THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
PRELUDES Paul Bornand, organ
OLI ALOHA Halau Hula `O Kaho`oilina Aloha
Maile Kapuailohia Beamer Loo, Kumu Hula
RINGING OF THE GONG
GIFT OF MUSIC Carole Geballe, flute
OPENING WORDS and GREETING Yoshi Fujitani and Neal MacPherson
*CALL TO THANKSGIVING Terry Fisher, lector
One: We give thanks to God in every season.
Many: for God is both the giver of life
and the guardian of death.
One: God is with us in the beginning,
in the journey, and in the end.
Many: By God's mercy the fallen never finally fall,
nor are the lost truly lost, nor do the dead die.
One: In God all is well and shall be well
forever and ever.
*HYMN (insert) For All the Saints SINE NOMINE
OPENING PRAYER Robert Morley
RESPONSIVE READING OF PSALM 121 Maxine Haun, lector
One: I lift up my eyes to the hills -
Many: from where will my help come?
One: My help comes from God,
Many: who made heaven and earth.
One: God will not let your foot be moved;
Many: God who keeps you will not slumber.
One: God who keeps Israel
Many: will neither slumber nor sleep.
One: God is your keeper;
Many: God is your shade at your side.
One: The sun shall not strike you by day,
Many: nor the moon by night.
One: God will keep you from all evil;
Many: God will keep your life.
One: God will keep your going out and your coming in
Many: From this time on and forevermore.
READING FROM THE JEWISH TRADITION Jolene Gerell
"Birth is a Beginning"
- Alvin Fine from Gates of Repentance
RESPONSE Judy Goldman
Judy Goldman's response will be read by Alice Tucker.
HYMN (insert) O Kahaku O Ka Pu`u W`ai (To the Lord of the heart)
Linda Rich and Elaine Taft, dancers
READING FROM THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES Mary Matsuda
"White Ashes"
RESPONSE Yoshi Fujitani
A REMEMBRANCE Claudia and Kai Genung-Yamamoto
ANTHEM Precious Lord, Take My Hand Thomas A. Dorsey, 1938
arr. Jack Schrader, 1995
The Crossroads Choir Tom Poole, guest conductor
READING FROM THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES Larry Fisher 1 Corinthians Chapter 13
RESPONSE Ben Roe
*HYMN (insert) O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing AZMON
The congregation may stand.
GREETINGS
Barbara Grace Ripple, United Methodist Church
Kathy Clark-Dickens, American Association of Pastoral Counselors
BIDDING PRAYER Neal MacPherson
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Allan Fisher, voice and piano
Claudia Genung-Yamamoto, liturgical dance
*COMMENDATION
*EVENING HYMN (insert) Day Is Done AR HYD Y NOS
*BENEDICTIONS
*OLI ALOHA
Maile Beamer Loo, Nona Kapuailohia Beamer, and Linda Rich
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Participants in this Service of Thanksgiving-
Halau Hula `O Kaho`oilina Aloha, under the direction of Maile Kapuailohia Beamer
Loo, is dedicated to perpetuating and sharing the music and hula legacy of the
Beamer family. The name of the halau translates "The Legacy of Love." Phyllis
became a member of the halau because of her close friendship with Linda Rich,
who is dancing at today's service. Linda accompanied Phyllis to New York and
was with her through her first surgery.
Paul Bornand is the Organist of Church of the Crossroads.
Carole Geballe is a Staff Counselor with the Samaritan Counseling Center in Hilo.
The Rev. Yoshiaki Fujitani is a Buddhist minister with the Honpa Hongwanji
Mission of Hawai'i and a Board Member of the Samaritan Counseling Center.
The Rev. Neal MacPherson is the Pastor of Church of the Crossroads in Honolulu.
Terry Fisher is a close friend, a co-founder of the Samaritan Counseling Center
and presently a Board Member.
The Rev. Robert Morley is the pastor of First United Methodist Church in
Honolulu.
Jolene Gerell is a close friend and strong supporter of the Samaritan Counseling
Center.
Judy Goldman is President of the Board of the Samartian Counseling Center and a
member of Temple Emmanuel Honolulu. Her response is being read by Alice Tucker,
also a Board Member of the Center.
Maxine Haun is a college and lifelong friend of Phyllis. Maxine was with her in
New York during her recovery from the first surgery.
Mary Matsuda is a former Board President of the Samaritan Counseling Center and
a member of the Higashi Hongwanji in Honolulu.
The Crossroads Choir is today under the direction of Tom Poole, Minister of
Music at the United Church of Christ on Judd Street.
The Rev. Larry Fisher is the Pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic
Church in Wahiawa.
Ben Roe is the brother of Phyllis.
The Rev. Claudia Genung-Yamamoto is a close friend and a United Methodist pastor
serving in Tokyo, Japan, with her husband Toshi. Their children, Kai and his
brother Koh, are Phyllis' godsons.
