Kahului Union Church

In 1906, the Kahului community had no church organization. A group of "leading men" authorized the then chairman of the board, Henry Perrine Baldwin, to send a letter to Reverend John E. Dodge of Massachusetts offering him the position of Kahului Union Church Pastor. He accepted and held the first service on November 4, 1906!

Kahului Union Church has come a long way since then! The Kahului community has come a long way in development since then. Arguably the busiest city on Maui, today!

Every Sunday we hold two services (unless it's a special Sunday and hold one 9:00am service only). First Service is held at 8:00am and considered the more traditional service due to music is more hymnal based. Second Service is held at 10:30am with contemporary worship music. The sermon and God's word are the same at both services!

At 10:30am, we also have Nichigobu service, a Japanese language service in Kawaialoha Chapel. This is the only Japanese-speaking Christian congregation on Maui. Every first Sunday of the month, the Nichigobu members join the English members service for communion.

We also have a Preschool! The mission of Kahului Union Church Preschool is to foster Christian beliefs, values, and attitudes in preschool children and their families. The teachers at Kahului Union Church Preschool believe that teaching in this preschool is a calling from God. They hold the responsibility of nurturing the faith of the children. This is central to the lessons taught, whether it is in art, math, science, language development and reading, or social studies. Content of the curriculum is God-centered with themes of God as Creator, as all-powerful and all-knowing, and plants the seed of understanding that Jesus is Lord and Savior and that "this is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us" (1 John 3:16)