Joyful Community Church: MAUI

10/06/2026

10/03/2026

This Sunday we'll be partaking in Holy Communion. We also celebrate with those who have Birthdays & Wedding Anniversaries this month with a luncheon after Church. *So we welcome you to join us for our 10am Service at the Pomaika'i School Cafeteria – 4650 S. Kamehameha Ave. Aloha!

10/01/2026

We don’t hold the copyrights to the music in this video. Here is this Sunday’s service with Pastor Aubrey Anana, who delivered a message entitled "Be Strong and Courageous".

09/30/2026

“No Ritual But Christ”

Hollow and deceptive philosophy . . . depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. -Colossians 2:8 (Col. 2:6-15)

In Santa Fe, New Mexico, thousands gather each year to burn Zozobra—a fifty-foot towering effigy stuffed with their worries, bills, and regrets. They shout, “Burn him!” as they hope the flames will devour their anxieties and troubles and reset their lives. The ritual reflects a deep human longing to be cleansed of fear, shame, and failure. It’s dramatic. But it’s also powerless. Fire can destroy paper but not guilt. It can consume ashes but not shame.

The apostle Paul wrote, “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ” (Colossians 2:8). He reminded his readers that they shouldn’t trade Jesus for empty substitutes, and he explains why: Christ is the visible “image of the invisible God” (1:15), is supreme over creation (1:16), fully God in human flesh (2:9), and victorious over “every power and authority” (v. 10). Because of His death and resurrection, we’re “rooted and built up in him” (v. 7), and fully alive and forgiven by Him (v. 13). Human rituals and cultural ceremonies can mesmerize a crowd, but only Jesus can cancel sin’s debt and break its grip forever.

Instead of yielding our burdens to rituals and traditions, let’s surrender them to Christ. He alone frees us from captivity and fills us with hope.

09/28/2026

Thank you, Pastor Aubrey L Anana for the Word today.

09/26/2026

We welcome you and your Ohana to join us for tomorrow's 10am Service at the Pomaika'i School Cafeteria – 4650 S. Kamehameha Ave. Aloha!