The Rev. Barbara Grace Ripple is the District Superintendent of the United
Methodist Churches of the Hawai`i District, including Guam and Saipan.
Dr. Kathy Clark-Dickens is a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral
Counselors. She has been recently appointed to be pastor of Hope United
Methodist Church in Kaa`awa.
The Rev. Allan Fisher is the Minister of Music at Windward Unity Church and the
Windward United Church of Christ.
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The bulletin cover was created by Kai Genung-Yamamoto for his godmother Phyllis
and drawn after learning of her death.
The Oli Aloha is a chant of love and greeting. Its poetry alludes to bringing
our aloha as we come, greeting one another in aloha. The final line is altered
when we depart to signify that we take the aloha we have shared with us as we
go. The poetic translation is "May all good be with you to fill your heart with
love."
The gong used at the beginning of this service was a gift from Phyllis to Church
of the Crossroads, the congregation where she worshiped regularly. It is used
at the beginning of each worship service at Crossroads.
Following the service, please stay for a simple meal. It will be served in the
hall adjacent to the sanctuary.
Following the service, the Samaritan Counseling Center will be open for visitors.
Memorial donations may be given to the Center and sent to: The Samaritan
Counseling Center, 1020 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu HI 96814.
If you would like to share a special memory of Phyllis, you may send it to the
Samaritan Counseling Center for inclusion in a booklet of memories.
We wish to thank all who have helped with this service including the members of
the choir, members of Church of the Crossroads and board members of the Samaritan
Counseling Center, the staff of the First United Methodist Church, and Phyllis'
family and friends.
Phyllis' ashes will be scattered tomorrow afternoon in Kane'ohe Bay.
Our prayers are with each other this day and with Phyllis' family, her mother
Enid Roe; her brother Ben and sister-in-law Maggie; her sister Deborah Stratmann,
brother-in-law Dan, and nephew Andrew Campbell; her aunt Carol Joyce; and godsons
Kai and Koh Genung-Yamamoto.
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BIOGRAPHY
The Rev. Dr. Phyllis Roe, Executive director of the Samaritan Counseling
Center of Hawai`i, was born September 23, 1947, in Dumas, Arkansas. She was
raised in Nebraska, where her father was a Methodist minister in several towns.
She graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1969, Union Theological
Seminary in 1972, and Candler School of Theology, Emory University, with a Doctor
of Sacred Theology degree. She was the first woman in the Parish Internship
Program at Zion-Reformed United Church of Christ/First United Methodist Church
in Youngstown, PA, from 1972-1976. She also completed a year of Advanced
Clinical Pastoral Education in the student internship program at Grady Hospital
in Atlanta.
In 1976 Phyllis was ordained a minister in the Nebraska Annual Conference
of the United Methodist Church. She was a pastoral psychotherapist and a Fellow
in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She was Chair of the Pacific
Region and on the national board of the American Association of Pastoral
Counselors, and has served on many significant committees and boards of the AAPC.
Phyllis served as Coordinator of Supervised Ministry at Candler School of
Theology from 1976-1981. She was an Adjunct Professor at the Candler School of
Theology. From 1982-1988 she was a counselor at the Georgia Association of
Pastoral Counseling.
Phyllis was married to the Rev. Dr. Michael Anderson in 1980. He was the
founding Executive Director of the Samaritan Counseling Center of Hawai`i, and
Phyllis was the Associate Director. The Center was the first interfaith
counseling center in Hawai`i and still offers counseling and therapy which is
sensitive to all religious beliefs and traditions. The center also offers
educational services for clergy, congregations and individuals. Upon Michael
Anderson's sudden death in 1991, Phyllis assumed the position of Executive
Director. Under her leadership the Center has expanded to include satellite
centers at six sites on O`ahu and the island of Hawai`i.
Phyllis was co-editor of the book "Reflections on Aging and Spiritual
Growth," published in 1988.
Phyllis was an active member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu, and enjoyed
music, sailing, and meditation. Since 1992 Phyllis has been a worshiping member
of Church of the Crossroads and was active in its common life.
During her most recent surgeries for repair of an aortic aneurism,
hundreds of Phyllis' colleagues, friends and family around the world participated
in a network of electronic mail, prayer and support. Her friends Linda Rich,
Maxine Haun, and Toni White were a source of great support and care surrounding
the surgeries. She died on June 30, 2001. in New York City following the second
surgery.
Phyllis was a member of H_lau Hula `O Kaho`oilina Aloha. Her Hawaiian
name, given by her kumu hula, is Ka`onohiokalani, which means "the eyes of
heaven."
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We share words by St. John of the Cross, b. 1542,
which have been favorite words of Phyllis.
And I saw the river
over which every soul must pass
to reach the kingdom of heaven
and the name of that river was suffering -
and I saw the boat
which carries souls across the river
and the name of that boat was love.