Hōano Hula Ministry
Na Wahine E Hi’ilani Ia Iesu
Thursdays:
3:30 pm – Children
4:00 pm – Beginning Let them praise His name with the dance(Ps 149:3)
4:30 pm – Intermediate/Advanced
The Hōano Hula Ministry is to uplift the name of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ our Savior, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort with the dance.
Through the hula our worship, praise and thanksgiving is expressed in the form of graceful motions accompanied by modern musical instruments and songs either in English or Hawaiian offered up to the Lord.
Unlike the traditions of old Hawai’i, when because it was a religious dance, the training of ancient hula dancers at the halau hula (hula school) was strict in that students followed elaborate rules of conduct (kapu) and had to obey their teacher (kumu). For example, dancers could not cut their hair or nails, certain foods were forbidden, along with other restrictions enforced.
This hula ministry embraces and is teaches all those desiring to learn this form of worship, which is through dance.
E Nānā Aku I Ka Nani O Iehova
(To gaze Upon the Beauty of the Lord)
(Psalm 27:4)
Ho’okahi mea noi aku au iā Iehova
One thing have I desired of the Lord
‘Oia Ka’u e imi aku ai
That will I seek after
E noho au ma loko o ka hale O Iehova
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
I nā lā a pau o ko’u ola ‘ana
All the days of my life
E Nānā Aku I Ka Nani O Iehova
To behold the beauty of the Lord
Ae ninau I loko o ka hale O Iehova
And to inquire in His temple
