New Thought Center of Hawai`i
A Sanctuary of Aloha for the nourishment, development, and evolution of each individual's spiritual path.
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We are located at:
Pualani Terrace,
81-6587 Mamalahoa Hwy
Building C302 in Kealakekua,
next door to Antiques and Ice Cream (large red building on makai/ocean side of the highway. From south we are on the left, just a few tenths of a mile past Konawaena School Road traffic light.
Phone: 808-323-2232
for email: [email protected]
for mail: P.O. Box 333, Kealakekua, HI 96750
Our facilities are handicap friendly with lots of paved parking area.
Childcare is provided at Sunday morning services.
For more information about New Thought, a map and what we offer please visit our website at:
www.newthoughtcenterofhawaii.com
Our officers for 2024-2025 year are:
Pasha MacGregor, President
808-325-7441
Stephen Goss,
Vice President
970 319 6900
Margie Bourgeois
Treasurer -
808 464-1625
Ramona Owen
Secretary
Welcome!
SUNDAY, April 27, 2025
10 AM
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Upcoming Presenters
5/4: Arliss Dudley-Cash, "Breaking the Sound Barrier of Belief: Going Beyond Limits" Music by Owen Costello
5/11: Jen Lighty, "A Mother's Blessing" Music by Mahina & Kristie
5/18: Drew Womack, program & music
5/25: Keola Genevieve Brunet, Music by Dan Brunet
6/1: Kumu Keala Ching, program & music
6/22: Marya Mann, Summer Solstice Ceremony
7/6: Arliss Dudley-Cash
8/3: Kumu Keala Ching, program & music
10/5: Arliss Dudley-Cash
Events page or click HERE
For more information about workshops go to our Events Page
For links to archived speaker videos on YouTube, visit our Archives of Speakers
Amazing Torah Story
with
Woody Plaut
Music by Woody & Aviva Plaut
Come join us for a fascinating talk about the 350 year old Holocaust Torah that is in active use by Kona Beth Shalom, a Jewish congregation that also shares the New Thought Center space.
The Torah miraculously survived WWII, though the members of the community from which it came, did not. Our Torah was one of 1,564 scrolls rescued and saved from Czechoslovakia after the war. Most of them had to be completely restored before they could be put into active use again. Follow our Torah's journey to our island where once again it is treasured and used regularly.
The talk will include a broad overview of how we use the Torah and of the whole process of both writing and preserving it, a sacred scroll that is significantly older than the U.S. Constitution. One might note that the United States Constitution is held under guard using special argon gas, low light steel and glass enclosures because it is so fragile, and yet our Torah is used throughout each year to celebrate Shabbat and other Jewish holidays.
Woody “Yehudah” Plaut is a retired librarian for the public school system, serving eleven years at Konawaena High School and seven years at Konawaena Middle School. For many years, he has been the music accompanist at Kona Beth Shalom, our local Jewish synagogue.
Yehudah Plaut, as he is known by his family and members of the Jewish community, belongs to a highly renowned family of Jewish rabbis. His uncle, Rabbi Gunther Plaut (may his memory be blessed), an internationally renowned Jewish scholar, wrote the definitive modern commentary of the the Torah (the five books of Moses) used in reform congregations throughout the U.S. and Canada. His father, Rabbi Walter Plaut (may his memory be blessed), his brother Rabbi Joshua Plaut and his first cousin Rabbi Jonathan Plaut (may his memory be blessed), all served as teachers and leaders throughout the country.
