FAITH BRIEFS
Central Union minister to retire
Advertiser Staff
The Rev. Dr. Ted Robinson, senior minister of Central Union Church for the past 18 years, announced this week that he will retire next summer.
His final sermon will be April 11, 2004, which falls on Easter Sunday. Because he has leave time built up, the official date won't be until the summer, however.
"I am not retired yet," he wrote in a letter to the congregation on Monday. "There is a stewardship campaign to work on, Christmas to celebrate, Lent to guide us."
Jack Simpson, the church administrator, said yesterday that the next step is for the church council to meet, which it is scheduled to do Tuesday. The council chooses a search committee, which in turn will seek applications and then offers recommendations for a replacement.
Dream Fair at Blaisdell Center
The free Eckankar Dream Fair will be 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 28, at the Blaisdell Center's second-floor O'ahu and Maui rooms.
At 1:30 p.m. will be "Dreams: A Window to Spiritual Freedom" presentation, followed by dream skills workshops.
For more information: 735-7719.
Young Catholics in daylong conference
The Diocesan Youth and Young Adult Board of Honolulu's Roman Catholic Church will have its 2003 Youth Rally and Young Adult Conference 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
The daylong conference includes a keynote address from Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona, music by Shannon Scott, Shanita Akana and Kristin Taylor, plus guest speakers, including the Rev. Gary Secor. The day concludes with a concert and dance.
Pre-registration is $10 through Sept. 30; after that, it's $20. At the door, it will be $35.
For information: 585-3342.
Debate on God concludes at UH
After physicist Victor Stenger and theologian William Lane Craig debated the existence of a monotheistic, Judeo-Christian concept of God Wednesday, members of the University of Hawai'i faculty will express their opinions on who won at a panel discussion 7 p.m. this Wednesday in Bilger Auditorium 152 at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.
The panel includes: Charles Hayes, Ph.D., interim dean of natural sciences; Chung-ying Cheng, Ph.D., department of philosophy; Karen Jolly, Ph.D., chairwoman of the department of history; Ramdas Lamb, Ph.D., department of religion; Alan Stockton, Ph.D., institute for astronomy; and Thomas Jackson, Ph.D., director of philosophy in the schools. Though no formal verdict will be rendered, panelists will argue the relative merits of issues raised in the debate, followed by an audience-participation session.
