated during morning and evening services on the first Sunday of every month, and believers baptism (rather than the baptism of infants). Assemblies of God churches ordain women and those who are married, but do not ordain gay people.

The mission of Palisades Community Chapel, Hanohano said, is "to take every individual that comes (to the church) and disciple them, nurture them that they can become that person that God created them to be."

• What we're excited about: "We're always excited about doing outreach because we believe that the church is commissioned by God to go out into the world and share the gospel and love of Jesus Christ," Hanohano said. "So we try to take every opportunity we can to go out into the community."

Members often minister to those in hospitals and rest homes. "We feel it's important because we want to take the church outside ... and share it with those who do not have the opportunity of attending the services," he said.

The church also has a food pantry, as well as various ministries, many especially for children. For example, every summer the church gets together with Wai'anae Assembly of God and Paradise Chapel for a week-long camp for children ages 6 through 12 "to introduce them to the Lord," Hanohano said. This year, 78 children from the three churches spent a week participating in Bible study, skits and other activities at Camp Pu'uiki in Waialua.

Parishioners are also looking forward to a visit from the Rev. Koichi Kitano, a missionary from Tokyo, at the church's 10:15 a.m. service tomorrow. Kitano will talk about his mission work in Japan, including a school he founded called Bethany Assembly of God Bible College in Tokyo.

• Contact: Call 456-3133 or e-mail revehanohano@aol.com.