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Workshop 6 presented as part of the 200th ‘Aha Pae‘āina
Explore the role of justice in our Christian faith and what it means to fully engage in living the gospel of love, treating justice work as a spiritual practice.
Relating to the ‘Aha theme "From Generation to Generation":
Justice and injustice are multigenerational issues. What we and the Church do or donʻt do will affect future generations, and we are still affected by injustices of the past that need healing.
Members of the HCUCC’s Justice & Witness Missional Team (one of the Conference’s five missional teams) and others from the Hawai‘i Conference draw out the justice movement inherent in the Gospel and consider what “Love your neighbor as yourself” means in our contemporary context.
Moderated by Cassie Chee
Panelists: Linda Rich, Ron Fujiyoshi, Wayne Higa, MacArthur Flournoy
Resources:
More about the HCUCC Justice and Witness Missional Team:
hcucc.org/justice-and-witness
Contact “All are Welcome at the Table Working Group”
ONAhawaii808@gmail.com
Justice and Witness Resources on HCUCC website:
hcucc.org/jw-resources
UCC Justice Resources:
ucc.org/what-we-do/justice-local-church-ministries/justice/faithful-action-ministries
"HCUCC Justice and Witness Missional Team releases statement regarding Red Hill fuel tanks” hcucc.org/single-post/hcucc-justice-and-witness-missional-team-releases-statement-regarding-red-hill-fuel-tanks
Workshop 6 presented as part of the 200th ‘Aha Pae‘āina
Explore the role of justice in our Christian faith and what it means to fully engage in living the gospel of love, treating justice work as a spiritual practice.
Relating to the ‘Aha theme "From Generation to Generation":
Justice and injustice are multigenerational issues. What we and the Church do or donʻt do will affect future generations, and we are still affected by injustices of the past that need healing.
Members of the HCUCC’s Justice & Witness Missional Team (one of the Conference’s five missional teams) and others from the Hawai‘i Conference draw out the justice movement inherent in the Gospel and consider what “Love your neighbor as yourself” means in our contemporary context.
Moderated by Cassie Chee
Panelists: Linda Rich, Ron Fujiyoshi, Wayne Higa, MacArthur Flournoy
Resources:
More about the HCUCC Justice and Witness Missional Team:
hcucc.org/justice-and-witness
Contact “All are Welcome at the Table Working Group”
ONAhawaii808@gmail.com
Justice and Witness Resources on HCUCC website:
hcucc.org/jw-resources
UCC Justice Resources:
ucc.org/what-we-do/justice-local-church-ministries/justice/faithful-action-ministries
"HCUCC Justice and Witness Missional Team releases statement regarding Red Hill fuel tanks” hcucc.org/single-post/hcucc-justice-and-witness-missional-team-releases-statement-regarding-red-hill-fuel-tanks

![Clergy Burnout and What We Can Do // Rev. Dr. Jonathan Roach
Burnout and Balaams Donkey // Rev. Dr. Jonathan Roach (Hawai‘i Island) shares in a Conference-wide Zoom meeting about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has been emotionally, physically, and spiritually draining for everyone working in helping roles—from health care workers to teachers to clergy. Jonathan will help us engage in empowering conversations about the dangers of clergy burnout and how clergy and congregations can sustain and strengthen each other during this time.
The conversation focuses on Numbers 22:21-38:
New Revised Standard Version
21 So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the officials of Moab.
Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel
22 God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the road as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23 The donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand; so the donkey turned off the road, and went into the field; and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn it back onto the road. 24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side. 25 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it scraped against the wall, and scraped Balaam’s foot against the wall; so he struck it again. 26 Then the angel of the Lord went ahead, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam; and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff. 28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” 29 Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand! I would kill you right now!” 30 But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I been in the habit of treating you this way?” And he said, “No.”
31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed down, falling on his face. 32 The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse[a] before me. 33 The donkey saw me, and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let it live.” 34 Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now therefore, if it is displeasing to you, I will return home.” 35 The angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but speak only what I tell you to speak.” So Balaam went on with the officials of Balak.
36 When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at Ir-moab, on the boundary formed by the Arnon, at the farthest point of the boundary. 37 Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?” 38 Balaam said to Balak, “I have come to you now, but do I have power to say just anything? The word God puts in my mouth, that is what I must say.”
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